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Trolley Cemetery Tours:
(Seating is limited.)
- 1st. Tour: 11:00- 12:00 Tr olly
- 2nd. Tour: 11:15- 12:15 Van*
- 3rd. Tour: 12:00- 1:00 Tr olly
- 4th. Tour: 12:15-1:15 Van*
- 5th. Tour: 1:00-1:45 Tr olly ( 45 minutes )
- 6th. Tour: 1:00- 2:15 Van*
- 7th. Tour: 2:15- 3:00 Van* ( 45 minutes )
- 8th. Tour: 3:00- 4:00
* seats 24
The trolley will depart from the front of the Conservatory. Each tour is identical and will take participants past the grave of Jane Foster, Stephen Foster's wife. From there the trolley will proceed to Stephen Foster's grave.
The group will progress to the Temple of Memories. If time permits we will disembark and view the beautiful Stephen Foster Stain Glass Window.
After reentering the trolley the group will ride past the grave of Marion Foster Welch, the daughter and only child of Stephen Foster.
Notable interns and interesting facts about the cemetery will be pointed out as they appear along the route.
Parking:
Parking will be available behind the Teamsters Temple across the street from the Gatehouse entrance. If the parking lot is full, please find the nearest convenient parking space.
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Pittsburgh Historical Music Society
www.pghhistoricalmusicsociety.org
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Home Front
Home Front is a group
of western Pennsylvania musicians who perform authentic Civil War era
music in period style. Home Front plays a wide selection of tunes
martial, sentimental, and patriotic, from both sides of the conflict
between North and South. Dressed in authentic fashions of the 1860s,
Home Front represents those who served the war effort from home. Music
was an important part of that effort. Music was played in the parlors
and the concert hall to encourage patriotic fervor, to soothe the pain
of separation from soldier sons and husbands, and to entertain the
troops themselves. Home Front strives to recreate that sound.
www.homefrontmusic.com |
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Powers - Freeman - Berman
Sue Powers, banjo/vocals is an accomplished song writer and one of the founding members of Devilish Merry- Pete Freeman, dobro/vocals, has toured and recorded with countless artists, including, among others, The Mavens- Jeff Berman, mt. dulcimer, is a multi-instrumentalist/composer who has collaborated and recorded with artists across stylistic boundaries. They will be joined by Lindsey Horner on bass, a multi-instumentalist/composer/recording artist in his own right from NYC.
Together, their music builds on diverse Appalachian traditions, combined with contemporary song writing and improvisational sensibilities, to create unique interpretations of traditional and original music. |
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Ship's Company, Inc.
For more than a decade, the Ship’s Company Chanteymen have shared sea salts' songs with tens of thousands, all over the East Coast. Aside from being scurvy-free, they portray the musical part of nautical life in the 1700s and 1800s. Many of their songs originally set a pace to keep ship crews rowing in time or doing rhythmic chores such as turning a capstan. Some just filled long hours or lonely nights at sea. Simple and direct, wild and spirited, salty and rough as a North Atlantic gale, in fact, they were a reflection of the sailors themselves. The practice of voicing rhythmic sounds while working may be as old as mankind and probably is intrinsic to human nature.
Since early sailors spent years away from home, first-time listeners should not be surprised that many tunes mention fair maidens, home, and “other” entertainments.
With rollicking tunes and sing-along choruses, it’s also fun
http://www.shipscompany.org
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