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Grammy and CMA Award Winner Suzy Bogguss (and a very talented band!) in singing classic American folk songs, all night long! Sing favorite songs of the
Festival’s first decade with song leaders Joel Mabus, Pat Madden, Frank Youngman and Mark Dvorak! Evening ticket prices are $20/ $15 members, and ONLY $5 FOR ALL STUDENTS! Bring you favorite student - including college students! Saturday afternoon workshop wristbands are only $10. Students are FREE!
The Tenth Annual Mid-Winter Singing Festival is a festival where great songs are sung by both the song leaders on stage and the people in the audience. The Festival will take place at the Hannah
Community Center,
East Lansing, Michigan.
This year's festival features an 8 pm Community Sing on Friday, Feb. 3, and a 7 pm Community Sing on Saturday Feb. 4, 2012. On Saturday afternoon, from noon- 4 p.m. song
leaders will present 9 singing workshops, including a FREE
11 a.m. Children's Show with Mark Dvorak, at the Hannah Community Center. At other festivals, the performers perform and the audience listens. At this festival, both at the two evening Community Sings and the Saturday workshops, the audience sings every song with the song leaders. The audience is an integral part of the festival. At a singing festival, people sing great songs with their family, friends, and community. The people on stage are very talented, enthusiastic song leaders.
They love these songs and look forward to sharing them with folks.
The real stars of the festival are the songs. The
product of the festival is the sharing of these songs and the gorgeous
sound made when these songs are sung. Everyone! We invite everyone to sing, whether they think they can or not.
The blend of voices will more than make up for individual uncertainty.
And even if you feel too shy to sing in public, please do not let
that stop you from joining us and enjoying the fabulous sound that
will be created when hundreds of people sing wonderful songs. Every person will receive the lyrics to all of the songs that
will be sung at all of the Saturday afternoon workshops and at the Friday and Saturday
night Community Sings. Lyric sheets will be handed out at the door. Folk, gospel, bluegrass, jazz, popular, contemporary,
rounds, old-time - a great mix. Each workshop focuses on a specific genre of song. In one room,
you can sing bluegrass and old-time songs. In another, you will
sing gospel and blues. In another, you can practice harmony singing.
Some workshops will include basic instruction, but the majority
of time will be spent singing. There are nine workshops going
on throughout the afternoon. The problem will be deciding which
ones to go to. A complete workshop schedule can be found here, after January 1, 2012. The City is gracious enough to move the time of their first regularly
scheduled Children's Concert to coincide with the Singing Festival.
Mark Dvorak will perform at 11 a.m. Saturday morning February 4, 2012. Remember,
the Children's Show is free. Space in the workshops is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The
rooms are quite large, and each song-leader will have a microphone
to help everyone in the room hear the melodies of the songs. All of the workshops are children-friendly. Children under 12 are
invited to join their parents in any workshop room. Tickets for the 8pm Friday and 7pm Saturday
Community Sings are: The 11 am Saturday morning Children's Show is Free! Tickets to the two evening sings can be purchased on line at www.tenpoundfiddle.org and at the door. It's hard to tell. Since the announcement of the festival, there
has been tremendous enthusiasm for these events. It might be best
to pick up tickets ahead of time. Any remaining tickets will be
sold at the door. You can join the choir by attending the Festival Choir Workshop
from 3-5pm, Sat. Feb 5, led by Rachel Alexander. In a little
over two hours, Rachel will transform a large, enthusiastic group
of people into a four-part choir which will perform two songs at
the 7pm Community Sing. Members of the Festival Choir must purchase
a ticket to the Saturday Evening Community Sing. The Ten Pound Fiddle Coffeehouse is producing the Friday
and Saturday Community Sings and the Saturday afternoon workshops. The City of East Lansing is producing
the 11 AM Free Children's Concert. With help from many community members,
Festival Musical Director Sally Potter has secured the line-up
for both evening events and for the Saturday afternoon workshops. You are! We've elected not to ask for corporate or private sponsorship
of this festival. Therefore the concerts and workshops are funded
entirely through ticket sales and workshop wristband sales. Thank
you for your support of your festival. The best way is to purchase tickets and wristbands. Then, invite friends to join you! Bring folks of all ages to the afternoon workshops. Workshop wristbands
for adults are just $10 each. Children 18 and under and students are free! Encourage
others to bring folks who might enjoy singing great songs. Reach
out to your circle of friends and invite them to be a part of this
very special community event. As they become available, all festival details are here on the Festival's Web Site, www.singingfestival.com. To be mailed a printed version, call 517.267.0410 and leave your name and address.
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