Family Stage
Saturday, September 21
10:30 AM The Song Imagineers
Multi-instrumentalist Ray Owen and entertainer and educator Christine Bass take children and families on a magical sing-along journey through Appalachian history and culture. They present a rich mother lode of frontier ballads, tall tales, mountain minstrel music and side-splitting stories and take the audience trailblazing over terrain that abounds in wide-eyed surprises.
11:30 Magpie: “Wherever Rivers Flow” Revisited
Eleven years ago, the duo Magpie joined forces with filmmaker Mike Snyder of Independent Pictures (interdependentpictures.org) to create a video for the original song, “Wherever Rivers Flow.” The song-writing project was part of a larger regional project, “One Vision/Many Voices,” which encouraged area residents to consider the question, “What do we most value in the region and how can we retain those values while moving toward a more sustainable future?” Outcomes of the project included two large quilts, and the song and video featuring young voices from the region. This reunion session invites those students, now grown, to share their experiences of Appalachia.
With a career that has spanned more than 40 years, Magpie has traveled the globe, bringing its unique sound and breathtaking versatility to audiences everywhere. From traditional songs to vintage blues, swing and country to folk classics to contemporary and stirring original compositions, they cover a lot of musical ground. With their powerful voices and harmonies and their excellent instrumental arrangements on guitars, mandolin, harmonica, dulcimer and concertina, their sound is much bigger than just two people. Award-winning recording artists, songwriters, musical historians and social activists, Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner always promise a presentation that is highly entertaining as well as provocative and deeply moving.
1 PM Jug Band With Slim Harrison and the Sunnyland Band
Come join the Sunnyland Band and play along on spoons, jugs, washboards, skiffle boards, limberjacks, washtub bass, Pennsylvania Dutch “Stumpf fiddles,” African tambourines, Cajun frottoirs, Native American whammy diddles, Chines “gao” bead drums, Latin maracas, castañuelas and güiros.
2 PM The Cat and The Fiddle Student Showcase
The Cat and The Fiddle is a folk music school established in Capon Bridge, W.Va., in 2019. The school’s mission is to foster a safe environment that promotes music education, practical folklife experience and support for growing musicians. During this showcase, students and teachers from The Cat and The Fiddle will share some of the music they have learned or taught at the school. More info is available at www.thecatandthefiddlewv.com.
3 PM The Song Imagineers
Multi-instrumentalist Ray Owen and entertainer and educator Christine Bass take children and families on a magical sing-along journey through Appalachian history and culture. They present a rich mother lode of frontier ballads, tall tales, mountain minstrel music and side-splitting stories and take the audience trailblazing over terrain that abounds in wide-eyed surprises.
4 PM Mouth Music with Slim Harrison
Learn you to use your mouth to play tunes. Slim Harrison, of the Barnstormers and RockCandy Cloggers, will demonstrate the jaw harp and mouthbow and teach participants how to play a tune on their cheeks.