Capital District Region: New York State Performers, Programmers & Related Resources for Public Libraries & Groups


Performer Information
Performer name:	Homegrown String Band
Phone:	631-744-4265
Mailing address:	PO Box 1251 Rocky Point, NY 11778
E-mail address:	hgstrngbnd@optonline.net
Website:	http://www.homegrownstringband.com
Performer's agent:	Georgianne Jackofsky
Previous appearances at:	River Vale Free Public Library, Suffern Free Library, East Meadow Public Library, mastic Moriches Shirley Library, Town of Oyster Bay Distinguished Artist series Contact information for New York State Public Libraries
Information last updated:	03/19/2013

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Program
Category
Description
Fee

Songcatchers: The Evolution of the Music of Rural America History,
Music

The Homegrown String Band, a 21st century incarnation of the traditional American family band, presents a program focusing on the people and technologies that have helped shape the oral tradition of American folk music of which they are a part. Interspersed with anecdotes and stories, the band's program of original music, as well as their own unique interpretations of traditional folk material, takes their audiences on a rollicking ride through the sounds of American music. Improvising and interacting like only a family can, and utilizing ten different traditional acoustic instruments (guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, banjo ukulele, mountain dulcimer, tambourine, harmonica, jawharp, and doumbek) as well as a demonstration of Appalachian flatfoot dance, their show is fun and educational for people of all ages.
$501- $1000

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Program	Category	Description	Fee
Songcatchers: The Evolution of the Music of Rural America	History, Music	The Homegrown String Band, a 21st century incarnation of the traditional American family band, presents a program focusing on the people and technologies that have helped shape the oral tradition of American folk music of which they are a part. Interspersed with anecdotes and stories, the band's program of original music, as well as their own unique interpretations of traditional folk material, takes their audiences on a rollicking ride through the sounds of American music. Improvising and interacting like only a family can, and utilizing ten different traditional acoustic instruments (guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, banjo ukulele, mountain dulcimer, tambourine, harmonica, jawharp, and doumbek) as well as a demonstration of Appalachian flatfoot dance, their show is fun and educational for people of all ages.	$501- $1000