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Posted By: MMario
14-Apr-06 - 10:38 AM
Thread Name: Mountain Music - Cambridge, NY
Subject: Mountain Music - Cambridge, NY
"forwarding" a notice from some friends:



WHAT: Mountain Music Dance Concert

WHY: A benefit concert for Pompanuck Farm Institute

WHEN: Saturday, April 22, 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

WHO: John Kirk and Trish Miller and Friends

WHERE: Pompanuck Farm Institute, in the Roundhouse and Ameer Yurt
                494 Chestnut Hill Road, Cambridge, NY

TICKETS: Call (518) 677-5552 for reservations/information
                     Suggested Donation $25.00

WEB: www.pompanuck.org

Pompanuck Farm Hosts John Kirk and Trish Miller

On Saturday, April 22 at 6:30pm, Pompanuck Farm will present an evening of Mountain Music with John Kirk and Trish Miller. Lively fiddle tunes together with fancy footwork and folksongs are featured in a concert from John Kirk & Trish Miller. Highlights of their program include John's fiddlin' and Trish's dynamic clog dancing.

Selections are traditional folksongs & fiddle tunes, originals, historical, sentimental & funny pieces. Some tunes are toe-tappin' barn-burners!

      Kirk and Miller are a married couple from the foothills of the
Adirondacks. They work together full time, playing music and singing in concerts, festivals, schools, and both call dances. John is lead singer and a versatile instrumentalist on mandolin, guitar & banjo as well as fiddle. Trish plays banjo and guitar.

Sing Out magazine said, "John Kirk is a fine player on all his instruments and he sings quite well. With such a widely varied repertoire, there's really something here for everyone. These folks
are worth seeking out." The duet has the drive of an old-time stringband, the depth of moving ballads and show-stopping clog dances to boot!

      Since 1988, they have toured throughout the U.S. and abroad, from a school down in the Grand Canyon to Barbados, from the local Dance Flurry Festival to a concert at the Academy of Culture in St. Petersburg, Russia.

They are in demand as arts-in-education specialists, participating in
several residence programs at schools and colleges throughout the United States. They have been featured on two WMHT-Public TV specials; "Songs from the Heart of the Adirondacks" and "Christmas in the Adirondacks". Together they have a recording available entitled, Quicksteppin'.

This event is part of the Concerts With Bite series to benefit Pompanuck Farm Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. There will be an authentic "southern cookin" meal included. Suggested donation is $25.00

Reservations are a must!

Pompanuck Farm is a non-profit B&B and eco-retreat center dedicated to educational exploration in a range of performing, healing, movement and nature arts, located at 494 Chestnut Hill Road in Cambridge NY.

Call 518-677-5552 or email: info@pompanuck.org
for reservations, directions and/or information.

Please visit
www.pompanuck.org/>www.pompanuck.org