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Monday, June 22, 2015
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
A reprint of “Dwight Dingle, Sgt. Pepper, and a Bathtub”
Dwight Dingle will be greatly missed in the community.
He was a tireless community supporter and had a great sense of humor.
November 27, 2009 November 27, 2009 [20070606 Dwight Dingle and The Mamas and The Papas]
For more on Dwight Dingle go here People Dingle Dwight and here: Media Radio WTTR
Wayne Carter, writing for the Carroll County Times is reporting that “Longtime WTTR radio personality Dwight Dingle has died.” Read Mr. Carter’s article on the death of Mr. Dingle here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/11/28/news/local_news/3_dingle.txt http://tinyurl.com/yfrx9tb
“Dwight Dingle, Sgt. Pepper, and a Bathtub”
Westminster Eagle – http://www.explorecarroll.com/ June 6th, 2007 by Kevin Dayhoff
It was 40 years ago, last Saturday, June 2, 1967; when the Beatles released their eighth album, “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
Although musical taste can be fiercely debated; many music critics and publications consider this album to be one of the most influential of all time. “Rolling Stone” magazine lists it as the number 1 album in their 2003 list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”
To put music in 1967 in context, the top songs that year were: "Kind of a Drag" by The Buckinghams; "Ruby Tuesday" by The Rolling Stones; "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" by The Supremes; "Penny Lane" by The Beatles and "Happy Together" by The Turtles.
In its rating deliberations, apparently Rolling Stone did not consult the Sam Greenholtz household. In a recent conversation with Mr. Greenholtz, a former Westminster City councilmember and now chair of the GWDC, he said that although “there were a couple of good songs, the album was for the most part - not appreciated.”
But his wife, Janice did not like the album at all. True to form, Mr. Greenholtz, a tireless downtown-Westminster cheerleader reminded me that in those days, Stu’s Music Shop on Main Street in Westminster carried all the Beatles’ albums and “forty-fives” and was “the center of our musical world.”
Vivian Laxton, Carroll County public information administrator, said she actually has a copy of the “Sgt. Pepper” album in her car’s CD player at the moment. But she promptly volunteered that she wasn’t even born when the album was released… Ms. Laxton, a French horn player, also called to my attention that the album begins with a French horn quartet.
Westminster councilwoman Suzanne Albert said she remembers the album well. She especially “appreciated the energy of the Beatles. Their music made people happy and brought a smile to their faces.”
Westminster Police Chief Jeff Spaulding, who shares my love of heavy metal volunteered, “The Beatles were a little mild for my taste. I was more a Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix fan.”
As far as the “Sgt. Pepper” album, Chief Spaulding said, “he appreciated the change from the pop orientation…to a more eclectic style of music.” Currently in his iPod is music that “runs the gamut from Nirvana to Extreme to Elton John to U2.”
Carroll County commissioners’ chief of staff, Steve Powell said “I listened to the Beatles growing up. And still have a moderately extensive collection of the Beatles on vinyl.” Currently in his CD player is “Four Seasons” by Vivaldi and The Silver Bullet Band but he “listens to all kinds of music, from country music, to “Meatloaf” to John Cougar Mellencamp.”
I reached Dwight Dingle, a radio personality with WTTR since 1974, on the phone last weekend, while he was in Ocean City with other station staff members, where WTTR was receiving five Associated Press awards.
He said that he was a “The Mamas & the Papas” fan. He was a student at Towson State College when the “Sgt. Pepper” album came out. However, he remembers well that his roommate, “Buck” Jones, the former principle of East Middle School and now the principle of Carroll Lutheran School, was a big Beatles Fan…
Mr. Dingle thought the album cover for “Sgt. Pepper” was fascinating but “it doesn’t compare with “The Mamas & the Papas” album cover with the all the members of the band in a bathtub…”
Hmmm. Perhaps someone may want to call Dwight up at WTTR and ask him “on-air” to explain his affection for that “The Mamas & the Papas” album cover…?
The album, “If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears” debuted in March 1966 and it has one of my all-time favorite songs on it – “California Dreamin’.” The first of ultimately three covers for the album, (now a valuable collector’s item) was banned in the United States “as indecent,” (for the silliest reasons – by today’s standards; and not because it contained errors in grammar.)
Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
This time of year, we can't get enough Christmas music, or eggnog
By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on Explore Carroll 12/14/08 EAGLE ARCHIVE
The Christmas season means different things to different folks.
I have many great childhood Christmas memories of growing up in Westminster.
I'm biased of course, but I can't imagine a better place in the world for the pageantry, art, decorations and music of Christmas in Carroll County.
Everyone has his or her favorite Christmas music. A few at the top of my list include: "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" by Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Johnny Marks.
Of course, my list also includes "The Chipmunk Song" sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1958 and "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas," written by John Rox and recorded in 1953 by Gayla Peevey -- who was just 10 years old at the time.
Other classics that come to mind are a little more offbeat and mischievous, such as "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by Tommie Connor. Tommie was only 13 years old when it was recorded in 1952. The song was initially banned by the Catholic Church in several cities including Boston.
An account by entertainment journalist Robert Fontenot notes that the "cute novelty (song) about a kid who can't understand why mommy is cheating on daddy with Santa" was not cleared by the "Council of Churches" until a special conference took place.
Alas, before we throw snowballs at someone else, let's remember that Carroll County was also the scene of Christmas mischief as far back as the 1800s.
According to research for the Historical Society of Carroll County by Jay Graybeal, one of the earlier references in local newspapers about caroling can be found in the now-defunct Democratic Advocate on Jan. 3, 1873. The article indicates that not everyone on the community was well behaved on Christmas:
"Christmas masqueraders were out in full force on Wednesday (Dec. 24) and Thursday (Dec. 25) nights. If they would behave with more propriety when entering the residences of our citizens, they would be treated better, but as it is they seem to take the occasion for showing how rudely they can misbehave."
Ahhhhh, that holiday glow.
Read the entire column here
http://explorecarroll.com/community/1814/this-time-year-we-cant-get-enough-christmas-music-or-eggnog/
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By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on Explore Carroll 12/14/08 EAGLE ARCHIVE
Monday, March 01, 2010
Carly Simon - You're So Vain http://tinyurl.com/ydsoush http://twitpic.com/15zhpy http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/299459.html
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/02/carly-simon-youre-so-vain.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js8YE7uZFUY
See also: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/02/26/is-carly-simons-youre-so-vain-about-david-geffen/
Lyrics by: Carly Simon Music by: Carly Simon http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Lyrics/You%27re_So_Vain.html
You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed
That they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and....
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?
You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naïve
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams
They were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee and....
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?
Well I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you're where you should be all of the time
And when you're not you're with
Some underworld spy
Or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and....
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?
© 1972 Quackenbush Music Ltd.
Queens of the Stone Age - You're So Vague
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eBCwuCTCFQ
Clear-eyed girl
In a crooked way
All the crooked walkin
To avoid and evade
Hair like maple, skin like cream
Bet they say I love you
When you strip them thin
Chorus:
Baby, you're so vague
That you probably think this song ain't about you
Green eyed boys
Lick the razor blade
Girl I think I love you
And the mess you made
Setting you up
It don't get you down
When you flash your fangs
You own this town
Chorus:
Baby, you're so vague
That you probably think this song ain't about you
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Carly Simon - You're So Vain KED 20100228
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011
The Beatles in the Philippines - Live in Manila Concert (1966)
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
20060524 KDDC June 4 Masterworks Chorale Concert.
June 4 Masterworks Chorale Concert
Both Dr. Margie Boudreaux and Westminster Advocate Editorial Assistant Jamie Chapman have reminded me of the upcoming Masterworks Chorale Concert featuring “Carmina Burana.”
The spring concert will be performed at
For additional information, go to the Masterworks website at www.masterworksofcc.org.
For a program note on the featured music, please go to:
http://www.kevindayhoff.com/2006/05/20060524-kddc-1937-carl-orff-carmina.html
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Here are the basics that Margie e-mailed me just today. And below, Lois Szymanski, with the Westminster Advocate has the story:
Carl Orff's spectacular choral work, Carmina Burana, will be performed by
the Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County, conducted by Dr. Margaret
Boudreaux, on Sunday, June 4, at 7pm in the Auditorium of Winters Mill HS.
The Westminster Ballet Theater, the Children's Chorus of Carroll County,
and the Westminster HS Percussion Ensemble are collaborating with Masterworks in this performance. The dual pianos will be played by Patti
Jimenez and Melanie Many.
Tickets are $10 if purchased in advance, and $12 at the door.
Depending on ticket availability the night of the performance children and students with ID are admitted free.
Due to limited seating advance purchase of tickets is strongly encouraged. Tickets can be purchased at Coffees Music and Stu's Music, both in
For more information contact Margie Boudreaux at 410-857-2558, mboudrea@mcdaniel.edu, or go to the Masterworks website at www.masterworksofcc.org.
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Westminster Advocate
Masterworks Chorale planning collaborative show for June 4
Lois Szymanski 24.MAY.06
“This show is going to be very different from the others we have had in the past,” Joanne Lott said of the Masterworks Chorale of
Lott knows what she is talking about. She is not only the publicity director for Masterworks; she also sings with them.
On June 4, the group will hold its spring concert, featuring “Carmina Burana,” at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of
The show is conducted by Margaret Boudreaux. The big difference this year is the special guests planned for the show.
The Children’s Chorus of
Perhaps the most intriguing change is the addition of dancers from the Westminster Ballet Theater, adding a whole new dimension to the performance, making it even more of a show. The dancers will be directed by Jeannette Sullivan.
“It’s an incredibly powerful and dramatic work, unmatched by anything else I know of from the 20th century,” Boudreaux said. “It basically is a commentary of the wild fluctuations we all experience in life, from the very highest to the very lowest moments.”
Boudreaux described what has evolved.
Boudreaux said the dancers will enact a love sought, lost and found again while the percussionists will make the performance powerful and add to the story.
Since it also is the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthday, they’ll also have a brief section before “Carmina Burana.”
“That will feature some of Mozart’s rounds that match the mood of Carmina and warm everyone up for the main event,” Boudreaux said. “That section will include two rounds for audience participation, a whole other level of ‘collaborative performance,’ which I really enjoy.”
Lortz, who has worked with Masterworks Chorale for about 10 years, enjoys the collaborative atmosphere of this performance.
“The best part about the production is the collaboration of many different elements in the community,” he said. “It truly is a team effort of amazing talent.”
There will also be two baby grand pianos, played by Melanie Many and Patricia Jimenez.
The musicians have never performed this piece and are excited to learn it all together, Lortz said.
“We’re thrilled to be a part of this monstrous undertaking,” he said.
Boudreaux echoed his excitement.
“Working with the Children’s Chorus of
Admission is $10 in advance or $12 at the door for adults. Students with a school ID and children will be admitted free after 6:45 p.m., if space allows.
Advance tickets are on sale at Coffey Music and Stu’s Music and from members of Masterworks Chorale.
If you go
What: “Carmina Burana,” Masterworks Chorale’s spring concert, featuring Children’s Chorus of
When: June 4 at 7 p.m.
Where:
Tickets: $10/advance, available at Coffey Music and Stu’s Music and from Masterworks members or $12/door. Students with ID and children will be admitted free after 6:45 p.m. if space allows.
More information: Call 410-871-3371 or visit http://masterworksofcc.org.
- Special to the Advocate
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
This time of year, we can't get enough Christmas music, or eggnog
By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on Explore Carroll 12/14/08 EAGLE ARCHIVE
The Christmas season means different things to different folks.
I have many great childhood Christmas memories of growing up in Westminster.
I'm biased of course, but I can't imagine a better place in the world for the pageantry, art, decorations and music of Christmas in Carroll County.
Everyone has his or her favorite Christmas music. A few at the top of my list include: "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" by Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Johnny Marks.
Of course, my list also includes "The Chipmunk Song" sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1958 and "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas," written by John Rox and recorded in 1953 by Gayla Peevey -- who was just 10 years old at the time.
Other classics that come to mind are a little more offbeat and mischievous, such as "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by Tommie Connor. Tommie was only 13 years old when it was recorded in 1952. The song was initially banned by the Catholic Church in several cities including Boston.
An account by entertainment journalist Robert Fontenot notes that the "cute novelty (song) about a kid who can't understand why mommy is cheating on daddy with Santa" was not cleared by the "Council of Churches" until a special conference took place.
Alas, before we throw snowballs at someone else, let's remember that Carroll County was also the scene of Christmas mischief as far back as the 1800s.
According to research for the Historical Society of Carroll County by Jay Graybeal, one of the earlier references in local newspapers about caroling can be found in the now-defunct Democratic Advocate on Jan. 3, 1873. The article indicates that not everyone on the community was well behaved on Christmas:
"Christmas masqueraders were out in full force on Wednesday (Dec. 24) and Thursday (Dec. 25) nights. If they would behave with more propriety when entering the residences of our citizens, they would be treated better, but as it is they seem to take the occasion for showing how rudely they can misbehave."
Ahhhhh, that holiday glow.
Read the entire column here
http://explorecarroll.com/community/1814/this-time-year-we-cant-get-enough-christmas-music-or-eggnog/
By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on Explore Carroll 12/14/08 EAGLE ARCHIVE
Kevin Dayhoff Art http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/
Thursday, November 05, 2009
With One Voice concert Nov 17 2009
View of the annual “With One Voice” - an evening of fine music concert at St. John Catholic Church, 43 Monroe Street, in Westminster, MD November 17, 2007. Photo by Kevin Dayhoff [20071117 With One Voice 2]
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County sings With One Voice to raise money to fight Domestic Violence
By Kevin Dayhoff November 1, 2009
On November 21, Family and Children’s Services of Central Maryland and Human Services Programs will sponsor the annual “With One Voice” - an evening of fine music concert at St. John Catholic Church, 43 Monroe Street, in Westminster.
The annual event always attracts a full house at St. John Catholic Church to raise money for the Carroll County Domestic Violence Safe House and raise awareness about domestic violence.
Among the performers for this year’s concert are: Ted Dix, organist; Children’s Chorus of Carroll County; McDaniel College Madrigal Singers; Old Line Statesmen Barber Shop Chorus; Masterworks Chorale; Carroll Singers; Westminster Trombone Choir; Genesis One; Coram Deo; and Carroll’s Idol 2009, Floyd Jones.
Tickets for the concert are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children 16 and under. They are available at the Carroll Arts Council, Coffey Music, Optics Limited, Stu’s Music, Hess Music, Family and Children's Services Office, and the Human Services Programs office.
Tickets are also available at the door. For more information: 410-876-1233 - 410-857-2999 ext. 3060
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Friday, January 26, 2024
Ambient Chillwave, Synthwave, Retrowave Music | VANGELIS Inspired Relaxing Music
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Explore Carroll: Stu's Music in Westminster collecting musical instruments for troops overseas
Stu's Music in Westminster collecting musical instruments for troops overseas
Sending a few notes of support to Afghanistan
By Katie V. Jones Posted 5/08/11 http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/5405/sending-few-notes-support-afghanistan/*****
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Thanksgiving in Color-Graphemic gustatory Synesthesia
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The holiday started several days early as I devoured each word in Hindi at an Indian restaurant. I savored each morsel until they exploded into an arrhythmic cacophony chromaticism of atonal colors.
Vivid colors follow me everywhere – especially at Thanksgiving. I often try to photograph them. They are relatively easy to find.
At times, I feel stalked by them with a hurtling relentlessness. A regular paparazzi, if you will. But the sonorities of colors are my friends. Often they will phase-shift back into words that splash forth into music.
However, loud noises reduce everything into jarring spikes of stark gray tones, white noise and irrational cymbals - and I become worried. “I want the friendly colors back,” I plead.
Then again, on any given day, I rather enjoy reading the cross-eyed cartoons of Pablo Picasso and listening to the random dribbles of Jackson Pollock that drift in and out of my daily consciousness.
It is always fun to see and explore the relationship between abstract art, the daily colors, and music.
Old notes reveal that “Wassily Kandinsky once attended a performance of the grandfather of abstract music, composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951,) in 1911.
Monsieur Kandinsky later wrote to Monsieur Schoenberg and said:
“Please excuse me for simply writing to you without having the pleasure of knowing you personally. I have just heard your concert here and it has given me real pleasure. You do not know me, of course - that is, my works - since I do not exhibit much in general, and have exhibited in Vienna only briefly once and that was years ago.
“However, what we are striving for and our whole manner of thought and feeling have so much in common that I feel completely justified in expressing my empathy. In your works, you have realized what I, albeit in uncertain form, have so greatly longed for in music.”
We’ll explore more on that at another time.
Meanwhile, several days later I found myself traveling in the country to attend a family Thanksgiving dinner; an event which is always told in a southern gothic manner; full of fascinating family stories that often involve aspects of unexplained historical events, enigmatic dialogue, and inexplicable characters.
On the way I find myself at Paper Mill Road, MD Route 145, bridge crossing over the Gunpowder Falls at Loch Raven Reservoir. (Click here for a larger image of the bridges at Paper Mill Road: http://twitpic.com/r74zx or here: http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/259790373/paper-mill-rd-bridges-span-gunpowder-falls-loch http://tinyurl.com/yhhkb3n)
The new – December 2000 – steel arch bridge juxtaposed side-by-side with the historic old 1922 rare arch truss bridge is the perfect metaphor for the occasion, especially since a tragic family accident with a bridge in the mid-1940s, is part of the family folklore.
One published account relates that the 1922 bridge is “one of a limited number of examples of steel bridges modeled after the Hell’s Gate Arch in New York City…”
It always reminds me of forty years ago in the late summer of 1967 when we first learned from “Mama” that the nice young preacher, Brother Taylor “said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge. And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge.”
I first heard the song, “Ode to Billy Joe” by Bobbie Gentry on WCAO on the AM dial of the car radio. It was in this time period that I became firmly hooked on the existential - “Southern Gothic” genre of storytelling. To refresh your memory, the song can be found on the web at www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZt5Q-u4crc.
Of course you remember “Ode to Billy Joe.” Who can forget: It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day… And mama hollered at the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet." And then she said she got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge. Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.”
Yes, the Paper Mill Bridge is located in Baltimore County, MD. Ms. Gentry’s tale took place in “Carroll County.”
Ms. Gentry has to this day remained circumspect about the haunting and mysterious tale of Mr. MacAllister, but one thing we have learned is that the “Carroll County” she is referring to in the song is “Carroll County Mississippi.” Come to find out, there are approximately 13 places in the United States called “Carroll County.”
Thanksgiving always make me think of southern gothic storytelling – and Jimi Hendrix, who was born on November 27, 1942.
Other examples of authors of the Southern gothic genre of writing include William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, Eudora Welty, Truman Capote, and Harper Lee. Tennessee Williams is said to have described the genre as stories that reflect “an intuition of an underlying dreadfulness in modern experience.”
As for Thanksgiving itself; instead of reading a Thanksgiving story, you eat it and enjoy the colors.
Fortunately much of Thanksgiving is written by the American composer Aaron Copland (Nov. 14, 1900 – Dec. 2, 1990 and painted by Norman Rockwell (Feb. 3, 1894 —Nov. 8, 1978.)
It was Mr. Copeland who actually won a Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for Appalachian Spring. Nothing says Thanksgiving dinner better than Mr. Copeland’s ballets Billy the Kid (1938), Rodeo (1942) and Appalachian Spring (1944, Fanfare for the Common Man (1943) and the music for the films Our Town (1940.)
Over the years, I have become much more enamored with Southern gothic storytelling, which is frequently more creative – and often more disturbing in the manner it which it peels away the layers of a community or society; yet does not tell a reader what to think, but causes them to think.
More often than not, the tale is told by way of dialogue as with “Ode to Billy Joe” where the story in the song creates many more questions than answers and this invites a ‘participation’ on the part of listener. Moreover, often you never get a firm grasp on the primary narrator.
Just as with Thanksgiving stories, the song’s plot makes known several themes. The first of which is obvious in that just like many popular Thanksgiving holiday stories, it reveals a snapshot of life in a particular period in history.
But it is the other prominent theme that is particularly disturbing as it peels away the layers of indifference that contemporary society shows towards our fellow human beings – or in the case of “Ode to Billy Joe,” the loss of life.
It is at this point that the narrator of this story from “Ode to Billy Joe” says: “Child, what's happened to your appetite? I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite,” and changes your channel back to the reality of the Thanksgiving dinner table.
You smile knowingly without giving away any of the plot and in the words of Jamie Kelly, “spare a thought for the millions of sweet potatoes, cut down in their prime.”
Over the years Thanksgiving has become synonymous with color-graphemic gustatory synesthesia. This piece is best read with the colors orange and beige and accompanied by the music of pumpkin pie with a whipped cream topping.
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Thursday, September 05, 2013
FW: It's a Bluegrass Extravaganza!
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Friday, September 01, 2017
Mexican Folk Dance Group to perform at the Carroll Arts Center Sept. 16, 2017
Center Sept. 16, 2017
Mi Tierra (Dances of My Land) on Saturday, September 16 at 7 pm. Celebrate
Mexican Independence Day with a live performance by this talented dance troupe
who are ambassadors of the Latino Community. Their colorful costumes and lively
music provide a rich representation of Mexican heritage and traditions.
present Mexican traditions through music, dance, and folklore. Accompanied with
lively sounds of Mexican music, their repertoire includes vibrant dances from 6
regions of Mexico; Sinaloa, Jalisco, Veracruz, Norte (which includes dances
from Chihuahua, and Tamaulipas), Chiapas, and tropical dances such as
Cha-Cha-Cha & Cumbia.
venues throughout Baltimore and surrounding communities of Ellicott City,
Columbia, and Washington, D.C. Bailes de Mi Tierra not only serves as
ambassadors of the Mexican community but the entire Latino community of
Baltimore by showcasing and demonstrating the beauty and richness that Latinos
bring to Baltimore and beyond.
& under, and ages 60 & Up. CCAC Members receive additional 10% off.
Tickets can be purchased on line at www.CarrollCountyArtsCouncil.org or by
calling 410/848-7272.
movie theatre in downtown Westminster at 91 West Main Street.
September 16 at 7 pm. Celebrate Mexican Independence Day with a performance by
this talented dance troupe who are ambassadors of the Latino Community. Their
colorful costumes and lively music provide a rich representation of Mexican
heritage and traditions. $8-10. Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St.,
Westminster, MD 21157. 410-848-7272. Online tickets and more info at www.CarrollCountyArtsCouncil.org.
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