Calendar of Upcoming Folklore and Folk Arts Events:
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Ongoing:
Just
a reminder to tune into KRCU 90.9 Saturday Evenings From 7:00pm-8:00pm and
listen to Your Folk Connection. www.yourfolkconnection.org
with are pals Barney Hartline, Terry Wright and The Godfather of Folk Music,
Jim Hickam.
Our BlueGrass friends, Randol Lee and Janie can be heard from
7:00pm-10:00pm on Wednesdays and from 10:00am-Noon on Saturdays on KWKZ 106.1
the Coyote. I want to give a big Thank You to those individuals for
putting out the good word on Traveling Acoustic Open Mic.
Columbia, MO. Leela Grace gives private lessons in old-time
clawhammer (frailing) banjo. Info: Leela, 573-256-6292, lgrace@coin.org.
Columbia, MO. Ellie. Ellie’s School of Music and
Dance. Private lessons available in all percussive dance styles, mandolin,
and beginning guitar. Info: Ellie, 573-256-4042 (CLOG-042!), egrace@coin.org .
Columbia
First
& Third Thursdays
5 to 8
pm:
Old-Time
Fiddle Sessions
Walters-Boone County Museum,
In Nifong Park, southwest Columbia,
off US63 at AC exit
For
more information, contact Deb Thompson (573) 443-8936 or Howard Marshall (573)
642-6226
2nd Monday of the month,
at Churchill's Coffee Shop in downtown Springfield
The Celtic Society of the Ozarks' newest
special interest group, the "Hoolie-gans" (Hoolie is the Irish word
for a music session), is now meeting every 2nd monday of the month at
Churchill's Coffee Shop in downtown Springfield.
The hoolie begins at 6.00 pm (or thereabouts!) Everyone is welcome, so bring
your instrument, your voice, your family, friends and yourself and join us at
the hoolie! Besides the music, be prepared for traditional Irish & Scottish
dancing, storytelling -- you never know what is going to happen when the
"Hoolie-gans" gather!
The
"hoolie-gans" play a wide variety of traditional Irish, Scottish,
Celtic and Ozarks music, and audience participation is strongly encouraged!
For more information, or directions to
the venue, please see the "Hoolie-gans" web site at:
http://www.mcwhistles.com/Hoolie.html
Or e-mail "Head Hoolie-gan"
John McHaffie at John@mcwhistles.com .
On the Radio:
MFS' James Hickam of
Jackson MO co-hosts an hour-long folk music at 7 pm every Saturday on the
local public radio station, KRCU FM: "Our radio program has a web site that has pictures of
myself and my two co-hosts (both of whom are members of the society-- Barney
Hartline and Terry Wright of Cape Girardeau). The program we have is on KRCU
FM, 90.9 We are carried on WEIU
in Charleston, Il., KBIA in Columbia,
KKTR in Kirksville, and K210AU in Osage Beach
in Mo."
Every other Sunday, 5-7 p.m.:
broadcast from Columbia,
MO, Ellie &/ or Leela Grace spin(s) disks
and share their love for music on the radio show, "World Woman."
KOPN Radio, 89.5 FM.
Info: 573-874-5676.
lgrace@coin.org
Third Tuesday of every month, in Springfield--
Scottish Country Dance lessons will be held at the Southside
Community Center, 2215 South Fremont, Springfield, Missouri, 7 - 9:00
PM. Beginning and intermediate level dancing. A fun evening for all.
Anyone interested in learning Scottish Country Dancing is welcome. There
is a three dollar charge for each adult to cover facility usage.
For additional information: contact Jean Ann Barrera
at 417-887-6841.
Proudly associated with the Celtic
Society of the Ozarks
Every Thursday in Mansfield
The Mansfield Jamboree meets each Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Mansfield
Auto Auction building in Mansfield (50 mi. east
of Springfield
on Hwy. 60). It is an acoustic jam session that is free and open to the
public. Each week musicians from all over SW
Missouri arrive to play old time music, bluegrass, country &
gospel - with a little square dancing and jig dancing thrown in. It is a
wonderful way to keep the songs of the Ozarks alive. Contact
--
Mansfield Jamboree, Inc.
P.O. Box 514
Mansfield, MO
65704
or email music@mansfieldjamboree.org
First Saturdays in Stockton
The First Saturday of the month music gatherings have started their
third year at the Stockton
Community Building.
Music begins about 6:30 p.m. All musicians are invited and it is open to
the public at no charge. These will run through April.
Every other Saturday in McDowell
The McDowell Gold Jubilee, held in the Barry County community of
McDowell, MO, and located in the SW corner of the state, will begin with the
first session of its 24th year on Saturday, October 13. The program, under the
direction of Betty and Ben Henderson, Monett, is held
. It is an "entertainment-style hootenanny", with amateur and
semi-professional entertainers appearing regularly onstage. Music
begins at 6:30 and continues until all the participants have been featured.The
event is free to the public and concessions help with the expenses of upkeep,
electricity and heating. Acoustic instruments are the preferred form of musical
accompiment for the program, which consists of bluegrass, country/western and
gospel. Performers are requested to keep their sessions to three numbers
for a single and twenty minutes for a group. An old school building located on south Hwy VV midway
between Monett and Aurora is the home of the program. Seating is
available, but conveniences are few. Our outhouse, however, is most
modern...electric lights...just imagine! (And I've never seen a snake!).
So y'all come, y'hear? And experience some of our old-fashioned Ozark
hospitality. Interested parties can contact Betty Craker Henderson at
417-235-3719 or by e-mail: http://www.bettyh@sofnet.com
1st
& 3rd Thursdays in Columbia:
Columbia, First and Third Thursdays, 5.00-8.00 p.m. Free.
Old-Time Fiddle Sessions, focusing on traditional fiddle music with
acoustic instruments. Location: Walters-Boone
Historical Museum,
Nifong Park,
southwest Columbia.
Directions: from US 63 South, go east at AC / Grindstone Parkway exit, then left
(south) on Ponderosa Drive
to the Museum. Hosted by the Boone
County Historical
Society. For more information, contact: Deborah Thompson, at the Museum (573)
443-8936, or Howard Marshall, club secretary (573) 642-6226, email MarshallH@Missouri.Edu
May 14-18
Boonville: Knap-in at Brady MRVSEA Show Grounds. For
more information, call 816.690.3359
2008
May 23-25
Columbia: “For the People” Powwow at the Boone County
Fairgrounds. For more information, call 573.896.8968
If you have never attended a powwow before, please click here.
May 23-25
Upper Current
River Powwow. Western Cherokee Nation Tribal Grounds, Salem, MO.
Info: Email: powwow@tribalgov.info
If you have never attended a powwow before, please click here.
Saturday,
June 7
There will be an album release party for
the Bob Dyer Memorial CD, "The Wandering Fool.", at 7 p.m., at
Thespian Hall in Dyer’s hometown of Boonville. Click here for details.
June 7-8
Columbia, 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Free.
At the annual "Art in the Park" festival,
there will be performances by a number of area fiddle players and accompanists.
"Shade Tree Fiddlers" will include hour-long sets throughout
Saturday and Sunday by bluegrass, old-time, and swing fiddlers, young and old.
Among those scheduled to appear are Bobby Joe Caldwell (Columbia),
Dale Pauley (Columbia), Bud Wyatt (Centralia), Kelly Jones (Stover), Howard Marshall (Fulton), John White (Hallsville), Joel Chrisman (Ashland), Sadie Currey (Columbia), and Brian Biswell (Fayette).
Location: Stephens Lake Park,
East Broadway, Columbia.
Directions: take Broadway exit east from US63 South. For more information,
contact: Howard Marshall, email MarshallH@Missouri.Edu or call (573)
642-6226.
June 13-14
Will Rogers
Indian Club 43rd Annual Powwow. Marshfield Equine Building,
North Highway 38, Marshfield,
MO. Info: 217-783-2539 or 417-256-4698
Email: curl1@consolidated.net
If you have never attended a powwow before, please click here.
June
20-22
Osage River Powwow. Eldon,
MO www.osageriverpowwow.com Info:
(573) 369-2710 email oscar.dudley@att.net
If you have never attended a powwow before, please click here.
July
6
Indian Center
Camp Powwow. Lee's
Summit, MO.
If you have never attended a powwow before, please click here.
July 27
The Old Time Music Fete is being held in Cahokia,
Illinois (St. Louis Metro Area) on Sunday, July 27,
2008. at the Historic Cahokia Courthouse.
Saturday,
September 20- Sunday, September 21, 2008
30th Annual Heritage Festival & Craft
Show
10 am -5 pm
Historic Nifong Park
Columbia, MO
For more information call 573-874-7460
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com
Visitors will be taken back to the traditions of the
past. Listen, learn, and see history as
it comes alive. See artisans and
tradesmen dressed in 19th century attire demonstrating their trades
and selling their wares. Visit a Lewis
and Clark replica campsite and an 1859 town with shopkeepers and
townspeople. See cowboys with their
chuck wagons. A large contemporary
handmade craft area will also be featured.
Enjoy entertainment on three stages including music, dancing and
storytelling. Saturday Evening Ghost
Stories (8-9:30 pm) are sponsored by the Mid-Missouri Organization
Storytellers.
September
12-14
46th Annual ICMN Powwow. Location TBA, Kansas City, MO.
Info: (913) 888-1563. Email: rporch@sbcglobal.net
WebSite: http://www.kc-icmn.org/
If you have never attended a powwow before, please click here.
September 19-21
Northern Cherokee Powwow. Hwy 7, Northern Cherokee Grounds, Clinton, MO.
Info: 573-885-1070
If you have never attended a powwow before, please click here.
September
20
Honor Our Veterans Powwow. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Kansas City, MO. Info: 816-737-3663 Email: jsbruce@att.net WebSite: http://www.kc-icmn.org/
If you have never attended a powwow before, please click here.
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