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From: Common Ground on the Hill <maria@commongroundonthehill.org>

Subject: April News from Common Ground on the Hill

Date: March 15, 2016 at 1:00:08 PM EDT

To: Barb Diederich <barb@alum.mit.edu>

Reply-To: maria@commongroundonthehill.org

It's time to start thinking about the summer!

April News from Common Ground on the Hill         April Concerts         Americana Master Bob Lucas Friday, April 1 at 8 PM Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church 6200 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD  21212 If you love Alison Krauss, then you love Bob Lucas! Bob has written songs for Alison's 1996 Grammy Award-winning album So Long So Wrong, as well as for her acclaimed 2001 release New Favorite. Performing on banjo, guitar and fiddle, singer-songwriter Bob Lucas has received acclaim in his own right. His 1972 album The Dancer Inside of You received a 4-star rating from Downbeat Magazine; the 2 songs picked up and recorded by the legendary Newgrass Revival were only the beginning of many Bob Lucas songs in their repertoire. Bob continues to write and record, both with Mad River Theater Works and with daughter Chloe Manor and son-in-law Chris Westhoff as the Hedgehog String Band.     Get Tickets Now     Gospel Songstress Shelley Ensor Saturday, April 16 at 8 PM Carroll Arts Center 91 W. Main Street, Westminster, MD  21157 You may know her as Director of the McDaniel College Gospel Choir, but Shelley Ensor has a voice that will bring down the house. Shelley has appeared in a CD with The Sisters in Harmony, as a vocalist with the Howard Burns Quintet, with Ron Kearns, the Frederick Community College Jazz Band, and in appearances at Blues Alley. Don't miss your opportunity to hear the divine vocal stylings of this most talented of singers! Shelley will be joined by Alice Dorsey (piano), Christopher James (guitar), Glenn Caldwell (saxophone), Shawn Dennison (bass), and Jon Seligman (drums), with special guest Marsha Searle of Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble!     Get Tickets Now     Common Ground on the Border March 17-19 Online Registration Closes Wednesday, March 16 at 12 PM EST         Come to the borderlands of Arizona for an extraordinary 3-day event exploring the music, arts, and culture that make up this intriguing place. Walk the desert, hear the stories, meet the people. An experience that will change your life. Sign up now for the best rates!     Register Now     45th Annual Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention Saturday, June 11 Carroll County Farm Museum 500 S. Center Street, Westminster, MD  21157         Fantastic prizes including performance prizes from the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival and the Common Ground on the Hill Festival; instrumental prizes from Eastman and Gold Tone; and cash prizes up to $3,000! Bring a lawn chair, bring an instrument, or just bring yourself for shade tree picking, browsing the arts and crafts fair, visiting the Wine & Beer Garden, and relaxing on the grounds of the beautiful Carroll County Farm Museum!     Find out more!     The Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention is pleased to be sponsored by the following:         Veterans Initiative Soccer Tournament Fundraiser Saturday, June 25 Carroll Indoor Sports Center 515 Old Westminster Pike, Westminster, MD  21157         The Carroll Indoor Sports Center presents this fantastic opportunity to support the Common Ground on the Hill Veterans Initiative! Put together a team and enjoy a day filled with soccer and all kinds of fun! All proceeds directly benefit the Veterans Initiative program, which provides full scholarships for veterans to attend Traditions Weeks!     Info & Registration     Traditions Weeks Week 1: June 26 - July 1 Week 2: July 3 - 8 Come spend a week with world-renowned artists, musicians, and thinkers, including Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen (Wk 1), the Paul McKenna Band (Scotland) (Wk 2), Kathy 'Wan Povi' Sanchez (Wk 1), Cassie & Maggie MacDonald (Nova Scotia) (Wk 1), Radim Zenkl (Czech Republic) (Wk 2), Tareq Rantisi and Kenan Adnawi (Palestine) (Wk 2), Sheila Arnold Jones (Wk 2), and many more! If you aren't yet on our mailing list to receive our catalog, please contact the Common Ground on the Hill office at commonground@commongroundonthehill.org!     More Info & Registration     Common Ground on the Hill Roots Music & Arts Festival ~ July 9-10 FEATURING José Feliciano (Saturday) AND Professor Louie & the Crowmatix with the Maryland Rock of Ages Horns (Sunday) WITH the Paul McKenna Band (Scotland), Robin Bullock, Scott Ainslie, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, the Vanaver Caravan, Eastman String Band, Wendy Stewart (Scotland), Alan Jabbour, Bob Lucas, Tareq Rantisi (Palestine), Walt Michael & Co., Radim Zenkl (Czech Republic), Ted Ramirez, Pun Plamondon, Shelley Ensor, Sheila Arnold Jones, Earl White, Josh Hisle, and MANY MORE! SAVE THE DATES!!!         From Our Advertising Partners         Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County       Presidential Words in Song on Sunday, May 15 at 3 PM at Baker Memorial Chapel, McDaniel College Tickets and Info         World Folk Music Association       Ruut and Iona on Sunday, June 12 at 7 PM Tickets and Info       www.commongroundonthehill.org  |  (410) 857-2771 ​2 College Hill | Westminster | Maryland | 21157

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