Classical and Celtic
The Forget-Me-Nots, from left, Willa Finck, Maura Shawn Scanlin and Ledah Finck, are still in their teens but bring more than 30 years of collective experience playing and performing in the High Country.
“Celtic and Classical Music” will be featured on Mountain Home
Music’s final concert of the fall season, featuring the Forget-Me-Nots and Joe Shannon.
The
concert takes place Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Blowing Rock School Auditorium in downtown Blowing
Rock. Starting time is 8 p.m.
The Forget-Me-Nots are well known across the High Country.
Since 2002, with their instruments in tow, Ledah Finck, Maura Shawn Scanlin, Willa Finck and David
Finck have performed at innumerable festivals, fairs, weddings and community concerts, including
frequent appearances on Mountain Home Music.
They have also been featured at MerleFest and
the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games.
As symphony musicians, the classical violin is the
primary instrument of Ledah Finck, Maura Shawn Scanlin and Willa Finck. But in the spirit of the
Blue Ridge Mountains, they also play ancient Celtic airs, jigs, reels, waltzes and old-time fiddle
tunes.
On their latest CD, “blooming,” the Forget-Me-Nots song list includes many original
tunes. About “blooming,” music reviewer Ashley Wilson from The Mountain Times said the CD includes
“…an astounding amount of talent.”
This past summer, the Forget-Me-Nots teamed with
Mountain Home Music host Joe Shannon for an outdoor concert on Beech Mountain. Similarly, a segment
of this Saturday’s show will feature the Forget-Me-Nots and Joe Shannon (concertina and harmonica)
on some traditional Celtic melodies.
Shannon has two CDs, “Warmlight” and “A Full Moon on
Freshly Fallen Snow,” and last year he was inducted into the Blue Ridge National Heritage Artist
Directory.
Tickets for “Celtic &
Classical” are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Student tickets are $10, and children’s tickets
cost $5.
Tickets may be purchased at the Mast Store (Boone and Valle Crucis), Fred’s
Mercantile on Beech Mountain, Rydell Music Center in Boone, and at Pandora’s Mailbox and the
Dulcimer Shop, both in the Martin House on Main Street in downtown Blowing Rock.
Tickets may
also be purchased online at http://www.mountainhomemusic.com. For more information, visit the
website or call (828) 964-3392.
The purpose of Mountain Home Music is to honor the music and
the musicians of the Appalachian region.
Mountain Home Music is affiliated with the Blue
Ridge Music Trails, a project of the North Carolina Arts Council.
