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Contact: Logan McSwain For Immediate Release
News
Release
Brother,
Can you Spare a Dime: Music of the Great Depression
CHARLOTTE, N.C. –The Charlotte Museum of History, in partnership with the Charlotte Civic Orchestra, presents Brother, Can you Spare a Dime: Music of the Great Depression. This free event will allow visitors to not only experience the 1930’s through music, but also through storytelling, hands-on activities and the Personal Legacies: Surviving the Great Depression exhibit.
Dr. Geoffrey Whitehead will conduct the Charlotte Civic Orchestra. Selections will include: “Fanfare for the Common Man” By Copland, “Adagio for Strings” by Barber, and “Grand Canyon Suite” by Grofe.
“We are delighted to collaborate with the Charlotte Civic Orchestra, another ASC affiliate organization. I know that conductor Geoffrey Whitehead and the orchestra members will bring the Depression era to life playing some of the great symphonic music composed during that period,” said Pam Meister, Museum President & CEO.
Personal Legacies: Surviving the Great Depression will be on display at the Museum through June 24, 2007. The exhibit is based on interviews by local author and reminiscence-writing facilitator Robin Edgar. The exhibit shares personal accounts and universal lessons about how Charlotteans not only survived but thrived during the Depression.
Admission for the concert is FREE. The concert has limited seating and reservations are required. The Charlotte Museum of History is located at 3500 Shamrock Drive (between Eastway and Sharon Amity). For more information or to make reservations call 704-568-1774, email info@charlottemuseum.org or visit www.charlottemuseum.org. General Information The Charlotte Museum of History is Where History Has A Home. The museum, with its core and visiting exhibitions, explores Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s rich history during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The museum is home to the oldest surviving structure in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the Hezekiah Alexander House (circa 1774). Set on eight acres of park like grounds, the museum is also home to the American Freedom Bell, the Backcountry Patriot Statue and historic gardens. In addition, the museum offers: rental space for events and weddings, education programs for adults, schools and families, and membership benefits and opportunities The Charlotte Museum of History is supported, in part, with a Basic Operating Grant form the Arts & Science Council. The Charlotte Museum of History is located at 3500 Shamrock Drive (between Eastway and Sharon Amity). Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Free every Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Open Mondays from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Guided tours of the Hezekiah Alexander Homesite given daily at 1:15 and 3:15 p.m. For more information call 704 568-1774, email info@charlottemuseum.org or visit www.charlottemusuem.org. |
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The Charlotte
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