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Old Town School of Folk Music
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NPR Morning Edition
11-25-1998
BOB EDWARDS, HOST: Next week, one of the country's most venerated folk music institutions begins its 42nd year. The Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago opened during the folk boom of the 1950s and has taught many people, including John Prine, Steve Goodman, and Stephen Wade (ph). This year, the school moved to a fancy new building.
Tony Sarabia of member station WBEZ reports.
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; ... extra thousand dollars. For folk music concerts, that's about all it takes." New bathrooms and a new heating system. And the good news for anyone who has taken summer classes at the Old Town School is that air-conditioning will make its debut. On March 3, the ...
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Old Town School puts original songbook on CD
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; The Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook is a ticket through dusty roads and some of the darkest corners of the soul. The first songbook was assembled in 1958 by the late Win Stracke, the school's first director and Frank Hamilton, the school's first instructor. Stapled together, it incorporated
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`SO MUCH HISTORY IN THOSE WALLS' Chicago folk music school is famous training ground; For more information on Old Town School The Old Town School of Folk Music is at 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago. The fall slate of classes runs from this past Monday through Nov. 1 and Nov. 2 through Dec. 20. For information on classes and concerts, call (773) 525-7793. The school will host an open house this weekend from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; It began as one man giving guitar lessons in a private home. Today, "in terms of student body, budget and faculty, there isn't anything close to us in the world," said executive director Jim Hirsch. "This facility the day it opens will be the pre-eminent folk music center in the world." This
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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50 years, and counting Old Town School celebrates past, present and future during benefit.(Time Out!)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; Byline: Mark Guarino Daily Herald Music Critic mguarino@@dailyherald.com 50 Years in Chicago: A benefit for the Old Town School of Folk Music When: 7 p.m. Saturday Where: Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Parkway, Chicago Tickets: $35/$50/$75/$125/$250. Call (312) 559-1212 What: The Old Town
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A Chicago icon comes of age; Old Town School of Folk Music celebrates 50 years
Chicago Sun-Times
; The late folksinger Bob Gibson liked to say the Old Town School of Folk Music taught a way of life. The Old Town School has always been a precious rarity. It came of age in the era of regional schools such as the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C., and the Highlander Folk School in the
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Old Town School welcomes favorite folks for 50th reunion
Chicago Sun-Times
; Over its 50-year history, thousands of singers, songwriters, musicians, teachers and students have ambled through the doors of the Old Town School of Folk Music. All have been embraced in a warm bear hug of musical inspiration. That legacy is not lost on Roger McGuinn, leader of the 1960s folk-rock
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Times a-changin' at Old Town School
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; Folk music institution tunes up for expansion JEFF BORDEN Twenty years ago, Jim Hirsch was a troubadour, playing guitar at clubs and small halls throughout the Midwest, reveling in the footloose, sleep-till-noon lifestyle. But beneath his folksy facade was a dormant entrepreneur, a shrewd business
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Dawn Greening, 70; Founded Old Town School of Folk Music
Chicago Sun-Times
; Dawn Greening, 70, who presided over the birth of the Old Town School of Folk Music in her Oak Park living room, died Saturday in Fort Collins, Colo. Born in Minneapolis, Mrs. Greening came to the Chicago area as a child and settled in the western suburb, where she attended Oak Park-River Forest
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Picante to open Latin series at Old Town School
Chicago Sun-Times
; La Pena, a weekly showcase of Latin folk music and dance featuring the Chicago area's best local and touring talent, kicks off Wednesday at the Old Town School of Folk Music on the North Side. The 11th annual series, running through Oct. 31, takes over the Old Town School concert hall every
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School of Folk Music prospers at 40
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; Unlike most snapshots in a family scrapbook, the black and white pictures depicting the Old Town School of Folk Music, class of 1957, are indistinct. They are as moody as Big Bill Broonzy's "Bull Cow Blues." The camera captured young men in crisp suits and thin black ties. Women wore long skirts.
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