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into the past through the music, songs and words of the common people
whose labor built America. This is a multi‑faceted, audience‑centered
program that can educate, delight, and enthrall. It will motivate and
encourage participants to learn more about the past that surrounds them.
Lumberjack/Shanty Boy from
Northern Michigan of the 1870's. He plays the concertina, fiddle,
bones, limbertoys, button accordion, and hammered dulcimer and shares
songs and stories of life in the lumber camps.
Canal Boat Captain of 1840
takes you on a musical journey from New England to the Michigan
wilderness via the Erie Canal. He plays the banjo, concertina, bones,
penny whistle and limbertoys and shares songs and stories of the canal.
Civil War Musician of
1865 presents life as a soldier-musician in the Union Army. He shares
the humor, pain and excitement of the war years through song. He plays
saxhorn, fife, concertina, bones and bugle.
Railroad Engineer from 1870
takes you on a musical journey on the Transcontinental Railroad. Our
destination? California! He plays guitar, concertina, and penny
whistle and shares the stories and songs of the people who built it.
Schooner Captain of 1875
sails the Great Lakes delivering passengers and cargo to ports from
Buffalo to Chicago and Duluth. Using button accordion and concertina he
shares the songs, history and resources of the Great Lakes region.
Scottish Iron Worker from
Northern Michigan of the 1880's presents a look at America's early iron
making industry. Using accordions, concertina, cornet, penny whistle and bagpipes,
the iron worker talks about life in a furnace town and the growth,
development and importance of iron‑making in America.
CCC Camp Enrollee 1941 (Civilian
Conservation Corps) goes to work for President Roosevelt and the nation
to help rebuild America's natural and human resources. Join the CCC and
become a member of Roosevelt's Tree Army! The CCC Enrollee plays the
bugle, concertina and washboard and presents life in the CCC camps from
1933-1942. Learn about the CCC and what if did for the young men who
served their country during its nine‑year existence. Learn what the
CCC's 3.4 million men did for America's future and how we are still
reaping the benefits of their hard work, dedication and sacrifice.
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