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Wheatland Music founder Bruce Bauman brings fiddle and guitar to Beaver Island Story Hour in 2002

Also Wheatland Music Beaver Island Library Story Hour · Bruce Bauman Beaver Island Song

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Date2002-08
WithinBeaver Island
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Summary

Fiddler and guitarist Bruce Bauman, a founder of the Wheatland Music Organization, appeared twice at the Beaver Island Library’s Story Hour in summer 2002. The report says each appearance drew about 30 listeners and that Bauman performed a song he had written about Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

The article does not give exact performance dates or a complete program, so the month is approximate and drawn from the September issue’s summer recap.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September 2002, “Wheatland Music joins the Beaver Island Library’s Story Hour.”
    Reports Bruce Bauman’s two Story Hour appearances, an audience of about 30 for each, his Wheatland Music background, and his Beaver Island Song for the children. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the Story Hour feature.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Wheatland Music founder Bruce Bauman brings fiddle and guitar to Beaver Island Story Hour in 2002”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wheatland-music-story-hour-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2002, “Wheatland Music joins the Beaver Island Library’s Story Hour.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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