[Scmusenet] Press Release: Native American Style Flute Making Class at Pickens County Museum Saturday, November 1

[Allen Coleman]

Release Date:  October 21, 2008


Class Date:       November 1, 2008


Registration:    Now Open


Contact:           Pickens County Museum at 864.898.5963


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Native American Style Flute Making Class at Pickens County Museum

Saturday, November 1

 

On Saturday, November 1, 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. instructor, John Davis
will teach a Native American Style Flute Making Class in the Liz
Smith-Cox Educational studio at the Pickens County Museum, 307 Johnson
St, Pickens.  

 

Each student can select from either a Lakota style or a Copper Canyon
style design for their flute and should be able to complete one during
this class. Pre-registration is required. Student must be 16 year or
older. Tuition is $35 per student (cash, check, or credit card). All
materials for the class will be provided. Lunch not included. Class size
is limited to 12 students; register today by calling 864.898.5963.

 

Native American flutes, most popular 4 and 6 hole styles, are easy to
play and do not require any specific shaping of the mouth to produce a
soft soothing tone. Originally, this was a very personal instrument;
second only to the drum in Native American history and was used for
courtship, healing, meditation, and spiritual rituals. Today, the Native
American flute has achieved some measure of fame for its distinctive
sound, used in a variety of world music recording styles, played solo or
along with other instruments, and accompanying vocals.

 

Instructor John Davis, who has taught at John C. Campbell Folk School,
in NC, has been teaching Native American Style Flute Making for over
twenty years. He likes to use Bamboo to make flutes and has provided a
Lakota style and a Copper Canyon style design for display in the Pickens
County Museum Shop. Davis, retired from IBM and living in Westminster,
SC says "I love to teach flute making and find the flute's haunting
sound to be a great stress reliever".

 

The Pickens County Museum of Art & History is located at 307 Johnson
Street in Pickens. Museum hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
9a-5p, Thursday 9a-7:30p, and Saturday 9a-4:30p. For additional
information or to register call 864.898.5963.         

 

 

 

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