I am going to be singing for a 6th grade class on February 26, and will talk to them regarding learning more about folk music. I told the teacher about the Mudcat and DT and the idea of a kid's forum. She asked me to provide the information to the class (11 and 12 year olds). The teacher agreed with me that most kids today have not learned folksongs unless they have learned them in school. She said that parents are no longer singing them or playing folk recordings at home the way they used to. This class is a 6 week general music class that has a curriculum each week that follows this format:
Africa
Latin America/Caribbean
Asia
Europe
North America
(learning Native American song and one U.S. folk song)
Today's Contemporary World
So, if you like, I will ask the students what they would like to have on a Folk music website for kids. I am also going to provide them with information to get to the Mudcat and the DT.

The Montana Winter Fair here just had a fiddle contest for juniors and adults as part of the fair program. Performers from around the region attended.

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