Make Music Day Workshop Schedule
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Click on the links below for video, website & Facebook info for each workshop host
9:00pm to 5:30pm
For Music Performance Schedule, click here.
THE BALDWIN SENIOR CENTER (Members Only)
9:00am – And The Beat Goes On
10:00am – Ukulele & Sing Along
11:00am – Sit & Dance
1:00pm – The Boomers
2:30pm – SC Dance & Karaoke Party
Baldwin Center Pre-Registration: There are no fees for Make Music Day Programs. Pre-Registration is required. Please call (203) 385-4050 OR register online at Play Make Music Video to reserve your spot!
If registering by phone, please indicate you are registering for a “Make Music Day” program
(i.e. Make Music Day Sit & Dance, Make Music Day And The Beat Goes On).
THE STRATFORD LIBRARY – LOVELL ROOM
2:00pm
Make Music Day with DJ Austin Daily
Join us to celebrate summer reading with DJ Austin Dailey! This popular area DJ will have kids up and dancing with fun activities and kid-friendly music. Ages 6-12.
Space is limited. Pre-Register HERE
4-5:30pm
uCreate: Make Music with Makey Makey for Teens!
Meet Makey Makey, an invention kit that allows you to turn anything—literally anything!—into a computer button. Learn some simple circuitry and then team up to build a working musical instrument that you can play in celebration of Make Music Day! Registration required. Open to ages 10 & up; anyone 12 & under must be accompanied by a parent/guardian (who should also register). Space is Limited. Pre-Register HERE
STERLING HOUSE
4:00pm
Peter Menta (AKA Washboard Slim): Basics of Blues Harmonica
In this workshop Peter will teach the basics of blues harmonica: how to hold the instrument properly to get good tone, a few essential rhythm patterns, and will demonstrate how to bend notes to get that true blues sound. 10-hole diatonic Hohner Harmonicas will be provided for you to keep, but if you have one in the key of C or the key of A, bring it along. PLEASE BRING YOUR KAZOO OR ASK FOR ONE AT THE ARTS ALLIANCE OF STRATFORD TENT TO HUM ALONG WITH A SPECIAL NUMBER PETER MENTA WILL LEAD.
Peter Menta has fronted the band Washboard Slim and the Blue Lights for over four decades. He has studied and mastered the harmonica styles of many of the great blues artists.
Washboard Slim Website Facebook
4:00pm
Iyaba Ibo Mandingo – Iyaba will lead a workshop for kids 7-12 on drum making. All materials will be supplied. Painter, poet, writer, actor and playwright, Iyaba makes art with found objects, fabric, and items many of us would discard.
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