Friends of Old-Time Music and Dance
FOOTMAD
Sponsoring the World's best in traditional music and dance since 1981

Concert Series
2009-2010

Concert Series Schedule



Tanglefoot

Oct 16, 2009[Fri]




Claire Lynch
Nov 08, 2009 [Sat]




Guy Davis Trio
Jan 09, 2010 [Sat]



Sparky & Rhonda Rucker
Feb 20, 2010 [Sat]




Mountain Thyme
Mar 13, 2010 [Sat]

Oct 16, 2009  [Fri]  8 pm 
  Tanglefoot
  Culture Center Theater
 

 

 

“Masters of the storytelling tradition, (with) elegant, sensitive musicianship and an impressive range of talent” - BBC Yorkshire

“Canada’s most accomplished musical mythologizers”. Robert Reid of the Kitchener-Waterloo Records

   
 

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Nov 07, 2009   [Sat]  8 pm  
  Claire Lynch Band
  Culture Center Theater
   
 

High on the bluegrass world's A-List, with musicians whose accolades include International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Female Vocalist of the Year and two Grammy nominations for Best Bluegrass Album (Claire); two IBMA Guitar Player of the Year awards (Jim Hurst); and two IBMA Bass Player of the Year awards (Mark Schatz).

   
 

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Jan 09, 2010  [Sat]  8 pm
  Guy Davis Trio
  Culture Center Theater
   
  "Like the best early bluesmen, Guy Davis is, at heart, a storyteller. A master at setting intimate, richly nuanced tales to stomping acoustic blues backing, often with folky accompaniment from mandolin, banjo, and accordion …. House Records." Blues Revue
   
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Feb 20, 2010  [Sat]  8 pm
  Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
  Culture Center Theater
   
 

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker have performed throughout the U.S., singing songs and telling stories from the American tradition. Sparky Rucker has been performing over forty years and is internationally recognized as a leading folklorist, musician, historian, storyteller, and author.

Rhonda Rucker is an accomplished harmonica and piano player, and also adds vocal harmonies to their songs. She has developed her own unique style of playing harmonica, which complements their music, whether they are playing railroad songs, Appalachian music, blues, slave songs, Civil War music, gospel, work songs, cowboy music, ballads, or Sparky Rucker's original compositions.

   
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Mar 13, 2010 [Sat] 8 pm
  A Celtic Music Celebration
  Moutain Thyme & Poteen
  Culture Center Theater
   
 

Mountain Thyme’s songs feature multi-layered vocal harmonies and unaccompanied singing. Themes range from traditional ballads to contemporary folk— encompassing rousing accounts of romantic escapades, tales of trial and challenge, historical sagas, stories of personal experience and place, and amusing expressions of everyday life and events. Their Celtic-flavored tunes include jigs, reels, hornpipes, marches, waltzes, contemporary melodies written in traditional style, and original compositions.

Mountain Thyme will be joined by guest fiddler Cathy Grant.

   
 

Poteen is a band of four players, employing, at last count, fourteen different musical instruments. Their sound is exciting and innovative carrying their audience through a full spectrum of emotion; whether playing a rousing, foot-stomping jig, a haunting mysterious reel or sing a song the makes the listener laugh or another that leaves many a moist eye, they keep a tight hold on their audiences’ attention.

Poteen will be joined by Irish step dancers Jennifer Cox and Andrea Brown

   
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Venue

WV Culture Center Theater

State Capitol Complex in Charleston, WV.
The venue is located intersection of Greenbrier Street [Exit 99 of I-64 / I-77] and Washington Street East.
Driving directions and map
 







This concert series is presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.





Funding support is provided by The Fund for the Arts


   
 
Single Tickets


  Price
Adults $20.00
Seniors $15:00
Students $10.00
Children Under 13 FREE

Advance tickets available at
  Ellen's Homemade Ice Cream, 225 Capitol St, Charleston, WV
  Fret 'n Fiddle, 809 Pennsylvania Ave, Saint Albans, WV

Purchase single concert, advance tickets using our convenient online form. Fill-in the form, print, and mail with payment to the FOOTMAD PO Box.

The form is an Adobe PDF document. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader or a similar PDF reader installed on your PC to open and view the form.

   
 
Season Tickets


5 Concert Package

Early Bird $50
Regular $70
Student $25
Early Bird: Ends Sep 15, 2009
Regular: After Sep 15, 2009

Purchase season tickets using our convenient online form.

Fill-in the form, print, and mail with payment to the FOOTMAD PO Box. Your tickets will be mailed in September.

The form is an Adobe PDF document. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader or a similar PDF reader installed on your PC to open and view the form.

   
 
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