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Best of San Francisco Review: Lark In The Morning is a brilliant musical instrument shop located in the Cannery Shopping Center at Fisherman's Wharf. Handmade instruments made by at least 200 International family businesses around the world provide a tremendous quantity of styles and types of handmade instruments for aficionados and beginners. There are instruments for children & instruments for professional's; Spanish gypsy guitars, side by side with stringed instruments from Mexico, South America, Puerto Rico, the Middle & Far East, Europe; Chinese drums, steel drums, drums from the Middle East and South America; Irish penny whistles, Remo tambourines, Samba Whistles, hammered dulcimers, Irish harps & King David's Lyre. Both ancient and modern grace this imaginative & magically intelligent shop. This shop was founded by Mickie Zekley who also has branch locations in Mendocino & Seattle. Once a street musician on the streets of San Francisco, his website also features stories of his adventures during those days. Now, he has turned his talents into collecting interesting, hand crafted musical instruments from his worldwide travels. Click on to their DOMAIN for a full catalogue where you can purchase online. There are also featured stories from Mickie's days as a street musician and information about recent additions to their stock. The Cannery shop offers a free class in percussion & drumming every Saturday morning. Classes in other instruments are available in their rehearsal rooms. Whether your from Zamboanga or Paris, Texas, France or Caracas, you will find a sound & style of instrument to suit your fancy. Tapes and videos are also available of specialized musical groups & for instruction. |
Music Festival Links: CELTIC FESTIVAL Dancing Poetry Festival at the Palace Of The Legion Of Honor, Florence Gould Theater www.dancingpoetry.org Monterey Jazz Festival www.montereyjazzfestival.org/ San Francisco Folk Festival: www.sffolkfest.org/2003/frameset.html San Francisco World Music Festival: www.sfworldmusicfestival.org Sea Music Concert Series aboard the historic ships at the Hyde Street Pier: www.nps.gov/safr/concert.html West Coast Rag Time http://www.westcoastragtime.com |