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Sunday, March 11 at 6:30 and 8:30 pm
THE SWEETBACK SISTERS
Tickets: $17 General / $15 Students and Seniors 
Ticket reservations and info: 802-254-9276
Venue: Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery at 139 Main Street in downtown Brattleboro, VT 

                                       Sweetback Sisters

Twilight Music presents The Sweetback Sisters for two shows of classic country, swing, honky-tonk and old-time music.   Emily Miller (vocals, fiddle, guitar), Zara Bode (vocals, guitar), Stefan Amidon (drums, vocals), Jesse Milnes (fiddle, guitar, vocals), Ross "Rolling Thunder" Bellenoit (guitar, vocals) and Peter Bitenc (acoustic bass) forge their own sound by delivering arrangements that combine the soul of classic Nashville with an undeniably contemporary edge. 

The rollicking country swing of the Sweetback Sisters is as infectious as it is heartbreaking.  Their charismatic charm harkens back to the golden era of both the silver screen cowgirl and the ersatz cowboy stars of local UHF TV kiddie shows.  That whimsical exterior is wrapped around a core of deeply felt love for traditional country music styles and a palpable joy in playing and singing together.  Zara Bode and Emily Miller’s harmonies have the power to make a new song seem as timeless as any classic country lament.  Conversely, the wit and swagger of the band can take a tried-and-true
standard to some interesting new places.  Their repertoire combines several of the Sisters’ passion – country music from before they were born and new interpretations of those traditions – to create a fresh take on what it means to be country

Zara Bode and Emily Miller started singing together in the Montpelier, VT-based choir Northern Harmony.  While performing an eclectic repertoire of shape-note hymns and eastern European harmonies, the two discovered a mutual love of good old American country music.  They moved to Brooklyn, NY, reeled in an all-star cast of back-up musicians, and started playing in venues up and down the eastern United States.  Their repertoire includes 1940s and 50s-era country music, complete with close harmony singing and solid old-time country picking.  Although the band was born in Brooklyn, NY, its members hail from all over the eastern United States, as far south as Elkins, WV and as far north as Brattleboro, VT.

The Sweetback Sisters' high-energy stage show reveals the players' deep roots in traditional American music while at the same time betraying their youth.  The band's line-up includes some of the rising young talent in today's old-time and traditional country music scenes: Stefan Amidon of Brattleboro's Amidon Family and Assembly; two-time West Virginia state fiddle champion Jesse Milnes; Ross Bellenoit, who recently finished a tour with Amos Lee opening for Bob Dylan; and Peter Bitenc, of Heather & The Barbarians and several other cutting edge bands.  The band was chosen as one of six finalists to play on A Prairie Home Companion as part of the program's 2007 People in Their Twenties talent contest.

For more information, visit www.thesweetbacksisters.com and www.twilightmusic.org.







 

 

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March 1 - 31

MEMORY THROUGH IMAGINATION

                                Memory Through Imagination

Bob Cantius' exhibit of new works, works in progress and sequential ideas continues through March 31, with a Reception on Friday, March 2 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm during Gallery Walk.

Bob Cantius writes “As an Artist and Photographer, I describe my approach and philosophy toward my work in terms I refer to as the ‘window and mirror’ experience… My view and ‘point of view’ converge in time and place within the many moments and events of the world around me; and those events and moments that have led me to that point in time… There can be no ‘continuum in a vacuum’… We select, abstract and create within a communal and universal ‘life experience’ with ‘citizen others’; other souls on the uncommon streets and in those home towns where we love and toil to be.. There is evoked a passionate, lovely, hopeful, oral, aural, tactile and visual conversation, affirming and expanding our personal and shared human ‘Gestalt’ ...I see my camera studies as anthropological; self-inclusive, empathetic and interactive and ever evolving (especially, and including within those conversations and insights with viewers taking place in front of the exhibited image.”

Gallery Hours: During events at H-DT&G and by appointment. Call 802-254-9276 for other hours.
                                                              

Gallery Hours: During events at H-DT&G and by appointment. Call 802-254-9276 for other hours.



HOLD ONTO YOUR HAT, GREAT STUFF IS COMING UP...


GALLERY STUFF:
stay tuned


MUSICAL STUFF:
COMING SOON:

3/25 MATT FLINNER TRIO - Twilight Music presents the bluegrass/jazz/American roots music trio of esteemed mandolinist Matt Flinner, guitarist Ross Martin and bassist Eric Thorin at Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery.

3/23-25 and 3/30-4/1 "DOUBT: A PARABLE" - Vermont Theatre Company presents six performances of John Patrick Shanley's 2004 play "Doubt: a Parable," directed by Hallie Flower at Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery.

4/7 PRYDEIN - Twilight Music presents Celtic rock quintet Prydein featuring bagpipers Iain Macharg and Dan Houghton at Next Stage.

4/22 SIERRA HULL & HIGHWAY 111
- Twilight Music presents Tennessee mandolin prodigy Sierra Hull her bluegrass band at Next Stage.

Twilight Music Info: , www.twilightmusic.org, 802-254-9276

Venues:
Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery 139 Main Street Brattleboro, VT
The United Church of Putney 15 Kimball Hill Putney, VT
Greenhoe Theatre Landmark College River Road South Putney, VT
New England Youth Theatre 100 Flat Street Brattleboro, VT




AND MORE GREAT STUFF TO COME!

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