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Press Release
Pitt-Bradford to Host Folk Music Festival
BRADFORD, Pa. – The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will host the Fourth Annual Heart of the Alleghenies Folk Music Festival from August 10-12, 2007.
Festival attendees will have an opportunity to attend instructional workshops, dances, and open jam sessions featuring Old time, Bluegrass, Dulcimer, Autoharp, French-Canadian, Scottish, and World folk music in an informal college setting. Activities will begin on Friday afternoon with a concert featuring workshop instructors, followed by a contra dance in Swarts Hall’s O’Kain Auditorium.
Saturday’s activities will include workshops in the morning and afternoon. Workshops will cover topics like old timey tunes on a mountain dulcimer, over coming stage fright, new techniques on various instruments. These workshops (for all skill levels) will be held in the Frame-Westerberg Commons.
An Instrument Exchange will give festival attendees an opportunity to buy, sell, or swap used instruments. This will take place in the Mukiyama University Room all day Saturday. Organized & spontaneous open jam sessions will be happening on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday night will feature a concert headlined Celticladda and an amazingly talented Bluegrass family from Western New York, The Doerfels. The concert will be followed by a contra dance. Both events will be held in O’Kain Auditorium and are open to the public, cost is $10.
The University will be providing a unique and relaxing environment for the festival. Camping, Housing & Meals will be available at a very reasonable cost, all workshop, vendor and dance areas are air conditioned, and hotel-style rooms come with hi-speed Internet access. All activities, housing and food will be held in very close proximity to each other.
The festival will conclude on Sunday with a gospel jam, a morning workshop session and an open stage and a farewell dance. The cost for all weekend events is $50, including all workshops (housing and meals not included).
The Allegheny Mountain Dulcimers Players, The Ischua Valley Dulcimer Club, The Misery Bay Dulcimer Club. are sponsoring the festival.
More Information can be found on the Internet: http://www.hotafest.org for more information on activities, workshops, performers and registration.
http://www.upb.pitt.edu/offices_services/camps_and_conferences/index.htm or call 716-676-2260 for housing, camping and meal information |
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