Gourds Go to Middfest International Peru
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Gourds Go to Middfest International Peru
Gourds Go to Middfest International Peru By Larry Shermanand Peter Carels* The Middfest International celebration (http:ll www.middfestintemational.org ) takes place annually during the first weekend of October in Middletown, Ohio. Each year this event focuses on a different country and this year it is Peru, home of wonderfully crafted gourds. Because of this Ogourd connection,O the Middfest folks including their director Ms. Virginia Ritan and Elizabeth Birch, contactedme as a representativeof both the Oxford hltp:ll Ensemble (OGADE, Gourd and Drum www.ogade.org) and the Ohio Gourd Society (http:// americangourdsociety.org/ohiochapter/). The end result ofour discussionsled to two projects: l) a four day gourd crafting workshop with 5 to I I year-olds participating in a summer camp directed by Ms. Cecelia Thompson, Recreation Administrator for the City of Middletown, Ohio, and Sue Rogers of the Art Central Foundation (http://www.artcentralfoundation.org ); and 2) musical performances by OGADE during the weekend of the festival. This year, Middfest takes place during the weekend of September 30ft and October 1" and 2nd,the weekend after the Ohio Gourd Show. The Middletown Summer Camp project was financially supportedby the Middfest Foundation. The children were instructed by Larry Shermanand Peter Carels, co-directors of OGADE. Raw gourds were obtained from two local gourd growers in Oxford, Ohio (Lynn Stutz and Bob Rauen). The children chose their own raw gourds and scrubbed and cleaned them during the first day of the workshop. A chop stick with their name on it was then attached to each child's gourd and set aside to dry. The second day, the children were introduced to traditional Peruvian desigasas well as Peruvian musical rhythms and sounds.They createdtheir own personal designs on paper using multi-colored Sharpie pens. They also practiced Peruvian musical rhythms using verbal phrases and hand clapping. During the third day the children applied their desigrrs to their gourds using the multi-colored Sharpie pens. Their gourds were then varnished with a fast drying non-toxic acrylic varnish that affixed the designs more permanently. During the fourth day they played musical rhyhms using their designedgourds and the chop sticks. As we explored the musical potential of each child's gourd, we discovered that three basic sounds were possible, scraping, shaking, and clacking. Elongated or long-necked dipper gourds could be played as scrapersusing the chop stick to stroke the side like a guiro. Some gourds contained seeds that readily made them into shakers like a maraca. The rest were tapped with the chop stick, either in on€ or in two places to create a higher or lower pitched OClackingO sound. Dividing the children into three goups according to the manner of sound they produced with their gourd, we developeFthree parts resulting in some very interesting poly-rhythms. At the end of the fourth day, the (Continued on page 15) (Continuedfom page I 4) children'sgourd musical instrumentswere collected for display at the Ohio Gourd Show during the last weekend of September,as well as at the Middfest InternationalFestivalduring the following weekend. As OGADE lS performing at the Middfest International Festival, the children were invited to play along with them during some of the performances.The craftedgourd musical instruments are to be retumed to the children at the end of the Middfest IntemationalFestival. Carels gourd Author's Notes. Larry Shermanand PeterCarelsare co-directorsof OGADE, a percussiongroup that has performed many times at the annual Ohio Gourd Showsheld in Mt. Gileadand Greenville,Ohio. Peter is known for his work with wellnessin communities of senior citizens using drum circle techniques.Lany has been a Presidentof the OGS and was recently (201l) electedto the office of 2ndVice Presidentof the Ohio Gourd Society.Since 1995the two of them have collaborated in many classroom projects with young children where gourdswere usedto teachmulti -cultural global rhythms and musicaldiversity. Finishedgourds Gourdtrumpets Cover Photoby: Glenn & Carolyn Burkhalter Three or four years ago, Carolyn and I started making these giraffes after seeing one that had been made from a short handle dipper. It occurredto us that the long spiral and knottedneck dipper gourdsthat I grow would be different and look pretty neat if used for the necks of siraffes----andthat'swhat we did. We use parts of five to sevendifferent gourdsto createone giraffe. on whatis usedfor thebase,whichmightbe thedipperbowi /L depending -T "sits" well, or a basecut from anothergourd. The headis if ii its;lf made frorn a mini-bottle, the horns from Tennesseespinnersand the ears from other piecesof gourds. I use a lot of Gluesmith glue in the process. This photo is of the original giraffe family that we created. Back Cover: This mask was influencedby the American Indians and representsa hawk mask. The artist,Debbie Wilson, from Mt. Vemon, Il has studied American lndian art for over 35 years. This apple gourd was cut in half and holes were drilled for the eye and nostril openings' CONTENT ?rasidenfsM?osage 5 6 Devil claw plantswere addedfor the clawsand twine unraveledwas addedaroundthe entiremaskfor texture.The gourdwaspaintedwith 4 n andsealed. acrylicpaints Lu AGS Annual Meeting At the Ohio Gourd Show W 14 DATE: September24th, 20ll TIME: 5:00pm PLACE: Youth Building (gourd classbuilding) Judging Handbook Available Kid'sKorner GourACrafring Conloal ln M1 gacKlard gfie'uoil Article- 20 O A b\,/ The official AGS judging rules were printed recently in our magazine,and are available for download from our website. However, if you would like to purchasea formal, bound and printed copy, it is available on @l!L "American Gourd Society."A11profits (we Just searchfor make $l .64 per copy) go to the AGS. Also, it will be availablefrom our AGS book sales(Dallas/ Linda Lundsford). 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