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FOOTMAD Concert Series
March 13 [Saturday]
A Celtic Music Celebration Mountain Thyme with special guest Cathy Grant Poteen with step dancers Jennifer Cox and Andrea Brown 8 PM WV Culture Center State Capitol Complex Charleston, WV $20 adult general admission $15 seniors $10 students Under 13 free Box office opens at 7:00 pm Theater doors open at 7:30 pm Lively Irish music, intricate Irish step dance, and lilting Celtic ballads and songs will all be featured on one stage. Two of West Virginia’s favorite Celtic music ensembles will share the evening. Kanawha County based Mountain Thyme is an all-woman group who perform folk songs and tunes in a musical style that is often described as Appalachian Celtic. Greenbrier County based Poteen is a band of four players, employing, at last count, fourteen different musical instruments, including Irish pipes, flutes, and the bodhran, the Irish drum. Help get the word out. Print and post a flyer in your neighborhood or work place. To download a flyer a contra dance flyer, click here [Adobe PDF document, 310 KB] Tickets will be available at the box office on the evening of the concert. Seating in the theater is first-come-first-served. For more information about this concert, click here. Celtic Music Celebration ticket order form - click here. |
Click on the image to enlarge it. ![]() Mountain Thyme L-R: Jan Hartstein, Pam Curry, Libby Musser, Linda Workman ![]() Cath Grant Poteen ![]() Tim Peyton ![]() Dr Tim Pence ![]() Don Dransfield |
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FOOTMAD Old-time Jam Session
Mar 14 - Sunday
Jam Leader: Cathy Grant Play along or just listen as traditional tunes are shared. |
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FOOTMAD Contra Dance Series
Mar 19 - Friday
3rd Friday of each month 8 PM $7 adult, $3 student St John's Episcopal Church Corner of Quarrier St and Leon Sullivan Way Kate Power from Columbus, OH calling to the music of the Born Old . For more information about FOOTMAD contra dances, go to our Dance Series page. Help get the word out. Post a flyer in your neighborhood or work place. To download a flyer a contra dance flyer, click here [Adobe PDF document, 377 KB] |
Upcoming Regional Events
Mar 11 [Thr] Appalachian Fiddlers Association: 6 PM, Second Thursday of each month. Hansford Senior Center, 500 Washington St, St Albans, WV. Anyone with an interest in old-time music - players or listeners - is welcome. Info: call Bill Bunting 744.0095, Rodney Miles 722.5767 or Charlie Raines 746.0929. Mar 12 [Fri] Ron Sowell's Open Stage: Open stage and coffeehouse. Charleston, WV. 2nd Friday of each month. 7:30 p.m (Performers sign up at 7 p.m.). Unity of Kanawha Valley, 3102 Blaine Blvd. Charleston, WV. Admission: Adults $5; Seniors, students and performers $2. Info: 304.965.5256 or 304.346.9210. More info Mar 12 [Fri] Carnegie Hall Concert Series - Habib Koite and Bamada: 7:30 PM, Carnegie Hall, Lewisburg, WV. www.CarnegieHallWV.com Mar 13 [Sat] RCCAC Concert Series - Appalachian Celtic Consort: 7:30 p.m. Randolph County Community Arts Center, Elkins [Randolph County], WV. $12 adults. $10 seniors. $5 students. Info: 304.637.2355. www.RandolphArts.org Mar 13 [Sat] Southeastern Ohio Traditional Dance Society: Contra Dance: 8:00 to 11:00 pm. Baker University Center, Ohio University, Athens, OH. athenscontradance.googlepages.com/home More information for March 2010 |
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FOOTMAD's 2009-2010 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.
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