Friday, January 11, 2008

A long time gone

A long time gone

The blog has been idle a lot lately as I have been rebuilding the home computer (or rather, I am begging someone else for help) to rejoin the digital world. Now with some things running and a new flute circle meeting coming up it is time to post great news.

Ron Warren
The founder of Potomac Flute Circle and a good friend is also a professional musician and gifted flute player. Last year Ron was a featured presenter at the 1st Annual Timber flute Festival in Elkins. This inaugural event was a week of concerts, performance and instruction primarily for Irish, Keyless and Baroque period flutes in 2007. Ron and Janice Torres performed and Ron taught an introduction to the Native American Flute that was brilliant and received wide acclaim. Our flute circle made many new friends from his presentation and folks have been asking ever since “When is Ron coming back?”

Mark your calendars for June 23-27, 2008 which will be this years date for the 2nd Annual Timber Flute Festival in Elkins. Ron Warren will be one of the 5 faculty members teaching for the week. Ron will teach Native American Flute for all levels and will also perform in concert Thursday evening. Registration for the festival will be open soon at the RCCAC web site.

This year Irish, Baroque, Keyless and Fife flutes along with Native American Flute will be taught during a week of concerts, instruction and sharing about wooden flutes. Last year saw attendees from across the country enjoy a week of cooler June temperatures and local hospitality. Everyone had a great time and this year’s event promises even more excitement and sharing with the addition of both Fife and Native American Flute.

It is great to have another eastern event for Native American Flute the fits between Zion Flute Festival and this years date for the INAFA convention. A busy summer for fluting!

Registration details will be up soon at http://www.randolpharts.org/ and you can call the center from their website too. I have my paperwork completed already and I hope to see many new and familiar faces in Elkins this June.

Kevin Locke

I mentioned on the site that Kevin Locke will be performing in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and a second show has been added to the schedule. The Susquehanna Folk Music Society is sponsoring two shows February 8th and 9th. Call 717.214.2787 for tickets to these shows.

Potomac Flute Festival has a full schedule posted at their website for this year’s event. Many great workshops, fantastic flute makers, hundreds for flute players and top notch featured performers are the focus of three great days. R. Carlos Nakai, Mark Holland and Autumn’s Child, Jan Seiden, and Jim Morehouse will all be performing in concert this year. Visit http://www.potomacflutecircle.net/ to see the whole schedule and register. I’ll see you there.

That is all the news for now – I hope your weather is winter as it should be in January.

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