Well, Austin bills itself as the Live Music Capital of the World and has plenty of music festivals and venues. Today was the 6th annual Austin Family Music Festival. It was held at Pioneer Farms, the historical farm park that Karen and Kris volunteer at every other Monday morning (to feed the animals). This park is also the set for the PBS show "The Biscuit Brothers." This is a children's music education show with a rural Texas theme and excellent production quality (see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biscuit_Brothers and
http://www.biscuitbrothers.com/). The show runs on Saturday mornings on PBS and is enjoyed by our whole family. This music festival is a major fundraiser for both Pioneer Farms and the Biscuit Brothers show. Karen and Kris's volunteer efforts at the farm earned us all free admission to the event. We were not able to see all of the acts, but we did see (and enjoy):
- 3rd Generation - 17, 15, 13 and 10 (?) year old girls and boys in a German folk band - songs included Sound of Music songs and the Beer Barrel Polka
- Magnificent 7 - big band blues with nice lead vocal
- Austin Ukelele Society - picture about 15 ukelele players covering Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again"
- The Snow Days - they did funny rock songs about childhood - my favorite was "Whole Lotta Lunch" to the tune of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love"
The Biscuit Brothers group were involved not only in the final concert but also throughout the day, with one member doing a sing-along on the hay-rack ride. Katie got autographs. We were all really impressed and enjoyed the event.
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