Aliza Novecek-Olson of Roseau County, MN is a fiber artist by medium and a folk artist by style. She was awarded a NWMAC Fellowship Grant to provide demonstrations and workshops in the fiber arts to various community groups. Her goal was to impart awareness of fiber arts, as well as to display and preserve techniques of traditional methods used to create folk art from textiles. She utilizes primitive techniques and machines/tools used by our ancestors.

Her folk art techniques include spinning on both a traditional spinning wheel and the great wheel, processing and carding of natural animal fibers, weaving on a triangle and a peg loom. She was also able to purchase some new equipment with NWMAC grant funding.

The Music Room makes its way back to Greenbush, MN for a festive evening as the Greenbush-Middle River High School Music Department presents their 2016 Holiday Concert, under the direction of Nick Flattum.
Hear featured selections from the G.M.R. High School Jazz Band, Concert Band, Concert Choir with featured solo selections.
This event was recorded December 20, 2016 in the Greenbush High School Gymnasium in Greenbush, MN.

The Music Room takes you to Thief River Falls, Minnesota for an evening of music featuring the Lincoln High School Bands, under the direction of Katie Hahn. This Winter Celebration features performances from the LHS Jazz Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble and a combined super band for the grand finale. Kicking off the Holiday fun is the Lab Band Side Steppin into the show.

This event was recorded Monday December 5, 2016 at the Lincoln High School Auditorium in Thief River Falls, MN.

The Music Room is proud to present Tri-County of Karlstad, MN’s High School Band and Choir Christmas Concert 2016.
The first half of the program features the Tri-County High School Choir, under the direction of Sara Carpenter, and featured selected outstanding soloists at recent Instrumental and Choir Contests.
The Tri-County High School Band, directed by Brad Thompson, bring the noise on the second half of the program with a stirring set that not only features holiday selections but a little Rock N Roll as well.
This event was recorded Thursday, December 15, 2016 at the Tri County High School Auditorium and Gymnasium.

Another episode dedicated to the tunesmiths of the Minnesota Association of Songwriters, from Larry Suess to Leslie McKee, and your host performs his new song, “Beer,” and tells you about beer trends for 2017. Happy New Year!

MHB 01/05/2017

01 Be My Girl – Larry Suess
02 Sit Down Beside Me – Greg Connor
03 Lost Stars – Jeff Goodson
04 The Land We Call Tara – Colleen Dillon
05 Filthy Rich – Doug Millaway
06 Arms of a Gypsy Woman – Charlie Roth
07 Everyone – Crosby Reisch
08 Beer – Carl Unbehaun
09 Cookie Lovers’ Ramble – Wayne Hamilton
10 Happy Couple – Rebecca Aadland
11 Over the Moon – Mike Rudquist
12 Just a Kid – Bob Muscovitz
13 All About You – Dummy Beats (Leslee McKee w/Jeff Sutherland)