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Tickets
available for DCCA on the Road, October 19th, trip to Oxford,
OH for the performance of
EG Kight featuring Lisa Biales and friends.
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DCCA goes on
the road
Darke County Center for the Arts will go “On the Road” on Sunday,
October 19, transporting local music lovers to Big Song Music House, a
unique venue near Oxford, Ohio, where they can enjoy a “Potluck Meal”
and music performances in a relaxed party atmosphere. Songstress Lisa
Biales will open the show, which will be headlined by blues singer EG
Kight who will celebrate the release of her latest CD A New Day.
“This road trip will provide a fun experience unlike anything we've
ever done before,” said Andrea Jordan, DCCA Executive Director. “Our
motor coach will take us to Lisa Biales' home, where a large room has
been transformed into a performance space so that outstanding artists
can be presented in an enjoyable, intimate atmosphere. Prior to the
show, everyone shares in a potluck set up in Lisa's garage that has
never housed a car. And a grand good time will be had by all,” Ms.
Jordan stated.
The motor coach leaves from the Kroger parking lot in Greenville at 5
p.m. Montage Cafe will provide assorted sandwiches, salads, and a
cheese tray for the potluck, which begins at 7 p.m. Water and coffee
plus paper plates, napkins, utensils, and water will be provided at the
venue; attendees should bring their own beverages.
“DCCA presented Lisa Biales at Montage Cafe to great acclaim a couple
of years ago, and we've been deluged with requests to bring her back
ever since,” said DCCA Artistic Director Keith Rawlins. “We've been
unable to do that, but can offer something even better - this
opportunity to go to Lisa's place where we not only will enjoy her
amazing talents but also hear 'The Georgia Songbird” EG Kight, one of
the few true blues vocalists performing today,” Rawlins explained.
EG (Eugenia Gail) Kight grew up with country music, but after listening
to an album by legendary blues singer Koko Taylor reinvented herself to
sing the blues. A six-time nominee for Memphis-based Blues Foundation's
Blues Music Awards, the singer/songwriter is also a masterful guitar
player who tours internationally. She and Lisa Biales recently toured
together as “The Peach-Pickin' Mamas,” singing original music, folk,
blues, and Americana laced with playful banter for sold-out audiences
in venues throughout Ohio and Indiana.
“DCCA On the Road” is the brainchild of Roberta and David Feltman, who
along with Eunice Steinbrecher are sponsors of the event. For a variety
of reasons, DCCA is unable to bring to Greenville everything that
patrons request; the road trip expands available options for local
residents at a reasonable cost. Previously, “DCCA On the Road” has
taken trips to Indianapolis for a performance by the David Parsons
Dance Project and to a Harry Connick, Jr. concert in Columbus. “This is
something entirely different; we hope that others find the idea to be
as appealing as we do – I think it will be a lot of fun,” Mrs. Feltman
said.
To reserve your place on the motor coach to Big Song Music House,
contact Darke County Center for the Arts at 937-547-0908 or
dcca@centerforarts.net. Cost for the entire event including
transportation, food, and performance is $55.
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