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Announcing the 2009 Potomac Native American Flute Festival
Event Description: The sixth Potomac Native American Flute Festival will be held the weekend of March 27-29, 2009 at the Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, MD. Confirmed performers include Scott August and Autumn’s Child featuring Mark Holland on Friday night; and Mark “Thunderwalker” Camden and The Jeff Ball Band on Saturday night. There will also be a 90 minute Saturday afternoon concert featuring 3 artists: Jan Seiden, Jonny Lipford, and the duo of David Landis and Diana Sunday. Workshops will be held throughout the event, which is scheduled to run from 4:00PM Friday, March 27 to 2:00PM Sunday, March 29.
From all four directions, Winds of Change are blowing through communities around the world—environmental, spiritual, cultural, financial, personal. Native American Flutes are especially suited to giving voice to the feelings that accompany such change. Native American Flute players provide those voices to sooth and mend, honor and heal, and awaken and inspire. The 2009 Potomac Native American Flute Festival—itself in a new month, at a new venue, and featuring a new format and some performers in their first East Coast appearances—celebrates the unique ability of these instruments and the human beings who play them to make Winds of Change a meaningful force for good.
The entire Festival experience, including all workshops and concert performances, is only $100 by March 8, 2009, and $125 after March 8, 2009.
Individual workshop tickets and One-Day Passes will be sold the day of the event only - subject to availability.
Evening concert tickets: $20 each or $35 both concerts ($10 each or $15 for both with student ID*) -- -- -- Sat. mid-day concert tickets: $15 each ($10 with student ID*) -- -- -- *ID must be presented at door when picking up tickets.
[PAYPAY REGISTRATION -- We apologize that the PayPal option is not yet available as we're rushing to finish building our new site. In the meantime, please use the mail-in PDF form below if you'd like. Or, wait for our email announcement that the new site is up. Thanks for your patience!]
MAIL-IN REGISTRATION -- Print and complete the form below and check payable to "Potomac Native American Flute Festival" to: Jim Disbrow, 16008 Disbrow Way, Culpeper, VA 22701
Review the 2009 Festival Brochure
Review and print the Registration/Ticket Ordering Form Back by popular demand! -- -- -- Open Mic, Sunday Afternoon -- -- -- Beginning Flute Sessions -- -- -- Flute Making -- -- --The Fujara Family of Overtone Flutes
New this festival! -- -- -- Flute Tasting -- -- -- Flute Maker Competition -- -- -- Private Flute Lessons with Performers (as available)
We Welcome our Festival Hosts and Guests -- -- -- Potomac Flute Circle -- -- -- Northern Virginia Flute Circle -- -- -- West Virginia Flute Circle -- -- -- Maryland Flute Circle -- -- -- Pennsylvania Flute Circle -- -- -- Native American Community -- -- --INAFA -- -- -- Silver Flute Community -- -- --
Workshops
Workshops will begin at 4:00 pm on Friday, March 27 and end at 2:00pm on Sunday, March 29. One-day workshop passes will be available on-site on a space available basis. Workshop attendance is limited. One-day passes are $75 (subject to availability - cash or check only). Each headlining performer from the three concerts will conduct a workshop. Beginner flute playing workshops will be conducted - check back later for detailed workshop schedule and descriptions.
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-- -- -- Dana Ross (Falcon Flutes and Drums) -- -- -- Colyn Peterson (Woodland Voices Flutes) -- -- -- Geri LittleJohn (Green Grass Flutes) -- -- -- Brad Young Four Wind Flutes) -- -- -- Brent Haines (Woodsound Flutes) -- -- -- Randy and Shelly Stenzel (Feather Ridge Flutes and Drums) -- -- -- Roger Bennett (Redbird Flutes) -- -- -- Russ Venable Flutes -- -- -- Leonard McGann (Lone Crow Flutes) -- -- -- Kuzin Bruce Flutes -- -- -- CoCreation (Flutes and Percussion by Bobby Ray and Bryan Burns, Gourds by Kim Cope) -- -- -- Dusty Moore (Tsunami Flutes) -- -- -- Dennis & Kapotahi Frederiksen (Flutes and Percussion) -- -- -- Hawk Henries Flutes -- -- -- Geoffrey Evans (Woodland Flutes) -- -- -- Leroy Cully -- -- -- Butch Hall -- -- -- Mark “Thunderwalker” Camden Flutes -- -- -- Suzanne Morgan (Native Spirit) -- -- -- Danita and Chuck Tsinnie (Native Treasures) -- -- -- Eleanor Alden (Flutebags)
Back This Year
Flute/Goodies Raffle -- One flute will be donated by each participating vendor to be raffled off during the weekend. Other items will be donated to the raffle from our performers and non-flute vendors. Raffles will take place during workshops and during concerts. Winners do not need to be present to win. Any prizes not claimed by noon on Sunday will be re-raffled during the final Open Mic session until the winning ticket holder is present. There is no limit to the number of items the same participant can win.
New This Year
• Flute Tasting --
The sound of a flute is what draws us to it. Here's an interesting way for you to find your next flute—by sound only and sight unseen! Hidden from view, a series of flutes in the same key in the three ranges will be played. You'll mark your experience of each flute's sound on a sheet provided by the Festival. Makers of the flutes won't be announced until the Tasting is finished. Then off you go to find that flute that touched your heart … um, ear.
• Performer/Flute Player Lessons --
You may book in advance a 30-minute private lesson with your favorite performer depending on their availability. Lessons will be held at the Festival location in private rehearsal rooms. You must book and pay for these sessions in advance.
• New for Vendors:
Flute Maker Competition --
Flutes provided to the raffle will be judged according to the criteria below. Cash awards will be made to the three top place winners who are announced at lunch and listed at the Registration table on Saturday, March 28, 2009.
this web site is being redone - please check back frequently to see our new look and how to sign up for the festival!
The Potomac AND Northern Virginia Flute Circles Home Page * * * * * * * * * * There are two cooperating flute circles in the Washington and Northern Virginia areas. These two circles meet a total of twice a month in various locations - they are the Potomac and the Northern Virginia Flute Circles - both are recognized by the INAFA organization. Please contact Stuart Hill to be placed on the maillist that serves both flute circles. Updates on the locations and other items of interest are sent out approximately weekly.**sjhhill@AOL.COM ___________________________________________________
If you live in the Washington DC and Northern Virginia area and play the Native American flute, or are interested in learning about it, meeting other players, makers and enthusiasts, please feel free to visit and join either or both of these circles!.
The Potomac Flute Circle typically meets on the third Saturday of each month. Meetings are from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Meetings are held in various members homes and parks - depending on the weather the locations vary for the other months. You need to join the mail list to receive regular announcements about the dates, times and locations for each meeting. The next Potomac Flute Circle meeting is not yet scheduled.
The contact person is Sharon Ellis (email:PotomacFluteCircle@hotmail.com)
Please contact Sharon by Email and include "Potomac Flute Circle" in the email title:
PotomacFluteCircle@hotmail.com Please contact Sharon by email: PotomacFluteCircle@hotmail.com ___________________________________________________
The Northern Virginia Flute Circle typically meets the first Saturday of each month from 2-5 in different locations around the NOVA area.
E-mail: sjhhill@AOL.COM sjhhill@AOL.COM ___________________________________________________ Please contact the Northern Virginia Flute Circle for more details on the circle's activities!
Contact Person: Stuart Hill
E-mail: sjhhill@aol.com Northern Virginia Flute Circle Representative to INAFA: Stuart Hill Please contact Stuart by email: sjhhill@aol.com
Other Important Links:
Visit the West Virginia Flute Circle's Web Site West Virginia Flute Circle Information Update:
For news of the WV flute circle visit www.wvnativeamericanflutecircle.blogspot.com and at fluteportal www.fluteportal.com/flutecircles/8
Visit to the National Museum of the American Indian
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The fifth annual Potomac Native American Flute Festival was held the weekend of February 22-24, 2008 at the Montgomery College in Rockville, MD. Unfortunately, due to weather and the college closing for the day, workshops and the evening concert with Mark Holland and Autumn's Child were canceled. After that night, the featured performers included:
< - > Saturday Night - Carlos Nakai - - - - Saturday Afternoon Jan Seiden - - - - Jim Morehouse
Workshops were held throughout the event, which ran from 9:00am Saturday, February 22 to 12:30PM Sunday, February 24. The festival included over a dozen Native American flute makers and non-NAF vendors (attending vendors are listed below
2008 Festival Flute Vendors:
Geoffrey Evans - Woodland Flutes , Brent Haines - Woodsounds Flutes Hawk Henries, John Kulias - Meadowlark Flutes, Geri Littlejohn - Green Grass Flutes, Leonard McGann - Lone Crow Flutes, Jim Morehouse – Flutewood Flutes, Dusty Moore - Tsunami Flutes Colyn Petersen - Woodland Voices Flutes, Randy and Shelly Stenzel - Feather Ridge Flutes and Drums, Brad Young - 4 Wind Flutes
Other Participating Vendors: Danita and Chuck Tsinnie - Native Treasures and Eleanor Alden - FluteBundles
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The fourth annual Potomac Native American Flute Festival was held February 23-25, 2007. It was a great success with over 85 workshop participants, several hundred concert attendees (each night), over a dozen flute vendors and 14 workshops.
Featured performers included:
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Friday Evening Concert: Flute Maker and Flute Player Michael Graham Allen (of Coyote Oldman), World-Famous Didgeridoo Player Ash Dargan, and the Ron Warren Band.
A Saturday afternoon concert featured Native American Flute Player and Flute Maker Hawk Henries.
Saturday Evening Concert: Electric Violin Player Extraordinaire Arvel Bird and the Jeff Ball Band. There were dual-tracked workshops on Saturday to include beginner and advanced playing workshops. Over a dozen flute makers and other Native American vendors displayed and sold their wares. Additional details are provided in the following links - a festival schedule and a printable brochure for the event.
2007 Festival Schedule, including Workshops
Links to 2007 Festival Performers, Workshop Leaders and Vendors
Courtesy link to the National Museum of the American Indian
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The third annual festival happened February 17-19, 2006 - it was a blast!!! Potomac and Maryland Flute Circles Proudly Presented the 3rd Annual Potomac Native American Flute Festival. This event ran for three days and included workshops, two evening concerts, and a variety of special events dedicated to the Native American Flute. That year's perfermers are listed below and hot-linked by name)
YARINA 2005 NAMMY Award Winner - - Performed Saturday Evening, February 18, 2006
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