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32nd annual
Old Songs
Festival
will be held
June 22, 23,24
2012
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CONCERTS
 SATURDAY, Jan. 28:
Old Songs
Sampler
8:00 PM • $20
a Benefit for the
2012 Old Songs Festival
featuring
GRAFTON STREET TRIO - traditional Celtic music from the lower Adirondacks
LOW 'N LONESOME -
blues and ragtime duo
GEORGE WILSON & BILL SPENCE - fiddle & hammered dulcimer
MARK & RON -
old-time music on fiddle, guitar and banjo
REBECCA ANGEL BAND - inventive originals
ALIEN FOLKLIFE - original songs
Plus: Huge Raffle of quality crafts and recordings
and a Yummy Bake Sale
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or Call Old Songs to reserve: 518-765-2815
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MORE INFO ON CONCERT PAGE
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INSTRUMENT CLASSES
Old Songs will offer instrument classes in 4-week or 6-week sessions:
4-Week (February)
HAMMERED DULCIMER | INTERMEDIATE FIDDLE
6-Week (March-April):
PIANO ACCORDION | CLAWHAMMER BANJO | IRISH PENNYWHISTLE
BEGINNING FIDDLE |
BEGINNING GUITAR | BEGINNING MANDOLIN
IRISH GUITAR ACCOMPANIMENT | MUSIC THEORY | UKULELE
6-Week (April-May):
BEG. & INTERM. MOUNTAIN DULCIMER
MAKE-YOUR-OWN MUSIC
 Accordion Jam
Wednesday, January 18
6:30 - 9:00 pm
CLICK HERE for a complete list of tunes and keys for this Jam.
Donation: $3
Open Mic: Wednesday, February 1, 7:30 pm
sign up to perform 15 minutes. Kate Blain, MC. $3
Slow Irish Session: Wed., January 11, 7:30 pm
play traditional Irish music with others. $3
Aussie Bush Band Jam: Wed., January 25, 7:30 pm
play tunes from Australia with others. $3
Sunday 4 Poetry: Sunday, January 22,
3:00 pm
Poetry open mic with featured poets
. $3
DANCE
 Old Songs Contra Dance:
Saturday, February 4
Live Music with Quickstep
Caller: John Kirk
Dance: 8:00 pm; Beginner Instruction: 7:30
Potluck: 6:30
Admission: $10 |
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OLD
SONGS, INC., centered in the New York State Capital Region,
is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to keeping TRADITIONAL
MUSIC & DANCE alive through
the presentation of festivals, concerts, dances and educational
programs.
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Board
of Directors |
President: Phil
Teumim
Vice-President: Nancy
Holroyd
Secretary: Susan
Grace Moore
Treasurer: John
Ozard
Members: Debra
Burger, Chris Colarusso, Stephen Fry, Jack
Long, MaryAnn Morrison, John Roberts, George Robinson,
David Toledano, George Ward.
The Board of Directors has vacancies from time to time.
Please let us know if you are interested. (see contact info below)
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Funding
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Old Songs
programs are made possible by
the New
York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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 Old
Songs' 2003 purchase of a new home for its operations at
37 S Main St. in Voorheesville, NY was made possible
by a loan from the Capital
District Community Loan Fund (CDCLF), a non-profit
federally certified community development financial institution
serving the Capital Region of New York State.
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Old Songs, Inc.
PO Box 466 • Voorheesville,
NY 12186-0466
(518) 765-2815 • Fax: (518) 765-4248 • Email:
www.oldsongs.org Web
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