Programs for 2007
Friday, January 12, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Piedmont Stringband Music
Suggested Donation - $10.00 per person
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are a group of young African-American stringband musicians that have come to together to play the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo music in Carolinas’ piedmont. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson both hail from the green hills of the North Carolina Piedmont while Dom Flemons is native to sunny Arizona. Although we have diverse musical backgrounds, we draw our musical heritage from the foothills of the North and South Carolina. We have been under the tutelage of Joe Thompson, said to be the last black traditional string band player, of Mebane, NC and we strive to carry on the long standing traditional music of the black and white communities. Joe’s musical heritage runs as deeply and fluidly as the many rivers and streams that traverse our landscape. We are proud to carry on the tradition of black musicians like Odell and Nate Thompson, Dink Roberts, John Snipes, Libba Cotten, Emp White, and countless others who have passed beyond memory and recognition.
A Little on Piedmont Stringband Music
When most of people think of fiddle and banjo music, they think of the southern Appalachian Mountains as the source of this music. While the mountains of Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina are great strongholds of traditional music today, they are certainly not the source. The nuances of piedmont stringband music stem from the demographics of the piedmont and thereby its focus on the banjo as the lead instrument. Among black ensembles, the banjo often set the pace and if a fiddle was present and it often was not, it served as accompaniment and not as the lead instrument as is more common in the Appalachian tradition. A guitar or mandolin would have been rare, but unheard of, in these bands but the foundation of this tradition lies rooted in the antebellum combination of fiddle and banjo.
Saturday, February 3, 7:30 p.m.
"Sweets for Your Sweetie
Baklava Cooking Workshop"
Friends of the Bedford Library Fundraiser
$12.00 per person
Join the Friends of the Bedford Public Library, Inc. on, Saturday, February 3, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. as they host a Cooking Workshop/Fundraiser titled Sweets for Your Sweetie - Making Baklava. The fundraiser will be held in the Bedford Room of Bedford Central Library is at 10:30 a.m., with a fee of $12.00 per person. Pre registration and payment are required and can be made at the Reference Desk of Bedford Central. Please make checks payable to The Friends of the Bedford Public Library. For more information call 540-586-8911 ext 18
Have you ever hankered to know how to create an out-of-the-ordinary exquisitely beautiful pastry and serve it to your sweetie on Valentine’s Day? Learn to make baklava from a chemist! CH2O!!! Yes, a chemist. Tom Klefas, our chemist and pastry chef, will share his recipe for what is simply the best baklava. You will learn his meticulous methodology, his tips for success, and how to satisfy any sweet tooth. This workshop will guide you through the intricacies of preparing baklava from the clarified butter to proper handling of the delicate phyllo dough to the cutting of the yummy yummy gooey ooey geometric shaped baklava pastries that only time, effort and expertise can create. Coffee will be served with your sample of baklava. Please join the fun and help support the Friends of the Bedford Public Library, Inc. Our fund raising efforts directly benefit Bedford Central Library and the Library Community.
Tuesday, February 6 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 13 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 8 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 15 2:30 p.m.
Screening of "An Inconvenient Truth"
with Discussion to Follow
Open to the public - free of charge
If you have been wondering why it was 72 degrees in January then you will want to see this film. Join the Friends as we learn what Global Warming is. This very important film has garnered critical acclaim and is being screened in people's homes across the nation. Join us to learn more about this critical issue.
' "WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING?
Carbon dioxide and other gases warm the surface of the planet naturally by trapping solar heat in the atmosphere. This is a good thing because it keeps our planet habitable. However, by burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil and clearing forests we have dramatically increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere and temperatures are rising.
The vast majority of scientists agree that global warming is real, it’s already happening and that it is the result of our activities and not a natural occurrence.
1 The evidence is overwhelming and undeniable.
We’re already seeing changes. Glaciers are melting, plants and animals are being forced from their habitat, and the number of severe storms and droughts is increasing.
The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has almost doubled in the last 30 years.
2. Malaria has spread to higher altitudes in places like the Colombian Andes, 7,000 feet above sea level.
3 The flow of ice from glaciers in Greenland has more than doubled over the past decade.
4. At least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles.
5. If the warming continues, we can expect catastrophic consequences.
Deaths from global warming will double in just 25 years -- to 300,000 people a year.
6. Global sea levels could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coastal areas worldwide.
7. Heat waves will be more frequent and more intense.
Droughts and wildfires will occur more often.
The Arctic Ocean could be ice free in summer by 2050.
8. More than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction by 2050.
9.There is no doubt we can solve this problem. In fact, we have a moral obligation to do so. Small changes to your daily routine can add up to big differences in helping to stop global warming. The time to come together to solve this problem is now –
TAKE ACTION" '
from http://www.climatecrisis.net/thescience/
Saturday, February 3, 7:30 p.m.
Scott Ainslie
Blues
Suggested Donation - $10.00 per person
Saturday, February 3, 7:30 p.m.
"Sweets for Your Sweetie
Baklava Cooking Workshop"
Friends of the Bedford Library Fundraiser
$12.00 per person
Join the Friends of the Bedford Public Library, Inc. on, Saturday, February 3, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. as they host a Cooking Workshop/Fundraiser titled Sweets for Your Sweetie - Making Baklava. The fundraiser will be held in the Bedford Room of Bedford Central Library is at 10:30 a.m., with a fee of $12.00 per person. Pre registration and payment are required and can be made at the Reference Desk of Bedford Central. Please make checks payable to The Friends of the Bedford Public Library. For more information call 540-586-8911 ext 18
Have you ever hankered to know how to create an out-of-the-ordinary exquisitely beautiful pastry and serve it to your sweetie on Valentine’s Day? Learn to make baklava from a chemist! CH2O!!! Yes, a chemist. Tom Klefas, our chemist and pastry chef, will share his recipe for what is simply the best baklava. You will learn his meticulous methodology, his tips for success, and how to satisfy any sweet tooth. This workshop will guide you through the intricacies of preparing baklava from the clarified butter to proper handling of the delicate phyllo dough to the cutting of the yummy yummy gooey ooey geometric shaped baklava pastries that only time, effort and expertise can create. Coffee will be served with your sample of baklava. Please join the fun and help support the Friends of the Bedford Public Library, Inc. Our fund raising efforts directly benefit Bedford Central Library and the Library Community.
Tuesday, February 6 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 13 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 8 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 15 2:30 p.m.
Screening of "An Inconvenient Truth"
with Discussion to Follow
Open to the public - free of charge
If you have been wondering why it was 72 degrees in January then you will want to see this film. Join the Friends as we learn what Global Warming is. This very important film has garnered critical acclaim and is being screened in people's homes across the nation. Join us to learn more about this critical issue.
' "WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING?
Carbon dioxide and other gases warm the surface of the planet naturally by trapping solar heat in the atmosphere. This is a good thing because it keeps our planet habitable. However, by burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil and clearing forests we have dramatically increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere and temperatures are rising.
The vast majority of scientists agree that global warming is real, it’s already happening and that it is the result of our activities and not a natural occurrence.
1 The evidence is overwhelming and undeniable.
We’re already seeing changes. Glaciers are melting, plants and animals are being forced from their habitat, and the number of severe storms and droughts is increasing.
The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has almost doubled in the last 30 years.
2. Malaria has spread to higher altitudes in places like the Colombian Andes, 7,000 feet above sea level.
3 The flow of ice from glaciers in Greenland has more than doubled over the past decade.
4. At least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles.
5. If the warming continues, we can expect catastrophic consequences.
Deaths from global warming will double in just 25 years -- to 300,000 people a year.
6. Global sea levels could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coastal areas worldwide.
7. Heat waves will be more frequent and more intense.
Droughts and wildfires will occur more often.
The Arctic Ocean could be ice free in summer by 2050.
8. More than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction by 2050.
9.There is no doubt we can solve this problem. In fact, we have a moral obligation to do so. Small changes to your daily routine can add up to big differences in helping to stop global warming. The time to come together to solve this problem is now –
TAKE ACTION" '
from http://www.climatecrisis.net/thescience/
Saturday, February 3, 7:30 p.m.
Scott Ainslie
Blues
Suggested Donation - $10.00 per person
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Scott Ainslie heard Virginia Bluesman and grave digger, John Jackson (1924-2002) play a couple of songs in the middle of a Mike Seeger concert just outside of Washington, DC, at Groveton High School back in 1967. Things haven’t been the same since Scott started playing guitar a month later and has now spent nearly forty years studying and playing traditional music, visiting and documenting senior musicians in America’s old-time banjo and fiddle music, Blues and gospel traditions. With four CDs, a teaching DVD on the guitar techniques of Delta Blues legend Robert Johnson, and a book on Johnson’s music “Robert Johnson/At The Crossroads” (Hal Leonard, 1992) to his credit, as a performer and a teacher, Ainslie continues to present programs that are vital and entertaining. He currently makes his home in Brattleboro, Vermont. A Phi Beta Kappa and honors graduate of Washington & Lee University, Ainslie was a leader in the North Carolina Visiting Artist Program and served on its state board from 1988-1990. He was a University of North Carolina Public Fellow in 2000, and was awarded the 20th Annual Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award by St. Andrew’s Presbyterian College. Ainslie has received numerous other awards and grants for his artistic and scholarly contributions through Blues performance, documentation, scholarship, and education “Last, but definitely not least, was Scott Ainslie, a virtuoso of Delta blues slide guitar. When he walked on stage, his 1931 National steel guitar shone like a polished silver chalice and he played it as if it were sacred. Scott has spent a great deal of time learning from the traditional blues players of Eastern North Carolina and has played with John Lee Hooker. He is an expert on Robert Johnson and has written a book about him, "Robert Johnson/At The Crossroads."
Pastels of James Underwood
On Display -
March 1- March 31
Second Floor of Bedford Central Library
Open to the Public / Free of Charge
Please join us as we host a show of Bedford's own talented pastel artist, James Underwood. Having grown up in Floyd County, Virginia with a love of drawing it was only in his mid- forties that Underwood had the opportunity to study art with Mrs. Edith Smith. He began working with oils, pastels, and watercolors. His preferred medium is pastels, as he finds that pastels give him the rich saturated colors he is seeking and the ability to control details to his satisfaction.
Underwood left his job as a draftsman/cost estimator in manufacturing in 1994 to devote himself to his artwork. His years of drafting are reflected in his use of realism and attention to detail. He has won numerous awards through the years, including twenty “Best in Show, forty-three “First Place” awards and numerous other honors. He continues to exhibit widely and lives in Bedford with his wife, Frances.
The artist states, “ My favorite time to paint is early morning or dusk. This is when the color, light and shadows simultaneously convey the mood of a pristine environment in a moment of solitude. I want the viewer to experience an awakening of the joy and the peace evoked by memories of places they have encountered in their journey through life.”
Tuesday March 13, 7:30 p.m.
Beolach
Gaelic for "Lively Youth"
Cape Breton, Scottish & Irish Music
Suggested Donation - $10.00 per person
BEÒLACH is a Gaelic word meaning 'lively youth'. Beòlach is also one of Cape Breton's most exciting new young bands. The group performs an energetic mix of Cape Breton, Scottish, and Irish tunes featuring piano, pipes, whistles, guitar, and two fiddles.
Beòlach began at an impromptu session at the Celtic Colours Festival in 1998, and after a strong initial response has gone on to play festivals in North America and Europe.
The group recorded their self-titled debut album in the summer of 2001 at Lakewind Sound in Point Aconi Cape Breton. The album features original compositions as well as the groups’ unique dynamic arrangements of their favorite traditional tunes.
Beòlach has thrilled audiences with energetic performances, witty presentation, and their versatility as stepdancers. Cape Breton tunes are removed from their usual fiddle/piano context and presented with the energy of a young six-piece band. Although presenting these tunes in a contemporary style, Beòlach maintains a respect and understanding of Cape Breton music.
One of the keys to the vitality of Cape Breton music is the strong demand for it back on the island off Nova Scotia. Like bluegrass, and the early years during the development of the blues, it is deeply embedded in the daily lives of the people. It’s a sound that can be heard everywhere; dances are very much a part of the community life and have given rise to a dedication to the sound that spans generations. The intricacy and infectiousness of the form leaves little room for boredom; each new generation can add to a fabric that has been woven over hundreds of years.
Saturday March 17, 7:30 p.m.
Masters of the Celtic Harp In Concert
Two Sides of Celtic by Foremost Harpers of Ireland and Scotland
Gráinne Hambly and William Jackson
Suggested Donation - $10.00 per person
Rarely has Irish and Scottish music been heard together in a way that compares with the music of Gráinne Hambly and William Jackson. Besides the contrasting and complimentary sounds and styles of the harps, performances will also include concertina, whistle and mandola. Educational workshops in Irish and Scottish harp styles as well as the harp in music therapy are also offered.
Gráinne Hambly from County Mayo, Ireland is one of the finest exponents of the Irish Harp performing and touring throughout North America and Europe today. Her fluid style and virtuoso performances have gained her a reputation as a performer and instructor without equal. Gráinne has two widely acclaimed CDs. She has broken the genteel parlor image and elevated the stature of the harp right up there with the fiddles and pipes in the realm of dynamic dance music. Add to that the unsurpassed expressive quality the harp has in her hands in the rendition of age-old airs and laments and you have the masterful performance of an experienced and renowned player.
William Jackson of Glasgow has been at the forefront of Scottish traditional music for nearly 30 years. In addition to his stature as one of the leading harpers and multi-instrumentalists in Scot, William has gained an international reputation as a composer. His “Land of Light” won the international competition in 1999 as the new song for Scotland, announced on the eve of that Parliament convening for the first time in 300 years.
William was a founding member and creative tour de force of Ossian in 1976,which became one of Scotland’s best-loved traditional bands. The band, whose music influenced a generation of musicians, extensively toured the I.S. and Europe. Besides harp, he also plays tin whistle and mandola. Also a trained music therapist, William continues to work in this field. He has six solo CDs, as well as being featured on all Ossian recordings.
Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.
Jonathan Byrd
Winner of the 2003 Kerrville New Folk Festival
Singer/Songwriter/ Musical Storyteller/
Suggested Donation - $10.00 per person
"Jonathan Byrd doesn’t sing songs;
he sings truth."
- performingsongwriter.com -
"Jonathan's delightful, substantive songs are rich with imagery and textures of influences from Appalachian, country, early American balladry, modern atmospheric Mideastern, urban and old timey folk music. A stalwart of modern folk music, Jonathan is constantly evolving in new musical directions and each incarnation has proven to be masterful. Like a gourmet chef, Jonathan does not create the same dish twice, so we're not sure what he will bring to the table tonight. But if music were a meal, Jonathan would prepare us a banquet. Catch this Kerrville New Folk winner as often as you can; you'll never get 'full', your appetite will only grow."
-Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse, Dallas, TX
Folk legend Tom Paxton discovered Jonathan Byrd's music and sent him a quick email, saying, "What a treat to hear someone so deeply rooted in tradition, yet growing in his own beautiful way." He had just released "Wildflowers," in late 2001, simple tales of love and death that seemed to be a hundred years old or more. In 2003 Byrd released his second album, "The Waitress" and won the prestigious New Folk competition in Kerrville, TX. That year, he set CD sales records at the festival.
For his third album, Jonathan approached his friends, the critically acclaimed world-music duo known as Dromedary, often featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. "The Sea and The Sky" is the result, a vast, poetic suite of music that weds world sounds to deeply rooted folk balladry.
A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Jonathan grew up singing in the Southern Baptist church, where his father preached and his mother played piano. After four years in the Navy, he returned to Chapel Hill to play in rock bands in that legendary underground music scene. A friend of Jonathan's invited him to an old-time fiddle festival in the mountains of southwest Virginia, where his writing began to change. Assimilating the sounds of southern traditional music, Byrd wrote new songs in an ancient style.
One of those first songs was "Velma," a murder ballad based on the true story of Velma Barfield, the last woman to be executed in North Carolina (in 1984) and the murderer of Jonathan's own grandfather. This was the track that prompted Tom Paxton to respond so eloquently to Byrd's music.
As Jonathan grows into a contemporary artist of increasing influence, his traditional roots are always evident in his simple, poetic storytelling and classic flatpick guitar style. But, as quoted in a recent interview for Dirty Linen magazine, Jonathan says, "Everything I do is a departure from what I've done." "The Sea and the Sky" is certainly evidence of that. Keep an ear out for an upcoming electric album, sure to take us further out on a limb without forgetting our roots.
"I thought I was listening to a young
Doc Watson."
- Jay Moulon, Southeast Performer Magazine -
SATURDAY, May 12,
10:00 a.m - 12:00 noon.
Tasty Thai Cuisine Workshop with Mantana Heim
Fund Raiser for the Friends
$15.00 per person
Join the Friends of the Bedford Public Library, Inc. on, Saturday, May 12, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. as they host a Cooking Workshop/Fundraiser titled “Healthy Thai Cooking Workshop –With Mantana Heim.” The two hour workshop/fundraiser will be held in the Bedford Room of Bedford Central Library and starts promptly at 10:00 a.m., with a fee of $15.00 per person. Pre registration and payment are required and can be made at the Reference Desk of Bedford Central Library. Please make checks payable to The Friends of the Bedford Public Library. Class is limited to 30 people, so please sign up early. For more information call 540-586-8911 ext 18 or visit www.friendsofbedfordlibrary.org
Thai food offers extraordinary choices of flavors from rich curries, tangy soup, stir-fried dishes and fresh and flavorful salads. It is economical, great tasting and healthy. Discover a wonderful way to enhance your diet.
This workshop Introduces "Mantana Heim", a Thai Native and Thai cooking teacher, who has been teaching Thai cooking and catering in Moneta for the past three years. She will share with you the tips and methods of healthy Thai cooking." The workshop will include audience participation in the preparation of three dishes. A light sampling of the dishes will be served at noon. Please join the fun and help support the Friends of the Bedford Public Library; Inc. Our fund raising efforts directly benefit Bedford Central Library and the Library Community.
SATURDAY, May 12, 7:30 p.m.
Diana Jones with Beau Stapleton
Original Folk Music With Traditional American Influences
Winner of 2006 Kerrville New Folk Festival
Suggested Donation - $10.00 per person
STORY
Offering her listeners a rare gift of original songs with uncommon depth and beauty infused with time-honored values of traditional American Music, Diana Jones has been called the new Emily Dickinson.
Like Dickinson, Diana's work is informed by the themes that have run through her life-love, loss, and redemption. From the mournful lament of a dance hall girl, to the stomping melodic rant of a young woman's burial instructions, each of Diana's original songs from her latest CD, My Remembrance of You, draws life from the rich cross currents of country, country blues and mountain music. The result is vibrant, contemporary music with a gritty and timeless feel.
Adopted as an infant and raised in New York, Diana left home at the age of 15 in search of her roots. Unlike her friends, Diana was attracted to the music of Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline, as well as contemporary artists Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. It wasn't’t until she was reunited with her birth family and the music of the Eastern Tennessee hills some years later, that she discovered why that music had always moved her.
Diana honed her songwriting and performing skills in the fertile Austin music scene where she released her first recording, "Imagine Me". The critical acclaim and grass roots following that sprung up around this release caught the interest of Hamstien Publishing and Diana signed a deal to record her second record, "The One That Got Away".
Diana returned to the northeast seeking time to heal from the loss of her beloved grandfather, Robert Lee Maranville, who as a young man performed with Chet Atkins among others. The isolation led Diana to write from a deeper place, and after some serious wood shedding, she emerged with some of the most honest songs of her life.
My Remembrance of You, released March 21, 2006, is the first record on the NewSong Recordings label. Gar Ragland, the director of the Mountain Stage NewSong Festival, invited Diana to be the first artist on the new label after seeing her perform. "Without question, Diana Jones is one of the most talented Americana artists I have heard in years. Her music cuts straight to the soul with the economy of small batch bourbon," Ragland said. The record includes stellar musicians like Ferron on harmony vocals, Jay Ungar on fiddle and Duke Levine on mandolin and various guitars.
Diana's involvement with NewSong Recordings has opened many doors, including an appearance of the nationally syndicated radio and TV show Mountain Stage. With Diana busy touring and promoting, My Remembrance of You continues to gain new listeners and rave reviews. She has shared the stage with Martina McBride, Del McCoury Band, Guy Clark, Darrell Scott, Odetta, Old Crow Medicine Show, John Gorka among others. Diana has won several songwriting awards including the recent 2006 Kerrville New Folk Contest.
"The last time I remember being this excited by a collection of songs by a new artist was the first time I heard the opening lines of Iris Dement's 1992 release, Infamous Angel."
MW-Sing Out! 2006
SATURDAY, May 19,
9:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m.
Spring Book Sale
Amazing Selection and Bargain Prices
The Friends of the Bedford Public Library will hold their Spring Book Sale on Saturday May 19, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Book Room on the second floor of Bedford Central Library. Please help support the Friends in this effort and take home some great reading material in the process. Most books range in price from $.25 to a few dollars. Bring a friend or neighbor and spend a few minutes or a few hours browsing through the enormous and varied selection of books, CD's, DVD's, videos, and puzzles.
June 1- June 30
The Friends' Art Show
On Display - Second Floor of Bedford Central Library
Open to the Public - Free of Charge
Members of the Friends of the Bedford Public Library will loan works of art from their own collections for this unique art show. The works will consist of either art they have created themselves or art they have collected. The Friends membership includes a number of talented local artists from the Bedford Community.
Please join us for this most fascinating and eclectic of art exhibits, held in conjunction with the Friends' celebration of their 30th Anniversary.
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SATURDAY, J UNE 2, 7:30 p.m.
Cousins
John Cronin & Mac Walter
Guitar Wizardry
Acoustic Folk/Jazz/
Blues
Suggested Donation - $10.00 per person
Guitarists and cousins John Cronin, and Mac Walter, are master musicians of the acoustic folk/jazz/blues idiom.John and Mac's guitar wizardry and synergy have wowed audiences from Western Canada to the Eastern US. Their second CD, "Second Cousins" is fresh off the press. Both John and Mac have been playing guitar professionally for about 35 years.John, whose home is in Invermere, BC, spent seven years playing with Ian Tyson (1987-1994) and toured with the great fiddle player, Vassar Clements. As well, he was part of Alberta's own Sheep River Rounders. His original acoustic compositions have a strong western flavor and are often heard on CBC and CKUA .Mac Walter from Baltimore Maryland, toured with Jazz Boogie Queen Deanna Bogart in both the US and Europe, and has shared the stage with guitar greats, Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton, and Johnny Winter. Mac's acoustic guitar playing and compositions are dazzling.
SUNDAY, J UNE 10, TBA p.m.
30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Details to be Announced Soon
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 7:30 p.m.
CARA "Soul Mates"
Celtic with a Fresh Breeze -From Germany
Suggested Donation - $10.00 per person
Cara is a newly formed band, rooted in Irish and Scottish traditional music, but with ambitions to create a new and unique sound. Each of the four musicians has made a name for themselves at home and abroad through their involvement in various projects and got together in this line-up to create the music of their dreams. The list of bands in which the CARA members have played with reads like a "who-is-who" of the local folk scene: More Maids, Adaro, DeReelium, Steampacket, La Marmotte - not including countless guest studio and stage appearances. CARA has got everything it takes to for a folk band to connect to its audience Sandra Gunkel (vocals, piano, flute) and Gudrun Walther (vocals, fiddle, viola) are in perfect command of their instruments but above all it is their voices that enthrall the audience. They bring new life to traditional ballads and their interpretations of their own songs are guaranteed to raise goose pimples! It would be difficult to find a better exponent of the Irish flute than Claus Steinort (flutes, whistles, concertina) - anywhere! His brilliant technique, faultless style, unique tone and expressiveness have earned him a growing reputation in Ireland. Together with Gudrun who was recently described by the German music magazine "Folker" as the "best fiddler on the scene", they are a dream-team when it comes to close playing and spontaneity. Jürgen Treyz (guitars) has his own concept of "backing". Well thought out and exciting harmonic and rhythmic accompaniment and beautiful solos characterize his sound. Together with Sandra on piano, his playing inspires and lifts the CARA sound. With Rolf Wagels the band adds Germany’s best (and biggest) Bodhrán Player as a special guest if he's available. He has played in Germany, Ireland and the US with an ever-growing impressive list of well-known musicians and bands.
SEPTEMBER 9 - OCTOBER 6
QUILT NATIONAL '05 EXHIBIT
DURING NORMAL LIBRARY HOURS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC/ FREE OF CHARGE
Lori Pelish "Safe in Suburbia"
Quilt National was intended to demonstrate the transformations taking place in the world of quilting. Its purpose was then, and still is, to carry the defvinition of quilting far beond its traditoinal parameters and to promote quilt making as what it always has been -- an art form.
The works in a Quilt National exhibit display a reverence for the lessons taught by the makers of the heritage quilts. Many of the works hold fast to the traditional methods of pieceing and patching. At the same time, however, the Quilt National artisit is intrigued by the challenge of expanding the boundaries of traditional quilt making by utilizing the newest materials and technologies. these innovative works generate strong emotional reponses in the viewer while at the same time fulfilling the creative need of the artist to make a totally individual statement. Quilt National '05, the fourteenth biennial compeititon, drew more than 1223 entries by nearly 560 artist from 47 states and 21 foreign countries.
This exhibit contains 20 quilts.