May Flute News
May Flute News
Several weeks have passed in technology Hades (sans computer) and I am weathering it OK, Time for another remote posting of the flute circle blog.
This month for our second Saturday meeting (May 12) we are honored with a special guest. Bob Willasch from the Maryland Flute Circle will be attending our gathering and presenting a special flute making workshop from 10am to 1pm. Bring a sack lunch and be prepared to work with basic tools to create your own Native American Style flute from PVC in the key of A. This will be a fun morning and you’ll go home with your own flute as well as a bunch of new knowledge about the instrument. Bob has made flutes for more than a decade, presented all over the country and traded tips with Butch Hall, Dusty Moore, Hawk Littlejohn and many other great flute makers. You’ll be enriched by spending time with Bob. Did I mention the workshop is FREE? Flute Circle will follow that afternoon from 1-3pm at RCCAC.
Here is a link for the workshop http://www.randolpharts.org/07latespringclasses.html
Flute maker and Shawnee drummer Allen Hendricks is rumored to be attending our next flute circle meeting. Last I spoke with Allen he had made a seven hole flute that sounds pretty darn good. Allen sells his flutes at Tamarack in Beckley, WV [www.tamarackwv.com] and is someone who wants to share traditional drumming with the circle. Cool stuff.
Last month we had a great treat in being able to trade tunes and sounds with a silver flutist who had joined us. So many things are similar between the instruments and being classically trained, Renee was able to teach us several things about reading music too. We hope to see more flute folks of all types in the future.
New information to share at this months meeting from Grand Canyon Flutes.com. They have sent the circle a sample of music from Robert Windpony Mann and an instruction guide I hope to review in a future installment. They also offer a large selection of flutes from a number of makers and in a wide price range as well.
Our June meeting will be June 9th as planned from 1-3 at RCCAC. My travel plans to attend Zion Flute Festival have changed and I will be here to host the meeting.
Until next time!
Several weeks have passed in technology Hades (sans computer) and I am weathering it OK, Time for another remote posting of the flute circle blog.
This month for our second Saturday meeting (May 12) we are honored with a special guest. Bob Willasch from the Maryland Flute Circle will be attending our gathering and presenting a special flute making workshop from 10am to 1pm. Bring a sack lunch and be prepared to work with basic tools to create your own Native American Style flute from PVC in the key of A. This will be a fun morning and you’ll go home with your own flute as well as a bunch of new knowledge about the instrument. Bob has made flutes for more than a decade, presented all over the country and traded tips with Butch Hall, Dusty Moore, Hawk Littlejohn and many other great flute makers. You’ll be enriched by spending time with Bob. Did I mention the workshop is FREE? Flute Circle will follow that afternoon from 1-3pm at RCCAC.
Here is a link for the workshop http://www.randolpharts.org/07latespringclasses.html
Flute maker and Shawnee drummer Allen Hendricks is rumored to be attending our next flute circle meeting. Last I spoke with Allen he had made a seven hole flute that sounds pretty darn good. Allen sells his flutes at Tamarack in Beckley, WV [www.tamarackwv.com] and is someone who wants to share traditional drumming with the circle. Cool stuff.
Last month we had a great treat in being able to trade tunes and sounds with a silver flutist who had joined us. So many things are similar between the instruments and being classically trained, Renee was able to teach us several things about reading music too. We hope to see more flute folks of all types in the future.
New information to share at this months meeting from Grand Canyon Flutes.com. They have sent the circle a sample of music from Robert Windpony Mann and an instruction guide I hope to review in a future installment. They also offer a large selection of flutes from a number of makers and in a wide price range as well.
Our June meeting will be June 9th as planned from 1-3 at RCCAC. My travel plans to attend Zion Flute Festival have changed and I will be here to host the meeting.
Until next time!
Labels: Bob Willasch, flutes WV, PVC flute
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