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North American Urban Folk Music 1940-1960
A Celebration & Tribute
New YorkCity • March 28, 2009
Sponsored by the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
www.folkmusicny.org


Description of Event

Purpose: To examine and celebrate the North American urban folk music community of the 1940s and 1950s, and to pay tribute to the people who were part of it.

Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009

Location: New York City venue to be determined.


Tentative Schedule

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: The Urban Folk Music Community: an Overview. Who it was, including their institutions, social backgrounds, personal histories, musical roots, politics, lifestyles, connection to the larger culture and influence.

Lunch break 12:30 - 1:30 PM

1:30 - 2:55 PM: Women of the Folk Community. Who they were, their role within the urban folk community, their lives, their musical and non-musical contributions, and their role in the revival of feminism.

3:00 - 4:25 PM: Families of the Folk Musicians. Spouses, siblings, children, and other relatives discuss what it was like.

4:30 - 6:00 PM: We Remember. First hand accounts, memorials, anecdotes, songs, etc.

Dinner break 6:00 - 7:30 PM.

7:30 - 10:00 PM: Evening concert.


This event is nearly a year away the organizers are now in the very early stages of planning. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

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