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Friday, April 20, 2012
25th Annual General Sam Houston Folk Festival Apr 27 & 28th
Come out and join us for the 25th annual
General Sam Houston Folk Festival!
Step Back In Time To The 1800s And Enjoy! The General Sam Houston Folk Festival will celebrate its 25th year on the Sam Houston Museum grounds, the grounds where Sam and Margaret lived with their children.
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Dulcimer Workshops Citizen Soldiers Live Acoustic Music Tale-Spinners Museum Tours Performances Costumed Historical Characters | |||||||
Folklife Demonstrations Children's Activities Cultural Displays Arts & Crafts Ethnic Foods Living History Theatre | |||||||
To register for the Friday School Day, contact Cherie Meroney at cmeroney@huntsville-isd.org or (936) 293-2560. |
Entertainment Line-up for 2012
Music Stage
click here for performance schedule
Una Grace and Cast perfrom"Gone To Texas" PERFORMANCE(S): | |
Lone Star Blue Grass Band PERFORMANCE(S): The Lone Star Bluegrass Band voted Best Bluegrass Band in the Houston Press Music award for four years in a row. They play Traditional and Contemporary bluegrass with a flair for entertainment. Guitar picker, Chris Bagley has won the Texas State Flat Picking Guitar Championship. Chris Hirsch has won Three Texas State Banjo Championships. What a great Bluegrass Group! | |
| Gillette Brothers PERFORMANCE(S):
The Gillette Brothers came to our area when they took over the running of the family ranch , in Lovelady, in 1983. |
No Foolin' | The No Foolin' String Band PERFORMANCE(S): 10:00am - 11:00am ~and~
The No Foolin' String Band plays live, raucous old-time string band music on the fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, banjo ukulele, and penny whistle. Their repertoire includes many of the old traditional fiddle and banjo tunes played at dances, supper parties, and on front porches in the early days of Texas. In fact, Sam Houston himself would have listened and danced to some of these very tunes. The band members joke that they won't even consider a tune unless it's more than hundred years old (though sometimes they will play some of the "modern" tunes that would have been played on the radio in the 1920s and 30s). Like the bands of those early days, No Foolin' is made up of regular folk who get together and play simply for the love of the old music.
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Houston Celtic Chorus PERFORMANCE(S):
The Celtic Chorus of Houston, founded April 2002, is an informal group of individuals who enjoy getting together to sing Scottish, Irish, Welsh and other Celtic folk songs, often in a pub setting. They have performed at a variety of venues, including: Houston Highland Games & Celtic Festival, Waldo's Coffee House, General Sam Houston Folk Festival, City Hall for 2008 Observance of Texas Tartan Day, McClellans Scottish Pub, Gathering of the Celts, Irish Aires radio program, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Celtic Festival, Clear Lake Celtic Festival, Lights in the Heights, Magnificat House, Heather & Thistle Society, Houston Family Arts Center, Irish American Heritage Association -Katy, TX, Houston St. Patrick's Parade, Rory Miggins Memorial Irish Stew Cookoff, Irish 100 Club, Griff's Shenanigans Cafe & Bar, Brian O'Neill's Pub, Kelvin Arms Scottish Pub, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, La Fuente Winery, Spotlight Karaoke, and Spec's Downtown. They welcome new singers! Click the links below to visit: Contact: Dianna Shipman, President,diannashipman@comcast.net713 522 1212
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Prime Time Dancers PERFORMANCE(S): | |
Celtaire String Band 10-1:00 on Saturday | |
Huntsville Promenade Dancers Saturday 1pm ---2pm |
Sahawe Indian Dancers
PERFORMANCE(S): 5:00pm - 5:30pm STAGE THREE | |
Ballet Folklorico de Huntsville
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