THE BERKELEY OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION
SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2009
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                          Tentative Schedule for 2009 (subject to change)


Wed. Sept. 9 - Evening
"Always Been A Rambler"
Bay Area premiere of  the new documentary film about
the New Lost City Ramblers
including a question and answer session with
director Yasha Aginsky and Mike Seeger
Pacific Film Archive
website:  www.alwaysbeenarambler.org

Thurs. Sept. 10 - 8:00pm
Mike Seeger
The Tallboys
Eric & Suzy Thompson
Freight & Salvage

Fri. Sept. 11 - 4:30pm to 6pm
panel discussion with
Mike Seeger & Elizabeth LaPrelle
U.C. Berkeley, Music Dept
FREE

Fri. Sept. 11 - 8:00pm
Benton Flippen and the Mostly Mountain Boys
(Paul Brown, Terri McMurray, John Schwab)

Elizabeth LaPrelle
The Knuckle Knockers
Freight & Salvage

Sat. Sept. 12 -10 AM
Concert for kids and families with Paul Silveria
Berkeley Library, Main Branch Children's Room
FREE

Sat. Sept. 12 - 11am to 3pm
String Band Concert and Youth Showcase
Civic Center Park, MLK & Center
sponsored by the Berkeley Farmers' Market
a program of the Ecology Center
FREE


Sat. Sept. 12 - Evening

Square dance, with:
Benton Flippen and the Mostly Mountain Boys
(
Paul Brown, Terri McMurray, John Schwab)
The Black Crown String Band
The Tallboys
Callers:  Rodney Sutton and Amy Hofer
Ashkenaz


Sun. Sept. 13 - 11am to 2:30pm
Instructional Workshops with BOTMC performers
Jazzschool


Sun. Sept. 13 - 3pm-4:40pm
FAMILY DANCE!
Mt. Diablo String Band & Caller Paul Silveria Ashkenaz

Sun. Sept. 13 - 3pm-8pm
Cabaret
Jupiter
FREE


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THANKS to our funders Ed Littlefield, Alliance for California Traditional Arts (in partnership with the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the James Irvine Foundation),  Zellerbach Community Arts Program, the Alameda County Art Commission, the Bill Graham Foundation, the Hellman Family Foundation, and individual friends of old-time music, and to our NONPROFIT SPONSORS:KPFA-FM,KALW-FM,the California Bluegrass Association, Freight & Salvage,and the Ecology Center.