Folklife Resources for Educators

Materials Related to AFC Homegrown Concert

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Les Bon Hommes Du Nord: French-Canadian Fiddle Music & Songs from New Hampshire
by American Folklife Center
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5687

Patrick Ross and Jean Theroux present a program of fiddle tunes and songs drawn from their French-Canadian heritage. They will be joined by Dalton Binette and Bow Thayer. All four musicians hail from the northernmost area of New Hampshire, adjacent to the Canadian border, across which people and cultural influences have flowed steadily over the last hundred years or more. The fiddle, accordion, and guitar are the most common instruments used in French-Canadian music.

Sponsoring Organization:
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave, SE, LJ-G49
Washington DC 20540
202-707-4430
www.loc.gov/folklife

Unukupukupu Halau Hula: AFC Homegrown Concert
by American Folklife Center
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5648

Unukupukupu is the traditional Halau Hula (Hula School) of Hawai`i Community College, Hilo, Hawai`i. Here ancient dances and songs, rooted in the sacred `Aiha`a Pele (Ritual Dance of Volcanic Phenomena) intermingle with the rigor of academic inquiry.

Sponsoring Organization:
American Folklife Center. Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave, SE, LJ-G49
Washington DC 20540
202-707-5510
www.loc.gov/folklife