Midwest Banjo Camp Faculty Concert at MSU--a Taste of Americana

Saturday , June 04, 2005
07:15 pm - 9:45 pm
Location: McDonel Hall, MSU
concert ($15)

The inaugural Midwest Banjo Camp--a very popular event, as it turns out--will be held June 3-5, 2005, at McDonel Hall on the MSU campus. One of the high points of the three-day camp (in addition to workshops, demos, and jams for those attending as students) is the faculty concert offered Saturday evening. For more information on MBC, visit www.midwestbanjocamp.com/.

The concert will feature more than 15 of the best-known and most talented bluegrass and old-time banjoists in the U.S., and thus offers you a unique opportunity to hear well-played traditional renditions of America's historically-rich and authentic music.

Just fifty (50) tickets are available for sale, as most of the seats in the McDonel Kiva will be taken by "campers." If you want to purchase tickets, write Libby [libby@elderly.com or leave a clear message at 517/334-5857]. PLEASE include your FULL NAME, a PHONE NUMBER where you may be reached if necessary, and the NUMBER of tickets you wish held--no more than four per person, please. Orders will NOT be confirmed, but you will be notified if tickets are sold out. Orders will be accepted through Wednesday, June 1 unless sold out.

"Bluegrass and Old-time banjo players share ideas about their instrument that spring from American sentimental values. Even though it has been a part of the popular culture for over a hundred years, the banjo still suggests an exoticism to most Americans and has a half-barbaric quality that is appealing to many.... The music, a self-consciously old-fashioned art, refers to the past..." - Karen Linn, That Half-Barbaric Twang: The Banjo in American Popular Culture