Mid-Winter Festival 2009

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

12:15PM Blazing Bows - these kids are the hot fiddlers of tomorrow

1:00PM 1001 Nights Orchestra - entrancing Middle Eastern Music -exotic instruments and exotic sounds

2:00PM Sarah Elizabeth Campbell -heartfelt ballads from an Austin favorite

3:00PM Brennan Leigh - stirring bluegrass and country gospel led by the true high lonesome vocals of Ms. Leigh

4:00PM Rumbullion - travel to a French bistro and enjoya bottle of wine with this great French jazz trio

5:00PM Heather Gilmer/Jeff Moore -Celtic fiddle and guitar duo spin beautiful bewitching jigs and reels from the Emerald Isle and elsewhere

6:00PM Rattletree Marimba - pulsing, joyful, hypnotic Zimbabwean dance music on a stunning array of marimbas and other percussion instruments.

7:00PM RR12 With Alan Munde - authentic bluegrass from a local master

8:00PM Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang - bluegrass and old-time music with an attitude

9:00PM Javier and Eclectic Combo - romantic Latin music from a great Austin band

10:00PM Big Jug Band - a great big rollicking bunch of musicians play jazzy old-time favorites with vaudevillian flair

JOHN CLAY AND CHRISTY FOSTER  AT AFTM MID-WINTER FESTIVAL WORKSHOP

Workshops

Jug Band Music - Westen Borghesi, John Stansell, Ryan Gould

Playing Bass - Ryan Gould

Irish Fiddle - Heather Gilmer

Kids Slow Jam - Vanessa Gordon

History of Texas Fiddling - Dan Foster

Playing the Concertina - Dan Worrall (& Mary Worrall)

Appalachian Fiddle - Wolf Cartusciello

The Music of John Clay-John Clay, Leo, Christy Foster, Dan Foster

Bluegrass Banjo-Matt Downing

Clogging - The Clickety Cloggers