Festival of American
fiddle tunes
July 4-6
Suzy Thompson, Artistic Director
FACULTY BIOS * OLD TIME * CENTRUM
800.746.1982 www.centrum.org
Thursday, July 4 Fiddlin’ on the Fourth Afternoon Show
McCurdy Pavilion 1:30 pm; $20/25 Joseph Decosimo - Tennessee Curly Miller and Carole Anne Rose - Arkansas Brian Marshall - Texas-Polish intermission Riley Baugus - North Carolina Dawn Beaton and Barbara Magone - Cape Breton
Lynn “Chirps” Smith has played fiddle & mandolin for more than thirty years with a specialty in Midwestern dance tunes. He has played mandolin with the Indian Creek Delta Boys (with fiddler Garry Harrison), The Polecats (with fiddler Mark Gunther), and fiddle & mandolin with The Volo Bogtrotters. Currently he plays with the Little Egypt Pepsteppers and VigorTones, as well as his latest group, the New Bad Habits. Smith has taught at workshops around the country including the August Heritage Workshop (Elkins, WV), the University of Wisconsin String-Along Weekend, the Montana Fiddle Camp, Blue Ridge Old-Time Week (Mars Hill, NC), and the Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp.
Fiddlin’ on the Fourth Evening Show
McCurdy Pavilion 7:30 pm; $20/25 Yvon Mimeault and Guy Bouchard - Quebec Rich Hartness - North Carolina Suzy Thompson - Blues and Rags intermission Chirps Smith - Midwestern Cookie Segelstein and Joshua Horowitz - Klezmer
Friday, July 5 Free Fridays at the Fort Nora Porter Commons Noon to 1 pm; free Marley’s Ghost
Cajun and Creole Dance
Littlefield Green 7 pm; $15 Edward Pouliard, Cedric Watson, Desiree Champagne, Joel Savoy, Jesse Lege, and friends
Saturday, July 6 Fiddle Finale
McCurdy Pavilion 1:30 pm; $20/25 Don and Cindy Roy - Maine Dan Gellert - Old-time Joseba Tapia, Arkaitz Miner and Leturia - Basque intermission Jos Jilguerillos del Huerto - Mexico Vivian and Phil Williams - Old-time Bobby Taylor and Kim Johnson-Old-time Fiddle Tunes ticket packages are also available. Visit www.centrum.org or call 800.746.1982 for more info.
Bobby Taylor is a fourth generation West Virginia fiddler who has been playing since the age of 13. He learned from legendary fiddlers Clark Kessinger and Mike Humphreys. Taylor first received statewide recognition when he was named the 1977 West Virginia State Fiddle Champion at the West Virginia Forest Festival at Elkins. In 2003 he received the Footbridge Award, presented by FOOTMAD (Friends of Old-Time Music and Dance) for his contributions to old-time music. Bobby has been the coordinator of West Virginia’s Vandalia Gathering contests at the State Capitol in Charleston since 1979, and has coordinated the Appalachian String Band Music Festival contest since 1990. Taylor has taught fiddle at the Augusta Heritage Center and Allegheny Echoes.
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Fiddle Tunes is generously sponsored by
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– Peter McCra cken, Voice W orks and Fiddle Tunes Program Man ager
Wednesday, June 26, 2013