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Enjoy top musicians and performers!
We have an exciting lineup being planned for this year's event - check back soon as we update
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2009 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:
| Friday, July 17th
6:00pm..........J.J. and Company
7:00pm..........Sally Weisenberg
8:00pm..........Harper
9:15pm..........Big James and the
Chicago Playboys
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Saturday, July 18th
1:30pm..........Chicken Shack
2:30pm..........Harmonica Workshop with
Steve "The Harp"
3:00pm..........Matt Curry and the Curfew
4:00pm..........BJ Allen & Blue Voodo
5:00pm..........Kenney “Blues Boss” Wayne
6:15pm..........Pistol Pete
7:30pm..........Sharrie Williams
9:00pm..........Nathan and the Zydeco
Cha Chas
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FREE Harmonica Workshop
Featuring Harmonica Master
Steve "The Harp"
Steve "The Harp" has been teaching The Blues and Blues Harmonica since 1975. As the Education Director for The Blues Blowtorch Society, Steve "The Harp"
takes his role to heart. Each year he takes pride in his students as they thrive on his stories about Blues, History of the harmonica and the importance of |
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character development. A retired Fire Lieutenant and Instructor of the Normal Fire Department, Steve "The Harp" uses similar principles in his Blues Harmonica Workshops to instill the techniques required of Blues Harmonica playing.
Free harmonicas are presented by Steve "The Harp" on behalf of the Blues Blowtorch Society and Illinois Blues Coalition to every student 17 or younger. Steve handed out over 800 Harmonicas.
Blessed with a deep love of the Blues, Steve "The Harp" continues to teach his free Harmonica Workshops to new students at Schools, festivals and performances around Illinois.
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HELP GLT PACK THE BUS! Public radio station WGLT 89.1 FM is going to Pack the Bus with new backpacks in all sizes for kids in need in Bloomington/Normal. Visit the GLT carnival at Nothin’ But The Blues Festival and have a whale of a time playing Ring Toss, Down-a-clown, Frog Hop, or any of the delightful games under the red and white striped tent. Great for kids of all ages and all proceeds will be donated to the Back to School program to purchase backpacks for K-8 kids who would otherwise not be able to start the fall school year with all of the supplies they need. For a little bit of coin, you’ll provide a lot of caring.
The mission of the Back to School Program is to encourage and reward completion of public school registration and any school-mandated medical and imm unization requirements by parents for eligible students in need within McLean County ahead of the beginning of the school year, so students can begin school on day ONE. It seeks to increase awareness of available resources in our community that offer programs to advance health, nutrition, fitness, educational enrichment, literacy and learning support, safety, and economic opportunity for students and their families.
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