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SKU: COASTLIN104 Colonial Fair


Colonial Fair
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  • Code: COASTLIN104
    Format: CD
    Dean Shostak
    Colonial Fair

  • $15.00

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Description

Take a trip back 200 years to a "Colonial Fair" filled with songs, riddles, and stories with unforgettable characters. Learn about unusual musical instruments like Benjamin Franklin's glass armonica, and the remarkable hurdy-gurdy. This CD has over twenty talented musicians from Williamsburg, Virginia who make each song and tune from our past come to life for children of the present.

Testimonials
"Colonial Fair" was named a "Notable Recording for Children For The Year 2000" by the American Library Association.

Tracks
1) Welcome To The Fair/Red Haired Boy
2) Simple Simon
3) Aiken Drum
4) Fiddle Riddle #1
5) The Swapping Song
6) God Save The King
7) Mother Goose Medley
8) Johnny's So Long At The Fair
9) Fiddle Riddle #2
10) Frere Jacques
11) Yankee Doodle
12) Street Cries
13) Fiddle Riddle #3
14) Michael Finnigin
15) Old King Cole/Drowsy Maggie
16) The Old Man Who Lived In The Woods
17) Fiddle Riddle #4
18) Paper Of Pins
19) English Country Garden
20) Fiddle Contest Introduction, English Fiddler
21) Irish Fiddler
22) Scottish Fiddler
23) The Grand Finale

Artist Profile
Dean Shostak is recognized nationally as a pioneer of American music. He is best known for playing the glass armonica, a musical instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761. In concert, Shostak performs traditional and original music on violin, hurdy-gurdy and glass armonica. He has been featured on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" and "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" on PBS.

Credits
©1999 Coastline Music

Label Name: Coastline Music

Dean Shostak: Glass Armonica, Fiddle, Hurdy-Gurdy, Harpsichord

Dean is joined by many talented musicians on the recording including Stephen Christoff, Hope Dillard, Dan Gunther, Kelly Kennedy, Tim Seaman, and others.