ABOUT THE OPEN DOOR

The Open Door is an entertainment event held once a month in the function hall at Smith church, downtown Hillsborough (the church with the clock in the steeple). There’s lots of free parking and the doors open by 6:30pm. People bring goodies to share and we provide decaf coffee and decaf tea, ice water, and hot cocoa and, of course, the exciting entertainment. Admission is FREE, although donations are gratefully accepted to help us off-set costs. The Open Door entertainment is local and outstanding, and we always brag that our audience is The Best!! The warm and welcoming atmosphere, our wonderful audience and great performers will keep you coming back month after month.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Civil War thru Folksong

Hi Concord-area arts email friends!  Woody Pringle & I bring our Civil War songs & photos to the Hopkinton Town Library tomorrow night... Hope you can join us!   -- Marek
 
 
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Rally Round the Flag:
The American Civil War
in Folksong
Marek Bennett and Woody Pringle
May 30th 7pm
Hopkinton Town Library

Folk musicians Woody Pringle (Bradford Bog People) and Marek Bennett (Big Paws) present a year-by-year tour through the American Civil War, using period folksongs to illustrate the social, political, and economic upheavals occurring throughout the country and at every level of society, including race relations, labor issues, Constitutional law, political rhetoric, social upheaval, and additional conflicts that lead to the Civil War. From simple sing-along chants and musical games to dramatic ballads and carefully-composed patriotic propaganda, we examine the folksong as a means to enact living history, share perspectives, influence public perceptions of events, and simultaneously fuse and conserve cultures in times of change.
This program is brought to you thanks to support from the Hopkinton Public Library Foundation 
Hopkinton Town Library
61 Houston Drive
Contoocook, NH  03229
(603) 746-3663
(603) 746-6799 fax

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