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Event
Sara Grey: Western Songs Workshop, And Concert
Sara Grey is one of that rare breed of singers who have been involved with traditional music over many years and absorbed its vital and storied essence. In Sara's performances, the art of the singer and that of the story teller merge to produce a web of tales and songs.
In her first presentation, Sara will impart songs and stories tracing the migration of songs Westwards after the American Civil War. The colorful history of the American cowboy covers a surprisingly brief span of time...mainly a couple of decades, but it has left it's myth-making imprint on the American psyche as has no other segment of our past. It takes in the American war between the states, the westward migration in the frenzy for land and gold, and the inception of the railroad.
The music of that time and place is very real, and possesses all of the vigor and unpretentious charm and the rustic poetry of those freedom-loving individualists whose way of life did so much to form the very personality of our nation.
Some of this music drifted to the west from the older southern states with post civil war refugees from Reconstruction, some of it was brought directly from Ireland by Irish immigrants who helped to build the railroads and then moved off to the cow camps. Many of our cowboys were Black Americans who sought a fresh landscape to match the glory of their new-won freedom.
Each of these groups contributed its musical influence to the songs and tunes we now associate with our western heritage - hoedowns, rags, one steps, waltzes, ballads, satirical songs. love songs. comical ditties...and the results live on as pure America.
Using a Powerpoint presentation Sara will show archival photographs of the era, tell stories and explore some of the older songs from the western states, including ballads which have traveled to the west and songs which have been made up by the people of the west.
There are cowboy songs, gold rush songs, outlaw ballads, Mormon songs and many others.
After a two hour 'break' Sara will return at 7PM to give a full concert from her incredibly rich repertoire of American traditional folksongs.
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LocationBridgeBack Studio / behind the Post Office in downtown Marshall (View)
36 Bridge Street (at the corner of Bridge and Back Streets)
Marshall, NC 28753
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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Attendees
Laurie F.
Swannanoa, NC United States
Sep 06, 2014 7:41 PM |
Nancy D.
Marshall, NC United States
Sep 06, 2014 6:45 PM |
Catherine C.
Roan Mountain, TN United States
Sep 03, 2014 6:01 PM |
Catherine C.
Roan Mountain, TN United States
Sep 03, 2014 6:01 PM |
Elaine R.
Marshall, NC United States
Aug 30, 2014 2:23 PM |
Carolyn O.
marshall, NC United States
Aug 30, 2014 1:18 PM |
Eleanor H.
Roan Mountain, TN United States
Aug 22, 2014 8:52 PM |
Karen R.
Mountain Home, TN United States
Aug 19, 2014 11:42 PM |
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