Big Squeeze Talent Showcase - Palmview - Volunteer Opportunity
ORGANIZATION: Texas Folklife
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Texas Folklife and Palmview High School are pleased to announce that our ninth Big Squeeze Talent Showcase of 2018 in Palmview, TX will take place at Palmview High School on Friday, March 23, 2018.
We are excited to find and showcase accordion talent! The emphasis for this showcase is CONJUNTO but, we are looking for any and all accordion players that fall into our age categories. Cajun / Zydeco will include Creole, Cajun and Zydeco musical traditions. The Polka genre will include German, Czech, and Polish 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.
Registration to audition begins at 12pm, Auditions are at 1:15pm. The event will take place from 12pm to 2pm. This event is free and open to the public.
After Auditions: Later that evening, the 9th Annual Conjunto Spring Concert is from 5pm - 10pm in the Palmview High School Parking Lot. It is free, with performances by Palmview High School's Conjunto La Tradicion, Juarez-Lincoln High School's Conjunto Sol, La Joya High School's Conjunto Los Diamantes and more.
Fore more information, please visit our website at: http://www.texasfolklife.org/bigsqueeze2018
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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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3901 N La Homa RdPalmview, TX 78574
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February 15, 2018
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