Crankie Show! Handmade Moving Picture Stories

Bellingham Folk Festival 

The Crankie Factory is Sue Truman (fiddler and crankie maker), Jerry Gallaher (banjo and vocals), and WB Reid (guitar, fiddle and vocals). Their performance will tell stories of how music, dance and craft can have helped our ancestors get through troubled times and how it helps us today. 

Sue Truman has been making, performing, and teaching crankie making for the last 14 years. Her website, The Crankie Factory, has over a million views and is the “go to” place for information. She has presented and performed in Europe and both US and Canadian coasts. 

Annie Schermer & Tilly Bishop will also share crankies, and there will be ballads sung by Evan Ingals and stories by Harper Stone sprinkled through the show. Sue will also be leading a crankie-making workshop at BAAY Sunday January 25th, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm!