American Folk Dancing with Evo Bluestein

A 10 minute video snapshot of an American Folk Dance Residency by Evo Bluestein. With a large repertoire of traditional dances and songs as his tools, Evo introduces a fun social and cultural experience and at the same time teaches courtesy and important social rules of behavior. He plays fiddle, accordion, Appalachian dulcimer and many other instruments. It is no small feet that he can demonstrate the steps, call the dance and play hot old time fiddle in the same moment. The week, culminates in a rousing "barn dance" on Friday evening.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Folk dancing
• fiddle
• accordion
• Appalachian dulcimer
• school children
• kids
• learning
• calling
• practicing
• behaving
• residency
• Buena Vista Elementary School
• Walnut Creek
• Heather Duncan

[charlestoncitypaper]

Great celebration of diversity and kids having fun.

[bnord1100]

This is fabulous. The guy is a national treasure.

[FourGarretts]

Great video. It reminded me of my music teacher in grade school named Margo Mayo. wonderful. Diana

[caribeso77]

Loved it! Not too many calling fiddlers around these days....

[nancymcghee]

Nice job, Chip! Reminds me of when I did a similar thing at an elementary school in Oakland, only it was international folk dance.