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Bluegrass Meets Bolero At April 12th Gathering!

Volume 17, Issue 4 April 2013 Celebrating Piedmont Carolinas Music Since 1982

By Tom Hanchett The next Charlotte Folk Society Gathering features a cross-over con-cert, Bluegrass Meets Bolero. Pre-sented in partnership with Levine Museum of the New South, the mu-sic gets underway at 7:30 PM. Dr. Tom Hanchett, the museum's staff historian, curated this concert and will host the evening. It's part of the monthly Gathering series pre-sented by CFS at the Great Aunt Stella Cen-ter in the edge of up-town Charlotte. The beautifully restored century-old church reminds concert-goers of the Grand Ole Opry's Ryman Auditorium. Doors open at 7 PM; arrive early to be sure of admis-sion. Gatherings are family-friendly, open to the public, and free. Do-nations are greatly appreciated and essential to supporting the concert series in the Stella Center. Free parking is available in an adjacent deck; exit without paying after 8

PM. Accessible entry and an eleva-tor are available through the ground-floor door on the parking lot side of the building. Drivers with guests needing accessible en-

try may park temporar-ily in designated drop-off spaces opposite the side door. Visitors are invited to come to the downstairs Café after the concert to enjoy refreshments. A song circle, informal jam sessions, and a Char-lotte Appalachian Dulci-mer Club meeting fol-low. The Dulcimer Club makes available loaner

instruments to visitors interested in “taking a test drive.” Both listeners

and partici-pants are wel-come to all these activi-ties. Close harmo-nies and fine guitar work mark the sound of bolero. No relation to the dance of the

same name, bolero originated in Cuba and swept Latin America in the mid 20th century. In Charlotte, the family trio Los Morales carries on that tradition. (Continued on page 3.)

CFS Discount To Deep Water: The Murder

Ballads

Glen Alexander

The UNC Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture presents a special per-formance inspired by North Carolina folk art and history on Friday, May 31st, in the Knight Theater, Levine Center for the Arts, located at 430 South Tryon Street in Charlotte. Deep Water: The Murder Ballads will combine traditional folk songs and contemporary music and dance in what will be a truly unique and memorable concert experience. True tales of seduction and revenge will come to life in three dance thea-ter pieces by UNC Charlotte chore-ographer E.E. Balcos and composer John Allemeier. Each piece is twenty minutes in length. These brand new works are inspired by the 19th-century North Carolina murder bal-lads that chronicle the tragic deaths of Randolph County’s Omie Wise, Forsyth County’s Ellen Smith, and Burke County’s Frankie Silver The stunning and beautiful new works by Allemeier and Balcos, each performed by a professional dance ensemble to live musical accompani-ment, will be connected to the songs that served as their inspiration by North Carolina’s own Riley Baugus. A celebrated traditional musician, Baugus will introduce these modern interpretations with authentic (Continued on page 4.)

Grupo Los Morales

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CFS Folk Calendar Folk Calendar is a publication of the Charlotte Folk Society. No articles may be reproduced without the permission of the Society. Deadline for all submissions is generally the 20th of the month preced-ing publication. Contact Wanda Hu-bicki at 704-563-7080. Submit articles by email at phubicki@carolina.rr.com, or by U. S. mail at 3610 Country Club Drive, Char-lotte, NC 28205. All rights reserved.

2012 Board of Directors

President: Tom Covington 704-334-0778

Vice President: Vacant Secretary: Bethli Miescher-Clemens 704-892-4914 Treasurer: Vacant Members at Large Mark Clemens Dennis Frost 704-892-4914 704-532-8846 Elene Clemens Karen Singleton 704-892-4914 704-364-5433 Ramona Moore Big Eagle Sara Spencer 704-568-6940 704-375-3042 Sue Eldridge Harry Taylor 704-364-8858 704-579-9480 Cathey Franklin 704-525-3256 Junior Board Members Annika Bowers Isabelle Young 704-821-8184 704-243-3871 Davy Fee 704-236-3285 Newsletter Editor & Publicist Wanda Hubicki 704-563-7080 Webmaster Ed Gebauer 704-886-5371 Founder and Board Member Emeritus Marilyn Meacham Price 803-548-5671 Charlotte Folk Society Events Information 704-372-FOLK (704-372-3655) Charlotte Folk Society website: www.folksociety.org

The Charlotte Folk Society has ex-tensive resources to help you with your special event or conference – anything from just a taste of this re-gion’s Appalachian musical heri-tage to a full evening of music and dance with audience participation. Call Karen Singleton at 704-364-5433 to arrange for entertainment and/or instruction at reasonable rates.

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Folk Calendar Contributors

Thanks go to Tom Hanchett, Los Morales, and UNC Charlotte Col-lege of Arts + Architecture for pho-tos used in this issue.

Thanks to Bill Cooke for putting together the dance calendar. We appreciate Hat and Dan Thomp-son for labeling and stamping the newsletter for mailing every month.

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(April Gathering, continued from page 1.) Musical sparks will fly when Los Morales meet the bluegrass trio led by Charlotte fiddler Glen Alex-ander, winner at the prestigious Galax festival in 2012. You’ll want to mark your calendar for this unique concert! Bluegrass fans will connect with the virtuoso instrumental playing that characterizes bolero. The gui-tar, born in Spain, became a favor-ite throughout Latin Amer-ica. Many specialized guitars de-veloped -- you may remember the guitar-like vihuela played by Los Gavilanes at our Bluegrass Meets Mariachi concert back in 2010. Bo-lero musicians use a soprano guitar called the requinto to provide their top instrumental voice. The lower, richer sound of the more familiar classical guitar anchors the mu-sic. And congas and other percus-sion set up a dance beat. Grupo Los Morales features gui-tarist Jesus Morales with son Al-berto Morales on percussion, plus Erick Vasquez playing the requinto. Jesus and Alberto hail from Tampico, Mexico, while Vasquez comes from El Salvador -- a mix that reflects the widespread popularity of bolero across Latin America. They've released four CDs and recently contributed three original tracks to the 2010 film Blood and Honey by director Rod-rigo Dorfman. In addition to fine instrumental work, they are noted for warm harmony singing. Check out Grupo Los Morales on-line: www.grupolosmorales.com. Contact the band at 704-831-8049.

Bluegrass developed in the Ameri-can South in the 1940s and ‘50s. It took the region's old-time fiddle-and-banjo dance music and up-dated it with hot instrumental so-los that owed at least a little bit to jazz. The guitar became a lead in-

strument, as well as supporting the fiddle, banjo, and often a small gui-tar-relative called the mandolin. Glen Alexander is arguably the pre-mier fiddler in the Charlotte re-gion. Three-time winner of the bluegrass fiddle first-place ribbon at the Old Fiddler’s Convention in Galax, Virginia, he has also been Fiddler of the Festival at Union Grove. He’ll join with a couple of long-time picking buddies from the Galax area. Greg Wilson on guitar is a multi-year solo winner at the Galax festival. He makes his home in Fries, Virginia. Hailing from Mt. Airy, John Boulding on banjo has toured with Wyatt Rice and the Shady Grove Band. All three love jazz, so don’t be surprised to hear some stringband-swing in the mix. Daytimes you can find Glen Alex-ander at The Violin Shoppe, 2112 East Seventh Street (Monroe Road) in Charlotte's Elizabeth neighbor-hood. Visit online at www.theviolinshoppe.net or call 704-373-0551. CFS Gatherings are made possible, in part, with funding from the Arts & Science Council and the North Caro-lina Arts Council, an agency of the De-partment of Cultural Resources, and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation de-serves great art.

The Charlotte Appalachian Dulci-mer Club meets after every sec-ond-Friday CFS Gathering with a beginner-friendly jam. Loaner instruments are available if you want to try your hand. If you have a dulcimer you’d like to play, bring it with you and we’ll get you tuned up and playing in no time! Look for us in the office around the corner from the sanc-tuary on the second floor after the April 12th Gathering concert.. The Club also has a weekly Friday morning Dulcimer Jam in the Ar-boretum area if you’re interested. For more information about either the weekly or monthly sessions, contact Mark Willingham at 980-254-8059.

Charlotte Appalachian

Dulcimer Club Meets Fridays

Beginners’ Bluegrass Jam At Aldersgate

The Queen City Bluegrass Jam meets every other Saturday, 2-4 PM, at the Asbury Care Center at Aldersgate, 3800 Shamrock Drive, (between Eastway Drive and Sharon Amity Road) in east Char-lotte. For the exact meeting dates each month, contact Jerry Leonard at jerryleonard999@yahoo.com. Or, join the group at www.meetup.com in order to keep current. Search on that site for “Charlotte Beginner Bluegrass Jam.”

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PUT “FS REFRESHMENTS” IN SUBJECT LINE. THANKS!

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(Murder Ballads, continued from page 1.) performances of the ballads. The performance time is 8 PM. General admission tickets are $18 and are available through www.carolinatix.org or by calling 704-372-1000. Charlotte Folk Society members can receive a $3 discount on tickets by either entering the promo code CFS when purchasing tickets online or mentioning it when buying tickets by phone.

Follow the development of Deep Water at www.ncmurderballads.tumblr.com

Riley Baugus Workshop &

House Concert June 1st

Riley Baugus has agreed to stay in town another day after his Deep Water: The Murder Ballads per-formance to lead an afternoon workshop and perform in an even-ing house concert on Saturday, June 1st. His workshop will have wide appeal. He will discuss the evolution of the use of music to tell

stories, how you might tell a story of your own through music, and how to blend voice and instrumentation. Bring whatever instrument you play, or just your voice and curios-ity. The workshop takes place 1-3 PM; location to be determined. The cost is $20 per person. Riley’s house concert will take place at 7:30 PM at the Myers Park home of Harry Taylor. The cost is $15. Pre-registration is required for both the workshop and the house concert. Secure your place at either event by contacting Harry Taylor at 704-335-8494 or hataylor@ccim.net. About Riley Baugus Riley Baugus is a household name to anyone who loves old-time music. His vocals and his prowess on the fiddle, banjo, and guitar put him high on everyone’s “Top Ten” list. He has toured extensively – from coast to coast in the U. S. and over-seas to the U. K., Europe, and Aus-tralia.

Riley first came to mu-sic through his family. His father left his roots in the mountains of North Carolina in search of work, and settled near Winston-Salem, bringing with him a love of old-time music and a record collection that in-cluded, among others, the works of fellow North Carolinian Doc Watson, which touched the young Ri-ley on a molecular level. His family’s attendance at Regular Baptist church gave him early expo-sure to the unaccompanied singing that is a time-honored tradition for ballad singers throughout the Appa-

lachians. Starting on the fiddle, Riley quickly moved on to the banjo, building his first instrument from scrap wood with his father. With friend and neighbor, Kirk Sutphin, Riley began honing his musical skills. Together they vis-ited elder traditional musicians throughout North Carolina and Virginia, learning the Round Peak style at the knee of National Heri-tage Award winner Tommy Jarrell and other traditional musicians of the area, including Dix Freeman, Chester McMillian, and former Camp Creek Boys members Ver-lin Clifton and Paul Sutphin.

Over the years, while working as a welder and a blacksmith by day, Riley played with many old-time string bands, including the Old Hollow String Band and the Red Hots. His self-produced record-ing, Life Of Riley (Yodel-Ay-Hee, 2001), showcases his masterful, elegant banjo playing and his rich, raw-boned singing voice.

One fateful day, Ri-ley got a call from longtime friend and collaborator Dirk Powell. Dirk was involved in the mu-sic direction for the Academy Award-winning film Cold Mountain and had convinced the pro-ducers that they needed Civil War era banjos made in the Carolina hills, spe-cifically Riley’s hand-made banjos. They also needed an

authentic a capella ballad singer for the voice of Pangle, played by Ethan Suplee. Riley put the ham-mer down on the anvil and didn’t look back. A whirlwind Holly-wood experience ensued, culmi-nating in a place on the star stud-

Riley Baugus

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ded "Great High Mountain" tour.

From there, Riley has made his own path, building in-demand instruments and performing at festivals all over the world.

In 2008, a call from T-Bone Burnett put Riley back in the studio in Nashville, this time as a contribu-tor to the Grammy award winning Album Of The Year, Raising Sand - the multi-million selling album by Alison Krauss and Rob-ert Plant. Two years later, Riley's banjo playing was featured on Willie Nelson's Grammy nomi-nated recording Country Music.

Riley has taught at camps and fes-tivals around the world, including Augusta Heritage Festival and Augusta Old Time Week, Mars Hill College's Blue Ridge Old Time Music Week, the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, Wash-ington, and Sore Fingers Week in the UK.

When not teaching or building banjos, Riley can be found out on the road performing. He plays with the Dirk Powell Band and with Kirk Sutphin. He is a fre-quent guest of Polecat Creek and of Tim O'Brien with Dirk Powell. With Ira Bernstein, he presents the show "Appalachian Roots,” a unique showcase of Appalachian music and dance.

Visit Riley’s website at www.rileybaugus.com.

This year’s Rural Hill Scottish Fes-tival and Loch Norman Highland Games take place April 19-21 and marks the 20th year of Charlotte’s largest festival of all things Scot-tish and Scots-Irish, Events in-clude authentic music, dancing, culture, art, and, of course, food. Organized by the Catawba Valley Scottish Society, the festival is held at historic Rural Hill Farm, 4431 Neck Road, in Huntersville, on land settled in 1760. Admission varies with age, day, and event. All information is available on the website: www.ruralhillscottishfestivals.net. The festival officially opens Friday with the opening of the Rural Hill food court and a reception for pa-trons and sponsors. The main event Friday will be the "Calling of the Clans" at 8 PM, followed by dancing and music. Things really kick off on Saturday morning with the Highland games and stage events throughout the day. Along with professional and ama-teur athletics, the festival promises authentic piping and drumming, Highland and Scottish country dancing, fiddle and harp competi-tions, and more. A large number of vendors partici-pate in the festival, providing hun-dreds of Irish, Scottish, and Celtic themed items, including food. There will be demonstrations of traditional arts and crafts, as well. Various clans will have their own tents where you can learn about each clan. (Continued on page 7.)

Charlotte Folk Society Celtic

Sessions By Ed Gebauer

Each month folks who enjoy playing Irish and Scottish music gather to-gether in what are called Celtic Music Sessions. The Charlotte Folk Society sponsors both Slow and Intermediate learner sessions for those that come and play.

Information about the Slow Session can be found at www.folksociety.org/celticsession_slow.shtml, and may be the perfect place for you to play if you are:

a beginner who wants to learn to play Celtic tunes (though we assume you know how to play your instrument);

you're not a beginner, but you're new to Celtic tunes and want to ease in;

you're not a beginner, but you want a slow pace to work on some tech-niques;

you're conversant in one instrument, but want to dabble in another.

At the Regular Intermediate Session, we play from an expanded list of tunes, and it is the place to be for working your tunes up to speed, free-ing oneself from the sheet music, and adding the signature styling to the melodies that make this music so spe-cial. You can learn all about the Regu-lar Session by visiting www.folksociety.org/celticsession.shtml.

At these website locations, you can download copies of the music we'll play and sign up to be on the monthly email distributions that share where these sessions will be held. Or, you can contact John Goldsbury directly at johngoldsbury@folksociety.org. Hope to see you there!

2013 Rural Hill Scottish

Festival & Loch Norman

Highland Games

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Ray Owens and Sally Higgins are hosting a concert featuring Len Graham and Brían Ó hAirt at their home (531 Manning Drive in Char-lotte) at 7:30 PM on Friday, April 19th. Admission is $15 per person; seating is limited. Advance reser-vation and payment are required to hold your seat. To make a reserva-tion, contact Ray Owens at rowens@higginsowens.com or 704-521-6177. Checks should be made payable to Len Graham. Guests are invited to bring snacks to share, as well as the beverage of their choice. Through a decade-old friendship that bridges their generations, Len Graham and Brían Ó hAirt capture the magic of sean-nós, Irish traditional singing. Len Graham is one of Ireland’s best-known singers, having gained an international reputa-tion not only for his in-imitable singing style but also for the breadth of his knowledge of Irish folk music. Visit Len’s website at http://www.storyandsong.com. American born Brian Ó hAirt continues to gather repute for his ability to share the collective mind of an older generation of singers, having gained intimate insight into Ire-land’s singing traditions in his youth. Multi-talented, Brian is ac-complished as a sean-nós singer

and dancer, as well as an instru-mentalist on accordion, concertina, and whistle. He sings lead with the traditional Irish singing quartet Bua, based in Chicago. Learn more

about Brian at http://smolach.com/bio/. In 1971 Len won the Senior All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉire-ann traditional singing competi-tion. In 2002, Brian added his name to the long list of noted sing-ers who have also been awarded this prestigious prize, a list which includes Joe Heaney and

Frank Harte. In 2008 Len Graham was the recipi-

ent of the U.S. Irish Music Award in the Sean-Nós Singing category and in 2009 Brian Ó hAirt collected this prize in the same category. Len and Brian’s personal perform-ance styles come from very dispa-rate regions – Gra-ham’s ballads from northeastern Ulster and Ó hAirt’s lyrical sean-nós from the

Irish-speaking regions of the West – yet, through many seasons of col-laboration, the two have distilled

April 19th House Concert By Len Graham & Brian Ó hAirt

the best of these traditions into a performance that weaves stories, songs, tunes, and dance into “the one tradition.” What sets Len Graham and Brian Ó hAirt apart from many singing collaborations is that most of the songs they perform are sung in unison. The duet singing tradi-tion in Ireland is one that has been nearly forgotten, though famed sisters Rita and Sarah Keane of Caherlistrane, Co. Galway are one such example in recent memory. The tradition demands the mutual trust and attention necessary to integrate two voices into one. The balance of Len Graham’s rich baritone and Brían Ó hAirt’s clear tenor strikes a chord that touches the heart, that conveys volumes in each note they sing. Join Len and Brían for an evening of entertainment spanning the Ul-ster and Connemara traditions and beyond, while celebrating the release of their duo album, Of Two Minds. Come experience stories, tunes, lilting, and sean-nós dancing from these vibrant Irish regional traditions woven into one magical evening not often ex-perienced even in Ireland. Visit www.folksociety.org to sam-ple audio and video perform-ances. The April 19th concert offers Celtic music lovers the rare op-portunity to enjoy two of the world’s premier performers in the intimate setting of a house con-cert. Make your reservation to-day!

Len Graham

Brian Ó hAirt

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By Ed Gebauer The Charlotte Folk Society Old-Time Slow Jam meets next at 12 Noon on Saturday, April 20th, out-doors at the Carl J. McEwen His-toric Village, 7601 Matthews-Mint Hill Road, in Mint Hill. The His-torical Society will be celebrating “Discover Mint Hill” with an open house, historic double-decker bus tours, craftspeople, displays, and, of course, old-time music. While we're out ”under the trees,” it may be a good idea to bring along your favorite jamming chair! Note: in keeping with the histori-cal and compact nature of the mu-seum property, this setting is not ideal for pets, amplified instru-ments, or unattended children. Visit the Carl J. McEwen Historic Village website at www.minthillhistory.com. We'll still do our hour of tunes in the announced key just like we al-ways have. But when we're fin-ished, the regular Mint Hill Jam starts up, and we can keep on playing! Still casual! Still welcom-ing! Still the best way ever to get started playing your instrument! You can learn all about the Char-lotte Folk Society Slow Jam by vis-iting our website at www.folksociety.org/slowjam.shtml. There, you'll find all the music we play as well as mp3 files you can download and, with your instru-ment, play along. If you're new to the idea of an Old-Time Instrumental Slow Jam, here are the particulars! Led by fiddler Ed Gebauer, the group will meet on the third Saturday of each

month and this is where beginning players of all acoustic instruments are introduced to old-time dance tunes at a gentle pace. This is the place to start learning to jam with other players after learning those first few chords on your guitar or banjo; or your first tune on your lead instrument. Please check out the Slow Jam web page at www.folksociety.org/slowjam.shtml to see the tunes we'll be playing each month. In April, we'll be playing the tunes in the key of D! If you were a long-time or even a part-time participant in the Slow Jam when it happened at the Great Aunt Stella Center, I certainly hope you'll make the new habit of trek-king over the Carl J. McEwen His-toric Village to join us in the jam-ming there! If you have any questions, please get in touch with me at: rhythmfid-dle@gmail.com. Keep on playin’!

April 20th CFS Slow Jam Meets At Carl J. McEwen Historic Village!

(Rural Hill Scottish Festival & Loch Norman Highland Games, continued from page 5.) Of particular interest to Folk Soci-ety members, the Celtic musicians performing this year include The Tannahill Weavers, one of Scot-land’s premier traditional bands; Rathkeltair, a Celtic rock band; Stirling Bridge, Charlotte Celtic rock band; Scooter Muse, cham-pion banjo player and guitarist for Celtic ensemble Henri’s Notions; Jil Chambless, vocalist and flute and whistle player with Henri’s Notions; and John Taylor, cham-pion Scottish fiddler. All will per-form both Saturday and Sunday on the Traditional and Rock Stages, as appropriate. Saturday evening, all six acts will perform in one concert on the Rock Stage. Consult www.ruralhillscottishfestivals.net for stage schedules.

Mint Hill Old-Time Jam

April 20th 1-3 PM

By Rita Hartmann The Mint Hill Old Time Jam is A-L-I-V-E and doing well at the Carl J. McEwen Village.. We meet outside this month, 1-3 PM on Sat-urday, April 20th. Why? The whole village will be jumping with the "Discover Mint Hill" event. They want us outside and making plenty of noise because we're the most enthusiastic group they've ever had! Bring a folding chair if you have one. Call Rita Hartmann at 980-949-8687 for more information.

Join fiddlers Bill Williams and Dwight Moody on the first Saturday of every month from 2 PM to 4 PM in the Activities Room at the Willow Grove Retirement Center, located at 10043 Idlewild Road, Matthews, NC. The next jam will take place on Saturday, May 4th. For informa-tion, call Bill Williams at 704-573-6154 or 704-517-2822. (cell).

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May 4th

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Wedgewood Church (4800 Wedge-wood Drive, South Charlotte) is seeking musicians, storytellers, dancers, and more to volunteer to perform for recurring events at the church. There are opportunities for shorter performances (up to 12 minutes) at the Artistic Café on the third Saturday evening each month, and for longer perform-ances (30-45 minutes) at a weekly Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings. Entertainers interested in performing at either the Artistic Café or the Farmer’s Market should contact Cathey Franklin at 704-525-3256 or at clognnut@hotmail.com (please note that the email address has 2 letter “n’s” in it). Wedgewood Church presents the Artistic Café for both church and community members on third Sat-urdays, 6 – 8 PM. This family-friendly event features variety acts, free bingo, and activities for chil-dren prior to the 6:30 show time. Hot dogs and burgers (including veggie) along with soft drinks and snacks are available for purchase at a nominal price. Performers may bring one guest free of charge and are welcome to sell their record-ings. Other guests pay $5 each (ages 12 and under are free), with the money going to support the promotion of arts in the local com-munity. Performers at this event usually have a twelve-minute time slot in which to present their talent. Both of our 2013 CFS scholarship winners, Lando Pieroni and David Fee (accompanied by son, Davy), performed at the March Artistic Café, and both acts were received with great enthusiasm by the audi-ence. The next Artistic Café takes place on April 20th.

On April 6th Wedgewood Church will open a weekly farmer’s market on Saturdays, 9 AM – 4 PM. which will offer not only a variety of fresh, local produce, but other items as well, such as baked goods, hand crafts, etc. Activities will be avail-able to keep children entertained and happy. Entertainers are wanted for 30-45 minute sets during the morning hours of the Saturday mar-kets. Performing musicians who wish to sell CDs or storytellers who have books or CDs to sell will be welcomed to do so at these events.

Church Recruiting Performers For Monthly & Weekly Events

Irish Music Concert &

Workshops By Open the Door

For Three April 27th & 28th

The exciting new Irish music trio of Open the Door for Three performs in concert at 8 PM on Saturday, April 27th, at Conundrum Music Hall, 626 Meeting Street, in West Columbia, South Carolina. Admis-sion is $15. Open the Door for Three musi-cians will offer workshops on Sun-day, April 28th, at the Redbird School of Irish Music, located in the historic Olympia neighborhood, near downtown Columbia and USC. For details, email red-bird@cornerhousemusic.com or call 803-254-3461.

Open the Door for Three is an exciting new Irish music trio of uilleann piper Kieran O’Hare, fid-dler Liz Knowles, and bouzouki player and singer Pat Broaders. They mine tune books, collections, and recordings for old and new tunes and new and old songs, and together with Liz’s composition, harmonies and arrangements, Kieran’s encyclopedic knowledge of tunes and the piping tradition and Pat’s resonant rhythmic bed-rock on the bouzouki and the es-sential honesty in his singing, they form a trio of powerfully played music. These are musicians with a strong connection to one another and the music they play. Though the trio is brand new, its members are mainstays of the Irish music scene. These three have distinguished themselves over the last two decades, having played with Riverdance, Cherish the Ladies, Secret Garden, Anúna, Celtic Legends, and The New York Pops, as well as main-stream pop-artists Don Henley, Paula Cole, Bonnie Raitt, and Josh Groban. They have performed in venues around the world: on Broadway, at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, at L’Olympia and Palais de Congrès in Paris, Malaysian rainforest festivals, piping tionóil in Ireland, theatres from Shanghai to São Paulo, cruise ships in the Caribbean, and even a bullring in Mallorca. Their debut release, Open the Door for Three, is a culmination of years on the road, comprised of unearthed tunes, new arrange-ments of great songs, homage to the musicians and bands they grew up listening to, and the sig-nature sound of a trio of good friends playing great music to-gether.

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Sensoria Arts Festival

April 12th-20th

Sensoria is an annual arts festival sponsored by Central Piedmont Community College. Whether your passion is performing arts, literature, music, film, visual art, history or all of the above, Sensoria has events that will engage and en-tertain you. New this year is Sen-soria Nights – a featured event each evening that you won’t want to miss. Best of all, many Sensoria events are free, and all are open to the community. Sensoria con-cludes with the Tosco Music Party on April 20th. Some of the free, musical events: April 17, Early Music Consort, Tate Hall, Overcash PAC, 12:30 PM, Free. The Early Music Consort will present a concert of music from the earliest eras of Western music. The consort specializes in playing rarely heard instruments such as shawms, dulcians, sack-buts, violas da gamba as well as harps and recorders in all sizes. Come hear the sounds of the Ren-aissance. April 17, Gene Bryant Memorial Concert, Halton Theater, Overcash PAC, 7:30 PM, Free. The CPCC music department honors the memory of Gene Bryant, founder and longtime chair of the music de-partment. This annual concert cele-brates the CPCC music department as well as Gene’s legacy. Full-time and part-time faculty members of the music department take the stage in musical performance to honor Gene’s memory. April 18, World Voice Day, should be of particular interest to singers. It features a series of free sessions

Miss Tess and The Talk Backs (Singer/songwriter/guitarist; Western swing/blues/country/ early rock), Maddie Shuler (singer/songwriter/guitarist), Chris Rosser (Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/World/jazz), The Cloers (Award-winning singer/songwriter duo), Hannah Rhyne (Huntersville teen singer/songwriter), Ed Cash (Nashville singer/songwriter), J.D. Wilson (Charlotte singer/songwriter), Caleb Hawley (Singer/songwriter), Shana Blake (Charlotte singer/songwriter), Bob Malone (Blues/rock/singer/pianist), Toby Creek (Traditional & moden bluegrass/gospel band), Mipso (Chapel Hill Americana trio), and more. Check for additions at http://www.toscomusicparty.org.

throughout the day in the Over-cash PAC on how to best use and protect the voice while singing. Find the full schedule online at http://sensoria.cpcc.edu/events.

Tosco Music Party

April 20th

The next Tosco Music Party (TMP), a CPCC Sensoria Nights event, takes place on Saturday, April 20th, 7-11 PM. Come party in the Dale F. Halton Theater in the CPCC Overcash Academic and Perform-ing Arts Center located at 1206 Elizabeth Avenue in Charlotte. General admission tickets are on sale now. Shows regularly sell out – so, buy your tickets early. Costs are $17 (adults), $15 (adults 65 years and older), and $10 (15 years and younger). Buy tickets by phone; call 704-330-6534. Purchase online at http://tix.cpcc.edu/events/Tosco_Music_Party or in person at the Overcash Box Office. Tickets are for general admission; doors open at 6:30 PM. Free park-ing is available in the CPCC Staff/Theatre Deck on Fourth Street, be-tween Kings Drive and Charlotte-town Avenue (formerly Independ-ence Boulevard). Each TMP is an acoustic music showcase which includes trade-mark sing-alongs and still retains the original "living room" feeling. The format of these music parties is generally 5-10 minute sets of acoustic music by a variety of scheduled performers (professional and amateur alike) who donate their time and talent.

The April 20th lineup includes:

Catawba River Bluegrass Assn. Jam April 30th

The Catawba River Bluegrass Asso-ciation sponsors an open jam at 7 PM the last Tuesday of each month at Bethlehem Baptist Church, 3100 Bethlehem Church Street, in Gastonia. The next jam takes place on Tuesday, April 30th. Contact Mike McDonald at m.mcdonald@bellsouth.net with questions. The association has pages on both Facebook and Meetup.com. From the group’s Meetup.com page: Our group is searching for the perfect jam. We are bluegrass enthusiasts and practicing musicians. We treat every-one with respect. Come when you can; have a good time.

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APR 10, Bluegrass with Dixie Moon, Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 8 PM.

APR 11, Brad Mehldau & Chris Thile, Caro-lina Theatre of Durham, 309 W. Morgan St., Durham, NC, 8 PM, $25-49 + fees. 919-560-3030; www.carolinatheatre.org

APR 11, Mary Lou (French band from Brit-tany), The Cook Shack, 7:30 PM, $16. For reser-vations, contact Pal Ireland at 704-539-4353.

êêAPR 11, The Testosterones ( Glen Alexan-der, David Grant, Randy DeBruhl, Dave Bal-lenger), The Pizza Peel & Tap Room, 4422 Col-wick Rd., Charlotte. 8-10 PM. 704-714-8808; www.tapandpeel.com

APR 11, Cedric Burnside Project (juke joint blues), Double Door Inn, 8 PM, $10.

êêAPR 12, Charlotte Folk Society Gathering Concert & Jams: Bluegrass Meets Bolero fea-turing Glen Alexander Trio and Grupo Los Morales, 926 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, NC. 7:30 PM, FREE; donations appreciated. Doors open 7 PM. Free parking. www.folksociety.org

êêAPR 12, Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club Free Dulcimer Tune-Up; Strings Pro-vided, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, following the CFS concert, ap-prox. 8:30 PM, free. Call Mark Willingham for information: 980-254-8059.

APR 12, Workshops with Masters of the Celtic Harp: Graine Hambly & William Jackson, Presented by SC Three Rivers Harp Ring, West Columbia, SC. Two 1-hour workshops begin at 7-9:15 PM. $75/person. Contact Andi Hearn at 803-254-3461 to register in advance and get directions. http://cornerhousemusic.com/redbirdconcert.html

APR 12, Masters of the Celtic Harp: Graine Hambly & William Jackson, Presented by Redbird School of Irish Music & SC Three Rivers Harp Ring, Conundrum Music Hall, 626 Meeting St., W. Columbia, SC. 8 PM, $15; buy tickets online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/366937b. Contact Andi Hearn at 803-254-3461. http://cornerhousemusic.com/redbirdconcert.html

APR 12, Garnet Rogers (Canadian singer/songwriter), Fiddle & Bow Society, Commu-nity Arts Café, 8 PM, $20.

APR 12, 10th Annual Charlotte Cash Bash (Night One) w/ South 85, Wink Keziah, The Truckstop Preachers, The Tremors, Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 8 PM, $10 at the door. Ad-vance tickets $8; buy online at http://reddirtpromotions.tix.com/Event.aspx?EventCode=541322

APR 12, Belfast Boys, The Birdsnest, 102 B South Main St., Davidson, NC. 8 PM, $12 ad-vance; $15 at the door. Reserve your seat by calling 704-990-6378 or emailing jschno-ple@gmail.com. Cash only accepted at the door. http://thebirdsnest.net

APR 12-13, Darin & Brooke Aldridge Music

All calendar listings are subject to change and should be verified.

VENUE INFORMATION

The Altamont Theatre, 18 Church St., Asheville, NC. 828-348-5327; www.myaltamont.com

The ArtsCenter, 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro, NC. 919-929-2787; www.artscenterlive.org

Belk Theater, Blumenthal Performing Arts Ctr., 130 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org

Blue Ridge Music Center, milepost 213, Blue Ridge Parkway, 700 Foothills Rd., Galax, VA. Call 276-236-5309, ext. 112; visit www.blueridgemusiccenter.org.

The Comet Grill, 2224 Park Rd., Charlotte. 704-371-4300.

Cook Shack Concert Series, The Cook Shack, Union Grove, NC. Exit 65 off I-77 North; turn west; travel 2 miles; sits on left of road. Reser-vations required; email cookshack-shows@roadrunner.com or call 704-539-4353. http://uniongrovemusic.voila.net/index.html

Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place, 2 Pack Place Square, Asheville, NC. 828-257-4530; www.dwtheatre.com

The Garage, 110 West 7th St., Winston-Salem, NC. 336-777-1127; www.the-garage.ws

Don Gibson Theatre, Theatre, 318 S. Washing-ton St., Shelby, NC. 704-487-8114; www.DGshelby.com

The Double Door Inn, 218 E. Independence Blvd. Charlotte, NC. 704-376-1446; www.doubledoorinn.com

The Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St., Char-lotte. 704-376-3737; www.theeveningmuse.com

Fairview Ruritan Club Concerts, Fairview Rd., SR821, Galax, VA. 276-238-0376; www.fairviewruritan.com

Fiddle & Bow Society Series, Community Arts Café, 411 W. 4th St., Winston-Salem, NC. 336-724-9393; www.fiddleandbow.org

Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall, 185 Cling-man Ave., Asheville, NC. 828-232-5800; www.thegreyeagle.com

The Handlebar, 304 E. Stone St., Greenville, SC. 864-233-6173; www.handlebar-online.com/index.asp

Jack of the Wood, 95 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC. 828-252-5445; http://jackofthewood.com/

Knight Theater, 430 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org

McGlohon Theatre, Spirit Square, 345 N. Col-lege St., Charlotte, NC. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org

The Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th St.,

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Charlotte, NC. 704-358-9298; www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

Old Rock School, 400 Main St. West, Valdese, NC. Call 828-879-2129; visit www.bluegrassattherock.com

Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC. 828-225-5851; www.theorangepeel.net

Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte. 704-335-3100; www.ovensauditorium.com/default.asp?ovens=11

Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 2740 W. Sugar Creek Rd., Derita, NC. 704-597-8230; www.puckettsfarm.com

Purple Onion, Hwy. 176, Saluda, NC. 828-749-1179; www.purpleonionsaluda.com

Ri~Ra Irish Pub, 200 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. 704-333-5554; www.rira.com

Rodi, 245 W. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, NC. 704-864-7634; www.rodiworld.com

Stage Door Theater, 5th & College Sts., Char-lotte. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org

Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St., Davidson, NC. 704-895-9090; www.summitcoffee.com

The Sylvia Theater, 27 N. Congress St., York, SC. 803-684-5590; www.sylviatheater.com

The Visulite Theatre, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. 704-358-9200; www.visulite.com CALENDAR LISTINGS

APR 8, Find Your Muse Open Mic with fea-tured artist Rob Paper, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $3.

APR 8, Open Bluegrass Jam, hosted by An-thony Scruggs, Belmont Soda Shop, 31 N. Main St., Belmont, NC, 7-9 PM, free; beginners to advanced and listeners welcomed. Contact Anthony Scruggs at scruggsopryhouse@yahoo.com

APR 9, Masters of the Celtic Harp: Graine Hambly & William Jackson, Penn-Griffin School of the Arts, 825 E. Wash-ington Dr., High Point, NC, 7 PM, Tickets at the door $7 Adults; $5 Students. tickets.

APR 9, Red Rocking Chair (Michael Reno Harrell, Jack Lawrence, Tom Kuhn & Dale Meyer) (Tuesdays), Comet Grill, 8:30-11:30 PM.

APR 9, Lemonds Family Bluegrass Band (Tuesdays), Skyland Family Restaurant, 4544 South Blvd., Charlotte, NC. 6-8 PM.

APR 9, Charlotte Nashville Songwriters Asso-ciation International Meeting (second Tues-days), The Well Church & Coffeehouse, 220 West Main St., Pineville, NC, 7 PM. Contact Carl Dews at dewsmusic63@earthlink.net. http://nsaicharlotte.com

APR 10, The Good Lovelies, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $15-17.

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Fest, Joy Performance Center, 202 Railroad Ave., Kings Mountain, NC. Fri. night gospel concert w/Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Men Standing for Christ, The Kingsment; $20. Free Sat. daytime events, including an out-door concert with Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Harvest, and Unspoken Tradition. Sat. night concert w/Jimmy Wayne, Darin & Brook Aldridge; $25. Purchase tickets online at TicketsNC.com or by phone at 704-472-7762.

APR 12-20, Sensoria: A Celebration of the Arts, Central Piedmont Community College Campuses, Mecklenburg County, NC. Festi-val celebrates Culinary Arts, History & Cul-ture, Literature, Music, and Visual Arts & Film. Many free & some ticketed events. Schedule of events & details: http://sensoria.cpcc.edu/about

APR 13, Tales Through Time: A Storytel-ling Event featuring Donald Rogers (Former Chief of the Catawba Indian Nation) (Noon), Chetter Galloway (African & Afri-can American Folktale storyteller) (1 PM), and Orville Hicks (Traditional Jack Tale storyteller) (2 PM), Gaston County Museum, 131 W. Main St., Dallas, NC, Noon- 3 PM, Free. 704-922-7681, Ext. 2; www.gastoncountymuseum.org

APR 13, Peter Case, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $15.

APR 13, Big Lick Bluegrass Festival w/ Ren-aissance Bluegrass Band, Goldwing Ex-press, James King Band, Deeper Shade of Blue, The Boxcars, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Balsam Range; Big Lick Festival Park, 640 South Oak Ridge Rd., Oakboro, NC. 3-Day Ticket $65; single day tickets available; under 12 Free. www.biglickbluegrass.com/Home_Page.php

APR 13, Tom Kimmel (The Waymores) Americana Stage, Grind Café Coffeehouse, 136 W. Union St., Morganton, NC, 7:30 PM, $20. To reserve seats, contact Clint Bernard at 828-368-0381 or 828-443-2544 day of show; or email americanastage@yahoo.com

APR 13, Bruce Family Band (6:30-7:15 PM); Southern Express Bluegrass (7:30 PM), Mt. Gilead Bluegrass Music Barn, 108 N. Main St., Mt. Gilead, NC 27306. 7:30 PM, $7 Adults; 12 & under Free. Music Barn hours: 6:30-10 PM. Light refreshments sold. 910-220-6426; www.mgmusicbarn.com/index.html

APR 13, 10th Annual Charlotte Cash Bash (Night Two) w/Jonithan Burchfield, Jem Crossland & The Hypertonics, The Bo Ste-phens, The Loose Lugnuts, 8 PM, $10 at the door. Advance tickets $8; buy online at http://reddirtpromotions.tix.com/Event.aspx?EventCode=541322

APR 13, Pinetuckett, Mineral Springs Music

Barn, 5901 Eubanks St., Mineral Springs, NC 28108. 7 PM, $8; 12 & under free with adult. Steve Whitesell at 803-517-4404. www.mineralspringsmusicbarn.com/index.html

APR 13, Forty Acres presents Peter Ostroushko & Danny Gotham, Five Oaks Clubhouse, 5109 Pine Cone Dr., Durham, NC. 8 PM, $15 advance, $20 at door; doors open 7:30 PM. Reservations are required. Leave a message at tickets@fortyacres.org stating which concert you need tickets for and how many you want. Payment at the door. You’re invited to bring a cooler with your favorite beverage. www.fortyacres.org

APR 14, Donna Ray Norton (8th generation Madison County Appalachian singer), Da-niels Auditorium, NC Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC. 3-4 PM; FREE; tick-ets required & available at 2 PM. 919-664-8302; www.pinecone.org.

APR 14, Storyteller & Musician Andy Offutt Irwin in Concert, Wells Fargo Theatre, Imagi-nOn: The Joe & Joan Martn Center, 300 E. 7th St., Charlotte, 3 PM, Free; Doors open 2:30 PM. For information, call Elisha Minter at 704-416-3000.

êêAPR 14, Traditional Irish Music Session w/Jason Dulin, Monty Monaghan & Jon Sin-gleton (Sundays), RiRa Irish Pub, 7-9 PM.

APR 14, Benefit For Project HALO With The In- Laws, Lenny Federal, Leadville Social Club, Sonny Skyyz & The Rainmakers, The Loose Lugnuts, Double Door Inn, 4 PM, $7 minimum donation requested.

APR 14, Maddie Shuler CD Release Concert, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $6-8. Doors 7 PM.

APR 15, Find Your Muse Open Mic with fea-tured artist Ross Adams, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $3.

APR 17, Early Music Consort, Sensoria, Tate Hall, Overcash Performing Arts Ctr., 1206 Elizabeth Ave., CPCC, Charlotte, NC. 12:30-1:30 PM, Free. http://sensoria.cpcc.edu/event/5/

APR 17, Bluegrass with Toby Creek, Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 8 PM.

APR 18, Amick Junction, Bluegrass Thursday Night, Allison Creek Presbyterian Church, Family Life Center, 5780 Allison Creek Rd., York, SC, Doors open 6 PM. Hamburgers & hotdogs for sale 6:30 PM. Music 7-9 PM, FREE. 803-366-1302; www.allisoncreekbluegrass.com

APR 18 Whiskey Gentry (Americana/bluegrass) w/The Brothers Comatose (original stringband music), The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $8-10.

êêAPR 18, Songwriters Showcase featuring Rick Spreitzer, Etta Lea, and host Rob McHale, Summit Coffee, 8 PM.

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Calendar, continued êêAPR 18, Glen Alexander & David McGuirt, The Pizza Peel & Tap Room, 4422 Colwick Rd., Charlotte. 8-10 PM. 704-714-8808; www.tapandpeel.com

APR 18-21, Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance featuring Donna the Buf-falo, Solas, The Horse Flies, Keller Williams & The Travelin’ McCourys, Dark Water Rising, Ironing Board Sam, Big Fat Gap, Big Ron Hunter, Captain Luke, Apple Chill Cloggers, The Owen Family Band, Susan & Timmy Abell, The Bulltown Strutters, Tanglewood Puppets, Boo Hanks & many more, Shakori Hills, 1439 Henderson Tanyard Rd., Shakori Hills, Pittsboro, NC. 919-542-8142; http://shakorihillsgrassroots.org

êêAPR 19, Len Graham & Brian O hAirt House Concert, Home of Ray Owens & Sally Higgins, 531 Manning Dr., South Charlotte, 7:30 PM, $15. Advance registration required. Con-tact Ray Owens at rowens@higginsowens.com or 704-521-6177 to reserve your seat. Make check payable to “Len Graham.” Guests are invited to bring snacks and beverages to share.

APR 19, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver w/Buncombe Turnpike opening, Old Rock School, 7 PM, $18-20

APR 19, Lindsey Ryan Horne w/Leadville So-cial Club, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $5.

APR 19, Rolling Roots Revue: Sherman Lee Dillon (blues), Maria Fairchild (Appalachian), Phil Minissale (acoustic folk blues w/Don Barry on bass), Fiddle & Bow Society, Commu-nity Arts Café, 8 PM, $15.

APR 19, Sustaining Roots Music's 7th Annual Blues Revue featuring Justin Robinson and the Mary Annettes, Big Ron Hunter, and Reed Tur-chi, Long View Center, Moore Square Historic District, 118 S. Person St., Raleigh, NC. Concert 7 PM; doors 6:30; $10-12. Concert benefits the Music Maker Relief Foundation. Buy tickets online at www.seatyourself.biz/raleighcharterhs. SOOTS website: www.raleighcharterhs.org/studentlife/clubs/soots/

APR 19-21, High Lonesome Strings Camp ‘n’ Pick featuring New Direction (bluegrass gos-pel), Hagan-Stone Park Campground, 5920 Ha-gan-Stone Park Rd., Pleasant Garden, NC. Fri-day night jamming. Saturday: Potluck 5 PM in Shelter; bring a dish to share + your own drink; plastes & utensils provided. New Direction concert in Shelter at 6:30 PM. Sunday morning gospel jamming at the Sunday School in the Shelter. Call Shane Swaim at 336-656-7867 for camping reservations.

APR 19-21, Rural Hill Scottish Festival and Loch Norman Highland Games, Historic Rural Hill, Huntersville, NC. Rural Hill Scottish Festi-val Traditional Stage: Tannahill Weavers, Scot-tish Fiddler John Taylor, Guitarist Scooter Muse w/vocalist & flute/whistle player Jil Chambless: Rock Stage: Stirling Bridge & Rathkeltair. Calling of the Clans, Amateur & Professional Scottish Athletic Events, Scottish

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Country Dancing, Highland Dancing, Piping & Drumming Competitions; Sheep Herding, Special Kids’ Activities, Food & Merchandise Vendors. 704-875-3113; www.ruralhillscottishfestivals.net

APR 20, Mineral Springs Music Barn Blue-grass Festival w/Stonewashed, Dixie Moon, Ridgeside, Driveline, Southern Express, Pinetuckett, Cabin Creek, A Deeper Shade of Blue, Southern Express, Mineral Springs Music Barn, 5901 Eubanks St., Mineral Springs, NC 28108. 11 AM-6 PM; $10. Con-tact Steve Whitesell at 803-517-4404. www.mineralspringsmusicbarn.com/index.html

APR 20, Mipso w/Caleb Caudle, The Even-ing Muse, 8 PM, $10.

êêAPR 20, Tosco Music Party featuring Miss Tess & The Talk Backs, Maddie Shuler, Chris Rosser, The Cloers, Hannah Rhyne, Ed Cash, J.D. Wilson, Caleb Hawley, Shana Blake, Bob Malone, Toby Creek, Mipso & more, Halton Theater, Overcash Performing Arts Ctr., 1206 Elizabeth Ave., CPCC, Charlotte, NC. 7-11 PM; General Ad-mission: Adults $17; Seniors $15; 15 years & younger $10. Tickets: 704-330-6534; www.toscomusicparty.com

êêAPR 20, Charlotte Folk Society Slow Old-Time Jam, Ashcraft Schoolhouse, Carl J. McEwan Historic Village, 7601 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd., Mint Hill, NC. Noon-1 PM; Free open jam. Ed Gebauer at rhythmfid-dle@gmail.com.

êêAPR 20, Mint Hill Old-Time Jam, Ash-craft Schoolhouse, Carl J. McEwan Historic Village, 7601 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd., Mint Hill, NC. 1-3 PM; Free open jam. Gar & Rita Hartmann at 704-496-4321 or hayefour-four@hotmail.com. http://www.celebrationofseagrovepotters.com

APR 20, Artistic Café, Jim Rivers Hall, Wedgewood Church, 4800 Wedgewood Dr., Charlotte, NC. 6:30-8 PM, Adults $5; Kids Free. Burger, veggie burgers & hot dogs available to purchase; 6-6:45 PM. Variety show. Contact Cathey Franklin at clogn-nut@hotmail.com (Note: 2 “n’s” in address) or call 704-525-3256 for questions or if you wish to perform.

êêAPR 21, Traditional Irish Music Session w/Jason Dulin, Monty Monaghan & Jon Singleton (Sundays), RiRa Irish Pub, 7-9 PM.

APR 21, The Doc Marshalls (Americana) w/Candlewyck (acoustic duo), The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $10.

APR 22, Find Your Muse Open Mic with featured artist Band of Opportunity, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $3.

APR 23, Tannahill Weavers, Delaney’s Music

Church St., Gastonia, NC. 7 PM, Free. Contact Mike McDonald at m.mcdonald@bellsouth.net for information.

êê MAY 1, Tosco House Party (open mic), The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $3.

MAY 3, Lauren Sheehan (acoustic blues/folk), Fiddle & Bow Society, Community Arts Café, 8 PM, $10.

MAY 3, Roger McGuinn, The ArtsCenter, 7 PM, $33-37; $100 reserved seating & “Meet the Artist.”

êêMAY 4, Willow Grove Old-Time Jam, Willow Grove Retirement Center, 10043 Idlewild Rd., Matthews, NC. 2-4 PM. Call Bill Williams at 704-573-6154 or 704-417-2822 (cell).

êêMAY 4, An Evening With Chuck Johnson & Charlyhorse, Teagarden House Concert, South Charlotte home of Elizabeth Teagarden and Carter Mills, 7:30 PM, $35/person. Advance registration & payment required. Reservations: email teagarden-sound@gmail.com or call 704-444-0253. Make checks payable to “Chuck Johnson.” Guests invited to bring appetizers & bever-ages to share at 6:30 PM.

MAY 4, The Stray Birds, The ArtsCenter, 8 PM, $10-14.

MAY 4, Leon Redbone, The Altamont, 8 PM, $25-30.

MAY 4, Paul Thorn Band w/Scott Miller, The Neighborhood Theatre, 8 PM, $18-20.

MAY 6, Open Bluegrass Jam, hosted by Anthony Scruggs, Belmont Soda Shop, 31 N. Main St., Belmont, NC, 7-9 PM, free; beginners to advanced and listeners wel-comed. Contact Anthony Scruggs at scruggsopryhouse@yahoo.com

MAY 6, Rock Hill Nashville Songwriters Association International Meeting, Thurs-days Too Restaurant Private Room, 147 Herlong Ave., Rock Hill, SC. 7 PM. 803-366-6117; http://thursdaystoo.com

MAY 7, Charlotte Nashville Songwriters Association International Meeting (second Tuesdays), The Well Church & Coffeehouse, 220 West Main St., Pineville, NC, 7 PM. Contact Carl Dews at dewsmu-sic63@earthlink.net. http://nsaicharlotte.com

MAY 8, Bluegrass with Dixie Moon, Puck-ett’s Farm Equipment, 8 PM.

MAY 9-11, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s Bluegrass Music Festival featuring Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Balsam Range, Big Country Bluegrass, Paul Wil-liams & The Victory Trio, The Boxcars, Mountain Heart, Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie, Lonesome River Band, The Banke-sters, The Roys, Blue Highway, The Hin-son Girls, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice,

Pub, 741 Saluda Ave., Columbia, SC. Call 803-779-2345 for time & $$.

APR 24, Marti Jones & Don Dixon, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $15.

APR 25, Comas (Irish Celtic), Diana Wortham Theatre, 8 PM, $30, Student $25, Child $15.

êêAPR 25, The Testosterones ( Glen Alexander, David Grant, Randy DeBruhl, Dave Ballenger), The Pizza Peel & Tap Room, 4422 Colwick Rd., Charlotte. 8-10 PM. 704-714-8808; www.tapandpeel.com

APR 25-28, 2013 MerleFest featuring Richard Watson, Sam Bush, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Riley Baugus, Jim Lauderdale, John Cowan, The Avett Brothers, Chatham County Line, David Holt, Bryan Sutton, T. Michael Coleman, Peter Rowan Band, Donna the Buffalo, Jerry Douglas, Peter Rowan Band, Wayne Henderson, The Hon-eycutters, The Kruger Brothers, Jack Lawrence, Mike Farris, Scythian, Kirk Sutphin, Red Molly, Snyder Family Band, Orville Hicks, Eilen Jewell, Mountain Heart, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Quebe Sisters Band, Steep Canyon Ranges, South Caro-lina Broadcasters, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Roy Book Binder, The Waybacks, Phil Wiggins & Corey Harris, Blind Boy Paxton, Pete & Joan Wernick & many more, Wilkes Community Col-lege, Wilkesboro, NC. www.MerleFest.org

APR 26, Bluegrass with The Lemonds Family Band, Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 8 PM.

APR 26, Kim Richey, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $15-18.

APR 27, Abigail Washburn, McCelvey Center, 212 E. Jefferson St., York, SC. $17, 7:30-9 PM. Call 803-329-2121 Ext. 126 to reserve tickets. http://chmuseums.org/upcoming-events-mc

APR 27, Chris Trapper, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $12-15.

APR 27, Open The Door For Three Concert (Irish music trio), Conundrum Music Hall, 626 Meeting St., West Columbia, SC, 8 PM, $15. Information: emial redbird@cornerhousemusic.com or call 803-254-3461.

APR 28, Workshops by Open The Door For Three, Redbird School of Irish Music, Historic Olympia Neighborhood, Downtown Columbia, SC. For details and directions, emial red-bird@cornerhousemusic.com or call 803-254-3461.

APR 28, Celtic Session & Ceili, The Dandelion Market, 118 W. 5th St., Charlotte, 5-7 PM.

êêAPR 28, Traditional Irish Music Session w/Jason Dulin, Monty Monaghan & Jon Singleton (Sundays), RiRa Irish Pub, 7-9 PM.

APR 29, Find Your Muse Open Mic with fea-tured artist Brie Capone, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $3.

APR 30, Catawba River Bluegrass Association Jam, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 3100 Bethlehem

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APR 27: Cabin Fever w/Kenny Greer.

Charlotte Country Dancers, Chantilly Com-munity Bldg., 2101 Shenandoah Ave., Char-lotte. Every Monday evening. Lesson 7:30 PM. Dance 8-10 PM, $7. www.charlottedancegypsies.org Bands & Callers TBA.

The Grey Eagle, Haywood Rd. & Clingman Ave., Asheville, Mondays, 8 PM, $5. Call 828-232-5800 for details; visit www.oldfarmersball.com APR 8: Appalachian Storm w/Terry Stefan calling. APR 15: Euphoria String Band w/Keith Cornett calling. APR 22: The Spring Chickens w/Seth Mo-laro. APR 29: The Inexplicabillies w/Andrea Nettleton calling.

Boone Country Dancers, Apple Barn, Valle Crucis Conference Ctr., Valle Crucis, NC. Lessons 7:30, dance 8 PM, $7; wear soft-soled shoes. Bob Oelberg at 828-265-2627; www.boonecountrydancers.org. APR 20: Boom Chuck w/Warren Doyle.

Carolina Song & Dance Assn., Carrboro Cen-tury Ctr., Greensboro St., between Weaver & Main, Carrboro, NC. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $8. Call 919-967-9948 for directions. Visit http://csda-dance.org/index.htm APR 19: Buz Lloyd Dance w/Band & Caller TBA.

Columbia Traditional Music and Dance, Arsenal Hill Park Bldg., Laurel & Lincoln Sts., Columbia, SC. Lessons 7 PM, Dance 7:30-10:30 PM, $8. Call 803-796-8935 or visit www.contracola.org. APR 20: Corner House w/Marolyn Floyd.

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers, The Grange, Guilford School Rd., off I-40 E, Greensboro. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM. Call Carol Thompson at 336-272-3245 or email George Segebade at gsegebade_80@msn.com. Visit website at http://feetretreat.com APR 20: Gene Hubert Memorial Dance w/Contrazz & Robert Cromartie & Friends call-ing.

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers, Clemmons Civic Club, 2870 Middlebrook Dr., Clem-mons, NC. Every Tuesday; Dance 8-10 PM, $6; $4 students. See contact info above. NEW LOCATION APR 9: Lonesome Prairie Dogs w/Joy Greenwolfe calling. APR 16: Contra Culture w/Emily Abel/Stephanie Marie calling. APR 23: Rut-Ro Ramblers w/Lindsay Mor-ris. APR 30: Reel Shady w/Andrea Nettleton.

Harvest Moon Folk Society, River Falls

The Isaacs, Denton Farmpark, Denton, NC. Info 336-859-2755; Tickets 800-458-2755; www.farmpark.com/bluegrass/doyle/doyle_lawson.pdf

MAY 9-12, Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF): Celebrating the Blues and featuring Taj Ma-hal, The Horseflies, Town Mountan, Cary Fridley & Down South, Pop Ferguson, Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson, Red Clay Ram-blers, Ira Bernstein, Gordy Hinners, Phil Jami-son, & more, 377 Lake Eden Rd., Black Moun-tain, NC. www.theLEAF.org

êêMAY 10, Charlotte Folk Society Gathering Concert & Jams: Bluegrass by Freeman & Wil-liams, 926 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, NC. 7:30 PM, FREE; donations appreciated. Doors open 7 PM. Free parking. www.folksociety.org

êêMAY 10, Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club Free Dulcimer Tune-Up; Strings Pro-vided, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, following the CFS concert, ap-prox. 8:30 PM, free. Call Mark Willingham for information: 980-254-8059.

MAY 10, Bethabara Highland Games & Celtic Music Festival Ceilidh led by Belles on Strings, Fiddle & Bow Society, Community Arts Cafe', 411 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem, NC. 7-11 PM. $10 general admission; $5 for musicians. www.fiddleandbow.org

êêMAY 10, Carolina Gator Gumbo and Zy-deco Ya Ya, Double Door Inn, 9 PM Concert, $8. Two-step dance instruction 8:30 PM.

MAY 11, 13th Annual Bethabara Highland Games & Celtic Music Festival featuring The Red Wellies, Jamie Laval, Thistledown Tink-ers, Historic Bethabara, 2147 Bethabara Rd., Winston-Salem, NC. 10:30 AM-4 PM; Games begin 9:30 AM. Free. 2nd Annual Scottish Fid-dle Competition. Music hosted by Fiddle & Bow Society. 336- 924-8191; http://www.cityofws.org/Home/Departments/RecreationAndParks/BethabaraPark/HBPEvents/Events/

MAY 11, 3rd Annual North Carolina Brewers & Music Festival w/Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Acoustic Syndicate, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, Sol Driven Train, Milkdrive & Brushfire Stankgrass, Historic Rural Hill, 4431 Neck Rd., Huntersville, NC. http://ncbrewsmusic.com CONTRA DANCES

Charlotte Dance Gypsies, Chantilly Commu-nity Bldg., 2101 Shenandoah Ave., Charlotte. Potluck 6:30 PM, lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 PM, $8, students $5. Gretchen at 704-537-1377 or Dean at 704-361-6387; www.charlottedancegypsies.org APR 17: Waltz Wednesday; free instruction by Lesly Bowers & Dennis Spring to recorded mu-sic.

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Calendar, continued Lodge, near Marietta, SC, Set up 5 PM, Pot-luck 6:30 PM, lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 PM, $8, Children free. Call Terry Pizzuto at 864-639-6113 or email tpzzt@clemson.edu; www.harvestmoonfolk.org APR 13: Blue Ridge Rounders w/Dana Parkinson calling. APR 25: Carolina Dingos w/AnneMarie Walter calling. MAY 3: Advanced Dance w/Free Associa-tion & Andrea Nettleton calling. No new or inexperienced dancers. MAY 4: Four Mule Pileup w/Lindsay Mor-ris calling.

Harvest Moon Folk Society CityDance, Landmark Hall, 156 Landmark Dr., Taylors, SC. Lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 PM, $8, Children free. Call Terry Pizzuto at 864-639-6113 or email tpzzt@clemson.edu; www.harvestmoonfolk.org. APR 26: Roger Gold & Super Surprise Mys-tery w/Tamara McGovern.

Old Farmer’s Ball, Bryson Gym, Warren Wil-son College, Swannanoa, NC, Thursdays, Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8 PM, $6. Beginning & intermediate music jam Thursdays, 7:30 PM. Information: 828-299-8823/828-298-7821 or visit www.oldfarmersball.com APR 4: Contraversial w/Maggie Jo Saylor. APR 11: Hot Sonata w/Kristin Siebert. APR 18: Appalachian Storm w/Terry Stefan calling. APR 25: Carolina Dingos w/AnneMarie Walter calling.

Triangle Country Dancers, Carrboro Cen-tury Ctr., Greensboro St., between Weaver & Main, Carrboro, NC. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $9. Dance hotline: 919-286-6624; questions 919-220-8411. www.TCDancers.org APR 12: Appalachian Storm w/Carol Or-mond calling. MAY 4: Footloose/Contrazz Dance; Con-trazz w/Robert Cromartie calling. MAY 10: The Elftones w/Bob Dalsemer. DANCE WEEKENDS

APR 19-21, Palmetto Bug Stomp, Charleston, SC. Andrew & Noah VanNorstand; Contra-versial w/Nils Fredland; Maggie Jo Saylor calling. http://charlestonfolk.weebly.com/palmetto-bug-stomp.html

APR 26-28, Spring Dance Romance, Camp Sertoma, near Danbury, NC. Hotpoint Stringband; Notorious w/George Marshall; Diane Silver calling. www.tcdancers.org

MAY 9-12, Spring LEAF, 377 Lake Eden Road, Black Mountain, NC. Elixer; The Mean Lids w/Nils Fredland; Diane Silver calling. www.the LEAF.org

MAY 31-JUNE 2, Mountain Blossom Contra, Historic Cranberry High School, 5215 Elk Park Highway, Elk Park, NC. Lift Ticket w/Cis Hinkle calling. www.warrendoyle.com

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1st WEDNESDAYS Tosco House Party (open mic), The Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson, Charlotte, 8 PM, $2. Host John Tosco. www.toscomusicparty.org. THURSDAYS Open Mic, Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 2740 W. Sugar Ck. Rd., Derita, NC. 8 PM. Bluegrass Jam, Jack of the Wood, 95 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC. 6 PM. 828-252-5445; http://jackofthewood.com 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS Bluegrass Thursday Night, Allison Creek Presbyterian Church, Family Life Center, 5780 Allison Creek Rd., York, SC, Doors open 6 PM. Hamburgers & hotdogs for sale 6:30 PM. Music 7-9 PM, free. 803-366-1302; www.allisoncreekbluegrass.com 2nd THURSDAYS Storytellers Guild of Charlotte, Barnes & Noble Arboretum, 3327 Pineville-Matthews Rd., Charlotte, NC. 7:30 PM, FREE. Listeners & tellers welcomed. Ramona Moore Big Ea-gle at 704-568-6940. NEW LOCATION 3rd THURSDAYS Songwriters Round, hosted by Rob McHale, Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St., Davidson, NC. 704-895-9090; www.summitcoffee.com FRIDAYS Bluegrass Jam, E. H. Montgomery General Store, 750 Saint Stephens Church Rd., Historic Gold Hill, NC. 7-9 PM. Call Vivian Hopkins: 704-279-5674. www.historicgoldhill.com/eh_montgomery_general_stor.htm Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club, home of Carol Rousey, 9 AM-Noon. Call Carol at 704-321-2020 for directions. English Country Dance, Matthews Orthodox Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 2701 Rice Rd. (off Idlewild Rd.), Matthews, NC, 7-9 PM. Free. 704-309-7649 or Jason-Mauney@gmail.com. 2nd FRIDAYS **Charlotte Folk Society Gathering (August-June), Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. Concert, song circle & jams. Free & open to the public; donations appreciated. 7:30 PM. 704-563-7080; www.folksociety.org. Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Char-lotte. After Folk Society concert, app. 8:30 PM. Mark Willingham at 980-254-8059. 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS Boots-N-Slippers Square Dance, Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, 7407 Steele Ck. Rd., Charlotte. 8-10 PM. Call 704-525-1940. SATURDAYS Morning Jam Session, Cook Shack, Union Grove, NC. Exit 65 off I-77 North; turn west; travel 2 miles; sits on left of road. Call Pal Ireland at 704-539-4353 for directions.

ONGOING EVENTS MONDAYS Find Your Muse Open Mic, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $3. 1st MONDAYS Open Bluegrass Jam, Belmont Soda Shop, 31 Main St., Belmont, NC, 7-9 PM, free; beginners to advanced and listeners welcomed. Contact host Anthony Scruggs at scruggsopry-house@yahoo.com. Nashville Songwriters Association Interna-tional Meeting, Thursdays Too Restaurant Private Room, 147 Herlong Ave., Rock Hill, SC. 7 PM. 803-366-6117; http://thursdaystoo.com Taking a summer break; resumes October 1. 4th MONDAYS Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society, Wilkes Heritage Museum, 100 E. Main St.,Wilkesboro, NC, 7 PM; www.wilkesfolks.org TUESDAYS Charlotte Scottish Country Dance Society, Selwyn Ave. Presbyterian Church, 2929 Selwyn Ave., Charlotte, 7:30-9:30 PM, donation. Call 704-366-9260 or 704-333-6917. Community Singers of Charlotte Practice, Sharon Presbyterian Church, 5201 Sharon Rd., Charlotte, 7-8:30 PM, free. Carol Raedy at 704-367-2536. Check for updates at www.charlottecommunitysingers.org Lemonds Family Bluegrass Band, Skyland Family Restaurant, 4544 South Blvd., Charlotte. 6-8 PM. 2nd TUESDAYS Nashville Songwriters Assoc. International, Workshop Meeting, The Well, 220 Main St., Pineville, NC, 7 PM. Call Fiona MacAllister at 704-483-1671; http://.NSAICharlotte.com. LAST TUESDAYS Catawba River Bluegrass Association Jam, Bethlehem Baptist Church, 3100 Bethlehem Church St., Gastonia, NC, 7 PM. Open jam; all welcome. Contact Mike McDonald at m.mcdonald@bellsouth.net WEDNESDAYS Too Wet to Plow (Chris Sekerak, Pam Engle-bert, Josh Campbell & Michael Plumley), Phi-losopher’s Stone Tavern, 7th & Caswell Sts., Charlotte, 7 PM, no cover. 704-350-1331. Bluegrass, Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 2740 W. Sugar Ck. Rd., Derita, NC. 9-11 PM. No cover. 704-597-8230; www.puckettsfarm.com. Bluegrass, Old-Time Country, Folk & Gospel Jam Session, Cabarrus Co. Senior Ctr., 331 Corban Ave., SE, Concord, NC. 6-9 PM. Open to the public and free. Call 704-920-3484. High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Jam Ses-sion, The Cultural Arts Ctr., Room 100, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro, 7-10 PM. 336-420-0238. Old-Time Jam, Jack of the Wood, 95 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC. 6 PM. 828-252-5445; http://jackofthewood.com

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Calendar, continued Bluegrass Jam Session, Pat’s Gourmet Cof-fee Shop, 166 North Main St., Mooresville, 9 AM-1 PM. Call 704-662-6299. Old-Time & Bluegrass Jam Session, Dixie’s Coffee Roasters, 102 S. Main St., China Grove, NC. 9 AM- Noon. Contact The Rev. Greg Yeager at 704-754-6288. Alleghany Jubilee, Spartan Theater, N. Main St., Sparta, NC. Live old-time & blue-grass bands; dancing. 8-11 PM; $4. 336-372-4591; http://alleghanyjubilee.com 1st SATURDAYS Willow Grove Old-Time Jam, Willow Grove Retirement Center Activities Room, 10043 Idlewild Rd., Matthews, NC, 2-4 PM. Call Bill Williams at 704-573-6154 or 704-517-2822 (cell). 3rd SATURDAYS Mint Hill Old-Time Music Jam, Ashcraft School House, Mint Hill Historical Society, 7601 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd. (Route 51), Mint Hill, NC. Open jam; 1-3 PM; free. Contact Rita & Gar Hartmann at 704-998-8909 or hayefourfour@hotmail.com. Old Time Square Dance (Traditional Ap-palachian style), Denton Civic Ctr., W. Salisbury St., Denton, NC. Bluegrass & old-time bands, 7-10:30 PM, $5 adults. 336-472-2802; www.dentondance.net/dentondance Folklife Demonstrations and Traditional Artists & Musicians, Historic Hagood Mill, 3 miles N of Pickens, SC, off Hwy. 178, on Hagood Mill Rd. www.co.pickens.sc.us. EVERY OTHER SATURDAY Queen City Beginners Bluegrass Jam, Asbury Care Center Living Room, Al-dersgate, 3800 Shamrock Dr., east Char-lotte, 2-4 PM, free. Email jerryleo-nard@yahoo.com for meeting dates/search “Charlotte Beginner Bluegrass Jam” at www.meetup.com. SUNDAYS Live Celtic Music at Ri-Ra, The Irish Pub, 208 N. Tryon, 7-9 PM, food available, no cover. 704-333-5554. 1st SUNDAYS Charlotte Blues Society, Double Door Inn, 218 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte, 8 PM, $5. Concert & open mic blues jam. 704-455-5875. 3rd SUNDAYS Dixieland Jam Sessions, Fraternal Order of Police Hall, 1201 Hawthorne Lane, Char-lotte, 6-9 PM, free. Dinner & bar service available. Triad Scottish Fiddlers & Friends of North Carolina Monthly Meeting, 3 PM, Loca-tion TBA. Contact Debbie Morris at 336-248-8629 or debfiddle@gmail.com. http://sites.google.com/site/triadscottishfiddlers/ Charlotte Jazz Orchestra Rehearsal, The Excelsior Club, 921 Beatties Ford Rd., Char-lotte. 4 –5:30 PM; Free. 704-334-5709; http://excelsiorclub.net

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Marilyn Meacham Price founded the Charlotte Folk Society in March 1982. Rather than celebrating our 30th anniversary with a single con-cert, we have chosen to celebrate each and every month of our com-ing season. With that in mind, we’re bringing back some past audience favorites. We’re taking a look back to the origins of tradi-tional Ameri-can music, as well as a look forward to its future. We hope you’ll agree that we’ve created a season worthy of our 30 years of history and one not to be missed! Our second-Friday monthly Gath-erings take place at the Great Aunt Stella Center (GASC), 926 Elizabeth Avenue, unless otherwise indi-cated. They are family-friendly and open to the public. GASC front doors of open at 7 PM; con-certs begin at 7:30 PM and last about one hour. Refreshments, jams, a song circle, and the Char-lotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club follow. Gatherings are free; dona-tions are appreciated and essential to presenting this series in the GASC. Parking adjacent to GASC is free. Accessible entry and an ele-vator are available through the ground floor door on the parking lot side of GASC. May 10: Freeman and Williams, a new, fresh sound from three award-winning bluegrass veterans, Scott Freeman (vocals, fiddle, man-

dolin and guitar), Jeannette Wil-liams (vocals and upright bass), and Johnny Williams (vocals and guitar). Jeannette Williams, twice voted SPBGMA “Female Bluegrass Vocalist of the Year,” (2009 and 2012) has been nominated for the title six times. www.jeanettewilliams.com

June 14: Elizabeth La-Prelle, of Ce-dar Springs, Virginia, be-gan winning prizes for her singing at a young age. She has dedi-cated research, passion, and a powerful voice to the ancient art of Appalachian ballad-

singing – learning from field-recordings, books, family, friends, and tradition-bearers Sheila Kay Adams and Ginny Hawker. She returns to our CFS stage with fam-ily and friends. www.old97wrecords.com/elizabeth-laprelle/ Charlotte Folk Society Gatherings are made possible, in part, with funding from the Arts & Science Council and the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Cultural Resources, and the National Endow-ment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

2012-2013 Charlotte Folk Society Gathering Series

Freeman and Williams

You’re invited to join Elizabeth Teagarden and Carter Mills on Sat-urday, May 4th, in their South Charlotte home for An Evening with Charlyhorse, an intimate liv-ing room concert with Chuck John-son, on guitar and lead vocals, joined by Tom Kuhn (bass, mando-lin, harmony vocals), Dale Meyer (lead guitar, Dobro, harmony vo-cals), and James Brock (percussion). Visit the Charlyhorse website at www.thecharlyhorse.com/fr_home.cfm. Nationally recognized rock pho-tographer and author Daniel Cos-ton will moderate a conversation among guests and artists through-out the evening around the theme of “music as process.” The house will be transformed into gallery space to showcase photos from Daniel’s forthcoming book, North Carolina Musicians: Photo-graphs and Conversations, which will be available in June (http://www.mcfarlandpub.com) Admission is $35. Reservations and pre-payment are required; shows are limited to 40 seats only. To secure your seat, email teagar-densound@gmail.com or call 704-444-0253. You will receive a reply with payment instructions and di-rections. Your check made to “Chuck Johnson” holds your seat. All admission fees benefit the per-formers. The concert begins at 7:30 PM. Guests are invited to bring bever-ages and appetizers to share at a 6:30 PM potluck.

An Evening With

Charlyhorse May 4th

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Facebook.com/FiddlersGroveINC for regular updates to the list of performers. Tickets are $5 per person, per day. Children and youth 12 and younger are free. No advance ticket purchases; all festival tickets sold at the gate. Tickets do not in-clude camping. You’ll find details of camping fees on the website: www.fiddlersgrove.com. Please note that Fiddler’s Grove is a family event. Pets, alcoholic bever-ages, and illegal drugs are not al-lowed on the grounds.

By Jean Prewitt “What’s the difference in Cajun/Creole and Zydeco?” We hear this a lot! Ya’ll come on over to the Double Door Inn on Friday, May 10th, and you’ll get it! Carolina Gator Gumbo will kick off the evening with their Cajun/Creole style. As the night progresses, the band members will rotate and will round out the evening with full Zydeco. Carolina Gator Gumbo was con-ceived over twenty years ago within the Charlotte Folk Society! This band continues a good run playing Cajun & Creole, some country, blues, and original tunes. Members are Jean Prewitt, Tom Eure, Don Cowan, and Carole Out-water. Zydeco Ya Ya is headed up by Trent Van Blaricom. Trent was in CFS years ago when he lived in Charlotte. He has since lived in Atlanta and the Washington, D.C. area and has returned home to Asheville. Trent is a respected old-time and Cajun fiddler, button ac-cordion player, and a founding member of the Apple Chill Clog-gers and several Cajun/Zydeco bands on the East Coast! There is some seating at the Dou-ble Door and you can always find a place to dance! Don’t miss the two-step dance lesson at 8:30! The concert begins at 9 PM; admission is $8. This promises to be a great night!

In January the Van Hoy family re-luctantly announced that the Fid-dler’s Grove Festival could not continue in its current form. The result was an outpouring of love and support and offers of help. With this encouragement, they are doing all they can to save the festi-val. The Van Hoys have declared 2013 to be “Reunion Year” and invite you to join them for a gathering of friends, Friday, May 24th, and Sat-urday, May 25th. They are busy putting together the schedule for a stage program. Between stage per-formances and the sound of camp-site jams, they’ll be able to keep the music alive at the Grove. They’re not sure where all of this will lead, but feel confident that with contin-ued support, something positive will emerge. Details continue to develop, but these are scheduled events so far. Friday Night: Stage Performances, Open Mike, Barn Dance led by Aaron Ratcliffe. Saturday After-noon: Children’s Show with Mel Jones and Friends. Saturday Night: Stage Performances. Saturday All Day and All Night: Jamming on the Grounds.

Wayne Henderson & Helen White, Cane Creek Cloggers, Green Grass Cloggers, Mel Jones, Lissy Rosemont and Blackgrass, The Shiver Show, Cockman Fam-ily, Storyteller Steve Houser, Wicker & Jones, The Bluegrass Church, and Spirit Fiddle are con-firmed performers for the Fiddler’s Grove Festival this year. Check

Fiddler’s Grove Festival May24th-25th

Pottery Central Summer Kids’

Workshops

Pottery Central is offering ten sum-mer sessions for children, ages 7-12. Each session is five days long, Monday through Friday, 10 AM-1:30 PM. Instructor Andrew Linton says of the classes, "Instruction fo-cuses on fun, learning and develop-ment of artistic expression through clay." Session One is June 10th-14th. Session Ten is August 19th-23rd. Students will have exposure to both hand-building and throwing in every class. The class will include: tools, clay, stoneware firing, glazes, slips, and underglazes. A snack plus water or juice box is provided to each child each day. Cost: $150 per child, per session. To register, call Andrew Linton at 704-307-7557. Pottery Central is located at 4843 Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC 28205. Visit the Pottery Central website at www.potterycentral.com/index.htm.

Carolina Gator Gumbo &

Zydeco Ya Ya Concert

May 10th

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Si Kahn, one of the co-founders of Musicians United To Protect Bris-tol Bay, is putting the finishing touches on his 18th CD, Bristol Bay. The CD has 13 original songs that Si wrote during his first trip to Alaska in September 2010, includ-ing a visit to Bristol Bay, plus songs co-written with Grammy winners Tom Chapin and Jon Vezner. The CD closes with an in-strumental titled Bris-tol Bay, written and performed by Jens Krüger who also pro-duced the album. There are some other musicians on the disc that you may know as well; perhaps most notably, Pete Seeger, who contributed a re-cording of Which Side Are You On to the project. All pro-ceeds from the album, including Si’s song-writer and artist roy-alties, will go directly to support the work of Musicians United To Protect Bristol Bay. Every stop on Si's concert, festival, and media tour that is being built around the album will be used to spread the word about the struggle to stop the Pebble Mine and to protect Bristol Bay permanently. Bristol Bay in Alaska is one of the richest wild fisheries remaining in the world, if not the richest. Ap-proximately 50% of all wild fish caught in North America come from Bristol Bay, including the great majority of the world’s sock-eye salmon, which spawn in the headwaters of the many rivers that drain into the Bay. Over 2000 commercial permits are fished an-

nually in the region, supporting thousands of families. Bristol Bay is home to several thousand Native Alaskan families living largely by what they call “subsistence,” who depend on the Bay, and its rivers and forests to survive. Native Alas-kans are among the only native peo-ples in North America who are still

living where they have always lived. In Bristol Bay, mem-bers of the Yup’ik people have lived along these rivers for over 10,000 years. The rivers that flow into Bristol Bay comprise one of the world’s great fishing and wilderness ar-eas, providing deep satisfaction to those who are lucky enough to live or visit there, contrib-uting substantially

to the economic well being of peo-ple in that region of the state and throughout Alaska. Now a British/Canadian gold and copper mining consortium wants to build what would be the world’s largest open-pit mine next to the headwaters of the rivers where the salmon spawn. No open-pit mine in the world has ever operated without causing seri-ous and usually permanent environ-mental destruction to the surround-ing area and beyond. If the Pebble Mine is built, it’s very likely the end of everything Bristol Bay is and stands for. In August 2010, recognizing the role that music could play in motivating people to join the fight to stop the Pebble Mine and protect Bristol

Si Kahn Soon to Release 18th Recording: Bristol Bay

Bay, Palmer resident Dan Strick-land, who has fished commercially in Alaska for 30 years, and several of whose children now fish in Bris-tol Bay, invited Si Kahn to come to Alaska to write songs about the struggle to stop the Pebble Mine. Si has a 47-year history as an or-ganizer and musician, and his ex-perience with national and interna-tional campaigns of this nature is extensive. Visit http://musiciansunited.info/home.html to watch Pete Seeger’s video about Musicians United To Protect Bristol Bay and learn more about the issues and Si’s CD Bris-tol Bay.

Si Kahn (Photo by Jayne Tooey)

Great Aunt Stella Center Lost & Found

If you’ve lost an item while at-tending a concert at the Great Aunt Stella Center, please call Mark Ponischil, the Facility Man-ager, at 704-944-6014 and leave a message. We give all found items to Mark. His earliest opportunity to look into your inquiry will be the Tues-day following our Gathering. Please do not simply come to the Stella Center to ask about lost ob-jects, as there is no one else in the building who would be aware of what has been found and Mark is not on site daily. He will arrange with you a time to come and pick up your lost belongings.

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May 10th Gathering: Bluegrass Trio Freeman & Williams

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