REEL TIMES OCTOBER 2012 VOL 37 • NO. 2 Austin String Band Festival Rapidly Approaching! Austin Friends of Traditional Mu- new. It is considered "roots music" camping fees and get their wrist- sic is hosting our seventh annual because it served as the basis of bands. string band festival October 19, 20, music later developed in the United The festival officially ends at and 21 at Camp Ben McCulloch States, including rock and roll, con- noon Sunday after the Gospel Sing. across from the Salt Lick (direc- temporary folk music, rhythm and Anyone purchasing a Saturday (or tions below). As usual we'll have blues, and jazz. weekend) ticket and paying their great bands, fun jams, good food Traditional music is in the heart camping fee can stay over for the and top-notch workshops at this and soul of us all. One song can Sunday Gospel Sing and breakfast beautiful campground with shade bring a tear to your eye, a lump in in the food area. There is no sepa- trees, a creek, and all the facilities your throat or chills down your rate ticket for Sunday. for a magical time. Gates open at spine. If you would like to enjoy noon on Friday, October 19. hours of great music and return PET OWNERS PLEASE READ American traditional music is home with a new song in your heart Pets are allowed at the festival only also called roots music. "Roots then this is the festival for you. under the following conditions: music" is a broad category of mu- Camping fees are separate • Attendees may not under any cir- sic including bluegrass, country from the ticket price. Camping cumstances bring a noisy, vicious, music, gospel, old time music, jug Fees are per night and will be col- or dangerous pet, or a pet which bands, Appalachian folk, blues, lected at the ticket table. Fees for creates a disturbance or hazard. Cajun and Native American music. camping are: $15 per night for a • Attendees with dogs must camp The music is considered American tent or camper without electricity only in the area designated for either because it is native to the and $20 per night for a unit WITH their use. United States or because it devel- electricity. Campers who arrive • Pets are not allowed in the play- oped there, out of foreign origins, before the festival starts should ground, stage, merchandise, to such a degree that it struck mu- come by the ticket table after it shower, and food areas. sicologists as something distinctly opens at noon on Friday to pay their • Dogs and other pets must be on a fixed length leash (not exceed- ing six feet) or otherwise be ap- propriately confined at all times. FESTIVAL TICKET PRICES • Pets may not be tied up and left unattended. 3-Day F/S/S Friday Saturday NOTE: Trained assistance dogs are Non-AFTM Members $45 $25 $35 welcome in any part of the festi- AFTM members ($5 discount) $40 $20 $30 val. Students with ID ($10 disc) $35 $15 $25 Children under 16 are free (must be accompanied by an adult) – Festival lineup continued on page 2 – Festival lineup continued from page 1 The Entertainment Line Up: Sandy Bradley's Potluck for 13 years. Directions: The Canote Brothers Camp Ben McCulloch is within a "Double up with laughter when GumboJet few minutes of Austin, located 11 these identical twin musicians take A Cajun trio with David Greely on miles south of Highway 290 West the stage. With fiddle, banjo, ukule- fiddle and vocals, Christopher on Farm Road 1826. From I-35, les and genetically matched voices, Stafford on accordion and fiddle, take Loop 4 to downtown Buda. Greg and Jere Canote bring back and Jo Vidrine on guitar Head west on Farm Road 967 for fun, vintage American music - in- 11 miles, then turn left on Farm cluding forgotten fiddle tunes, Fundamentalist Reunion Road 1826 for 1/2 mile -- Camp swing classics and quirky novelty The return of a festival favorite, tight Ben McCulloch is on the left. songs. National Public Radio fans harmony singing and hot picking may remember the Canote Broth- from this Austin-based trio. ers as the affable side-kicks on Lone Star Swing with special guest Cindy Cashdollar Lone Star Swing, from Austin, Join Us! Texas, plays an energetic blend of Do you want to become a member helps support the presence and western swing, jazz, and traditional of AFTM? Check our website for preservation of traditional music in country music that will have you more information http:// Austin. Benefits include: tapping your toes and twirling www.aftm.us/join-aftm/ or see be- • Subscription to Reel Times around the dance floor. low the benefits of becoming a newsletter member. • Discounts at AFTM-sponsored Rafe & Clelia Stefanini Membership is open to every- concerts, dances, and events Rafe Stefanini has been at the fore- one. In order to carry out its goals, • Free classified ads on our front of the revival of traditional AFTM needs the support of inter- website music from the rural south for over ested persons, organizations, and • Eligibility to serve on the Board thirty years. His work on fiddle, businesses through tax-deductible and help shape the future of banjo, guitar and song is repre- donations. But donations are not all AFTM sented in over 20 CDs, both as that maintain the vitality of AFTM. headliner and as guest. He has been New and involved members, vol- a member of such influential bands unteers, and willing helpers are the MEMBERSHIP LEVELS as the wildcats, Big Hoedown and lifeblood of the organization. We $15 - Student 1-year The Rockinghams. Clelia Stefanini invite you to join us, to participate, $20 - Individual 1-year has followed in his footsteps quickly and to give of your time, energy, $25 - Family 1-year becoming competent on fiddle, gui- and resources in the important task $25 - Band or Dance Group 1-year tar and vocals. Together they of bringing and supporting tradi- $50 - Business 1-year present a varied and exciting pro- tional / folk music and dance in the $80 - Individual 5-year gram of fiddle duets, banjo tunes, Austin community. $100 - Family 5-year songs and ballads Your membership in AFTM $300+ Lifetime Membership AFTM Officers/Board 2011/2012 REEL TIMES is published by Austin President • Tim Wooten Friends of Traditional Music (AFTM), a nonprofit Vice-President • Angie Wooten organization (est. 1974) dedicated to encouraging Secretary • Christy Foster the performance and appreciation of all genres of Treasurer • Cheryl Dehut traditional music and dance. Copyright 2012 by Newsletter Editor • Robin Butterr AFTM. PO Box 49608, Austin, Texas 78765 Dance Liaison • Keith Tuxhorn AFTM email: [email protected] Events Coordinator• Jeanne DeFriese Web: www.aftm.us Volunteers • Margaret Valenti Sponsorships • Barbara Dean 2 October 2012 The Crankie Show Storytelling, ballads, fiddle and banjo Friday Evening, October 19th tunes are to be enjoyed by these Friday Dance 'Til You Drop Night! two young women from Appala- 7pm – Square dance with East Mountain Serenaders chia. Elizabeth LaPrelle is an ac- 8pm – Lone Star Swing with Cindy Cashdollar claimed ballad singer and banjo 9 pm – GumboJet (David Greely's traditional Cajun trio) player. She has dug deeply into the 10pm – Square dance with the Canote Brothers rich history of mountain music at Saturday October 20th the Augusta Heritage Center and WORKSHOPS 11am -1:30pm in her major, "Southern Appalachian PERFORMANCES: Traditional Performance", at the 2pm – Sawmill Vagrants College of William and Mary. Anna 3pm – Fundamentalist Reunion Roberts-Gevalt plays fiddle, banjo 4pm – Manuel "Cowboy" Donley and guitar; she calls square dances, 5pm – Square Dance with East Mt Serenaders and flatfoot dances. She has stud- – 5:45pm - 6:30pm Supper Break – ied with master musicians through- 6:30pm – Rafe and Clelia Stefanini out Appalachia 7:30pm – Crankies from Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth Laprelle Manuel "Cowboy" Donley 8:30pm – Hem & Haw The 83 year-old musician is con- 9:30pm – The Canote Brothers sidered to be the grandfather of Sunday, October 21st true Texas Tejano. He is credited Gospel Sunday - Group sing with developing the modern sound of Latino music in America. He began his career with a big Austin- all, have played fiddle, banjo, gui- trees, jam, sing, and dance. The based Latin band in the 1940s. In tar, banjo-uke, mandolin and bass admission price gets you into a vast 1995 he founded his own group, Las for a good chunk of their lives. For array of workshops (see below for Estrellas (the Stars). Together they the past couple of decades, they more details). All workshops will performed a bit of everything; have played in numerous bands and be on Saturday October 20th, 2012 rock'n'roll, boogie-woogie and a lot for countless dances in the South- of classic tejano fare. After play- west. Jim and Rob have individu- AREA A ing with the Las Estrellas for over ally and jointly authored dozens of 11am How to Chop "'Dat Wood", two decades, Donley stopped tour- fiddle tunes, many of which are fea- Sawmill Vagrants. A comprehen- ing almost completely. Since then tured on Sweet Nell, the CD of sive lesson on how to build and play he has been performing at events New Mexican old-time fiddlers' the stump-fiddle and washtub bass. in and around Austin. original music. We will also show you the basics on the banjo-uke (a.k.a. the chop- Hem & Haw Sawmill Vagrants per!). Fiddle, banjo and guitar will Hem and Haw is Austin's newest Ahard-driving oldtime string band accompany the workshop. acoustic duo.