Musical duo learns, performs 50 songs for America 250
MEDIA RELEASE__John Jantzen and Wendy Chappell-Dick gave themselves a challenge: learn 50 songs in celebration of America 250! Popular in America from colonial times to the Civil War, these are the songs of immigrants, Native Americans, and enslaved African Americans about life, faith, work, and play, all accompanied by dulcimer, guitar, spoons, and harmonica.
Many will recognize songs from the beloved Little House on the Prairie books. The duo has a calendar of seven performances beginning on July 4:
July 4 Presbyterian Church, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
July 19 Little Riley Creek Farm, 1:00 – 5 p.m.
August 20 (Part 1) Bluffton Public Library, 6:30 – 7:15 p.m.
August 29, Play Music on the Porch Day
September 17 (Part 2) Bluffton Public Library, 6:30 – 7:15 p.m.
September 26 Fall Festival at the Schumacher Homestead
October 15 (Part 3) Bluffton Public Library, 6:30 – 7:15 p.m.
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