[OPLINLIST] The Local Girls and The Kettering Banjo Society to perform at literary arts festival

[miscanthus]

just thought then banjo s. descrip. was interesting


At 02:02 PM 4/14/2006, Erick C. Walker wrote:

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>Live music will headline the program for the final day (April 23) of 
>Remembering Community: A Spring Literary Arts Festival (SLAF) at the 
>Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library in McArthur, Ohio. The last day of 
>the three-day event will open at 1:30 p.m. with a performance by 
>southeastern Ohio favorites The Local Girls of Athens, Ohio.
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>Mimi Hart, Gay Dalzell, and Brenda Catania have been singing 
>together for 13 years. They are known for swing tunes of the 30s and 
>40s as well as their own arrangements of cowpoke, bebop, blues and 
>standards. In 1997, the trio was invited to perform for Hillary 
>Clinton at her 50th birthday party. They followed up the next year 
>with the White House Christmas tour. They also have been featured on 
>National Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion.  Their recent 
>album Four Year Heaven: The Songs of Ohio University Celebrating the 
>First Two Hundred Years features the unique music of their alma mater.
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>The Kettering Banjo Society will also perform that afternoon, 
>delivering their trademarked mix of musical styles and variations. 
>According to their website, The Kettering Banjo Society is the 
>largest Banjo Band east of the Mississippi. The 59 members of the 
>society play various instruments including banjos, piano, tuba, 
>string bass, saw, harmonica, accordions and mandolins. Through 
>instrumentalists and vocalists, a wide variety of musical styles and 
>variations are presented. The society seeks to preserve and promote 
>a style of music popular during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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>The day will also feature local artisans and organizations offering 
>crafts and food items. Horse-drawn carriage rides in the village of 
>McArthur will also be available during the musical performances.
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>Remembering Community: A Spring Literary Arts Festival is sponsored 
>by the Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library and the Friends of the 
>Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library, Inc., in McArthur, Ohio. The 
>festival opens at noon on Friday, April 21, 2006 and the last event 
>will commence at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, 2006. All events are 
>free and open to the public; however, advance registration is 
>requested. For more information and to register, contact the library 
>at 740-596-5691 or 
><http://www.vintoncountypublic.lib.oh.us/>www.vintoncountypublic.lib.oh.us.
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