Jug Band Jamboree

A hundred years ago jug bands were all the rage. In this residency children learn that even in the 21st century music is something we do, not just something we buy. They play oldtime washboards, spoons, and other discarded household items, and recycle cans, bottles and cardboard tubes into simple instruments. They practice simple rhythmic patterns and the rudiments of songwriting (including rhyme, meter, vocabulary, grammar, and usage) and learn about oral transmission of culture by writing new verses to old songs.