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Special
Kick Off Event
Friday Night,
June
8, 2007
River
Artsfest Circle of Song
with
Tom
Wisner and Friends
Indian
Head Center for the Arts
Black
Box Theatre
8:00
pm
Tom Wisner
Mac
Walter
Tom
Wisner and Mac Walter
  
Deanna
Dove
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Working
in partnership with the
Indian
Head Center for the Arts' Black Box Theatre,
the
Charles County Arts Alliance and
Town
of Indian Head
invite
you to extend your River Artsfest 2007 experience!
Enjoy
a Special River Artsfest
on FRIDAY Evening:
River
Artsfest Circle of Song
with
Tom Wisner & Friends
Kick-off River
Artsfest on Friday evening, June 8, 2007 at 8:00 pm in
the
Indian
Head
Center
for the Arts Black Box Theatre as Tom Wisner, Mac
Walter, DEANNA DOVE and the
Royal Oak
Musicians (Ed Klein and Lynn
Henderson
) come together for a real old-fashioned CIRCLE OF SONG!
Tom
Wisner is an everyday folk edu-tainer! He has the
training of both a naturalist and an artist and he has
been effective in designing programs to raise a love of
this region into the awareness of everyday folks.
Tom's song lyrics, poems and line drawings are
published in many articles and books about the Bay
country, and his albums of songs are now included in the
National Museum as part of the Smithsonian Folkways
Collection.
Three-time
WAMMIE winner Mac Walter is known in the regional business of music as the
'professor of the guitar.' He is a top professional in
music doing folk, jazz and rock guitar originals and
back-up ... he can mesmerize an audience with his
mastery of this instrument. In addition to this Mac
brings a presence of warmth and friendship that brings
peace into a community gathering.
Meet
the Royal Oak
Musicians! Ed
Klein is a unique songster in the Chesapeake
region who writes songs about the waterways and those
who work on the waters to earn a living. Indeed, he
writes the songs the water folks sing! Lynn
Henderson is an accomplished guitarist and singer,
performing Ed's songs, regional songs, and
carrying a few of her own lyrics in her song bag as
well. She brings a down home quality of a bluesy folk
lady styling to the circle.
Deanna
Dove, a multi-talented musician has established a
reputation as a powerful, earthy roots-rock singer, a
talented guitarist and distinctive songwriter. She's won
a loyal audience for her ability to craft songs about
the Chesapeake Bay to include elements of rock, blues,
R&B, pop, country and gospel into a distinctly
individual style that has earned her the accolade of
"musical Nirvana."
The
gathering on stage will emulate the kinds of gatherings
that rambling songsters often experience in the off
hours together after the dust settles around a set of
local performances done for audiences ... it will attempt
to build the sharing camaraderie that grows easily among
singers when they settle down together to experience the
stuff they love best ... the joy will be in sharing the
infective quality of that informal camaraderie with an
audience ... songs will emerge as the spirit moves
around the group... being ever mindful of the intent of
River Artsfest - to raise awareness of the waterways and
environment through the arts.
Chesapeake
tunes, sea chanties, Bay folklore, and warm
Southern Maryland
hospitality in an intimate setting - what better way to
kick-off our River Artsfest weekend? There
are only 84 seats in the theater, so this is a chance to
be up-close-and-personal with some truly talented
musicians who treasure the
Chesapeake Bay
and work to protect her environment.
Tickets
for the Circle of Song are $10 each. Call 800-494-8497
for reservations today!
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Then
comes a Saturday full of activities at River
Artsfest 2007
on
the Village Green from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm!
If,
in addition to all the activities at River Artsfest on Saturday,
you also want to take in a Christian Rock Music Festival, stroll
on over to the Black Box Theatre between
11:00
am and 5:30 pm to catch part of Recro Fest and enjoy one of the
three bands scheduled to appear there. No admission will
be charged but donations will be accepted!
Then,
complete your River Artsfest experience by attending a reading
of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the Black Box
Theatre at 7:00 pm. This presentation will be performed by
the Lean & Hungry Theatre of Washington, DC.
Visit
the website of the Black
Box Theatre for information regarding these additional
events designed to extend your River Artsfest 2007
experience! You may also want to visit the websites of the
Town of Indian Head
and the Charles
County Office of Tourism to find overnight accommodations in
the area!
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