Hot Times at Old Town

Appearing below are selections from the hard copy Hot Times. The objective is to highlight activities at the School and in the larger community, especially those featuring or of special interest to teachers and staff. Your suggestions are welcome. Enter a comment (under any item); it will come to me rather than automatically appearing.

Our Winning Fiddler!

A Chicagoan beats out West Virginia fiddle players at their own music?

Yep! This fall, Old Town School fiddle teacher Walter Hojka took First Prize in the Fiddle Contest held at Mountaineer Week at West Virginia University. Not only that, but he alo won an award for the best performance of a traditional West Virginia tune. Now that’s even more remarkable. (OK, we’ll admit it:
Walter is a transplant, and West Virginia is his home state — but it speaks to the depth of his roots in the West Virginia tradition).

Walter Hojka teaches several fiddle courses at the Old Town School including Music Skills for Fiddlers (Wednesdays at :30), New England Fiddle (Wednesdays at 8 pm), and Fiddle Two and Three (Thursdays at 6:30 and 8 pm respectively. He also teaches Children’s fiddle on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Interested? Registration is open for the January session!

Filed under: Uncategorized by Skip | November 20, 2009 | Comments (0)


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