FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- 7/17/08
Morgan Arts Council • Berkeley Springs, WV
Press Contact only: Mary Hott --304-258-2300
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HICKORY WIND REUNION IN PARK CONCERT

BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV --- Hickory Wind returns 32 years after their launching at Coolfont Resort to perform at the free concert in Berkeley Springs State Park on Saturday, July 24 at 5:30pm. Produced by the Morgan Arts Council, the concert's rain location is the nearby Ice House.

The long hair may be cropped but the fiddle, guitar, mandolin and hammer dulcimer remain to craft the original music of this acoustic group. Rooted in bluegrass, their music is filled with unusual rhythms, refreshing harmonies and a startling combination of European and classical influences. They are a semi-traditional mountain string band that can spin the memories of Irish reels and English hornpipes into the instrumentation reminiscent of a string quartet. Their four recordings date from the 1970s.

The MAC Summer Concerts in the Park are sponsored by Carl M. Freeman Foundation. Additional funding for the free concert is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, West Virginia Commission on the Arts and local hotel/motel tax revenues. For more information about the Morgan Arts Council and the calendar of upcoming concerts visit www.macicehouse.org or call 304-258-2300. You can link to the music online from MAC's Website.

MAC Concerts in the Park 2008 Schedule