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	<description>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.</description>
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		<title>Old Time Jug Band Extravaganza!</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/09/18/old-time-jug-band-extravaganza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us at the School on Sunday, October 3rd, for a concert of hot U.S. jug bands including Chicago&#8217;s Bare-handed Jug Band, the NY-Based Second Fiddles, and the School&#8217;s own Hump Night Thumpers. The occasion: honoring the McCoy Brothers, whose local resting place remains unmarked. Our hope is to raise enough to underwrite purchase and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning the easy way</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/03/01/learning-the-easy-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s true &#8212; there&#8217;s an easy way to learn guitar, or mando, or fiddle or harmonica or any instrument. Better yet, it doesn&#8217;t involve practice! The secret is by playing your instrument for fun. That&#8217;s what jamming is about. OK, you do need to begin by learning some basic techique and maybe a few chords. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strictly Jug Nuts Pre-Game Superbowl Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Power yourself into Superbowl Sunday with this special, rough-and-tumble Pre-Game Jug Band Show! Jugs, washboard, kitchenware, kazoos, washtub bass, and all manner of instruments will be sounding when Strictly Jug Nuts presents its Pre-Superbowl Show at the Lincoln Restaurant, 4008 N. Lincoln Avenue at 2 pm on Sunday, February 7th. There will be old songs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jug band at Jan 8th First Friday!</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/01/06/jug-band-at-jan-8th-first-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late note: Strictly Jug Nuts, winners of the 2009 Battle of the Jug Bands, will be the opening act for the First Friday concert on Friday, December 8th &#8211; 9 pm! This is the band that won the Chicago Battle of the Jug Bands in November, and that was the featured act at the December [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweden&#8217;s Giant Keyboard</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/11/20/swedens-giant-keyboard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swedish subway riders were surprised this past summer when a giant, fully functional keyboard replaced a staircase in the Stockholm station. There it was, white keys and black keys, leading up to street level. The nominal idea behind this Volkswagen-sponsored project was to increase use of the stairs rather than the escalator. And, of course, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Winning Fiddler!</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/11/20/our-winning-fiddler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Hall of Fame Nominee!</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/10/05/our-hall-of-fame-nominee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce the great news! Diane Blumensaadt, Teacher and Customer Service Representative at the Old Town School of Folk Music, has been nominated for membership in: The White Castle Cravers Hall of Fame Diane has been nominated based on her account of an experience in one of Chicago&#8217;s Great Blizzards. It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sing for Yer Supper</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2009/07/25/sing-for-yer-supper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This great idea is back! Each week John Abbey brings together a few different musicians for some informal, good time music; they trade songs and instruments, and everyone has a good time. If you feel like playing or singing a tune, contact John! The fun takes place Sundays, 4 &#8211; 6 pm at Uncommon Ground, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dvorak Wins Lifetime Achievement Award &#8211; Details coming!</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2008/03/21/dvorak-wins-lifetime-achievement-award-details-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Happy New Year from Frank Hamilton!</title>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2007/12/31/happy-new-year-from-frank-hamilton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Hamilton, one of our founders, celebrates the New Year with us by providing the traditional Robert Burns poem/song. See the commentary and earlier version he has added at the end. Thanks Frank! Auld Lang Syne F C7 Should auld acquaintance be forgot F Bb And never brought to mind? F A7 Should auld acquaintance [...]]]></description>
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