Jack Tale Players to Give Free Public Performances at Area Libraries
7/10/2012
Blue Ridge Mountain folklore
about a boy named Jack and his adventures is dramatized through music and
storytelling.
Ferrum, Va. (July
10, 2012) – The Jack Tale
Players will bring Blue Ridge Mountain folklore and the adventures of a boy
named Jack to life during three free public performances next week. First will
be a production at the Hollins University Visual Arts Center Auditorium on
Monday, July 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Roanoke. The Hollins performance will be
immediately followed with two performances on July 17th sponsored by
the Friends of the Franklin County Library. The first will be at the Franklin
County Main Library in Rocky Mount at 10 a.m. The second will be at Westlake Branch
Library at 3 p.m. in Westlake.
Founded by R.
Rex Stephenson in 1975, the Jack Tale Players perform Appalachian folklore and
music. A mountain family band performs music before, during, and after the
stories. Instruments include the fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica,
spoons, Limber Jack, a washtub bass, and, sometimes, an oboe. To date the Jack
Tale Players have performed nearly 3,000 shows for three-quarters of a million
children and adults in 34 states and one foreign country.
The Jack Tale
Players are part of the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre housed on the campus of Ferrum
College in Ferrum, Va. For more information about the Jack Tale Players, contact
brdt@ferrum.edu.
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