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25 Nov 02 - 11:07 AM (#834573) Subject: First Night in Columbia MO From: GUEST,adavis@truman.edu If you haven't made new year's plans and you're in hollering distance of Columbia MO, the First Night Festival may be of interest. Good fiddling -- Stoneking's a name to conjure with. Plug and URL follow. Adam more info at:http://www2.truman.edu/~adavis/mfs.html December 31: The schedule includes Missouri State Fiddling champs Alita Stoneking, Jr. Marriott and Cody Marriott, also Paul and Win Grace; Ironweed Bluegrass Band; Emery Lovett Band; The Nightcrawlers, Eddie and Martha Adcock (bluegrass duo); Anam Ri (a traditional Irish group from Milwaukee,Wisconsin); Al Berard and His Swamp Friends (grammy nominated cajun fiddler); Del Alma (Salvadoran-born leader of a dynamic Latin band); Incumbens III (a jazz trio); Glenn Jaubert (teacher of traditional Cajun dance from Lafayette, Louisiana); and Jim Thaxter calling a children's contra dance. Columbia, MO. |
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26 Nov 02 - 08:45 AM (#835345) Subject: RE: First Night in Columbia MO From: open mike First night is a traditon that would be good to have everywhere! Does anyone know of the origins of first night and are there any other celebrations like this going on? is it on new year's eve? or the nite of Jan. 1? |