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Claudia Schmidt, Sally Rogers and Joel Mabus will lead the Friday evening Community Sing at 8 pm on Feb.1, 2008. On Saturday, Feb. 2, at 7 pm Joel and Claudia will be joined by Frank Youngman. Both sings will be held at the Hannah Community Center in East Lansing, Michigan. New Song Leader! MWSF welcomes Frank Youngman to this year's festival. He will give the Saturday, 11 am Free Children's Concert and be a Song Leader for the Saturday night Community Sing.
The Sixth 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 1, and a 7 pm Community Sing on Saturday Feb. 2, 2008. On Saturday afternoon, from noon- 4 p.m. song
leaders will present 12-14 singing workshops, including a FREE
11 a.m. Children's Show, 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, Spanish,
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 12-14 workshops going
on throughout the afternoon. The problem will be deciding which
ones to go to. You can receive a schedule in the mail by calling 517-267-0410
and leaving your name and street address. A workshop schedule can be found here by January 1, 2008. The City is gracious enough to move the time of their first regularly
scheduled Children's Concert to coincide with the Singing Festival.
Frank Youngman and friends will perform at 11 a.m. Saturday morning February 2, 2007. 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 8 PM Friday and 7pm Saturday
Community Sings are: The 11 am Saturday morning Children's Show is Free! The advanced ticket order blank is available here after Dec 15, 2007. It
will be available until Jan 14, 2008. Tickets can also be purchased
at Ten Pound Fiddle concerts, on the TPF
website beginning Dec 15, 2007. They will also
be available two weeks prior to the festival at Archives Books and ELFCO
in East Lansing, and Elderly Instruments in Lansing. 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 2th, 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 7 pm 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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