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	<title>Hot Times at Old Town</title>
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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>Chicago Battle of the Jug Bands!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Armed with jugs, washboards, kazoos, and other musical weaponry, jug bands of all sizes and descriptions will be clashing at the Third Annual Chicago Battle of the Jug Bands on Saturday, November 13th. Proceeds will support purchase of grave markers for Joe and Charlie McCoy, blues/swing pioneers, now in unmarked pauper&#8217;s graves at the Restvale [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/10/16/chicago-battle-of-the-jug-bands/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s almost like playing the jug&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Josin z Bazin http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=v9MTGNaEXGM This thirty-year old clip by Poland&#8217;s &#8220;The Banjo Band&#8221; (led by Ivan Mladek) has developed a substantial youtube following. If the &#8220;jug&#8221; sound were not enough, the sheer zaniness of the song is excuse enough to view this clip. The lyrics: a man driving his 100 year old car [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/10/04/jozin-z-bazin/</link>
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		<title>Old Time Jug Band Extravaganza!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/09/18/old-time-jug-band-extravaganza/</link>
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		<title>Learn to play the jug!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As w&#8217;re in the midst of a jug-band revival, you may have wondered how some folks get such great sounds out of a jug or a bottle. It&#8217;s not by blowing across the top (as one website claims), but by aiming right into the middle of the hole. But rather than my telling you, check [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/05/29/learn-to-play-the-jug/</link>
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		<title>Laughter is the best medicine &#8211; Laughter Workshops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, National Laughter Day was Sunday, May 2nd. But in the world of traditional music, dance, and culture, a couple weeks is like the twinkling of an eye. Accordingly, the School&#8217;s Laughter Workshop in honor of National Laughter Day was held a couple weeks alter. Coordinating the activity was Judith Sample, a wonderful percussionist and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/05/02/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-may-16th-workshop/</link>
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		<title>Teacher Gigs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Weekly Gigs Tuesdays &#8211; The Sanctified Grumblers (Rick Sherry &#38; Eric Noden), old-time blues, jazz, The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia. 8:30 pm. (Note the earlier starting time: they&#8217;re hot!) Thursdays &#8211; Jim Conway, Honky Tonk BBQ, 1213 W. 18th St, (between Racine Ave and Allport St), Pilsen. (312) 226-7427. 7:30 pm Single Shows Saturday, May [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/03/20/teacher-gigs/</link>
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		<title>Learning the easy way</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/03/01/learning-the-easy-way/</link>
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		<title>Strictly Jug Nuts Pre-Game Superbowl Show</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/01/16/strictly-jug-nuts-pre-game-superbowl-show/</link>
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		<title>Watch Aztec Ruins vanish at OTS!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keep alert! These ruins will disappear right before your eyes! (And will fill yer stomach!) Aztec Ruins are Tina&#8217;s newest combination at the Cafe. And what a mix! Picture this: the hot and spicy choriso rice (rice, choriso, red bell peppers, onion) topped with tuna salad (tuna, mayo, lemon juice). The effect of the spicy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/01/16/watch-aztec-ruins-vanish-at-ots/</link>
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		<title>Jug band at Jan 8th First Friday!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://oldtownschool.org/connect/hottimes/2010/01/06/jug-band-at-jan-8th-first-friday/</link>
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