ECLECTIC BLOG http://eclecticdawnarts.com/blog Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:29:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Fest! http://eclecticdawnarts.com/blog/?p=510 http://eclecticdawnarts.com/blog/?p=510#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:29:53 +0000 Dawn Schmidt Ventimiglia http://eclecticdawnarts.com/blog/?p=510 If you’ve never heard a cigar box guitar, bass, stomp box, or ukulele played…you’ve gotta go.
If you build them…you’ve gotta go.
If you love primitive and inventive musical instruments…you’ve gotta go.
If you want to know what a Diddley Bow is…you’ve gotta go.

Shane Speal, the “King of Cigar Box Guitars” has put together a fantastic event for aficionados of the CBG. It will be held on August 28th, 2010, in York, PA. You’ll find vendors selling parts, their own CBG creations, and more, as well as performances by some incredible musicians (including one of my favs, One String Willie)  on the main stage, and an open stage for those who’d like to share their music with the world.

And its FREE!!  YES…I said FREE!!

For more details, visit http://cigarboxguitar.com/fr_home.cfm

Until next time, have a creative day!
EclecticDawn

Don't miss the CBG Fest!

Performer lineup for the 2010 Pennsylvania CBG Fest

Performer lineup for the 2010 Pennsylvania CBG Fest

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This colorful hooping design on a shirt, mousepad or mug would be a great gift for your hooping friends, or for yourself. The shirts are customizable in over 60 styles and colors.

What? You’ve never hooped? Hooping is great for your health! I picked it up to help strengthen my back and abdominal muscles, and hooping is a great cardio workout, too. Especially when I’m in UKENHOOPER mode and I’m playing the uke, singing AND hooping at the same time!!
Strengthening your abdominal muscles will help alleviate some back issues, too. Take it slow when you start, join a class if you can, and at the very least, get one of the great DVDs from Hoopnotica! I got my beautiful travel hoop from Hoopnotica, and I take it EVERYWHERE so I can fit in a few minutes of hooping wherever I go.

Until next time, stay creative, and stay fit!
EclecticDawn

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This shirt is SURE to create some conversation wherever you wear it! Show your support for the one, the only UKENHOOPER – Dawn Schmidt Ventimiglia, the gal who hoops, sings and plays the ukulele, all at the same time! This shirt is customizable in over 60 styles and colors!

For the heck of it, here’s my FIRST attempt at hooping and playing the ukulele at the same time…

And of course, you know I luvz my zombies…so I created a hooping zombie design! It’s funny, it’s got zombies, and it’s got hooping…what more could you want? This shirt says, “ZOMBIE HOOPER” in scary red letters on the front, and has the wacky Zombie Hooper design on the back. As always, our shirts are customizable in many, many styles and colors.

I guess it just goes to show, you never know WHAT’S going to come out of the Kukui Lagoon next!
Have a creative day,
EclecticDawn

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