Turner Dance Week • October 19- 23, 2026

Turner Elementary School, Fresno, CA
Barn Dance Friday!

“My students develop greater listening skills and concentration, math skills, historical perspectives, and cooperative behavior. Their improved behavior is noted after returning to class. I have found the dance residency deepens my students understanding of important math concepts. My students are learning social graces of a historical era in which courtesy and manners were common. My students develop greater self-esteem from knowing that they can be well-mannered and courteous.” Laurie Piazza, second grade teacher

Concert-Lecture, CSU Fresno • March 9, 2027

Keynote Speaker
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, CSU Fresno, 3-4:30 PM

The Road to Sweet’s Mill: A Life in Folk Music

From a childhood among the founders of the folk revival to five decades on California’s stages and in its classrooms, Evo Bluestein traces a life devoted to traditional music. Drawing on his book Road to Sweet’s Mill — a firsthand account of the West Coast folk revival of the 1960s and ’70s — Bluestein shares stories of the musicians who shaped him, reflects on 45 years teaching folk arts in California schools, and performs songs on autoharp, fiddle or other folk instruments. A rich blend of memoir, history, and live music.

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