Wintergrass Preview @ The Bellevue Public Library-Cliff Perry Band

Cliff Perry Band Sunday Feb 22 at 2:00PM

 

A warm-up for Wintergrass

Come to Bellevue Library Feb 22 and get ready for Wintergrass Music Festival coming February 26 to March 1 to the Bellevue Hyatt Regency. Listen to some soulful bluegrass singing, heartfelt harmonies and gutsy picking by these outstanding local musicians. You’ll get a preview of what you’ll experience the next week at the festival.

     The Cliff Perry Band is:

Mary Simkin-Maass, fabulous fiddle, Ethan Lawton, marvelous mandolin,

Jamie Blair*, blazing banjo, Greg Maass, devilish Dobro,

Mary Fleischman, backbone bass, & Cliff Perry, grand master guitar

*Tom Keeney, a banjo playing host on KBCS 91.3 FM, will fill in for Jamie

Bellevue Public Library  

1111 110^th Ave NE Bellevue 98004

Sponsored by Friends of the Library

Wintergrass 2010 “Preview” Concerts Celebrate KCLS Partnership

The Bellevue branch of the King County Library System will host two Bluegrass concerts to help welcome Wintergrass to its new location.

On Tuesday evening, February 2 2010, at 7 p.m. in Room 1, join Down the Road for an evening of Bluegrass and American roots music. Also, educator Tom Petersen will present the history of Bluegrass, and Trisha Tubbs of the Washington Bluegrass Association will talk about the galaxy of opportunities available to learn, play and listen through Wintergrass’s Youth Academy, the Bluegrass In The Schools program and Teacher Workshop, and the Music for String Orchestra Workshop.

Saturday Feb 6th 2010  at 2 p.m., The Downtown Mountain Boys will unleash the three-part harmonies that send shivers up your spine, and their dazzling instrumental firepower, for a rollicking bluegrass concert for all ages.

Both shows are family-friendly and an excellent introduction to what Wintergrass has to offer, so tell your friends and bring some along!

The King County Library System has partnered with Wintergrass to promote Americana Music education. Wintergrass is listed on the KCLS “Events” webpage, linked to scores of Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Roots, and Americana CDs, films, and books in the vast KCLS collection.

The Bellevue Library is just a couple blocks from the Bellevue Hyatt Regency, at 1111 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, 98004.

Parking is on-site and free.  For more information, visit the KCLS website at www.kcls.org ,call the library at 425-450-1765  or contact Tom Petersen, 206-546-4865, <mtson@icehouse.net>