Very Short Fiddle Lessons
This winter I made some instructional fiddle videos to share my teaching techniques with others. Here is one video. The other two can be found on the Living History [...]
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04, 2012
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04, 2012
Square Dancing in the 80s
I just finished a month long fellowship at Berea College, Kentucky watching archival footage of square dances and editing that footage into usable snippets that I can upload to [...]
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03, 2012
Terlingua Ghost Town
On my cross country tour this winter the most fascinating and unexpected stop ended up being a former ghost town near the Texas-Mexico border called Terlingua. Terlingua is the [...]
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01, 2012
Get In The Square Dance Van
After nearly 8 years of bumming rides off of others I have finally rejoined the world of car ownership by purchasing a low mileage '85 Toyota van. I'm very [...]
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01, 2012
Appalachian Sound Archives Fellowship
Amazing! I just found out that my proposal to Berea College's Appalachian Sound Archives Fellowship was accepted. I will be spending the month of March deep in the archives [...]
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11, 2011
Shoemaking: The Sequel
Fall on the west coast. It may not be as spectacular as the east but it sure is pleasant and mild. I made it back to Portland to study [...]
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07, 2011
Beijing Nights – Old Time Hits China
In May I was invited to China for two weeks to call square dances for Americans living in Beijing. A generous businessman named Mark Atkeson had square danced at [...]
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05, 2011
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03, 2011
The Ancient Art of Shoe Making
The latest endeavor in my quest for handmade everything has led me down the path of shoe making. In January 2010 I met Jason Hovatter who teaches shoe making [...]
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02, 2011
Let’s Go Bloomington – Square Dance at the Bishop Bar
Let's Go Bloomington, a local cable access arts & entertainment show, aired this story about our monthly square dance featuring Brad Leftwich & the Hogwire String Band.