[dcab-l] Fwd: April/May News from Common Ground on the Hill

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From: Common Ground on the Hill <maria@commongroundonthehill.org>
Date: April 9, 2016 at 2:07:03 PM EDT
To: Barb Diederich <barb@alum.mit.edu>
Subject: April/May News from Common Ground on the Hill
Reply-To: maria@commongroundonthehill.org

Warm breezes and spring sounds are leading to the glory days of summer!

April/May News from Common Ground on the Hill         April Concerts         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     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! Competition registration 9-10:30 AM; Competition begins at 11 AM.     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! More info HERE.     Register Now!     Traditions Weeks Spend a week with world-renowned artists, musicians, and thinkers!     Register Now!   Traditions Week 1: June 26 - July 1 ~ Highlights     Cape Breton Fiddle Period 3 The sublime Nova Scotian fiddler Cassie MacDonald brings you the unique and popular traditional jigs, reels and strathbys of her native land.        Shrine Carving Periods 1 & 2 Sculptor Tom Sterner guides you through the process of creating a wooden, low relief wall sculpture using hand and power tools.     More info More info   Traditions Week 2: July 3 - July 8 ~ Highlights     Creating Layers Periods 1 & 2 Take your collage artwork to the next level with artist Katie Giganti! Create a wood mounted photo collage with a cold wax finish, a simpler method than encaustic (hot wax) finishing but every bit as polished.       Beginning Mandolin Period 1 Learn to play one of the loveliest of stringed instruments with popular Common Ground on the Hill instructor Tim Porter! No matter your skill level, you'll come out with a few tunes under your belt!      More info More info     From Our Advertising Partners         5th Annual Baltimore Irish Trad Festival       Friday-Sunday, April 22-24  at the Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD Workshops, performances and sessions by leading traditional Irish musicians Registration and Info         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       David & Sophie Buskin on Sunday, May 22 at 7 PM at Positano Ristorante Italiano, Bethesda, MD Tickets and Info       www.commongroundonthehill.org  |  (410) 857-2771 ​2 College Hill | Westminster | Maryland | 21157

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