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On Saturday September 21st, the 41st Shelburne Farms Harvest Festival will include performances by some amazing performers, including several arranged by Young Tradition Vermont. Starts at 10am and continues to 4pm. More info at www.shelburnefarms.org Performers include SVER, Tony Demarco, Jon Gailmor, Alexis Chartrand & Nicolas Babineau, Zigue, Mikahely, the Ed Larkin Old Time Dancers, Very […]
YTV resumes its Baird 5 music sessions at Vermont Children’s Hospital at the UVM Medical Center on Monday September 23rd with Lexi James, Mark Sustic and the Instrument Petting Zoo. Note that these sessions are designed for for Baird 5 patients, their families and staff – it is otherwise not a public event. For more […]
Yasi Zeichner taught ‘Money in Both Pockets’ and ‘The Shepard’s Daughter’ on 9/14 at the Burlington Violin Shop (9:30am to 12 noon), tunes Fiddleheads on 9/21 at the Shelburne Farms Harvest Festival (12:30pm to 1pm). A link to the 2 tunes can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1txpf2WkIjGnLBZFVuyXLVKXPEsBJulQB?usp=sharing. Fiddleheads will play again at 3pm with Yasi and […]
Epic Little Folk Festival on 9/20/19 in New Haven….. featuring Moira Smiley, SVER, Nate Wallace-Gusakov AND Hadley Stockwell and Maeve Fairfax from the Young Tradition Touring Group!
Thanks all who attend the 1st rehearsal at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, FlynnArts Director Jess Handrik for arranging the space, and especially those who are new to the group. Those who are returning, who have been in the group previous years – were asked to keep in mind that we are not […]
Yasi Zeichner will teach and rehearse some tunes on 9/14 at the Burlington Violin Shop (9:30am to 12 noon) to prepare for a Fiddleheads appearance at the 9/21/19 Shelburne Farms Harvest Festival (12:30pm and 3pm). But we need YOU to make it happen! Send a message to mark.sustic@gmail.com if you can make it on 9/14 […]
6:00 pm at the Burlington Violin Shop at 23 Church Street Marketplace. $20 suggested donation. Reservations and other info at mark.sustic@gmail.com. Gerry O’Connor is from Dundalk, Co. Louth, where he grew up in a family of musicians, dancers and singers. Kevin McElroy has been playing Irish traditional music since he was a teenager, inspired his family’s […]
The first Touring Group rehearsal is scheduled for 9/7/19 in the lobby at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, starting at 12 noon, ending no later than 4pm. We’ll start with introductions, including group leaders Oliver, Romy, Andrew/Kirsten and Mark. We may start future rehearsals with session tunes like previous years, but […]
9/1 was the deadline for accepting invitations to the Young Tradition Touring Group. As of early that morning, before packing and launching for New World Festival in Randolph, 22 had made the commitments and agreed to join the Touring Group. The minimum was 20, so we’re moving ahead. Mark Sustic is still in the manager […]
Great day at New World Festival in Randolph with connections at every turn. Spintuition (winners at the 2019 contest) made a big impression and the Instrument Petting Zoo installation was a steady flow of participants, of all sizes and ages. Thanks to zoo keepers Sarah King, Danielle Devlin and PJ Braine, and to Kevin, Rebecca, […]
Young Tradition Vermont renewed is annual tradition of supporting performers for the 1st Day of School celebration at the Integrated Arts Academy in Burlington on 8/28/19. A beautiful start on a beautiful morning with students, student families and staff. Thanks to Kevin Robinson (principal) and Emily Titterton (arts coach) for keeping the tradition going. As […]
The Young Tradition Touring Group recruitment, application, and audition process is complete for almost everyone, and we are now inviting members to be part of the Touring Group for 2019/2020. We are now gathering responses to the invitation, and agreement to the list of commitments. For those who accept the invitation, their first obligation is […]