Kabile Traditional Wedding Band in Bloomsburg,PA Sunday, August 15th, 2010 4:00 pm - ?

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

4:00 pm

Followed by a potluck dinner around 6:30pm

(bring a dish to share) and after dinner dancing.

1996 Millville Rd. (Rt. 42)

Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815

(see directions on the side panel)

Donations: $10

Students and seniors $5
children –FREE

“Kabile Traditional Wedding Band” was formed in 1978 and became one of the most popular bands in Thrace. Based in the city of Yambol, the group took its name from the village of Kabile, where they performed one of their earliest gigs. The group specialized in performing native music on traditional village instruments, resulting in an acoustic experience quite different from that played on Western instruments influenced by American jazz. This form of Bulgarian wedding music has attracted worldwide attention and scholarship for its incredible virtuosity and musicianship. During its heyday, the band played almost every weekend at weddings, baptisms and cultural festivals in Thrace.

The band plays all the instruments of a traditional Bulgarian village band. The gaida is a bagpipe made of goat skin and pipes. The tapan is a large wooden drum covered with sheep or goat skin and played with two specially designed drumming sticks: the kukuda is a pipe-shaped stick of walnut and the pračka is a thin switch, usually made of dogwood or willow. The kaval is a flute-like instrument open at both ends, played by blowing on the smaller, sharpened end. The gadulka is a pear-shaped string instrument, played vertically in front of the musician. These four instruments have a centuries-old history in Bulgarian folk music; as a “modern” addition, the band also includes the accordion (ca. 1832).

The band’s six members each serve as an outstanding representative of his or her musical specialty.Individually, each member of the band has an exceptional history of scholarship and performance.Collectively they form one of the most respected ensembles in Bulgarian Thrace.

For more info on the band go to http://www.balkandance.net/kabile/