Live! Folklife Concert: Old Songs Inc. Forward into Light

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Crandall Public Library
Christine L. McDonald Community Room

Event Details

Old Songs Inc. presents "Forward into Light" - The American Women's Suffrage Movement in New York State in Song & Story. Featuring performers Greg Artzner, Dan Duggan, Terry Leonino, Peggy Lynn, Annie Rosen, Bill Spence, Toby Stover, Susan Trump and George Wilson. Music on piano, guitar, bass, hammered dulcimer, harmonica and concertina. A concert of New York State's hidden history in a performance of authentic songs used to persuade, rally and celebrate as sung by women and men during the American Women's Suffrage Movement. Songs which range from humorous to poignant, from student marches to hymns, and popular parlor songs. Through historical narrative and the songs we will tell the story of how American women won the right to vote in 1917 in New York, and 1920 in the nation. Produced, directed and compiled by Andy Spence, An Old Songs Production. This 12-part Spring season of concerts is produced by the Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library, and funded in part by the Friends of Crandall Public Library, and the New York State Council on the Arts - Folk Arts Program.
Event Type(s): Folklife Program
Age Group(s): All Ages
Presenter: Todd DeGarmo
Todd DeGarmo
(518) 792-6508 ext. 237