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Monday Feb., 28th SASKATOON

08:45–09:45 Mount Royal Collegiate Ian Krips
09:50–10:55 Mount Royal Collegiate Ian Krips
12:00–01:30 (?) Rotary Luncheon
Media Interviews

Tuesday Mar. 1st SASKATOON
11:00-12:00 Bishop Mahoney H.S. Don Griffiths
01:30-02:30 Pleasant Hill Community School Richard Dubé

Wednesday Mar. 2nd SASKATOON
09:30 10:30 Caroline Robins Community School Greg Wihak
01:00-02:20 Joe Duquette H. S. Sharon LaFlemme

Thursday Mar 3rd REGINA
08:30-09:30 Riffel High School
10:50-11:50 O’Neill High School
02:00-03:00 St. Dominic Elementary

Performance 07:30-8:30 Mid Winter Blues Festival @ The Exchange

Friday Mar. 4th SWIFT CURRENT
1:00-2:00 Irwin Middle School Shann McGowan

Performance 9:00- StirCrazy Blues Festival @ Art Gallery of Swift Current

Saturday Mar. 5th SASKATOON

Performance 8:30- The Bassment

BLUES 101

Is a one-hour lecture/performance that covers the origins of blues music from its early beginnings, e.g. field hollers, work songs, etc. to its current popularity. Through song, lecture and discussion, students learn the history of the Blues while hearing instrumental examples played on guitar or other instruments. Basic definitions of Blues music such as, “What us the Blues?” are reinforced throughout this course. This course is geared toward, middle school and high school students or individuals being exposed to blues for the first time. The biographies of major players in the development of Blues music, e.g. W.C. Handy, Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter and B.B. King, are introduced. This program can be conducted in classroom/auditorium environment. This workshop includes an interactive singing workshop and a Q and A period. This is Fruteland Jackson’s most popular and recommended workshop for the uninitiated and is designed to reach a mass audience.