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Bearfoot: Nine years ago, Cordova 4H Music camp counselors formed a bluegrass band called Bearfoot to showcase music camps.  This Alaskan band is still together—professional with 4 CD's, a record contract, and an agent.  Bearfoot has played concerts and taught 75 Bluegrass Music Camps for Kids in the U.S., Canada, and Ireland.  They won the Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest in 2001 and this year were the guest artists at the Anchorage Folk Festival.  Dancing with the Spirit hopes young Native bands like Bearfoot will begin in every community to teach younger kids in their village and nearby villages…

Bluegrass Christmas in the Villages: A story written by Belle Mickelson hosted at The Bluegrass Blog

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