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Applications for the 2020 Apprenticeship Program are now closed. Thank you to all who submitted applciations this year!
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Posted on Tue Jul 9, 2019
Veterans, service members and their families are welcome to attend a storytelling workshop.
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WORKSHOPS
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Posted on Mon Jul 9, 2018
After a week of hard work, the 2018 Summer Institute concluded with a listening party on June 28th at the Worker's Defense Project. The venue was packed with people coming to hear our participants' podcasts chronicling stories and folklore related to this year's theme of Immigration and Labor. -
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Posted on Thu Jan 25, 2018
The Big Squeeze Talent Showcase & Auditions at Los Fresnos High School is one of many Big Squeeze events across Texas in 2018 and one of two Big Squeeze events in the Rio Grande Valley. Texas Folklife's Big Squeeze Accordion Program searches for the top youth accordionist talent in Texas.
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Posted on Tue Jan 23, 2018
TEXAS FOLKLIFE PRESENTS The Big Squeeze Talent Showcase & Auditions – Houston #1
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Posted on Tue Jan 23, 2018
TEXAS FOLKLIFE PRESENTS The Big Squeeze Talent Showcase & Auditions – Dallas
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Posted on Tue Jan 23, 2018
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Posted on Tue Dec 26, 2017
***Keep checking back for updates!
This will be the 12th year for The Big Squeeze Accordion Contest. We are excited to find and showcase accordion talent! Accordionists can enter by performing two songs at any of the below showcases where they will be videotaped by Texas Folklife or they submit a video entry digitally, by mail or e-mail. They do not have to do both, unless they feel like it!
***Accordionists can enter by performing two songs at any of the below showcases where they will be videotaped by Texas Folklife OR they can submit a video entry digitally, by mail or e-mail. They do not have to do both, unless they feel like it!
Why do we allow digital submissions? Because we want everyone who wants to apply to get that chance to, even if they are unable to travel to a city for a showcase! However, if they make it to finals, they must trek to Austin to compete at the Finals at the Bullock Texas History Museum.***
The Big Squeeze is a statewide contest where accordion players ages 21 and under will showcase their performance abilities in three main accordion genre categories: Polka, Cajun / Zydeco and Conjunto. The Polka genre will include German, Czech, and Polish traditions. Cajun / Zydeco will include Creole, Cajun and Zydeco musical traditions. Conjunto will include Norteño and Tejano. Please contact Texas Folklife if you are unsure which category pertains to you.
All showcases are open to the public and feature performances by local musicians.
The Big Squeeze Contest and Texas Folklife strive to represent the state's geographic and cultural diversity. Since 2007, 266 young musicians from more than 32 Texas towns and cities have participated. Contestants represent communities across this Great State, including the Rio Grande Valley, Houston, Greater Dallas Area, San Antonio, Lubbock, the Permian Basin and more!
See below for details on each confirmed event. Showcases in Dallas, Houston and Beaumont/Groves/ to be announced!
· February 10: Ennis Czech Music Fest in Ennis
· February 11: Pleasant Grove Branch Library in Dallas
· February 17: Café 4212 in Houston
· February 18: Multicultural Education & Counseling through the Arts in Houston
· February 24: Larry’s French Market & Cajun Restaurant in Nederland/Groves
· March 3: McDonald Public Library in Corpus Christi
· March 11: Guadalupe Theater in San Antonio
· March 23: Los Fresnos High School in Los Fresnos
· March 24: Palmview High School in Palmview
· April 21: Big Squeeze Finals: Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin
For info on how to enter the Big Squeeze 2018: http://www.texasfolklife.org/bigsqueeze2018
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