Read article from the The Sentinal (Thursday 10/30/08)
The 2008-2009 Concert Series presents...
Ralph Stanley
and the Clinch Mountain Boys
Friday, October 31, 2008
Jam 6:00 pm ~ Concert 7:30 pm
at Whitaker Center Sunoco Theater
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With support from Your Name In Lights Sponsors Lisa Rathje and Rob Taylor.
American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. It is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
The Keystone Kloggers
Banjo picker and tenor singer Dr. Ralph Stanley is one of the founding fathers of modern Bluegrass. Hailing from rural southwestern Virginia, Ralph and his guitar-playing brother Carter formed their band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, in 1946.
The band's style draws heavily on the area's musical traditions, including the minor key singing style of the Primitive Baptist Church and the down-home family harmonies of the Carter Family. The "Stanley Style" of banjo playing is distinguished by incredibly fast forward rolls led by the index finger.
Stanley was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1992 and in 2000 was the first person to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in the third millennium. In 2006 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Stanley's work was featured in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? His performance of the Appalachian dirge "O Death" won a 2002 Grammy as Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
Details below:
Jam with the band
Concert
The Keystone Kloggers
Sunoco Performance Theater
Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts
Third & Market Streets, Harrisburg Directions
Jam with the Boys 6:00pm
Bring your instrument for a 45-minute Old-time/Bluegrass jam with the Clinch Mountain Boys.
A FREE EVENT!
Concert 7:30pm
$30 General Admission
$20 SFMS Members
** $10 OFF! **$10 Students
— ages 3 to 22Advance Tickets thru The Box
— by phone or online Concert Ticket Details
PLUS: The Keystone Kloggers
Mechanicsburg's own percussive dance troupe, the Keystone Kloggers, will perform in the lobby of Whitaker Center during intermission. American clogging (or flat-footing or buckdancing) is a high-energy fusion of tap-dance, Irish step-dancing, country and square dancing.
To Learn More...
- Read article from SFMS's newsletter
- Visit Ralph Stanley's website (www.ralphstanley.net)
- See bio on his agent's website: Keith Case & Associates
- The Ralph Stanley Museum in Clintwood, VA
Hear Music Samples at...
- Ralph Stanley’s Myspace page (scroll down for videos)
- Agent's website (click on "Multi-Media")
