There is a lot going on this weekend in Anchorage, including:
The annual Alaska Folk Festival
A Celtic/Irish Festival
Some sort of brewery festival/event
The police dogs demonstration
And so much more I can't remember
And my favorite-the multicultural drumming and dancing at the Alaska Native Hertige Center.
BUT....drum roll, please::::: R. Carlos Nakai is in town!!!!
Saturday he is giving a short demonstration of the native flute at the Native Hertige Center (free). Saturday and Sunday he is in concert with a Navajo Dance group and the Alaska Symphony!!!
When I heard this I almost jumped up and down like a teeny-booper groupie!! I have listened to Carlos Nakai for years and years and have many of his cds (and tapes from the old days). What a thrill to have a chance to hear him perform in person!!!! You can't know how excited I am!!!
I heard this good news from the ladies in my water aerobic class and ran straight to the computer to see if there were tickets available....a few for Saturday night and many for Sunday at 4pm. Well, since I have to work Saturday I decided to take myself to the Sunday performance. It was a bit spendy-the tickets were around $32-37....which, frankly, for Nakai I thought was a real deal!
I AM GOING TO HEAR CARLOS NAKAI....I AM GOING TO HEAR CARLOS NAKAI IN CONCERT....I AM GOING TO HEAR CARLOS NAKAI IN CONCERT!!!!!
I'll tell you how wonderful it was on Sunday!
4 comments:
I hope you have a wonderful time! Sounds like an exciting weekend.
Check out J.T.'s new site: alaskasledriders.com It is pretty interesting!
I recognized JT before I even saw his name under the picture-from is eyes. BOYS AND THEIR TOYS!!!!!
I work with several women at the clinic who gripe about these high dollar toys and apparently there is a tendency to want another one or a better one once you get the fever! Looks like fun though!
Too true. Evidently the reason they call his sled the beast is becasue it is the oldest most outdated model of any they use. He said he also has to tinker with it a lot less! I guess there is something to be said for age. He also thinks it is funny that a boy from west Texas is credited with showing them all how to sled in the mountains of Alaska!
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