Re: [Harp-L] Blues in schools etc

[Will Vogtman <will_vogtman@xxxxxxxxx>]

I do this once a year in my local school district.  I spend at least half the time teaching 5 kids at each school to play through a blues progression.  They get to keep their harps.  We usually do  two schools per year, and the local arts' council pays for it.  I buy the harps, but the investment (10 for $50 Bluesband C) is quite worth it.  Two of us play the gig and each get between 3 and 4 hundred.  The kids remember me as the "Harmonica Guy."  (A moniker I'm certainly not ashamed of).  
   
  Involving the kids in a meaningful manner insures futures gigs, and makes a larger harmonica audience!
   
  Will

Philharpn@xxxxxxx wrote:
  For those of you who are seeking to expand you gigs:

You might consider a blues in schools kind of approach: You contact the 
school district near where you play your gigs and do an afternoon show for the kids 
-- before the evening gig for the adults.

Or a blues seminar for the local community education ...

PBS website has some ideas along this line about how you come up with the 
proper wording and scheduling ("lesson plans") or maybe some information for your 
own edification...




The Blues
A Snapshot of Delta Blues: Skip James and Robert Johnson
Lesson Plan
6-8 / 9-12
Consider the various influences on musicians' creations,
understand the musical contributions of Skip James and Robert
Johnson and explore the creation of personae by musicians, past
and present.
http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/intdelta.html

Phil Lloyd


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