2006-2007 Speakers Bureau Catalog
DAVID HB DRAKE, Chautauqua Character
David HB Drake has been called an "elemental folksinger." His music is inspired by his voyages across Midwestern prairies and the waters of the Great Lakes as a shantyman for the Wisconsin Lake Schooner "Denis Sullivan." For more than 25 years, he has performed for in a wide variety of art forms for all ages. Drake has been honored as 2003 Lantern Bearer by the Folk Alliance Midwest, Folk /Acoustic Musician of the Year 2002, and "Family Performer of the Year 2000" by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry. He has also received the Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts Community Arts Development Award for his service to community social causes.
Address: c/o Organic Arts Ltd., P.O. Box 070646, Milwaukee, WI 53207-0646
Phone: 414-702-6053 (work)
E-mail: david@davidhbdrake.com
Web site: www.davidhbdrake.com
Schooner Songbag
David HB Drake's performance brings nineteenth-century Great Lakes sailors to life. Based on the 1850s diary of William Hulme, Drake portrays a salt water seaman working on the Lakes. Through songs, stories, and firsthand insights drawn from his years of working aboard tall ships, Drake regularly performs this piece as shantyman and educator/historian aboard Wisconsin's flagship, the schooner "Denis Sullivan." His performance includes historic Great Lakes songs on concertina, banjo, guitar, dulcimer, and Native American flute.
Wiscon-sing
In this multimedia program, Drake presents Wisconsin's vibrant history with music and theatrics enhanced with over 100 historic and scenic slides. Through song, the audience will learn about Native Americans, European immigration, lumberjacks, Great Lakes sailors, and farmers. To give the music an authentic flavor, Drake plays handmade and historic instruments, including the Indian courting flute, mountain banjo, dulcimer, and concertina. He presented this program over 300 times during the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial.
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