Atwater- Donnelly Trio
Schedule
Sat Nov 02 2024 at 04:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Meeting House at Four Corners | Portsmouth, RI
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The Atwater-Donnelly Trio performs a unique and thrilling blend of traditional American and Celtic folk music and percussive dance. Rhode Islanders Elwood Donnelly, Aubrey Atwater, and Cathy Clasper-Torch blend gorgeous and unusual vocals and play guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, violin, cello, mandolin, Irish whistle, harmonica, banjo, limberjacks, and other surprises including Appalachian clogging and French Canadian footwork.The performance is appealing to all ages and with a relaxed stage presence, Aubrey, Elwood, and Cathy, explain song, instrument, and dance origins to give more relevance to the material. Separately and together, these three performers have won numerous awards and produced many albums and books which will be available at the performance. They have performed throughout the United States and beyond and their recordings receive worldwide airplay and streaming.
Join these three on a joyous journey into the old folk traditions and enjoy the comedic chemistry of good friends. To learn more, visit www.atwater-donnelly.com
Tickets are $25.00 To those who...deny the human spirit, I give you these chroniclers of its joys and sorrows, light and dark, hope and despair and say that they have but liberated what is in us all. Their dancing notes say, 'Here it is! Humanity's real self. Look! Isn't it wondrous?"-- From a poem written about Aubrey and Elwood, "The Folk Singers" by Philip R. Pearson, Jr. in his book Poetry is to be Consumed, Vantage Press, New York
"I almost fainted when you sang and danced and played the banjo at the same time! My mouth was droped (sic) open the entire time."-- 4th graders, Chaplin Elementary School, Chaplin, CT
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Where is it happening?
The Meeting House at Four Corners, 18 East Rd, Tiverton, RI 02878-3502, United States,Portsmouth, Rhode IslandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
