Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Beginning the Fun

Hello everyone,


I'm discovering how much fun this project will be. For one thing, I get to listen to bluegrass music and talk to fellow musicians. Another plus is that this is a writing assignment. I love to write because I can incorporate into my writing the styles of other writers.
While this will be time-consuming and schedule-filling, I believe that it'll be a lot of fun as well. This Tuesday evening, I'll be going to a bluegrass jam up at the bluegrass shack and hopefully I'll get an opportunity to interview some of the people up there.
I’m looking forward to the bluegrass fest out at Fort Kaskaskia. It’s close by and now that I have my license, I’ll be able to get away without having to drag my family along. I’m also going to ask around and see if I can find any other sources of information about my subculture. Hopefully I’ll find a book about the history of bluegrass music in general and bluegrass in this region. I believe that it may have come from Celtic music, but I’ll have to either confirm or refute this assumption.
I’ll post more information as it comes. Thanks for reading.

~Kira

1 comment:

  1. Kira,
    I look forward to reading the different things that you post about what you are finding out. I have been to a Tuesday night jam at the Bluegrass Shack, I really enjoyed myself. I cannot play an instrument and I enjoyed myself. Just remember to not get to into the jam to observe :). When I was there I was to busy watching the people play, it was fascinating to me. I want to learn to play the fiddle, but have to find time to take lessons. The finding the time is going to be hard for me. Hopefully someday soon I will find the time.

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