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The 2013 Ulysses Festival, Charlotte’s Spring Festival of the Arts, has chosen the Don Gibson Theatre in Shelby for a performance of a commissioned work for the Charlotte Symphony entitled, Mill Village: A Piedmont Rhapsody. The free event will be held Sunday night, April 7, 7:00PM, at the Don Gibson.
The evening will consist of a performance by the Charlotte Symphony chamber orchestra members. In the piece, Composer David Crowe has reflected a machine-inspired rhythm. The sounds will coalesce into a musical portrait of the technology and society of the decades around 1900 when textile mills made Piedmont Carolina. Behind the musicians, film clips and vintage stills will flash on the screen. A narrator will read “A Dry Time” by poet and Shelby native Ron Rash chronicling the journey from farm to factory and oral history voices will offer first-hand memories of life in the new world of the mill village. As the piece concludes, performers will slip away one by one, much as the textile economy has slipped away.
Dr. Tom Hanchett of the Levine Museum of the New South stated that” Shelby was chosen as one of the two sites for the performance because of its strong textile heritage and the fact that both Don Gibson and Earl Scruggs worked in textile mills before taking their talents on the road.” At the conclusion of the performance, Dr. Hanchett will lead a panel discussion on Music and the Mills.
Max Hopper, chairman of the Theatre’s Advisory Council said, “I’m delighted that the folks in Charlotte recognized the quality of our Don Gibson Theatre and want to bring this unique performance to us. We will be the only event in this year’s festival held outside of Mecklenburg County.”
The concert is being offered free to the public thanks to support from the Foundation for the Carolinas and First National Bank of Shelby. Tickets are required and can be obtained by calling the Don Gibson , 704.487.8114 or stopping by the Theatre.
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