New Harmonies

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New Harmonies

• Celebrating American Roots Music
• --in Johnson County, Missouri
• October 2009

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Coming to Main Street in your home town--October
2009

• Sponsored and hosted by the
• Johnson County Historical Society
• Warrensburg, MO

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This event is made possible by the
Smithsonian Institution interested,
involved people, like you.
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Old Drum Play Music
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Music at the JCHS
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New Harmonies Unique Design

• 800 square feet
• 8 free standing sections
• 13 musical instruments and objects in cases
• 7 interactive components
• 3 audio components and a central listening
  station
• Features design with textures to suggest the feel
  and history of the music

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Installation
(Meridian, Mississippi)
(Guam)
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Listening Station
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Audio
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• The Universal Language
• Music has a way of bringing people together
• Music offers people an opportunity to share
  something about who they are and where they came
  from
• Music encourages people to remember and to tell
  stories in the context of special songs musical
  memories

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Interactive Instruments
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Benefits for the JCHS the Whole Community

• Smithsonian Exhibit comes to town!
• Special Programs Grants available
• Promotional Opportunities
• Training Workshops
• Educational Opportunities and Materials
• Online and
• also available already adapted to
• 
  Missouri Teaching standards
• Press coverage

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DocumentingLocal Musicians of Johnson
County, Missouri
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J.W. Blind Boone
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Boones 32nd Season before the Public
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Alice Nielsen
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The Valley Cornet Band
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Achenbachs Military Band Card
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Normal School Parades, UCMo, the Essig
Collection
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Achenbach sheet music
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Mandolin Club
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Dancers
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Radio Hymnal
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Does anyone have or can anyone find
ANYrecordings from this mans career?
Jimmy Kemper
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Arkie the Arkansas Woodchopperaka Luther
Ossenbrink
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Johnny Nace
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Nace Brothers Band
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Marching Cobras at the Blind Boone Festival on
Main St. --2005
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What else can we learn?Who else can we
discover?How can we make the most of this
wonderful opportunity to explore our own Roots
Music through October of 2009?We welcome your
assistance!