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has been a performing musician, songwriter, and teacher in the Washington, DC area for many years.  He plays guitar, flute and 5-string banjo professionally, specializing in folk, bluegrass and original music.  He is well known in the Washington, DC area as an entertaining and engaging performer.  He has recently performed his solo show for general audiences at major venues, such as the National Theatre and Strathmore Music Center.  He performed a regular Friday morning show for children at Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA for over 10 years, and now performs a family show there on weekends several times a year.  Jammin’ Java is rated annually as one of the top 100 venues of its size in the world.  He performs regularly at area events, such as the Loudon Bluegrass Festival, the Takoma Park Folk Festival, and many other community events, schools and private parties.  Frank has been an entertaining guest on a number of TV shows, and music from his two CD projects is played on radio stations around the world.  Frank was joined on stage by Kathleen Larrick.


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In 2013, returned to his longtime home of Portland, OR to record a concert album on the eve of his 30th birthday.  Jesus Is My Dentist: Live in PDX was released in June 2013 and featured a collection of unreleased songs written over the last decade.  Originally from Vancouver, WA, Collin spent much of his youth traveling with his family up to Victoria, BC, where he fell in love with the city’s myriad of folk musicians busking along the harbor.  By the age of 12, Collin was already teaching himself to play his Dad’s old guitar.  In addition to performing and writing, Collin is an avid recording and live audio engineer and is currently the house sound engineer for GW University’s Lisner Auditorium.  To hear Collin’s songs and learn more, please visit: collinwarren.com.



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(Doris Justis and Sean McGhee) celebrated their 30th Anniversary in May 2014.  Noted for their close vocal harmonies and guitars backing their original songs and original interpretations of the best folk/acoustic songwriters, they have shared the stage with a "who's who" of folk such as Tom Paxton, Nanci Griffith, the Chad Mitchell Trio, Noel Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bill Danoff, Jon Carroll, Schooner Fare, Christine Lavin, the Limeliters and the list goes on.  They have been the "houseband" for Music Americana and WFMA since 1984 and continue that role by performing at the Second Sunday El Golfo Showcase from time to time.