We stayed at a motel on Friday so we would be raring to go on Saturday, when there were 36 "workshops" as they call them, over six hours. Again you can come and go as you wish. Some we attended were: Dulcimer lesson, Jug Band music, Slow Jam, Songwriting, Bawdy tunes (adults only), and Shape note singing. In many of these you learn a lot about the culture that produced the music. The Professor told us of a local church that does the shape note singing. (look it up on youtube)
Sunday, November 21, 2010
44th Kent State Folk Festival
Gerry and and I spent a total of 10 hours on Friday and Saturday listening to various folk performers. Friday there were 35 venues at various stores, bars, churches or galleries. You can listen for a few minutes and then go to another or stay for the entire concert. Some of the categories were folk rock, hammered dulcimer, bluegrass, tribute bands, blues, and blend of world music. We met a music professor from Kent who was a great source of info. His special area is far eastern music. He led a Chinese gong and drum group on Saturday.
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I attended (and participated) in a shape note singing group. I know how to sight-read music, and have sung in a lot of choirs, but it was crazy hard.
sounds neat - did you get any photos?
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