Connie Dover and Skip Gorman Return for Ludlow engagement September 29

Ballads of the West and Celtic Tradition

Come to Ludlow Auditorium, September 29

Saturday, September 29 at 7 PM will be a very special time for the Black River area. Two of the most celebrated singers of the true western and Celtic tradition will grace the stage at Ludlow's Town Hall Auditorium, Skip Gorman and Connie Dover. Cowboy singer Skip Gorman explores music from one of the most romanticized periods in American history: the days of the cattle drives and westward expansion. He strips away Hollywood glitz and Nashville affectations to show the beauty of the music as sung and played along emigrant trails and in camps over a century ago. Dressed appropriately and using songs, stories, poetry and authentic instruments such as cross-tuned fiddle, cowcamp banjo, bones and slide guitar, he transports audiences to the true American West of the 1800s. Skip's 1995 album "A Greener Prairie" was used by Ken Burns in his "Lewis and Clark" film series, and also made the top ten folk recording list by the Boston Globe which called it "one of the most masterful and flat-out gorgeous cowboy albums to lope down the trail in years."   Regarding Skip's singing partner for this concert, Emmy award-winning soprano Connie Dover, the Boston Globe exclaimed, "Connie Dover is the finest folk ballad singer this country has produced since Joan Baez . . . her soprano is shimmeringly pure, her phrasing pristine, her evocations of Anglo-Scottish, Irish and American cowboy ballads melodically exquisite and utterly believable." Don't miss this rare pairing of voices and styles.  

The program is sponsored by FOLA (Friends of Ludlow Auditorium). Tickets for the performance are $12 and may be purchased prior to the performance at the FOLA web site, http://www.fola.us.  Be sure to include your mailing name and address so that tickets can be sent to you.  Tickets are also available in Ludlow at the Book Nook, the Peoples United Bank, and the Wine and Cheese Depot.  They may also be requested by mail to FOLA; 1 Whispering Pines; Ludlow, VT  05149.  For information call 802-228-7239.