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YTV will be announcing the winners of the 2020 Young Tradition Contest and the winner of the Young Tradition Touring Group violin raffle on Saturday May 2 at 6pm on the Young Tradition Vermont Facebook page via Facebook Live. Videos of all contest entries on the YTV web site. Guests will include 2019 contest co-winners Nora […]
We’re ordering Touring Group shirts this year, by popular demand, even though we’re not doing the Japan trip as planned. Instead of ‘Japan’ on the back for 2020, we’ve used the Japanese flag image, a rising sun with rays shooting out from the center. We’ll all know what that means, and will know what to […]
We’ve been doing some ‘happy hour’ Zoom calls as we mourn the cancellation of the Japan tour, which would have been happening this week. Thanks to those who Zoomed in on Monday (4/20). Can’t share the video but members got the note that Emma S sent from Japan, including the frog round words she promised, […]
Entries for the Young Tradition Contest are now closed. They have now be distributed to 3 groups of judges: YTV Board of Directors and Advisory Group, past contest winners, and invited judges. The results will be compiled between now and on line winner announcements on 5/2/20 at approximately 6pm. More information to come about how […]
Nia and Mairead have a fiddle to give you! Only a few tickets left and only a month before the 5/2/20 drawing. $10 per ticket, 3 for $25. This beautiful instrument was contributed by Vermont Violins to support the Young Tradition Touring Group, with an estimated minimum value of $5,500. Tickets are available at the Burlington […]
If it weren’t for virus cancellations, Alash would be performing evening concerts and for schools this week….. we hope to see them again soon.
In what was likely our last capacity concert presentation for while, Altan paid us a visit on 3/2/20 at FlynnSpace in Burlington. It was an honor and pleasure to present the concert as part of the Burlington Irish Heritage Festival, which got started the previous weekend and would have continued through the end of March if […]
Just wanted to send a Trad Camp update in light of the current situation with COVID-19. As of now, we are holding tight and still planning on going ahead with YTV Trad Camp 2020, July 27-31. We will, of course, continue to monitor the situation and will be constantly re-evaluating our plans; and we will […]
The 2020 Young Tradition Festival has been cancelled. However the annual contest will continue in an on-line format. In late April and early May, Young Tradition Vermont brings together young people involved in traditional music and dance, and those who support and are interested in what they do, in an effort to share with the […]
Young Tradition Vermont cancellations, verified on 3/15/20 by the Board of Directors. Disappointment is certainly at play, for everyone. The COVID-19 situation is the major variable. We aren’t canceling these activities without careful consideration of the risks (personal and organizational). If you are involved with any of these specific cancellations, you can expect additional detail, […]
31 March 2020 6:30 pm River Arts Council. Morrisville Presented by Young Tradition Vermont at River Arts Council, Morrisville. $20 admission, Reservations and Info at joseph@riverartsvt.org. Regional meal catered by Kate Halladay of Sustainable Kitchen, $13 at the door at 5:30pm. Alash The musicians of Alash are Bady-Dorzhu Ondar, Ayan-ool Sam, and Ayan Shirizhik. All were trained in traditional Tuvan […]
30 March 2020 6:00 pm BCA Center in Burlington Presented by Young Tradition Vermont at BCA Center. $20 admission, Reservations and Info at mark.sustic@gmail.com Alash The musicians of Alash are Bady-Dorzhu Ondar, Ayan-ool Sam, and Ayan Shirizhik. All were trained in traditional Tuvan music since childhood, first learning from their families and later becoming students of master throat singers. They […]