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The Fitzgeralds, a trio of fiddling, step-dancing siblings from
Canada’s Ottawa Valley, open D
arke County Center for the Arts 2019-2020
Artists Series season at Henry St. Clair Memorial
Hall in Greenville on
Saturday, September 21.
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Energetic Step-Dancing Siblings open DCCA Artists Series Season
The Fitzgeralds, a trio of fiddling, step-dancing siblings from
Canada’s Ottawa Valley, open Darke County Center for the Arts 2019-2020
Artists Series season at Henry St. Clair Memorial Hall in Greenville on
Saturday, September 21. “This energizing show by fabulous musicians
will get our new season off to a joyous start,” said DCCA Artistic
Director David Warner. “Their gorgeous fiddle music and exhilarating
dance routines should please audiences of all ages who will be blown
away by the talents of these artists who love what they do, and do it
so very well,” he concluded. The show begins at 8 p.m.
Tom, Kerry, and Julie Fitzgerald have earned awards in their native
land for their musicianship, and are gaining acclaim throughout North
American for their action-packed crowd-pleasing shows. Tom Fitzgerald
who plays fiddle and guitar, step-dances and provides vocals, has
toured professionally since he was ten years old; in 2012, he won the
Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Championship as a first time competitor.
Kerry Fitzgerald, an Ontario Open Step-dance champion and a Canadian
Grand Master fiddle finalist, also plays keyboards, and sings, as does
her sister Julie Fitzgerald, who is a two-time Canadian Grand Masters
Fiddle Champion and a two-time Open Step-dance Champion. According to
Mr. Warner, the trio continues to push boundaries by fusing traditional
and modern styles of fiddle and dance to create their own unique sounds
and style.
This performance by The Fitzgeralds is sponsored by Richard Baker and
Greenville Technology Inc. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund this
program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth,
educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. DCCA
also receives funding from the Ketrow Foundation, Lydia E. Schaurer
Memorial Trust Fund, and the John R. and Miriam H. Knick Fund of Darke
County Foundation. DCCA membership contributions also help support this
show.
Tickets for The Fitzgeralds concert are $25, and can be obtained by
contacting DCCA at 937-547-0908 or online at www.darkecountyarts.org.
If any remain by showtime, tickets can also be purchased at the door
prior to the performance. Patrons are reminded that parking is now
available at the new parking lot, including four handicap-accessible
spaces just outside the now readily accessible entrance on the west
side of St. Clair Memorial Hall; the lot can be entered from Armstrong
Street and Central Avenue.
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