Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Smithsonian Folkways wishes you a happy holiday season and thanks you for your continued support of our nonprofit mission. Give a Smithsonian Folkways Gift Certificate Can't decide which album to give as a gift this year? Give a Smithsonian Folkways electronic gift certificate and let your friend or family member decide. As a reminder, all retail orders of $50 or more at Folkways.si.edu automatically qualify for free standard U.S. Postal Service shipping (U.S. only) through today, December 16th. Borders y Bailes by Los Texmaniacs Nominated for a GRAMMY Award — Save 20% on All Award Nominees! Congratulations to Los Texmaniacs for their 2009 GRAMMY nomination for Best Tejano Album for Borders y Bailes. In addition, Borders y Bailes and 11 more Smithsonian Folkways songs and albums were selected as Finalists for the 9th Independent Music Awards. Click here to see the list, and visit the IMA Web site through December 31st to vote for your favorites. Enter code AWARDS09 to save 20% on all of the 2009 award nominees for CD or full-album download purchases through 12/31. Watch Video for "Little Bird, Little Bird" Watch a new video featuring Elizabeth Mitchell with family and friends performing "Little Bird, Little Bird" from her 2005 album You Are My Little Bird. Smithsonian Folkways Trivia! Each month we'll ask a trivia question; email your answer, name, and address with the subject "December Trivia" to SmithsonianFolkways@si.edu by December 31st and a randomly selected entrant with the correct answer will win a free CD of his or her choice! December Question: The music from the M.O.R.E. collection from New Mexico often features the vihuela accompanying the violin. How many strings does a typical Mexican vihuela (as opposed to a Spanish vihuela) have? Answer to last month's question: "Orphan Child" November's question was: What song, featured on the Smithsonian Folkways album Beyond Beautiful: Christian Songs in Native Languages, is the National Song of Comfort for the Cherokee Nation? (Hint: watch a performance of the song on the Smithsonian Folkways video page.) Essential Picks Traditional Christmas Carols Pete Seeger Holiday Times Ella Jenkins New Releases Go Waggaloo Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family Ambos Lorenzo Martínez El Redondo Largo Lorenzo Martínez con Los Reyes de Albuquerque Los Reyes de Albuquerque en Washington, DC — 1992 Los Reyes de Albuquerque News and Notes University of Washington professor Patricia Sheehan Campbell appeared December 15th at 11 am PST to discuss music education for children on "Family Music Monthly," a new monthly segment featuring Smithsonian Folkways artists and contributors on the Parenting Unplugged internet radio show. The program is archived via podcast for future listening. Smithsonian Folkways: Sounds to Grow On Episode #16 - "Work Songs" is now available on podcast. Smithsonian Folkways is a nonprofit endeavor, and CD and digital download purchases sustain both the mission and the music. Liner notes are available as free downloads. Thank you for your support. If you would like to unsubscribe from future newsletters from Smithsonian Folkways, please click here to send us an unsubscribe email request, or send an email to listserv@si-listserv.si.edu with SIGNOFF FOLKWAYS as the subject and body. You can also send an email with the subject "UNSUBSCRIBE" to SmithsonianFolkways@si.edu and include all of your email addresses in case you are using an email forwarding service. If you are having trouble viewing this email, please click here to open this in your web browser. This email was sent by Smithsonian Folkways Email us at SmithsonianFolkways@si.edu Web site: http://www.folkways.si.edu 600 Maryland Ave, SW, Suite 2001 Washington, DC 20024