Mars Hill University will host a concert featuring
popular old-time music performers David Holt and the Lightning Bolts on April
7, 2017. The concert is part of the university's Presidential Lecture and
Performance Series. Showtime is 7:00 p.m. in Moore Auditorium on the university
campus. This is a ticketed event: general admission tickets are $15 in advance
and $20 at the door; VIP tickets for preferred seating are $25. Advance tickets
are available online at http://www.mhu.edu/news-events/lecture-series.
David Holt and the Lightning Bolts combine the sounds of
guitar, banjo, fiddle, slide guitar, and mandolin, along with rhythm
instruments, including hambone (body slapping), spoons, stumpfiddle, rhythm
bones, jaw harp, and even paper bag. Along with Holt, the band consists of
Laura Boosinger, Josh Goforth, Byron Hedgepeth, and Jeff Hersk.
Holt is a four-time Grammy Award winning musician,
storyteller, historian, television host, and entertainer. He is dedicated to
performing and preserving traditional American music and stories. Holt plays
ten acoustic instruments and has released numerous recordings of traditional
mountain music and southern folktales.
The Presidential Lecture and Performance Series
complements Mars Hill University's emphasis on the liberal arts by bringing
distinguished and knowledgeable individuals to lecture on a wide range of
topics and to provide high quality performances in the cultural arts.
For more information about this concert, contact Hannah
Furgiuele at (828) 689-1570 or hfurgiuele@mhu.edu.
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