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Ottawa Bluesfest/ Blues in the Schools teams up with the OFC

Wow! TJ Wheeler is taking 12 kids from our joint association program with Blues in the Schools, as well as some prime OFC student regulars, to perform twice at Bluesfest on Sunday, July 13. Check them out at the Blacksheep stage, and later during TJ's set at the Barney Dansen stage. OFC Students are Awesome!!!

 

This year, Blues in the Schools will be funding a limited number of students to take their experience further through music lessons at the OFC. The lucky participants receive eight weeks of lessons from a choice batch of our finest teachers. What a wonderful association with such a great supporter of live music!

Blues in the Schools is an educational program that was created to promote, preserve, and perpetuate the art, culture, and heritage of blues music. Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest brings together blues artists/educators to Ottawa for a two-week residency in local primary, middle, and secondary schools.The program was initiated in two Ottawa-area schools in 1999 and has since seen tremendous growth. In the spring of 2008, six visiting artists/educators and 14 local musicians delivered the Blues in the Schools program to more than 7,000 students in Ottawa schools, contributing over 360 hours of in-class instruction over a two-week period.

Make sure you take a look at the lineup for Bluesfest this year. Unbelievable.

 

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