Big Squeeze Talent Showcase - San Antonio - Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Volunteer Opportunity
ORGANIZATION: Texas Folklife
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Texas Folklife, Conjunto Heritage Taller and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center are pleased to announce that our sixth Big Squeeze Talent Showcase of 2017 will take place in San Antonio at the Guadalupe on Sunday, March 26, 2017.
We are excited to find and showcase accordion talent! The emphasis for this showcase is CONJUNTO but, we are looking for accordion players ages 21 and under to showcase their performance abilities in any of the three main accordion genre categories: Polka, Cajun / Zydeco and Conjunto. The Polka genre will include German, Czech, and Polish traditions. Cajun / Zydeco will include Creole, Cajun and Zydeco musical traditions. Conjunto will include Norteño and Tejano. Please contact Texas Folklife if you are unsure under which category your music falls.
All young accordionists in any of the above styles are encouraged to show up an hour before start time to register for our contest. Special musical guests Eva Ybarra, Lorenzo Martinez and 2015 Big Squeeze Conjunto Champion Rito Pena will perform after the Contest. The event will take place from 3pm-6pm. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please visit our website at: http://texasfolklife.org/bigsqueeze2017sanantonioMore opportunities with Texas Folklife
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About Texas Folklife
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724 Eberhart Ln, Austin, TX 78745, US
Mission Statement
Texas Folklife is a private, non-profit cultural organization dedicated to celebrating and preserving the traditional arts and culture of the Lone Star State. We work directly with folk artists and communities to document living traditions and present them to the public through exhibitions, concerts, media projects and education programs.
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Texas Folklife (TxF) is dedicated to documenting, preserving and presenting the folk arts and diverse cultural expressions found in the Lone Star State. For the past 27 years, TxF has steadily grown, continuing to foster, perpetuate, and communicate folkways through exhibitions, concerts, performances, documentary audio and video archives, lectures, demonstrations, symposia, community residencies, and apprenticeships. Education is integral to all TxF programs, whether they are presented in schools, nursing homes, museums, theaters, or in factories and cafes. It is our objective to engage the public, and in particular young people, directly with artists, craftsmen, storytellers and musicians to ensure that integral cultural and artistic traditions are celebrated, passed along, and made alive for a new generation.
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723 S Brazos StSan Antonio, TX 78207
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February 7, 2017
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