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Hoot-en-an-ny: An informal performance by folk singers, typically with participation by the audience. - The American College Dictionary
The Denver Folklore Center presents the Old-Fashioned Hootenanny
For many years, Harry Tuft wanted to recapture the spirit and substance of the original Folklore Center hootenannies, where it was 75 cents, pay or play, and people hung out, socialized, swapped songs, told tales and whiled away the evenings in a haze of good music and good company.
Several years ago, at Your Host Harry Tuft's gentle urging, we revived this folkiest of folk events. Our hootenannies are a combination open stage, mass sing-a-long and groovin' good time, in the company of the godfather of folk music in Denver. In the cozy environs of the Tuft Theater, the hootenanny is set up like an open stage, with a signup sheet (sign-up starts at 6:30 in the Café, with the hoot beginning at 7) and a hoot leader (Harry Hisownself). Now it's $3, pay or play—be sure to bring your instrument. It's a chance to join in the centuries-old tradition of sharing musical ideas with like-minded folks. An old-fashioned hootenanny is the best possible place to learn new songs and new licks, and to hear old songs performed in entirely new ways.
