Sept 2010 news

Notes from the flute world
The tri-state flute circle is going strong and meeting monthly.

NEXT FLUTE CIRCLE MEETING:
Date: SEPTEMBER 18, 2010
Time: 12:00 noon- 2:00pm
Location: Marshall University
Huntington, WV 25704
THE ATRIUM BETWEEN SMITH MUSIC HALL AND SMITH HALL.
Refreshments such as fruits and veggies, trail mix, pretzels, or cookies, and water or teas will be free. Bring finger or easy foods if you'd like.
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The Northern Virginia Flute Circles have brought back an event that is extraordinary and very fun. Read the details here:

There're a few slots left for the Flute Fall-In at Camp Bethel near Roanoke on Halloween weekend.

Cost for the three-night, four-day stay is $175 per person, which includes lodging and meals (except for the "dinner-out" on Saturday night) and all other associated activities.

Attendees who'll be bringing some flutes include Brad Young and Roger Bennett. Leonard "Lone Crow" McGann is our facilitator. Gary Cope from Indianapolis, whom some of you know as a fine musician, is coming, as well as Sterling Green, whom many of you know from Festival.

The registration form and all details are at our main Web site, www.potomacflutefestival.org

Registration deadline is October 1, so get those forms in now! First-come, first-served for our maximum attendance of 30 people.

Join us in the House of Towers!
Several other events are brewing with eth NVa. circles - stay tuned
Mid-Winter Concert Series (February 2011)
Flute Spring (Spring 2011)
Potomac Flute Festival Vendor Day (June 25, 2011)

I have been a bit out of touch lately as Nursing School continues but we had a great Timber Flute Festival this summer with Ron Warren and Janice Torres playing and teaching. If you have not heard their new album Aura Surey, Many Roads Home you need to check it out. Visit www.ronwarrenmusic.com to order a CD.

Fall Flute News

FLUTE QUEST 2008 -- Sept. 19, 20 & 21
Sponsored by the Washington Flute Circle, is an event that seems to be enjoying great commitment and enthusiasm each year. This year’s line up again looks great.
http://www.flutequest.com/

Vince Chafin
Gary Stroutsos
SATURDAY NIGHT CONCERT
7:00 - 9:00 PM

Ancient Sounds *
Jan MichaelLooking Wolf Reibach

Other Flute Festivals or Flute Events to check out

9/5 - 9/7 Indian Summer Fest in Milwaukee, WI http://www.indiansummer.org/
9/26-28 Native Arts and Flute Festival, Oakhust, CA http://www.yosemiteflutefest.com/
10/31 - 10/5 Oklahoma Flute Festival, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK http://www.okflutefest.com/
10/11-12 Silverhawk Flute Gathering, Florida http://www.silverhawkflutegathering.com/
Wow, your carbon footprint would be preety huge to attend all five of these in the same year...

Jan Seiden has been performing with Arvel Bird, and will be giving a joint concert in MD on Friday November 21st in Annapolis to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.


Clint Goss has made available to Native Flute folks who may be interested - a new set of fonts for transcribing music. The fonts contain finger diagrams for Native Flutes (and fujaras) and are useful if you are creating transcriptions of music for flutes.

The fonts are freely distributable, and can be used on any system that can display TrueType fonts such as Microsoft Word, Finale, Sibelius, PrintMusic, etc.
They are on Clint Goss’s web site: http://www.NAFTracks.com/fonts.htm


It has been a busy past few weeks but our flute circle did sent a small delegation to the Sunwatch Flute Festival. While fuel prices may have hurt the overall attendance for this year’s event the good folks that were there had a great time. Sunwatch Archeological Park is a great spot for the event and offers lots of room as well as wonderful exhibits and grounds to explore. Saturday was a blockbuster line up of performers and if you were able to stay in the shade to avoid melting you caught some great music. John DeBoer, Spirit of Thunder, Peter Phippen, Jeff Ball and his band, Jan Seiden, Janice Trytten Sunflower, Jonny Lipford were all given about an hour and we had fun learning new tricks and discussing the performances along with the symptoms of heat injuries.

Flute Makers were at Sunwatch in great numbers and it was fun to see work from David Martinka, Leonard McGann, Brad Young, Brent Haines, Billy Crowbeak, Larry Evans, Randy & Shelly Stenzel, Dave Myers in the vendor area. We saw a lot of great instruments and ran into flute friends from Indiana Flute Circle, Potomac and Pennsylvania Flute Circle and friends from Timber Flute Festival – new NAF players! This event is close to home and has a good feel – it should continue to grow and do well. Hats off to the Miami Valley Flute Circle for pulling off a great weekend.

WV NAF Circle meets this Saturday Sept 13 from 1-3pm at RCCAC. Hope to see you there!

Flute Fall In

The weather is beginning to cool here and poplar leaves are starting to show off their yellows. Color will peak here just in time for our next flute circle meeting I am guessing. Other news...

Leonard McGann is the maker of Lone Crow Flutes and a great fellow. He hosts an annual regional flute gathering that is well attended by flute circles from around the country (New England to Georgia.) Several flute makers in addition to Leonard will also be attending & showcasing their work. You never know who will show up, my first year Clint Goss decided to do a play-shop that generated a ton of great music for the week.

I am glad to report that I will be returning to Flute Fall In again this year (and have carpool space available from Elkins.) For the small investment you make you'll get a great deal more back and I highly recommend this gathering.

FLUTE FALL-IN 2007 will be October 18 – 21
The cost for the four day Flute Fall in is $185 per person and includes bed and all meals. Leonard states that "On Friday, there will be a get together and dinner held on Leonard and Kitty's property and Saturday we will be giving a concert at Dixie Caverns. Other than that, the time is open for sharing, fluting and enjoying the magic brought to us all by this marvelous instrument. Leonard’s e-mail is CaveRatLC@aol.com Phone 540-297-6077"

He makes it sound pretty simple but the time spent jamming, hiking, caving and sharing with folks in this gathering just two Octobers ago is what launched me into my flute frenzy and finding so many great friends on the flute trail.