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Thread #142707   Message #3308212
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
14-Feb-12 - 06:19 AM
Thread Name: Sharp's Appalachian Harvest
Subject: RE: Sharp's Appalachian Harvest
Safely home from Cheltenham after a very busy and enjoyable weekend.

The presentation lived up to my expectation! Sharp's expeditions were far more dramatic than I imagined. I'd no idea about the problems of travel that he faced or the privation that he suffered. And yet he went back for more! He seemed to show the same heroic ambition in his search for singers that Scott did in his desire to reach the South Pole.

Brian Peters and Jeff Davis recounted Sharp's adventures direct from his diaries and performed the songs and tunes he collected there against an atmospheric backdrop of his photographs.

Educational and very entertaining too! Brian and Jeff - well done to you both.