July 7-11th, 2008
Update: (May 8, 2008) — Piano and Cello spots are now full. Also, Fiddle Camp is now full for 9 years and under.
The Sunshine Coast Summer School of Celtic Music is sponsored by the Coast String Fiddlers Association, a non-profit society which is committed to promoting the understanding and learning of traditional music through the support of fiddle instruction and related activities. Volunteers organize the Summer School, concerts, workshops and the Coast String Fiddler fiddle clubs. Our aim is to provide players of all backgrounds and levels the opportunity to learn in a non-competitive environment and to be able to take advantage of playing with others. We fully support family involvement.
The Coast String Fiddlers Association invites you to a week of study, playing and good times for all who share an interest in traditional music and in particular Celtic music, song and dance. Our eighth annual summer school is located in Roberts Creek Community School in Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada. FIND OUT MORE >>
Teachers confirmed so far …
Remember to sign up early in ‘08 — we usually are full by the end of April. Thanks to all those who registered! Watch this space for information about the 2008 Summer School of Celtic Music — and for upcoming Coast String Fiddlers performances!
Watch the Intermediate CSF group performance in Gibsons on Dec. 9th at the 2006 Sunshine Coast Elves Club Christmas Telethon (filmed and televised by Coast Cable).
Watch the two youngest CSF groups, the Fiddlers Under Five Feet and Squirts with Strings, perform the popular Orange Blossom Special fiddle tune — performed on Dec. 9th for the 2006 Sunshine Coast Elves Club Christmas Telethon (Performance filmed and televised by Coast Cable). Enjoy!
You can copy and paste this page (http://coaststringfiddlers.com/2006/12/30/orange-blossom-special-video/) into your e-mail and send the video to friends and relatives on the Coast, in Vancouver, or overseas.
Did you know?
The original Orange Blossom Special was a passenger train operated by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. The train was an all Pullman extra-fare train that carried passengers from New York City to the resorts of the the east coast of Florida. The Orange Blossom Special first ran on November 21, 1925 and was cancelled without ceremony in the early 1960s. (The Seaboard Air Line was so called because it followed a direct route, called an air line by 19th century surveyors.)
The fiddle tune, “Orange Blossom Special” by Ervin Rouse and Robert Russell “Chubby” Wise was composed in 1938. It has been called the best known fiddle tune of the twentieth century.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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