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Here is one article about them
The Carolina Chocolate Drops at Sternberger Elementary, Greensboro, NC
Words by Carla Murphy, PTA; photo Kerri Hampton-Pyle
The Carolina Chocolate Drops play for Sternberger ElementaryThe Carolina
Chocolate Drops, an African American String Band, gave two performances at
Sternberger Elementary School on Monday, January 30. Band members Rhiannon
Giddens, Dom Flemons, and
Justin Robinson describe their music as "Old Time Music" drawn from the
musical heritage of the foothills of North and South Carolina.
The 45 minute show was fabulous! "The performance was jam-packed with
educational and historical facts about the music and the instruments,"
according to Dr. Melissa Nixon, principal. She also stated that it was
impressive the way the group tailored
their performances to the younger children in order to hold their attention
and added more information for the older grades.
Dom Flemons blows the jug for Sternberger Elementary The program introduced
the children to the banjo, guitar, fiddle, harmonica, kazoo, and the jug as
well as hand rhythms. One thing that made the presentation special is the
educational aspect of how
music was made hundreds of years ago using objects such as a jug and other
natural items as musical instruments. "I thought it was really interesting
when Rhiannon showed an us African banjo that was made from a gourd, goat skin
and a bamboo stick," said
Caitlin Murphy, a third grader at Sternberger. "It made me want to go home and
make my own instrument."
Sternberger Elementary kids listen to the Carolina Chocolate Drops The
Chocolate Drops were brought to Sternberger by The PTA as part of a yearly
effort to expose children to cultural arts.
Ulf
"kateh" skrev i meddelandet news:rSMhj.67$
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> Anyone seen these folks perform?
> They're going to be at Wintergrass, next month, and I'm trying to generate
> some enthusiasm in a bunch of teenagers.
> KateH :)
>
>
Here is one article about them
The Carolina Chocolate Drops at Sternberger Elementary, Greensboro, NC
Words by Carla Murphy, PTA; photo Kerri Hampton-Pyle
The Carolina Chocolate Drops play for Sternberger ElementaryThe Carolina
Chocolate Drops, an African American String Band, gave two performances at
Sternberger Elementary School on Monday, January 30. Band members Rhiannon
Giddens, Dom Flemons, and Justin Robinson describe their music as "Old Time
Music" drawn from the musical heritage of the foothills of North and South
Carolina.
The 45 minute show was fabulous! "The performance was jam-packed with
educational and historical facts about the music and the instruments,"
according
to Dr. Melissa Nixon, principal. She also stated that it was impressive the
way
the group tailored their performances to the younger children in order to hold
their attention and added more information for the older grades.
Dom Flemons blows the jug for Sternberger Elementary The program introduced
the children to the banjo, guitar, fiddle, harmonica, kazoo, and the jug as
well
as hand rhythms. One thing that made the presentation special is the
educational
aspect of how music was made hundreds of years ago using objects such as a jug
and other natural items as musical instruments. "I thought it was really
interesting when Rhiannon showed an us African banjo that was made from a
gourd,
goat skin and a bamboo stick," said Caitlin Murphy, a third grader at
Sternberger. "It made me want to go home and make my own instrument."
Sternberger Elementary kids listen to the Carolina Chocolate Drops The
Chocolate Drops were brought to Sternberger by The PTA as part of a yearly
effort to expose children to cultural arts.
Ulf
> They're going to be at Wintergrass,
next month, and I'm trying to generate
> some enthusiasm in a bunch of
teenagers.
> KateH :)
>
>
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