Desert Foothills Chapter - Special Event
This is a no charge event for Desert Foothills Chapter Members and Friends.
Join master world flute artist Gary Stroutsos for a journey inside the Southwest desert rim flutes that were found by Earl Morris in 1931 inside Broken Flute Cave in the Prayer Rock District in present day northern Arizona. These flutes were dated to AD 620 - 670, making them the oldest known wooden flutes in North America. The Hopi Tribe, which still maintains a ceremonial Flute Clan, believe these are ancient Hopi long flutes.
Gary has replicas made by master flute builder Michael Allen who took precise measurements from the originals in the Arizona State Museum. Gary's extraordinary playing of this very challenging instrument brings these haunting sounding flutes alive. Join Gary for an entertaining history on the flutes, and his most recent musical endeavor: Ongtupqa with Hopi vocalist Clark Tenakhongva. The result is a CD recorded inside the Desert View Watchtower on the South Rim of Grand Canyon and a documentary DVD.
