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Young Musicians “Carry It On” April 17th CFS Gathering

Volume 13, Issue 4 April 2009 Celebrating Piedmont Carolinas Music Since 1982

Kali Ferguson Leads Us

“Across the Waters”

April 18th

School. She started playing the fid-dle when she was three, and blue-grass and old-time music rank among her favorite types of music. Ruth studies with Ellyn Stuart and has performed twice in the youth showcase at MerleFest and com-peted twice at Fiddler’s Grove.

Blue Otis is the Lemonds Family bluegrass band - Clint, 13, Vance, 10, Sarah, 9, and their parents, Christi and Ger-ald. All of the kids study with Jon Singleton - Clint on banjo, Vance on man-dolin, and Sarah plays the fiddle. Blue Otis has

played in our showcase several years, as well as on the Folk Stage at Festival in the Park. Sam Richardson is ten years old, and has been playing the fiddle for five years. He studies under Jon Singleton, primarily focusing on bluegrass and country music. Sam also plays mandolin and has per-formed on the Folk Stage at Festival in the Park, as well as in previous youth showcases. When not play-ing music, he enjoys model trains, mountain biking, and technology. Sam would like to be a radio DJ when he grows up. (Continued on page 3.)

Kali Ferguson, storyteller, poet, teaching artist, and cultural educa-tor, will present Across the Waters: Stories, Songs, and Poems from Connected Cultures in a house con-cert on Saturday, April 18, at 7:30 PM. Derrick Hines will perform with Kali on keyboard and percus-sion. Ray Owens and Sally Higgins will host the concert in their home at 531 Manning Drive in the South Park area. Admission is $15. Reserva-tions are required; space is limited. Contact Ray Owens at ray.owens@klgates.com, 704-331-7496 or 704-521-6177 to reserve a spot. Please mail a check made to “Kali Ferguson” in advance to Ray Owens, 531 Manning Drive, Char-lotte, North Carolina 28209. Guests are welcome to B.Y.O.B. Described by Creative Loafing as "a woman who rocks," Kali Ferguson has worked as a Spanish teacher, economic justice organizer, and teacher in residence. For years she has engaged audiences of all ages in stories from the African Diaspora and Latin America. In her perform-ances she draws upon dramatic skills and a rich experience in Afri-can, African American, Caribbean, and Latin American folkways. (Continued on page 4.)

By Elene Clemens The annual Charlotte Folk Society Young Talent Showcase ap-proaches! On Friday, April 17th, young performers from the Char-lotte area will play during our monthly Gathering at the Great Aunt Stella Cen-ter, 926 Elizabeth Avenue, in down-town Charlotte. We hope you’ll join us at 7:30 PM and support our young musicians! CFS Gatherings are family-friendly, open to the public, and free. Donations, which support the series in part, are greatly appreci-ated. Free surface parking is available adjacent to the Stella Center. The arm of the nearby parking deck goes up for the weekend at 8 PM. So, if you pick up a ticket on the way into the deck, you won’t have to pay on the way out, as long as you leave after 8 PM. This year, there will be an exciting lineup of talent - with a variety of both instruments and styles: Ruth Shumway, age six, is a kin-dergartner at Charlotte Latin

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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 for information by phone at 704-563-7080, fax at 704-563-5382, e-mail at phubicki@carolina.rr.com, or U. S. mail at 3610 Country Club Drive, Charlotte, NC 28205. All rights reserved.

2009 Board of Directors

President: Dennis Frost 704-532-8846 Vice President: Tom Hanchett 704-377-5257 Secretary: Vacant Acting Treasurer: John Goldsbury 803-802-3551 Members at Large Bethli Miescher-Clemens J. C. Honeycutt 704-892-4914 704-531-9991 Mark Clemens Tom Kelleher 704-892-4914 704-366-9441 Ramona Moore Big Eagle Karen Singleton 704-568-6940 704-364-5433 Cathey Franklin Sara Spencer 704-525-3256 704-375-3042 Harry Taylor 704-366-1869 Junior Board Member Elene Clemens 704-892-4914 Newsletter Editor & Publicist Wanda Hubicki 704-563-7080 Webmaster John Goldsbury 803-802-3551 Founder and Board Member Emeritus Marilyn Meacham Price 803-548-5671 Charlotte Folk Society Events Information 704-372-FOLK (704-372-3655)

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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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The purpose of the Charlotte Folk Society, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit or-ganization and an Arts & Science Council grant recipient, is to pro-mote the ongoing enjoyment and preservation of traditional and con-temporary folk music, dance, crafts, and lore.

Thanks to Bethli Clemens, Kali Ferguson, Steve Hedberg, Christi Lemonds, and Tyler Mitchell for pro-viding photos this month. Special thanks to Tom Covington for photos of Sara Spencer and Gene Bryant and to Bill Cooke for putting to-gether the dance calendar. Thanks to Hat and Dan Thompson for get-ting the newsletter in the mail.

Please support these merchants who offer Charlotte Folk Society members a 10% discount on their purchases. Present your mem-bership card at the time of pur-chase: CD Warehouse The Violin Shoppe Wax Museum Woody’s (Rock Hill and York)

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Aldersgate Allen Tate Agent Becky Herring Arts & Science Council Creative Loafing Photographer Daniel Coston Foskoskies Neighborhood Cafe Si Kahn Levine Museum of the New South Maxx Music Myers Park Baptist Church The Neighborhood Theatre The Swannanoa Gathering The Scottish Bank The Violin Shoppe WGWG-FM WNCW-FM WTVI-TV

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Charlotte Folk Society Annual Membership Fees

Individual $25 Student $15 Family $35

Senior Individual (62+) $20 Senior Family (62+) $30

Sustaining $50 Sponsor $100

Benefactor $250 Patron $500

Lifetime $1000 Affiliate Organization $35

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(Young Talent Showcase, continued from page 1.) Abby Corrigan is a 5 th grader at Eastover Elementary. She is 11 years old, and has been taking guitar lessons with Jon Singleton for the past nine months. Her father, Mike Corrigan, will accompany her on guitar and mandolin. Abby is an estab-lished young actor who has appeared in several Children’s Theatre productions, several commericals, and a children’s video. She also stud-ies dance and voice. Jacob Nielsen is 12 years old, and has been playing the guitar for four years. He is in the 6 th grade and home schooled, taking lessons with Mr. Art Meehan. Jacob also enjoys playing soccer. This is the second year that Jacob has volun-teered to play for our showcase. Maddie Shuler is an 8 th grader at South Charlotte Middle School, and has played the guitar since she was five. She takes lessons from John Tosco, writ-ing and perform-ing her own songs. Maddie has performed on the Festival in the Park Folk Stage and at the Tosco Music Party, as well as making her CFS debut during last year’s showcase. Brandon McCandless is 14 years old and studies banjo with Jon Singleton. He has been playing the banjo for three years.

Isabelle Young is 14 years old and attends Piedmont Open IB Middle School. She has been playing the fiddle for three years and is trained in old-time, bluegrass, and Celtic

fiddle. She has devel -oped a preference for Celtic music. Isabelle is currently taking les-sons with Tatiana Kar-pova. She has attended Fiddle Week at the Swannanoa Gathering for the past two years. The Whippersnappers are a family band, spe-cializing in bluegrass, gospel, and folk music. Emmy, Casey, and Avery McGuirt are 12,

13, and 15, respectively, and perform with their father, David. Emmy and Casey take bass and mandolin lessons, respectively, from Jon Single-ton. Avery, winner of the 2006 Marilyn Meacham Price Youth Scholarship, studies bluegrass fiddle with Glen Alexander. The Whipper-snappers have performed on the Festival in the Park Folk

Stage, with the Singing Christ-mas Tree, at Gospel Shout, at the CFS 25th Anniversary Concert, and many other public events. The band currently has a recording project in the mak-ing. Carson Hedberg is 15 years old and a student at Myers

Park High School. She has been playing the dulcimer for over seven years and loves the versatility of the instrument and the chance to experiment with different tech-

niques. Carson has played on the CFS Folk Stage at Festival in the Park since she was eight. She per-formed on dulcimer at the CFS 25th Anniversary Concert. In 2007 Car-son was the recipient of the Marilyn Meacham Price Youth Scholarship to the Swannanoa Gathering. Tyler Mitchell is a 16-year-old gui-tarist from Indian Land, South Carolina. He’s a sophomore at In -dian Land High School. Tyler stud-ies guitar with John Tosco. He plays a wide range of styles, and is a fan of traditional and contempo-rary folk music. He also plays many instruments in addition to the guitar, including harmonica, man-dolin, piano, and trumpet. Tyler

joins a weekly jam of “more seasoned” old-time and blue-grass musicians and sometimes fills in on vocals, mandolin, and fiddle with the Osceola Boys (bluegrass band). Cameron Fary-adi, 16, plays the fiddle, taking both bluegrass

lessons with Glen Alexander and classical violin lessons with Morgan Champney. He has a strong appre-ciation for traditional music, which he expresses through his bluegrass fiddling. Cameron enjoys playing at contra dances and fiddlers’ con-ventions, where he’s won numerous awards. Elene Clemens, 17, takes fiddle les-sons from Jon Singleton. She began playing classical violin when she was in second grade, but now fo-cuses primarily on Celtic (especially Scottish) music. She has attended and enjoyed three sessions of the Swannanoa Gathering. Last sum-mer she attended as the 2008

Carson Hedberg

Tyler Mitchell

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(Young Talent Showcase, continued from page 3.) Marilyn Meacham Price Scholar-ship recipient. Elene serves as a junior member of the Charlotte Folk Society Board. Please come out and enjoy these fantastic young musicians playing in our annual showcase! Immedi-ately after the concert, we’ll take a refreshment break before the usual song circle and jam sessions get underway and the Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club holds its monthly meeting. This month a special “Youth Jam” will be of-fered, as well. We are most appreciative of Elene Clemens’ serving on the CFS Board and, in particular, her very capable organization and emceeing of the Young Talent Showcase again this year. Please join me in congratulat-ing her for work well done! Wanda Hubicki, Editor

The Charlotte Appalachian Dulci-mer Club meets next on Friday, April 17th, at the Great Aunt Stella Center after the CFS Gathering concert, approximately at 8:30 PM. Anyone with an interest in the Ap-palachian or lap dulcimer is wel-come. Loaner dulcimers are also available. Please contact Mark Wil -lingham at 980-254-8059 for more information.

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(Kali Ferguson, continued from page 1.) Those of you who attended the Carolina Chocolate Drops concert last year at Northwest School of the Arts will, no doubt, recall the Afri-can-American folk tale of the talk-ing “cooter” (turtle) that opened the evening. Kali Ferguson worked with and inspired the young actors who interpreted the tale so beauti-fully. To learn more about Kali, visit her website, www.kaliferguson.com, or www.myspace.com/kaliferguson. Please join us on April 18th for an exciting evening of stories, poetry, and music by one of Charlotte’s most gifted artists and educators.

Kali Ferguson

Charlotte Folk Society Old-Time Acoustic Sunday Jams take place on the second Sunday of each month from 2 PM to 4 PM in the Asbury Care Center Living Room at Aldersgate, 3800 Shamrock Drive (between Eastway Drive and Sharon Amity Road) in east Char-lotte. Due to Easter‘s falling on the second Sunday, the next jam will be on April 19th. These ses-sions are free and open to all, both musicians and listeners. If you have questions, please contact Jam Coordinator Tom Kelleher at 704-366-9441. Directions: Traveling from Eastway Drive, make a right turn from Shamrock Drive into Aldersgate at the traffic light at Tipperary Place. Stop at the Guard Gate and say that you’re going to the Asbury Care Center to the Folk Society jam session. The guard will direct you to the correct building and the receptionist in the Asbury Care Center will direct you to the Living Room.

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April 19th

Invitation To A Music

Gathering By Dennis Spring Members of the Charlotte Folk So-ciety are invited to join a music gathering that occurs on second and fourth Thursdays at the Char-lotte Friends Meeting (570 West Rocky River Road, Charlotte, NC 28256). It goes from 8 PM to 10:15 PM and all are welcome to listen or join in. We sometimes play classical mu-sic, sometimes Irish traditional music, sometimes sing-a-longs, depending on who shows up. We can cover more than one genre in a night, again depending on who

attends, and when they arrive. The acoustics are outstanding and the only stipulation on the music is that it is all acoustic instruments and vocals, so leave your Fender Stratocaster at home! And the only other stipulation is that there will be no alcohol at the Quaker Meeting House. I look forward to some great times with a broad spectrum of music. For more information, call Dennis Spring at 704-535-8594.

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Wade Mainer, born in Weaver-ville, North Carolina on April 21, 1907 is a singer and banjo player credited with bridging the gap between old-time mountain music and bluegrass. Sometimes called “the grandfather of bluegrass,” he innovated a two-finger banjo fin-gerpicking style, a precursor to modern three-finger bluegrass styles. In 1933, he debuted with his brother’s band, J. E. Mainer and His Crazy Mountaineers, on WBT radio in Charlotte. He founded his own band, The Sons of the Mountaineers, in 1937 and performed with them until 1953, when he felt called by God to put aside music. He worked in a Gen-eral Motors auto plant in Flint, Michigan until his retirement in 1973. Molly O’Day is credited with persuading him that his banjo could be used to play gospel music. He and wife, Julia, re-corded and performed gospel from the ’60s into the ’90s. CFS has particular connections with Wade Mainer. In 1994, the then Charlotte Folk Music Society presented Wade Mainer (along with Doc Watson) with its Heri-tage Award. To learn more about Wade Mainer’s life and music, we highly recommend David Holt’s three-part interviews with Wade Mainer (age 97) on YouTube. As well, Wade Mainer is the great-uncle of CFS member Randy De-Bruhl, who has shared his address with us: Wade Mainer, G3394 Herrick Street, Flint, Michigan 48532. We invite you to send a birthday card to this music pio-neer and let him know that he’s remembered in Charlotte!

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Happy 102nd Birthday,

Wade Mainer!

Station or park free at the Design Center of the Carolinas. “Shout bands” are an amazing home-grown, high-energy tradition found only in the United House of Prayer for All People – trombones, tuba, and drums praising the Lord! Charlotte’s Cedric Mangum has performed at Wolftrap and been recorded by the Smithsonian. En-joy the best exemplars of the “shout band” tradition with Cedric Man-gum and Company. The Whippersnappers will per-form gospel bluegrass style. Avery, Casey, Emmy, and David McGuirt, members of the Charlotte Folk Society, are wowing audiences in churches and fiddlers’ conven-tions across the Carolinas. Expect hot fiddling and sweet harmonies! New at Gospel Shout this year is the four-part African-American quartet sound of Men Standing For Christ, from Charlotte’s Mount Carmel Baptist Church. They have graced both our Folk Stage at Festi -val in the Park and our Gathering stage with their spirited a capella gospel.

Carol Raedy, music teacher and leader of Community Singers (an a capella folk chorus), will offer two short music courses at her home, 7107 Valley Haven Drive, Char-lotte, NC 28211. Both are designed to be non-threatening and lots of fun.

The first course is Learning to Play the Ukulele , five classes on Thurs-days (May 7, 14, 21, 28, and June 4), from 6 to 7 PM. The cost of the class is $40. The cost of your uku-lele, if you don’t already have one, is $39, plus shipping and tax. The second course is Everybody Can Sing: A Class for Shy Singers and Non-Singers. It will consist of five classes on Mondays (May 4, 11, 18, and June 1 and 8), from 6 to 7 PM. The cost is $40. For more information or to register, contact Carol at 704-367-2536 or carolraedy@hotmail.com.

Ukulele and Singing Classes By Carol Raedy

On Thursday, April 23rd, Myers Park Baptist Church, 1931 Selwyn Avenue, will hold its annual Art Before Dark event, a celebration of the arts for children in the weekday school at the church. The Folk Soci -ety participates each year in appre-ciation of our use of space at the church. Volunteer CFS musicians will hold a jam session in Heaton Hall in the Education Building from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Please con-tact Tom Kelleher at 704-366-9441 or kellehe@aol.com if you can take part. Thank you in advance!

Gospel Shout! April 24th

Explore Charlotte’s exciting heri-tage of diverse religious “roots mu-sic” with Gospel Shout! on Friday, April 24, 7:30-9:30 PM. Presented by the Levine Museum of the New South and Charlotte Center City Partners as part of the Art & Soul of South End Festival, this free concert will take place at Grace Covenant Church, located at the intersection of South Boulevard and East Boulevard. Do plan to come early, as seating is limited. Take the LYNX train to East/West

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Folk Society member Ralph Get-tings has organized an acoustic jam group in the Lake Norman area. It meets in a member’s home to jam on the Wednesday prior to the CFS monthly Gathering. Da-vidson Farmer’s Market Saturday jams are suspended during winter and should resume in May. The group operates on the principle that everyone - from beginning to advanced musicians - benefits from the experience of playing with others. The only require-ments for membership are pa-tience, tolerance, and laughter. The group plays in traditions pre-sented by the Folk Society and is open to all types of instruments. All are welcome. Contact Ralph Gettings at 704-892-7415 or ralphcrn9@aol.com for information and directions.

Lake Norman Jam Session

April 17th John Tosco is inviting us all to a party – the Tosco Music Party – on April 25th. For folks not familiar with Tosco Music Parties, the for-mat of the evening is a perform-ance of one or two songs by each of a variety of approximately twenty scheduled acts (professional and amateur) who donate their time and talent. The evening is an eclectic mix of all styles of music and includes the trademark TMP sing-alongs. The lineup includes: Adrianne (indie/acoustic/rock) , Chuck Brodsky (singer/songwriter) , Joint Heir (gospel/Christian/neo soul), Jon Michaels (acoustic/folk rock/country), Justice Michael (ten-year-old drummer), Justin Taylor (indie/folk/acoustic), justincase (rock/pop/alternative), Kate Campbell (Southern literary singer/songwriter) , Kinobe & Soul Beat Africa (traditional Ugandan mu-sic), Kyler England (acoustic/indie/pop), Natalie Royal (folk/Americana), Rolly Brown (Americana/jazz), Ronnda Cadle & The String Poets (acoustic/folk/indie) , The WBT Briarhop-pers (elder statesmen of early country music), The JUPUSA Pe-ruvian Choir, and Tim Lemmond (singer/songwriter). You’ll want to pay special atten-tion to Natalie Royal and Justin Taylor – both Charlotte Folk Soci-ety members. Natalie has per-formed on several occasions for the Folk Society – in Young Talent Showcases, on our Festival in the Park Folk Stage, and she held us all spellbound with her singing at the 2007 Holiday Potluck. Justin

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moved to Charlotte last year from South Africa. He’s making a name for himself around town – you’ll definitely want to check out both his singing and songwriting. So, join the party on Saturday, April 25th, 7-11 PM, at the Dale F. Halton Theater in the CPCC Over-cash Academic and Performing Arts Center, 1206 Elizabeth Ave-nue, Charlotte. General admission tickets are on sale now. Shows regularly sell out – don‘t get shut out – buy your tickets early. Costs are $15 (adults), $12 (adults 65 years and older), and $8 (fifteen years and younger). Buy tickets by phone; call 704-330-6534. Purchase online at www.cpcc.edu/forms/halton/ or in person at the Over-cash box office. Tickets are for gen-eral admission; doors open at 6:30 PM. Free parking is available in the CPCC Staff/Theatre Deck on Fourth Street, between Kings Drive and Charlottetown Avenue (formerly Independence Boule-vard). Visit www.toscomusicparty.com to learn more.

Since January, various CFS mem-bers have been hosting Celtic jam sessions twice a month. These are intended to be "advanced interme-diate" sessions. You do not need to be up to speed on the tunes to at-tend, but the hope is you'd get there in good time for some. So far the results have been wonderful -- all sorts of tunes (jigs, reels, hornipes, polkas, waltzes) and all sorts of acoustic instruments (acoustic only, please). And Guinness. We also have a tune list, though we're not bound by that. If you are interested in being added to the distribution list for info on the tunes, dates and times, contact John Goldsbury at flatpick_guitar@yahoo.com or 803-802-3551. Slainte!

Home of the Blues: 35 Years Of the Double

Door Inn Home of the Blues: 35 Years of the Double Door Inn, the eagerly awaited book on Charlotte’s legen-dary music venue will make its de-but at the Double Door Inn on Fri-day, April 17, 5-7:30 PM. Come down to the Double Door and be one of the first to own the book. Congratulate authors Debby Wallace and Daniel Coston, who will be on hand signing books. The paperback book is also available online from Amazon and Barnes and Noble for $20.95.

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gospel); (Tuesdays), Fairview Grill, 5124 Park Rd., Charlotte, 9:30 PM-1 AM. 704-527-8566; www.fairviewgrill.com APR 8 Tosco House Party (Open Mic), The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $2. k.d. lang, Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Inde-pendence Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 7:30 PM, $39.50-64.50. 704-522-6500; www.ovensauditorium.com Robin Rogers Trio, Providence Café, 110 Perrin Ave., Charlotte, 6:30-9:30 PM. www.providencecafe.com Give Way (Scottish), The ArtsCenter, 8:30 PM, $16. APR 9 Ry Cuming (Australian “Best New Artist” singer/songwriter), Dinkins Underground, Winthrop Univ., Rock Hill, SC, 8 PM, $7. 803-323-2108; 803-323-2376; www.winthrop.edu/studentaffairs/dsu Amy Speace w/Doug & Telisha Williams (acoustic/country/folk), The Sylvia Theater, 8 PM, $8-10. APR 10 Cherryholmes, McGlohon Theatre, 8 PM, $22.50-28.50. Shadowlands (folk/acoustic/blues), The Sec-ond Fret, 240 W. Broad St., Statesville, NC, 8 PM, $4. 704-878-9889; www.thesecondfret.com Lucy Allen & Marshall Goers, Wingate Res-taurant, 128 S. Main St., Simpsonville, SC. 6 PM, tips appreciated. 864-963-5812; www.wingaterestaurant.com Saxophonist Boney James & jazz guitarist Matt Marshak, The Halton Theater, CPCC, 1206 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, 8 PM, $35-43. Patrick Davis, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $12-14. The Stragglers, Rodi, 8-10 PM. The New Familiars, The Neighborhood Thea-tre, 9 PM, $10-12. Ceol Leinn (Celtic band), The Sylvia Theater, 9 PM, $8-10. GiveWay (Scottish Johnson sisters band), Diana Wortham Theatre, 8 PM, $10-28. The New Familiars, The Neighborhood Thea-tre, 9 PM, $8-10; no seat guarantees. APR 11 Master Guitar Class w/Elliott Frank, 10 AM, $45. Enrollment limited to 4 students; first

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

VENUE INFORMATION

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; visit www.blueridgemusiccenter.org.

The Blue Vine, 209 S. Main St., Salisbury, NC. 704-797-0093; www.thebluevine.com.

Brock Performing Arts Ctr., 622 N. Main St., Mocksville, NC. Call 336-751-3000; visit www.daviearts.org.

Broyhill Civic Center of Caldwell Community College , 1913 Hickory Blvd., SE, Lenoir, NC. Call 828-726-2407; www.broyhillcenter.com.

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.site.voila.fr./page1.html

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

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

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

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

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

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828-225-5851; www.theorangepeel.net.

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.

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

The Sylvia Theater , 27 N. Congress St., York, SC. 800-514-3849; www.secondwindmusic.com/ST.

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

Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville Civic Ctr., 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NC. 828-259-5736; www.ashevillenc.gov/departments/civic_center/default.aspx CALENDAR LISTINGS THRU APR 30, Tradition & the Individual Talent: Georgia Harris & the Catawba Indian Pottery Tradition, Bradley Bldg., Univ. of South Carolina at Lancaster, Lancaster, SC. Exhibit focuses on life & work of Georgia Harris, Catawba Indian traditional artist, teacher & tradition-bearer, named in 1997 by the National Endowment for the Arts a National Heritage Fellow. Hours: 8 AM-8PM, Monday-Friday; by appointment on weekends. Contact Dr. Stephen Criswell, Dir. of Native American Studies, USC Lancaster, at 803-313-7108 or criswese@mailbox.sc.edu. Exhibit information: http://usclancaster.sc.edu/NAS/GHarrisExhibitPR.htm Highlights of exhibit: http://usclancaster.sc.edu/NAS/GeorgiaHarrisExhibit/index.htm APR 4-10, 4 th Annual Native American Studies Week, Various locations, Univ. of SC, Lancaster, SC. Details: http://usclancaster.sc.edu/NAS/NASWeek/2009/schedule.pdf Contact Dr. Ste-phen Criswell, Dir. of Native American Studies, USC Lancaster, at 803-313-7108 or criswese@mailbox.sc.edu. APR 6, Jam Session, Scruggs Opry House, 124 N. Main St., Belmont, NC, 7-9 PM, Free. http://scruggsopryhouse.blogspot.com APR 7 Bluegrass w/Michael Reno Harrell & Red Rockin’ Chair (Tuesdays), The Comet Grill, 8:30-11:30 PM. Mel Jones & His Bag O’ Bones, Cook Shack Concert Series, 7:30 PM, $12; advance reserva-tions required; write CookShack-Shows@roadrunner.com Robin Rogers & Fairplay (blues, R&B, soul &

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come basis. Visit www.charlotteguitarsociety.com to register. Elliott Frank in Concert, presented by Char-lotte Guitar Society, Tate Hall, Overcash Building, Central CPCC Campus, 1206 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, 7:30 PM, $15-25. www.charlotteguitarsociety.com Earl Scruggs w/Family & Friends, Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte, NC. 8 PM, $26-46.50. 704-522-6500; www.ovensauditorium.com King James 16:11 Boys, Scruggs Opry House, 124 N. Main St., Belmont, NC, 7 PM, $8, 10 yrs. & younger free w/adult. http://scruggsopryhouse.blogspot.com Dusk Weaver (singer/songwriter), The Sec-ond Fret, 240 W. Broad St., Statesville, NC, 8 PM, $5. 704-878-9889; www.thesecondfret.com Abe Reid, Rodi, 8-10 PM. Pat O’Connor and Eoghan O’Sullivan House Concert, 3222 Henderson Field Rd., Mebane, NC (on Saxapahaw border; about 12 miles west of Chapel Hill). Pat O’Con-nor, fiddler from Ennis, County Clare & Eoghan O’Sullivan, accordionist and flautist from Mitchelstown, County Cork. Potluck 6 PM; Concert 7:30 PM. Admission $15. For reservations, call 919-644-0912 or email pmitchel@emial.unc.edu. Learn more & listen to song clips at www.unc.edu/~pmitchel/oconnor.html. Big Country Bluegrass, Mountain Music Jamboree, 9331 NC Hwy. 16, Glendale Springs, NC, 7 PM, $8; under age 12 free. www.mountainmusicjamboree.com; www.elkvillestringband.net Mark Mathis & The War, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $8-10. APR 12 Irish Session w/Billy Mulligan, RiRa, 7-9 PM. Sunday Jazz/Gospel Brunch features Mel-lony Clark of Praise 100.9 Radio & The John Dillard Band (Sundays), Utopia Res-taurant, 10210 Berkeley Place Dr., Charlotte, 11 AM- 4 PM. 704-295-0655; www.utopianc.com APR 13, Find Your Muse Open Mic (Mondays), The Evening Muse, 7 PM, $3. APR 15 Two Man Gentlemen Band, The Sylvia Theater, 8 PM, $10-12.

McCandless, Tyler Mitchell, Jacob Nielsen, Sam Richardson, Maddie Shuler, Ruth Shum-way, Isabelle Young, Blue Otis (bluegrass band) and The Whippersnappers (folk, blue-grass, gospel band), Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, 7:30 PM, free; donations appreciated. Free parking. Refres h-ments, song circle, slow & fast jams follow con-cert. 704-563-7080; www.folksociety.org Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Char-lotte, 8:30 PM, Free. Call Mark Willingham at 980-254-8059. Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band and Roy Wood, Jr. (Zydeco), Dinkins ATS Café, Winthrop Univ., Rock Hill, SC, 8 PM, $7. 803-323-2108; 803-323-2376; www.winthrop.edu/studentaffairs/dsu Steve James (acoustic blues), Fiddle & Bow Concert, Blessings, 823 Reynolda Rd., Winston-Salem, NC, 8 PM, $10. Susan Tedeschi, The Neighborhood Theatre, 8 PM, $26-46; no seat guarantees. Adrianne & Kyler England, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $8-10. The Waymores (folk/rock/bluegrass), The Sylvia Theater, 9 PM, $12-15. Rick Spreitzer, St. Peter’s Homes McCreesh Place, 2120 N. Davidson St., Charlotte, 6-8:30 PM. Charles Bradford & Herschel Lee Brown, Patti-O’s Grill, 1007 Old North Main St., Clover, SC, 7-10 PM. John McEuen, Hayes Performing Arts Ctr., 152 Jamie Fort Rd. (off Hwy. 321), Blowing Rock, NC, 7:30 PM, $14-22. www.carolinatix.org APR 17-18, Stone Soup Storytelling Festival featuring Connie Regan-Blake, Michael Reno Harrell, Willa Brigham & more, Woodruff, SC. 864-969-3330; www.stonesoupsc.com APR 17-19, 16th Rural Hill Scottish Festival & Loch Norman Highland Games featuring mu-sic by Clandestine, Ed Miller, Brian McNeill, The Hooligans, Jil Chambless & Scooter Muse (of Henri’s Notions), Father, Son and Friends and The Thistledown Tinkers, Historic Rural Hill, 4431 Neck Rd., Huntersville, NC. 704-875-3113; www.ruralhill.net APR 17-19, Bear on the Square Mountain Mu-sic Festival w/Carl Jones & Beverly Smith, Claire Lynch, The Freighthoppers & more, Dahlonega, GA. Concerts, workshops, sem i-nars, live auction, kids’ activities, vendors. 706-348-1370; www.bearonthesquare.org

Lake Norman Jam Session, 7 PM. Contact Ralph Gettings for location & directions: 704-892-7415 or ralphcrn9@aol.com APR 15-18, 7th Annual Laurel Lakes Bluegrass Festival featuring Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Boys From Carolina, The Churchmen, Audie Blaylock & Red Line & more, Laurel Lakes Music Park, Salemburg, NC. (APR 15th: Pig Pick'n & covered dish supper followed by a jam session; FREE). Tickets by the day or $50-60 for the weekend; call Nancy at 919-422-8413. www.jam-n-bluegrass.com APR 16 Celtic Music Comes to Puckett’s featuring Brian McNeill (founder of Battlefield Band), Ed Miller (Scottish vocalist), Scoot Muse (Celtic guitarist & 5-string banjo champion), Jil Chambless (Celtic vocalist & musician; of Henri’s Notions), and The Thistledown Tink-ers (Charlotte’s own Tom Eure & Trip Rogers), Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 8 PM, $10. Jeffrey Gaines, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $8-10. Kevin Gordon w/The Stereofidelics, The Even-ing Muse, 9:30 PM, $8-10. Two Gentlemen Band, The Sylvia Theatre, 8 PM, $10-12. APR 16-19, Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music & Dance featuring Apple Chill Clog-gers, Boulder Acoustic Society, Butterflies, Cane Creek Cloggers, Donna the Buffalo, Elikem African Dance Company, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Jim Lauderdale, Jose Conde y Ola Fresca, Justin Townes Earle, Keith Frank & The Soileau Zydeco Band, Mamadou Diabate, Music Maker Review, Pura Fe, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Songs of Wa-ter, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Deer Clan Singers, The Horse Flies, The New Familiars, The Old Ceremony, The Red Hots, Todd Snider & more, Shakori Hills Farm, 1439 Henderson Tanyard Rd (NC State Road 1558), Silk Hope NC 27312. 919-542-8142; www.shakorihills.org APR 16-25, Come-See-Me Festival, Rock Hill, SC. Details: http://comeseeme.rockhill.net APR 17 “Home of the Blues: 35 Years of the Double Door Inn” Book Release Party, Double Door Inn, 5-7:30 PM. Meet authors Debby Wallace & Daniel Coston, purchase books & have them signed. Visit www.myspace.com/ddithebook; www.danielcostonphotography.com **CFS Young Talent Gathering Concert & Jam featuring Elene Clemens, Abby Corrigan, Cameron Faryadi, Carson Hedberg, Brandon

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Deeper Shade of Blue, Scruggs Opry House, 124 N. Main St., Belmont, NC, 7 PM, $8, 10 yrs. & younger free w/adult. http://scruggsopryhouse.blogspot.com Todd Snider, The Visulite, 8:30 PM, $16-18. The Nighthawks (blues), Double Door Inn, 10 PM, $12. Tommy Tutone, The Sylvia Theater, 9 PM, $15-18. Faces for the Center Benefit Auction, NC Pottery Center, 233 East Ave., Seagrove, NC. Silent auc-tion 2:30-4:30 PM. Social Hour w/refreshments 4-5 PM. Live Auction 5 PM. Participating potters: Bluestone, Bull Dog, Cagle Road, Caldwell-Hohl, Dean & Martin, Dirtworks, Dover, Fireshadow, From the Ground Up, Great White Oak, Jugtown, JLK Jewelry, Kova ck, Latham’s, Old Gap, Ray, Seagrove Stoneware, The English Potter, Thomas, Uwharrie Crystalline, Westmoore, Whynot. 336-873-8430; www.ncpotterycenter.com APR 18-19, Celebration of Seagrove Potters: Kiln Openings, Seagrove, NC. Stop at the Pottery Cen-ter, 233 East Ave., to pick up a map of the area potteries. Visit www.celebrationofseagrovepotters.com/april09.html for full details and schedule of kiln openings. Visit www.DiscoverSeagrove.com for information on individual artists. APR 19 **CFS Old Time Acoustic Sunday Jam, (new loca-tion) Asbury Care Center Living Room, Al-dersgate, 3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, 2-4 PM, free. Contact jam coordinator Tom Kelleher with questions at 704-366-9441. Judy & the Redbyrds, High Lonesome Strings Concert & Jam, Hagan-Stone Park Marina, 5920 Hagan-Stone Park Re., Pleasant Garden, NC; 2-6 PM. www.highlonesomestrings.org Claire Lynch, The Grey Eagle, 8 PM, $12-15; lim-ited seating available. Kuniko Yamamoto, “Mask, Mime & Music of Japan,” Daniels Auditorium, NC Museum of His-tory, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC. 3-4 PM, free. www;pinecone.org; www.ncmuseumofhistory.org Charlie Musselwhite Band, The Garage, 8 PM, $20-25. Irish Session w/Acme Ceili, RiRa, 7-9 PM. APR 20-24, Pete Wernick’s Bluegrass Jam Camp prior to MerleFest, Herring Ridge YMCA Camp, Boomer, NC (10 miles from Wilkesboro). $340 tuition; includes lunch & snacks. Accommoda-tion/meal packages available. www.Dr.Banjo.com

APR 20-25, Central Piedmont Community College Annual ArtsFest featuring litera-ture, music, visual arts & film, history & culture, and all-day Saturday Festival on the Green. Many free events. Visit http://artsfest.cpcc.edu for complete schedule & details. APR 21 Fonseca (Latin; accordion-driven music), The Neighborhood Theatre, 9 PM, $35 general admission; no seat guarantees. Ian Thomas w/Corduroy Road (Americana/folk rock), Double Door Inn, 10 PM, $7. APR 22, Scoot Pittman Trio w/Marc Douglas Berardo, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $8-10. APR 23 **Art Before Dark Charlotte Folk Society Jam, Myers Park Baptist Church, Hea ton Hall, Education Bldg., 1931 Selwyn Ave., Charlotte, 6:30-7:30 PM. Please call Tom Kelleher if you’re able to participate: 704-366-9441. Ollabelle, The ArtsCenter, 8:30 PM, $16. Will Hoge, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $15. Jeff Black (solo acoustic), The Sylvia Thea-ter, 8 PM, $12-15. APR 23-26, MerleFest, Wilkesboro, NC. www.merlefest.org APR 24 Gospel Shout! exploring Charlotte’s excit-ing heritage of diverse religious “roots music” with Cedric Mangum & Company (shout band), The Whippersnappers (bluegrass gospel), and Men Standing For Christ (a capella gospel), Grace Covenant Church, South Blvd. at East Blvd., Char-lotte, 7:30-9:30 PM, free; limited seating. Presented by the Levine Museum of the New South and Charlotte Center City Part-ners; part of the Art & Soul of South End Festival. 704-333-1887, ext. 228; tom@historysouth.org. Jennifer Daniels w/Naked Blue, The Eve-ning Muse, 8 PM, $8-10. Robin Rogers Band, Come-See-Me Festi-val Moonlight Jazz, Winthrop Lake, 1162 Eden Terrace, Rock Hill, SC, 8-10 PM, Free. 803-329-7625; http://comeseeme.rockhill.net The Merrows, The Second Fret, 240 W. Broad St., Statesville, NC, 8 PM, Free; pre-sented by Iredell Co. Arts Council. 704-878-9889; www.thesecondfret.com

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APR 18 Benefit for Samaritan Care & Counseling Ctr. of Wake Forest Hospital featuring The Cockman Family, Adam Rose, and Cedar Ridge, Mac Gray Auditorium, Statesville High School, Statesville, NC. 7-9 PM, $10; 12 & under free. Tickets: call 704-871-1712. High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Assn. Pick-In (open bluegrass jam), Cardinal Lawn, Garden & Hardware, 4715 Grafton Rd., Greensboro, NC. “Banjo Extravaganza” featuring two-time National Banjo Champion Charles Wood and Bill Carson & the Hagood Sisters, Historic Hagood Mill, 5138 Hagood Mill Rd., Pickens, SC, 12-3 PM; free. 864-898-2936; www.co.pickens.sc.us/culturalcommission/events.asp Bill Yates & the Country Gentlemen Trib-ute Band, Fairview Ruritan Club, 7:30 PM, $15. “Get to Know Indian Classical Music,” with sitar artist Viswas Chitnis & tabla accompanist Chris Johnson, Dana Audito-rium, Queen’s Univ., 1900 Selwyn Ave., Charlotte, 6:30 PM, Free. (Presented by Blumenthal Education Institute in support of May 4th Ravi Shankar concert in Belk Theater.) Reservations required; call 704-348-5784 or email eiprograms@ncbpac.org. The Brilliant Inventions CD Release Party, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $8-10. Dana & Susan Robinson, Rodi, 8-10 PM. Dances of India, The Ha lton Theater, CPCC, 1206 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, 4 PM, $10 adults; $5 school age children. Spiritual Rez (winner Boston Mu sic Award for Best World Music; reggae/horn funk), Dinkins ATS Café, Winthrop Univ., Rock Hill, SC, 8 PM, $7. 803-323-2108; 803-323-2376; www.winthrop.edu/studentaffairs/dsu “Across the Waters: Stories, Songs & Poems from Connected Cultures” by Kali Ferguson w/Derrick Hines, presented by Ray Owens & Sally Higgins, 531 Manning Dr., Charlotte, 7:30 PM, $15. Reservations required; contact Ray Owens at ray.owens@klgates.com, 704-331-7496 or 704-521-6177. Mail a check made to “Kali Ferguson” in advance to Ray Owens, 531 Manning Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina 28209 . Guests are welcome to B.Y.O.B. www.folksociety.org

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APR 24-26, Storytelling Festival of Carolina featuring Lyn Ford, Bill Harley, Bill Lepp, Antonio Rocha, Willa Brigham & Hannah Harvey, Storytelling Arts Center of the South-east, 131 S. Main St., Laurinburg, SC. Full fes-tival: $25 adult; $10 under 18; $60 family (5); daily rates. www.storytellingfestivalofcarolina.org APR 25 Tosco Music Party fe aturing a variety of 20+ acts, Dale F. Halton Theater, CPCC Overcash Academic & Performing Arts Ctr., 1206 Eliza-beth Ave., Charlotte, 7-11 PM. $15 adults; $12 adults 65 yrs.+; $8 youth 15 yrs. & younger. Buy tickets at 704-330-6534 or online at www.cpcc.edu/forms/halton. Free parking. Rick Spreitzer, Summit Coffee, 8-11 PM. Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers (blues), Dou-ble Door Inn, 10 PM, $12-15. Old School Freight Train, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $12-14. Acoustic Syndicate, Come-See-Me Festiva l Tailgate Party, Winthrop Lake, 1162 Eden Ter-race, Rock Hill, SC, 6:30-8:30 PM, Free. 803-329-7625; http://comeseeme.rockhill.net Stop Hunger Now Benefit w/Don Dixon & the Jump Rabbits, Lenny Federal Band, Re-becca Rippy w/Doug Barnhill, presented by the East Rotary Club, The Neighborhood Theatre, 8 PM, $35-45; limited seating. APR 25-26, Art & Soul of South End Festival, Historic South End, Charlotte. Arts education festival featuring visual, performing & chil-dren’s art. Local & national artists & crafts-men, local dance ensembles & instruction. Details: www.artandsoulofsouthend.com APR 26 Daithi Sproule Concert & Workshop, Bona-Ventura House Concerts, 5305 Ventura Dr., Durham, NC. Workshop: Irish-Style Guitar for Accompanying Songs & Tunes, 1:30-3:30 PM, $40. Concert: 7:30 PM, $15. Workshop & concert: $50. Spaces limited. Contact Julee Glaub at 919-477-2780 or juleeglaub@aol.com for details. To reserve a spot, send a check made to Julee Glaub in full amount to: Julee Glaub, P.O. Box 15125, Durham, NC 27704. Jerry O’Sullivan Uillean Piping and Whistle/Flute Workshops, BonaVentura House Con-certs, 5305 Ventura Dr., Durham, NC. Uillean Piping Workshop: 12-2 PM, $40. Whistle/Flute Workshop: 2:30-4:30 PM, $40. $60 for both workshops; all levels welcome. Spaces limited. Contact Julee Glaub at 919-477-2780 or juleeglaub@aol.com for details. To reserve a

spot, send a check made to Julee Glaub in full amount to: Julee Glaub, P.O. Box 15125, Durham, NC 27704. Clanndarragh (Traditional & modern Irish music & song), Connolly’s on Fifth, 115 E. 5 th St., downtown Charlotte, 5 PM. 704-358-9070; www.connollysirishpub.com; www.clanndarragh.com Irish Session w/The Merrows, RiRa, 7-9 PM. Rick Speitzer, Coffee Shop God by Therese Bartholomew (Book Release Event), The Evening Muse, 7 PM. Josh Kelley & Ryan Cabrera, The Visulite, 8:30 PM, $15. APR 29 David Mead w/Not A Sparrow, The Even-ing Muse, 8 PM, $8-10. Enter the Haggis, The Visulite, 9 PM, $10. APR 29-MAY 2, Festival in the Pines (Bluegrass Festival) w/Larry Stephenson, Dailey & Vincent, The Churchmen, Marcie Horne & Next Step, Roan Mountain Hill Toppers & more, Tripple Creek Camp-ground, Rocky Mount, VA. 540-483-9839; www.TrippleCreek.com APR 30 South Memphis String Band featuring Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jimbo Mathus, Luther Dickinson w/The Wrights, The Eve-ning Muse, 8 PM, $12-14. Buddy Guy, The Halton Theater, 8 PM, $33-64. Charles Bradford & Herschel Lee Brown, The Coal Yard, 105 Garner St., York, SC, 6 PM-9 PM. 803-684-9653 Hawaiian ukulele sensation Jake Shimabu-kuro, Meymandi Theater, Progress Energy Ctr., 2 East South St., Raleigh , NC (www.progressenergycenter.com), 8 PM, $25-35. Tickets: 919-664-8302; www.ticketmaster.com. www.pinecone.org MAY 1 Rory Block, The ArtsCenter, 8:30 PM, $19. Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women Farewell Tour, The Grey Eagle, 9 PM, $20-23. Sylvia’s Songwriters Round w/host Jimmy Brown, Ashlee Hardee, Alyn Mearns & co-host Paul Finnican, The Sylvia Theater, 9 PM, free admission & popcorn.

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Calendar, continued Linda and Dan (dulcimer, guitar & vo-cals), Fiddle & Bow Concert, Blessings, 823 Reynolda Rd., Winston-Salem, NC, 8 PM, $10. Volatile Baby, The Blue Vine, 209 S. Ma in St., Salisbury, NC, 9 PM-Midnight, $5. 704-797-0093; www.bluevine.com MAY 2 David Holt & the Lightning Bolts, Brock Performing Arts Ctr., Mocksville, NC, 7:30 PM, $26 Adults; $23 Students & Seniors. The Dollar Boys, Mountain Music Jambo-ree, 9331 NC Hwy. 16, Glendale Springs, NC, 7 PM, $8; under age 12 free. www.mountainmusicjamboree.com; www.elkvillestringband.net Tom Paxton, The ArtsCenter, 8:30 PM, $26. Lucy Allen & Marshall Goers, Village Cup, 917 W. Main St., Laurens, SC, 7 PM, $5 suggested donation. 864-681-8455. Songs of Water & Kinobe & Soul Beat Africa, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $8. MAY 3 Charlotte Blues Society BLUESunday fea-turing The Blues Providers, Double Door Inn, 7:45 PM, $5. Salvation Army’s Brass Spectacular, The Halton Theater, 6 PM, $22 adults; $12 chil-dren. MAY 4 - JUNE 8, Everybody Can Sing: A Class for Shy and Non-Singers, taught by Carol Raedy, 7107 Valley Haven Dr., Char-lotte, NC 28211. 5 Mondays (May 4, 11, 18, June 1 & 8), 6-7 PM. Cost: $40. For infor-mation or to register, contact Carol at 704-367-2536 or carolraedy@hotmail.com. MAY 5 Ravi Shankar, Belk Theater, 7:30 PM, $20-69.50. Amos Lee, The Neighborhood Theatre, 8 PM, $25-40. MAY 7 Gordon Lightfoot, Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 8 PM, $39.50-49.50. 704-522-6500; www.ovensauditorium.com John Doyle, Cook Shack Concert Series, 7:30 PM, $15; advance reservations re-quired; write CookShack-Shows@roadrunner.com Iris DeMent, The Neighborhood Theatre, 8 PM, $22-32; fully seated show.

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MAY 7–JUNE 4, Learn to Play the Ukulele Class, taught by Carol Raedy, 7107 Valley Ha-ven Dr., Charlotte, NC 28211. 5 consecutive Thursdays, 6-7 PM. Cost: $40. Purchase a ukulele for $39, plus shipping & tax. For infor-mation or to register, contact Carol at 704-367-2536 or carolraedy@hotmail.com. MAY 7-9, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s Bluegrass Music Festival w/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Dailey & Vincent, The Grascals, Steep Canyon Rangers, IIIrd Tyme Out, Lonesome River Band, Paul Williams & Vic-tory Trio & more, Denton FarmPark, Denton, NC. 336-859-2755; www.dentonbluegrass.com MAY 7-10, Lake Eden Arts Festival w/Natalie MacMaster, The Travelin’ McCourys, Robin & Linda Williams & Their Fine Group, The Lee Boys, Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, David Wilcox, Boulder Acoustic Society, Sol Driven Train & more, 377 Lake Eden Rd., Black Mountain, NC. 828-686-8742; www.theleaf.com MAY 8, Christine Lavin, The ArtsCenter, 8:30 PM, $16. MAY 9 Prairie Home Companion broadcast show fea-tures NC bands Big Medicine and Polecat Creek, along with Robin & Linda Williams, Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St., Durham, NC, 5:45 PM, $25-65; tickets & info at 919-680-ARTS or www.DPACnc.com. http://prairiehome.publicradio.org Potluck Picnic & Music Jam in Celebration of Marriage of Lucy Allen & Marshall Goers, Paris Mountain State Park, Picnic Shelter A, 2401 State Park Rd., Greenville, SC. 864-244-5565; www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/722.aspx Interview with Little Windows (Julee Glaub & Mark Weems) on Fiona Ritchie’sThistle & Shamrock, 8 PM, WFAE 90.7 FM. www.thistleradio.com

Celtic Festival & Highland Games featuring Traveler’s Dream, Immigrant Daughters, and Jamie Laval & Roger Gold, Historic Bethabara Park, 2147 Bethabara Rd., Winston-Salem, NC. 9 AM-4:30 PM. Music: 10:30-4 PM. 336-924-8191; www.cityofws.org/Home/Departments/RecreationAndParks/BethabaraPark/HBPEvents/Events/CelticFestivalAndHighlandGames Russ Barenberg & Bryan Sutton, Holly Springs Cultural Ctr., 300 W. Ballentine St., Holly Springs, NC, 8 PM, $16. Tickets: on sale 3/16/09; call 919-567-4000 or www.etix.com. www.pinecone.org

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Charlotte Dance Gypsies, Chantilly Com-munity Bldg., 2101 Shenandoah Ave., Char-lotte. Potluck 6:30 PM, lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 PM, $7. Gretchen at 704-537-1377 or Dean at 704-361-6387; www.charlottedancegypsies.org. APR 15: Jon Singleton & Friends w/Hank Morris calling.

Charlotte Country Dancers, Chantilly Com-munity Bldg., 2101 Shenandoah Ave., Char-lotte. Every Monday evening. Lesson 7:30 PM. Dance 8-10 PM, $7. Call Nancy Howe at 704-536-9594. www.charlottedancegypsies.org.

Contra Dance Carolina, International Bacca-laureate Middle School Gym, 251 South St., Davidson, NC. Lessons 7 PM, dance 7:15-10:30 PM, $5 students, $7 others. www.contradancecarolina.org. APR 3: Hands Four (Mark Mueller & Geor-gie Donovan) w/Dean Snipes.

Contra Dance Carolina, Lucas Room, Cone Univ. Ctr., UNCC, Charlotte. Lessons 7 PM, dance 7:15-10:30 PM, Free. www.contradancecarolina.org. APR 17: Dancing Bears w/Barbara Groh.

The Grey Eagle, Haywood Rd. & Clingman Ave., Asheville, Mondays, 8 PM, $5. Call 828-232-5800 for details; visit www.oldfarmersball.com. APR 6: Dancing Bears w/Laurie Fisher. APR 13: Big Cranky w/Beth Molaro. APR 20: Cailen Campbell & David Brown w/Anne Marie Walter calling. APR 27: The Euphoria String Band w/Adina Gordon calling.

Boone Country Dancers, Apple Barn, Valle Crucis Conference Ctr., Valle Crucis, NC. Lessons 7:30, dance 8 PM, $7. Bob Oelberg at 828-265-2627; www.boonecountrydancers.org. APR 18: Band TBAw/Jesse Edgerton.

Carolina Song & Dance Assn., Carrboro Century 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 17: Andrew & Noah Van Norstrand (of Great Bear Trio) and Buz Lloyd w/Maggie Jo Saylor calling..

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 11: Whistlin’ Rufus w/Doug Single-ton.

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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 gsege-bade_80@msn.com. Visit website at http://feetretreat.com. APR 4: Skylark w/Dean Snipes. APR 18: Dot Dot Dash w/Anne Marie Walter calling.

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers, Vintage Theatre, Vintage St. & S. Main St., Winston-Salem, NC. Every Tuesday; Dance 8-10 PM, $6; $4 students. See contact info above. APR 7: Slate Mountain Ramblers w/Charlie Harvey calling. APR 14: Reel Shady w/George Segebade. APR 21: Pilot Mountain Bobcats w/Maggie Jo Saylor. APR 28: Big Home Band w/Warren & Terry Doyle calling.

Harvest Moon Folk Society, River Falls 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 4: Chicken Tractor w/Diane Silver. APR 10: Friday Advance Dance; no begin-ners or new dancers. Blue Ridge Bowrock-ers w/Mark Langner calling. APR 18: Dancing Bears w/Barbara Groh. APR 25: Dennis Spring & the Sons of the Full Moon w/Dean Snipes calling.

Harvest Moon Folk Society, YWCA, 700 August St., Greenville, SC. Lessons 7 PM, dance 7:30-10 PM, $7, teens 14-17 $4. www.harvestmoonfolk.org. APR 8: Suicide Ridge w/Beth Molaro. APR 22: Mr. Clemson’s Contra Band w/Dean Snipes calling.

Old Farmer’s Ball, Fairview Community Ctr., 1357 Charlotte Hwy., Fairview, 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 2: Atlantic Crossing w/Diane Silver. APR 9: Appalachian Storm w/Barbara Groh. APR 16: Ed Baggot & Elise Peterson w/Beth Molaro calling. APR 23: Jupiter Road w/Adina Gordon. APR 30: Fiddlewitch w/Anne Marie Wal-ter.

Triangle Country Dancers, Carrboro Cen-tury Ctr., Greensboro St., between Weaver & Main, Carrboro, NC. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $8. Dance hotline: 919-286-6624; questions 919-220-8411. www.TCDancers.org. APR 4: FootLoose w/Gaye Fifer calling. APR 10: Floorplay w/David Glick calling.

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Triangle Country Dancers, Talley Student Ctr. Ballroom, NC State Campus, Raleigh, NC. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $8; Students $5. Dance hotline: 919-286-6624; questions 919-220-8411. www.TCDancers.org. APR 25: David DiGuiseppe, Pete Campbell & Jubal Creech w/David McMullen calling. DANCE WEEKENDS:

APR 10-12: Appalachian Spring, near Ban-ner Elk, NC. Lift Ticket and Toss the Pos-sum w/Hank Morris calling. Contact Terry A. Stefan at StefanTA@lmc.edu.

APR 24-26: Spring Dance Romance (Triangle Country Dancers, Camp Sertoma, near Danbury, NC. Elixir and The Elftones w/Louie Cromartie and Nils Fredland. www.tcdancers.org/sdr.html

MAY 7-10: Spring LEAF, Camp Rockmont, Black Mountain, NC. Elixir and Evening Star w/Nils Fredland and Robert Cromartie call-ing. www.theLEAF.com

JUNE 19-21: Asheville Summer Soiree, War-ren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC. Great Bear Trio & TBA w/Beth Molaro calling. www.oldfarmersball.com

ONGOING EVENTS:

MONDAYS Find Your Muse Open Mic, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $3. 1st MONDAYS Open Bluegrass Jam, Scruggs Opry House, 124 N. Main St., Belmont, NC, 7-9 PM, free. http://scruggsopryhouse.blogspot.com/ 2nd & 4th MONDAYS Open Irish Session, Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St., Davidson, NC, 7:30-10 PM. Tim Helfrich: 704–895-0505. www.summitcoffee.com. 4th MONDAYS Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society, Walker Center, Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC, 7 PM; www.wilkesfolks.com.

TUESDAYS Charlotte Scottish Country Dance Society, Selwyn Ave. Presbyterian Church, 2929 Sel-wyn Ave., Charlotte, 7:30-9:30 PM, donation. Call 704-366-9260 or 704-333-6917. Community Singers, Friends School of Cha r-lotte, 7001 Wallace Rd., Charlotte, 7-8:30 PM, free. Contact Carol Raedy at 704-367-2536 or carol@communitysongleaders.org. 2nd TUESDAYS Nashville Songwriters Assoc. International, Workshop Meeting, The Well, 220 Main St., Pineville, NC, 7 PM. Call Greg Baker at 704-846-3873; visit www.NSAICharlotte.com. 3rd TUESDAYS Sacred Harp Shape Note Singing, St. Mi-chael’s Anglican Church, 2211 Margaret

Wallace Rd., Charlotte, NC, 7 PM. Catherine Sullivan at 704-900-7850 or pra-vosla68@yahoo.com; www.charlottesacredharp.org.

WEDNESDAYS 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 & Gos-pel Jam Session, Cabarrus Co. Senior Ctr., 331 Corban Ave., SE, Concord, 6:30-9 PM. Open to the public and free. Call 704-920-3484. High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Jam Ses-sion, The Cultural Arts Ctr., 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro, 6-10 PM. 336-674-1277. Open Mic Night, The Comet Grill, 2224 Park Rd., Dilworth, Charlotte, 7:30 PM. Host: Bill McDonald. Call 704-371-4300. 1st WEDNESDAYS Tosco House Party (open mic), The Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson, Charlotte, 8 PM, $2. Host John Tosco. www.toscomusicparty.org.

THURSDAYS Charlotte International Folk Dancers, 8-10 PM, St. John's United Methodist Church, 4305 Monroe Rd., Jeannine Wright. 704-847-0134. Open Mic hosted by Dale Hillyard, Puck-ett’s Farm Equipment, 8 PM. 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS Bluegrass Thursday Night, Allison Creek Presbyterian Church, 5780 Allison Ck. Rd., York, SC, 6:30-9:30, free. Call 803-684-5875. 2nd THURSDAYS Storytellers Guild of Charlotte, Arboretum Barnes and Noble, 7:30 PM. Storytelling first hour of meeting; public welcomed. Call Ramona Moore-Big Eagle at 704-568-6940. 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS Open Acoustic Music Gathering, Charlotte Friends Meeting House, 570 W. Rocky River Rd., Charlotte 28256, 8-10:15 PM; no alcohol permitted. Dennis Spring at 704-535-8594.

FRIDAYS Alleghany Jubilee , Spartan Theater, N. Main St., Sparta, NC. Live old-time & blu e-grass bands; dancing. Admission. Call 336-372-4591; visit www.blueridgemusic.org. 2nd FRIDAYS **Charlotte Folk Society Gathering (August-June), Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. Concert, followed by song circle & jams. Free & open to the public. 7:30 PM. Call 704-563-7080; www.folksociety.org. Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. After Folk Society concert, app. 8:30 PM. Mark Willingham at 980-254-8059.

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Calendar, continued 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 direc-tions. Bluegrass Jam Session, Pat’s Gourmet Coffee Shop, 166 North Main St., Moores-ville, 9 AM-1 PM. Call 704-662-6299. Singer/Songwriter Performers, Starbucks on East Blvd, 1401 East Boulevard at Scott Ave., Charlotte, 8-11 PM. Call 704-338-9911. Mineral Springs Music Barn, Mineral Springs, NC (4 mi. east of Waxhaw, on Hwy. 75, by RR tracks). 7:30-11 PM, $6. Two bands play 2 sets each. Bob Wyatt: 803-329-3833. 1st SATURDAYS Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society Open Mic, Wilkes Heritage Museum, Wilkesboro, NC, 10 AM; www.wilkesfolks.com. 3rd SATURDAYS Blue Ridge Jamboree, Surry Arts Council, Andy Griffith Playhouse, 218 Rockford St., Mt. Airy, NC, 7:30 PM, $5. 336-786-7998. Old Time Square Dance, Denton Civic Ctr., W. Salisbury St., Denton, NC. Live bands for traditional dances, 7-10:30 PM, $5 adults. 336-475-9397; www.geocities.com/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.

SUNDAYS: Bluegrass Jam, Tyber Creek Pub, 1933 South Blvd., Charlotte, 8-10 PM. Call Ever-ette Carpenter at 704-567-1187. 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. 2nd SUNDAYS: **CFS Monthly Old Time Jam Session, Charlotte Museum of History, 3500 Sham-rock Dr., Charlotte, 2-4 PM, free. Call Tom Kelleher at 704-366-9441. English Country Dancers meet at 7:30 PM. Call Nancy Howe at 704-536-9594 for loca-tion (east Charlotte). 3rd SUNDAYS: Dixieland Jam Sessions, Fraternal Order of Police Hall, 1201 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, 6-9 PM, free. Dinner & bar serv-ice available. Call Tom Walsh at 704-535-4400.

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An applicant for the Spencer-Bryant Scholarship must:

**be 22 years or older by May 3, 2009.

**either be a Charlotte Folk Soci-ety member as of March 1, 2009 or be a resident of one of the follow-ing counties: Mecklenburg County, NC; Cabarrus County, NC; Gaston County, NC; Iredell County, NC; Lincoln County, NC; Union County, NC; Lancaster County, SC; or York County, SC.

**submit an application and letter telling of his/her interest in traditional folk music/folk arts and why s/he would like to have the scholarship,

**provide a brief history of your involvement with folk arts. You may also submit letters of recom-mendation and support-ing documentation.

**submit a non-refundable fee of $10 with the ap-plication,

**return the signed li-ability release form that accompanies the appli-cation,

**attend an interview and audition (for per-forming applicants) to take place at 2:00 PM on Sunday, May 3, 2009, in the Myers Park Baptist Church Education Building, 1900 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC. The applicant may have one accompanist during the audi-tion.

As announced last June, the Char-lotte Folk Society is this year offer-ing for the first time a second schol-arship to the Swannanoa Gathering at Warren Wilson College. Named in honor of Sara Spencer, for many years our Central Piedmont Com-munity College Music Department faculty sponsor, and the late Gene Bryant, long-time CPCC Music De-partment Chair, this scholarship will be awarded to an adult. Like the Youth Scholarship, it is offered as a means of fulfilling our mission to perpetuate traditional music and will be fully funded through a partnership between the Charlotte Folk Society and War-ren Wilson College. The scholarship covers tui -tion ($430), provided by the Folk Society, and room and board ($340), provided by the col-lege, a total scholarship of $770.

The scholarship is to be awarded to an inter-mediate or advanced adult student or performer of folk music, dance, or folklore. Equal consideration will be given to adults who are actively involved in supporting and/or preserving traditional and contemporary folk music and/or folk arts. The scholarship is a one-time award for any one of the fol -lowing 2009 Swannanoa Gathering Folk Arts Workshops at Warren Wilson College: Traditional Song Week or Fiddle Week, July 5-11; Celtic Week, July 12-18; Old-Time Music and Dance Week, July 19-25; Guitar Week or Contemporary Folk Week, July 26-August 1; or Dulci-mer Week, August 2-8. Transporta-tion will be the responsibility of the student.

2009 Spencer-Bryant Adult Scholarship

Guidelines and application materi-als will be available at the April 17th Gathering. They are also available to download from the CFS website at www.folksociety.org or by contacting Wanda Hu-bicki at 704-563-7080 or by emailing phubicki@carolina.rr.com. Swannanoa Gathering class

All application materials must be received by Saturday, April 25, 2009. Completed applications and other documents should be mailed with the $10 fee to the fol-lowing address by the April 25th deadline: The Charlotte Folk So-ciety, c/o Dennis Frost, 3325 Fla-mingo Drive, Charlotte, NC 28205.

Scholarship applicant interviews and auditions (for performers) will take place and the winner will be determined on Sunday, May 3, 2009. Applicants should arrive at 2 PM in the Myers Park Baptist Church Education Building, 1900 Queens Road, Charlotte, North Carolina. Relatives and stu-dents of scholarship judges are not eligible to apply. 2009 judges will be Dennis Frost, Rita Hartmann, J. C. Honeycutt, and Karen Single-

ton.

All applicants will receive a 2009 mem-bership in the Char-lotte Folk Society. In the event that the winner is unable to attend, the next run-ner-up will be awarded the schol-arship.

Applicants will not be judged on the ba-

sis of religion, sex, ethnic back-ground, economic status, or physi-

Sara Spencer

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mentor, by a permission letter from a parent or guardian, by the signed liability release form pro-vided by the Folk Society, and a non-refundable $10 application fee. Guidelines and application materi-als will be available at the March 13th Gathering. They are also available to download from the CFS website at www.folksociety.org or by contacting Wanda Hu-bicki at 704-563-7080 or by

emailing phubicki@carolina.rr.com. Swannanoa Gathering class schedules and other information, when available, will be found at www.swangathering.org. All application materials must be received by Saturday, April 25, 2009. Completed applications and letters should be mailed with the $10 fee to the following ad-dress by the April 25th deadline: The Charlotte Folk Society, c/o Dennis Frost, 3325 Flamingo Drive, Charlotte, NC 28205. Auditions for the scholarship will

The Charlotte Folk Society is pleased to announce the eighth an-nual Marilyn Meacham Price Youth Scholarship to the Swannanoa Gath-ering at Warren Wilson College, now being offered. The scholarship is named in honor of the founder of the Charlotte Folk Society and awarded as a means of fulfilling our mission to perpetuate traditional music. It will be fully funded through a partnership between the Charlotte Folk Society and Warren Wilson College. The scholarship covers tuition ($430), provided by the Folk Society, and room and board ($340), provided by the col-lege, a total scholarship of $770. The scholarship is to be awarded to a student of folk music, either in-strumental or vocal, who is playing at the intermediate or advanced level. The scholarship is a one-time award for any one of the following 2008 Swannanoa Gathering Folk Arts Workshops at Warren Wilson College: Traditional Song Week or Fiddle Week, July 5 -11; Celtic Week, July 12-18; Old-Time Music and Dance Week, July 19-25; Guitar Week or Contemporary Folk Week, July 26-August 1; or Dulcimer Week, August 2-8. Transportation will be the responsibility of the stu-dent. Applicants should be between the ages of twelve and twenty-one. All CFS members as of March 1 are eli-gible to apply. Residents of Meck-lenburg, Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, and Union Counties in North Carolina, and York and Lan-caster Counties in South Carolina may also apply, regardless of mem-bership status. An application must be accompanied by a letter written by the applicant about his/her inter-est in folk music and reasons for de-siring the scholarship, by a letter of recommendation from a teacher or

take place and the winner will be determined on Sunday, May 3, 2009. Applicants must be able to attend an interview and audition to be held at 2:00 PM in the Myers Park Baptist Church Education Building, 1900 Queens Road. Rela-tives and students of scholarship judges are not eligible to apply. 2009 judges will be Dennis Frost, Rita Hartmann, J.C. Honeycutt, and Karen Singleton.

All applicants will receive a 2009 membership in the Charlotte Folk Society. The winner will receive a certificate of completion of the course on stage at Warren Wilson College in a special ceremony. First and second runners-up will receive $25 and $10 awards, re-spectively. In the event that the winner is unable to attend, the next runner-up will be awarded the scholarship.

The winner will be given an op-portunity to perform for the Char-lotte Folk Society at some time af-ter the Swannanoa Gathering.

Applicants will not be judged on the basis of religion, sex, ethnic background, economic status, or physical challenges.

President Dennis Frost & 2008 Youth Scholarship winner Elene Clemens

New CFS Board Members

In accordance with Charlotte Folk Society By-Laws and with unani-mous approval of the Board, Presi-dent Dennis Frost has appointed Bethli Miescher-Clemens and Mark Clemens to the CFS Board for the balance of this year. As dictated in the By-Laws, they will stand for election by the membership at the December 12th Holiday Potluck. Thank you, Bethli and Mark!

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Known more as a legend and mu-sical entity than a band, childhood friends Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gil-more, and Butch Hancock have put a total of four records out in about 40 years as the Flatlanders . I have long been a fan of these Lubbock characters, not only for their sound, their passion, and amazing songs, but because of the fact they have always made music for one reason and one reason only – the love of music. It was actually 29 years after their legendary demo recording that the boys went back into the studio to record the sound-track for The Horse Whisperer. Now the longtime buddies are on a roll, having put out a whopping three discs in the last eleven years – did I mention they do this for the love of the music? The new Hills and Valleys disc may very well be their best and most indicative of their real life political activism. The really cool thing about this disc is that it has the flavor of a modern-day Woody Guthrie record from the opening song, Homeland Refuge, which addresses the current housing crash, to a wonderful cover of Woody’s Sowing on the Moun-tain, which closes the proceed-ings . The chorus to the first tune creatively conjures up the spirit of Guthrie activism in a present-day context: I’m leaving California for the Dust Bowl. They took it all, there’s nowhere else to go. The pas-tures of plenty are burning by the sea. I’m just a homeland refugee. The more I listen to this CD, the more

By Dennis Frost Welcome to another edition of Cuz’s Corner. Springs in the Caro-linas are simply amazing and the fact that we had five inches of snow since our last visit seems all the more astonishing as I look out my window at a sea of greenery. Music is the reason we’re meeting here, and March gave us a couple of per-formances at McGlohan Theatre that may be tough to beat for the rest of 2009. As she’s been a folk hero of mine for many decades, I was understandably psyched for the Joan Baez performance, but had I known how good the show was going to be, there would have been no containing me. For not only was Joan at the top of her game, she also brought an exquisite band com-posed of Todd Phillips, Dirk Pow-ell, and John Doyle . It was almost as if the trademark Joan Baez sound had been reinvented that night. Her new material from the Day Af-ter Tomorrow disc sparkled and the songs that were so much a part of the ‘60s were given a wonderful new voice, too. Artists that have this kind of creative longevity sim-ply amaze me. If you guys have never seen a Rich-ard Thompson solo acoustic show, I feel you owe yourself this treat. Not only does the man have enough great songs to play a six-hour show, his guitar work is just simply unsurpassed in terms of tones, textures, and nuances. His show late last month was that of an icon still at his peak and demon-strated how powerful a perform-ance can be when the artist can con-nect with an audience on this level. It’s extremely difficult to describe in words what this man does live, so I guess you’ll just have to check him out next time through!

Cuz’s Corner overwhelmed I am by the power of this work. In fact, it may well be the best thing I’ve listened to in the past couple of years. This one gets the Cuz Five Star Rating! Speaking of prolific artists (Hah!), Jesse Winchester has a brand new disc. I always thought this artist was poised for “folk stardom” at about the time he left the States as a conscientious objector for Mont-real in the Vietnam days. Since that time, his recordings have been few and far between, which is all

the more reason his new Love Filling Station is so wel-come. His soulful voice, well crafted songs, and his unde-niable groove are a welcome addition to any collection – wel-come back, Jesse, and please pay the Charlotte area a visit with one of those rare live shows! Since his days with

the legendary New Grass Revival, Bela Fleck has taken his instru-ment where no man has gone. More than a performer, Bela has been engaged in an ongoing explo-ration of exactly how far the banjo could be pushed in the world of music. In addition to the jazz/world fusion of the Flecktones, he has performed the music of India, explored Chinese music with Abi-gail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet, transposed classical mu-sic on the banjo, and performed with the likes of Joshua Redman and Edgar Meyer. Now, on the wonderful Throw Down Your Heart, Bela has taken the banjo back to its original homeland in the various regions of the African continent. Taking advantage of a year’s hiatus from the Flecktones, Fleck and a video crew made stops in small villages in Uganda, Tan-

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zania, Senegal, and Mali, and re-corded over 250 hours of music with local instrumentalists, percus-sionists, and vocalists. The eight-een songs on this disc are unbe-lievable and a must for world mu-sic fans and available at www.ThrowDownYourHeart.com. The entire DVD of this epic musical journey should be available soon, so watch for it! One wonders where Bela Fleck’s adventures will take the banjo next. The story of the banjo and black musical history was taken to a new generation locally the first week of April as the Carolina Chocolate Drops conducted an inspiring workshop for a predominately 5 th grade audience at Northwest School of the Arts. It was abso-lutely magical how Justin Robin-son, Dom Flemons, and Rhiannon Giddens conveyed the history of black music and dance to a genera-tion of kids that might not other-wise be exposed to this important aspect of their cultural heritage. Even with the popular success of this band over the last couple of years, these stellar folks are still all about passing on the tradition of Joe Thompson and those that brought this musical legacy over from the African continent long ago. Hats off to the Chocolate Drops! If you are at MerleFest later this month, they will be play-ing the Watson stage on Sunday afternoon – don’t miss them. Quickly, there are three shows coming up in April that I would like to recommend to you. On April 10th, catch some wonderful family bluegrass with the Cherry-holmes at McGlohan Theatre. This is bluegrass at its hottest. (www.maxxmusic.com) Earl Scruggs will be performing the next evening, April 11th, at Ovens Auditorium. (www.neighborhoodtheatre.com) Even at 85, Earl is still tearing up the

five-string banjo and is a must see. On April 18th, one of the most bril -liant and satirical songwriters of our time, Todd Snider, will be at the Visulite. The man can take his stories, songs, and humor and compose a two-hour masterpiece like no other. (www.maxxmusic.com) As usual, try to go out and catch some of our great local mu-sic at a venue near you! Have a great month and we’ll see you in May! Cuz To share with Cuz about your fa-vorite music, contact him at 704-532-8846 or dcmfrost@mindspring.com.

Family Members Gretchen Caldwell & Patrick Kirby Don Clapp & Pam Ellwood Farzad & Lisa Faryadi Janet Hince & Donna Travis Michael & Maria McCluskey Shannon Phillips & Teresa Higgins Tom & Joanne Tate Sustaining Members John R. “Pete” Arnold Susan Sherlock Affiliate Organizations Rodman Oak Grove Community Center (Sean Thompson)

Thank You, Renewing &

New Members We extend a warm welcome to our new members. Their names appear in bold type below. We also very much appreciate the support of members who renewed this past month. Those of you who are able to make a donation above your basic mem-bership help to make possible our continued community outreach. Thanks to Christine Van Arsdale for making such a donation. The Charlotte Folk Society is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organi-zation and your donations are de-ductible as charitable contributions under applicable tax law. Individual Members Diana Daughtridge Raymond Hedrick Christine Van Arsdale

Congratulations to Lucy Allen and Marshall Goers on their recent marriage! They invite friends to join them in celebrating their union on Saturday, May 9th, 1-5 PM, with a potluck picnic and music jam at Paris Mountain State Park Picnic Shelter A, located at 2401 State Park Road, Greenville, SC. They request no gifts and invite guests to bring boots for hiking or stay late for the Music in the Woods series at 6 PM in the amphitheater. Direc-tions: www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/722.aspx.

Lucy Allen & Marshall Goers

Celebrate Nuptials

Charlotte Folk Society Gatherings are made possible, in part,

through a Cultural Project Grant from the Arts & Science Council and the Grassroots Program of

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The Catawba Valley Scottish Soci-ety proudly announces the 2009 newly-named Rural Hill Scottish Festival and Loch Norman High-land Games set for April 17 – 19, 2009. An event known primarily for the excitement of the Games, the new name for the weekend bet-ter describes all that is offered. Proceeds benefit the preservation of Historic Rural Hill, located at 4431 Neck Road (off Beatties Ford Road) in Huntersville, North Caro-lina. The former homestead of Ma-jor John and Violet Davidson, the 265-acre site is maintained and pro-moted by The Catawba Valley Scottish Society (CVSS). Find full event information online at www.ruralhillscotttishfestivals.net or www.ruralhill.net.

The weekend offers something for everyone. The Scottish Festi -val begins with The Call o' the Clans on Friday, followed by a Scottish Country Welcome Dance at Hopewell Presbyterian Church. Saturday and Sunday offer Scottish heavy athletics and a variety of competitions includ-ing children’s field competitions for both lads and lassies. We have a new Children’s Activity Village including the popular “Passport to Scotland,” music, storytelling, weaving, face paint-ing, and the smaller versions of the heavy athletics competition.

Saturday also offers one of the highlights of the Games - the Pro-fessional Scottish Heavy Athletic Events. Amateurs compete on Sun-day. Other competitions include Indi-vidual Piping and Drumming, Pipe Band Competition, Carolinas Open Highland Dancing Championships,

Highland Dance Competition Na-tional Dances, Scottish Fiddle Com-petition, and the Scottish Harp Competition. As part of the Festival this year, there will be a Scottish and Celtic Concert and Jam on Saturday even-ing that will begin at 6:30 PM in the Chief’s tent. Admission is $10 if bought alone (with admission to the Games after 4 PM), or the Con-cert and Jam is included in the full Saturday ticket admission. Food and beverages will be available for purchase in the food court. Fea-tured musicians include:

Brian McNeill is acknowledged as one of Scotland’s great musical forces. In 1969 he formed The Battlefield Band, which became one of Scotland’s best-known en-sembles. Brian plays fiddle, oc-tave fiddle, guitar, mandocello, bouzouki, viola, mandolin, cittern, concertina, bass, and hurdy gurdy. His songwriting, mostly about Scotland’s past and future, has es-tablished him as one of Scotland’s leading songwriters.

The Hooligans are a five-member Celtic rock band from western North Carolina. Influenced by such ground-breaking bands as Seven Nations and Enter the Haggis, The Hooligans set out to play Celtic music that reflects their personal tastes. Mix in the haunt-ing sounds of traditional Celtic instruments such as the Highland bagpipes, whistles, flute, and man-dolin, and what you get is The Hooligans.

The re-formed Clandestine was well-known and well-loved from 1996 to 2003 for their particular brand of Texas Celtic music. The

band toured the United States ex-tensively and had successful stints in Canada and France before break-ing up in February 2003. Together again with percussionist and singer Emily Dugas, fiddler Gregory McQueen, piper E. J. Jones, and a new member, Al Cofrin, most of the group’s blasting tune sets re-main the same, complemented by some new ones in similar style.

Jil Chambless is one of America’s top Celtic vocalists and musicians. A native of Alabama, Jil was first introduced to Celtic music in the 1980s when she met the Tusca-loosa-based band Henri’s Notions, and the rest is history.

Scooter Muse has his roots in bluegrass and has won eight State Championship titles for 5-String and Old Time Banjo. He began to explore the Celtic domain of open tunings for the guitar and was founder of one of the country's fin-est Celtic bands, The Full Moon Ensemble . After the FME went their separate ways in 2002, Scooter was proud to join Henri’s Notions.

Father Son and Friends started when Joey and his four-year-old son, Shawn, were going to histori-cal reenactments and playing mu-sic around the campfire. They have enjoyed the company of acts such as Silly Wizard, Tannahill Weavers, Stan Rodgers, Patrick Street, and The Battlefield Band. Their repertoire includes everything from Celtic battle songs to gentle folk ballads.

Thistledown Tinkers, the power-ful duo featuring Trip Rogers and Tom Eure, are on a mission to make Celtic music that forces folks to stand up and take notice. They weave traditional Scottish and Irish music with original creations while adding a distinctive Southern swagger. (Continued on page 4.)

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Friday Evening Scottish Country Welcome Dance at Hopewell Church at 8:30 PM: Gallery $3/ Participant $15

2-Day Ticket (Sat. & Sun., includes Saturday Celtic Concert and Jam at 6:30 PM), Field opens at 8 AM: $25

Saturday Admission (includes the evening Celtic Concert and Jam), Field opens at 8 AM: $20

Saturday Evening Concert and Jam Only (admission to the event after 4 PM): $10

Saturday Evening Scottish Country Dance at Hopewell Church at 8 PM: Gallery $3 /Participant $20

Sunday Admission, Field opens at 8 AM: $10

Note: Saturday and Sunday Park-ing is $5 per day and includes one commemorative program per car.

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Ed Miller, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and now living in Austin, Texas, is a product of the 1960s folk revival in Scotland. He moved to the United States in 1968. In addi-tion to his singing career, Ed is the host of a folk music program on Austin’s NPR station, KUT-FM.

(Brian McNeill, Ed Miller, Jil Cham-bless, Scooter Muse, and the This-tledown Tinkers will also perform in concert at 8 PM on Thursday, April 16th, at Puckett’s Farm Equip-ment, 2740 West Sugar Creek Road, Charlotte, NC. Admission is $10.)

Rural Hill Scottish Festival & Loch Norman Highland Games tickets may be purchased in advance via the website or admission at the gate is as follows:

Friday Evening Call o’ the Clans, Main Field at 8 PM – Free

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