[Scmusenet] Press Release: Native American Style Flute Making Class at Pickens County Museum Saturday, October 3

[Allen Coleman]

Release Date:  Immediately


Class Date:       October 3, 2009


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, October 3rd

 

On Saturday, October 3rd, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 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 of Art &
History.  

 

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 $45 ($40 for museum members) 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. No refunds on class tuition after Oct 2.

 

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, now 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 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Thursday 9:00 to 7:30, and Saturday 9:00 to 4:30. For
additional information or to register call (864) 898-5963.

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