Speaking Volumes

Last night we welcomed Columbia resident and folksinger Rhonda Kincaid into our little library for some traditional American folksongs and games. She brought her guitar, a dulcimer, an autoharp, and even a limberjack, to accompany her songs and stories. I for one had never seen anyone use a limberjack (see below), so I thought that was really interesting and the kids got a huge kick out of it.
 
        
 
A limberjack is a wooden puppet with loose joints that dangles from the end of a long stick. A singer can use a limberjack to keep the beat of the song by tapping its legs rhythmically on a thin wooden board as if it’s dancing.
 
If you weren’t able to join us last night don’t worry, we hope to have Rhonda come again sometime soon! In the meantime you can get your folk singin’ fix in our children’s music section with CD’s like: