Berkeley Old Time Music
SPRING SITUATION
Online
Saturday March 6, 2021
10:30am to 6:30pm PST
FREE
Thanks to everyone who made the BOTMC online Spring Sitch, and Crankie Cabaret on March 6 a success!
For folks who missed the amazing Crankie Cabaret (or just want to see it again), you can watch the individual videos (with or without a Facebook login) at https://www.facebook.com/groups/botmccrankiecabaret.
The QHH performance of Skillet Licorice & Boojum can be viewed (with or without a Facebook login) at https://www.facebook.com/groups/quarantinehappyhourmusic.
The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention presents the 2021 Spring Sitch featuring a Crankie Cabaret!
A participatory event interspersing jam sessions with anti-racism workshops specific to our music community.
Details posted here: https://www.facebook.com/events/411673673479127
Zoom Links will be sent twice in the days leading up to the event.
Join our email list (using the form at the bottom of this page) for the link.
Please share this event widely and we look forward to seeing you there!
The schedule has no overlapping events to not detract from attendance at the workshop sessions.
There will be a SOCIAL room for those that just want to visit across the ether.
SCHEDULE
SAT MARCH 6 (all times PST)
10:30am Jam
Song Swap led by Martha Hawthorne & Bill Foss
(Knuckle Knockers, Bernal Hillbillies, & more)
11:30am Workshop
Calling In: Lazy John to Dixie - Becoming an Anti-Racist Ally in a Jam Session
Leslie Keir, Lael Sigal and Lisa Berman, facilitators
The music we love has a complicated history. How is that history present in our community today? Join us for an interactive workshop to practice how to respond to racism in jam settings.
1:00pm Jam
Fiddle tunes led by Skillet Licorice (Elise Engleberg & Matt Knoth)
2:00pm Presentation
Carlton Dorsey, Educator (aka Seemore Love)
3:00pm Jam
Fiddle tunes led by Karen Celia Heil and Eric Thompson
4:00pm CRANKIE CABARET
Watch party on Facebook. You do not need a Facebook account to watch together.
Submit your Crankie here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/botmccrankiecabaret
See the Crankie Cabaret page for more details.
5:30pm Quarantine Happy Hour on Facebook featuring
Skillet Licorice with special guests Thompsonia
Nokosee Fields & Friends
You do not need a Facebook account to watch - simply go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/quarantinehappyhourmusic at 5:30pm and look for the live video; you may need to refresh the page.