Rally 'Round the Flag: The American Civil War through Folksong – to be held at Tuck Museum
On Sunday, September 7 at 2 PM.
On Sunday, September 7 at 2 PM, Woody Pringle and Marek Bennett present an overview of the American Civil War through the lens of period music. Audience members participate and sing along as the presenters explore lyrics, documents, and visual images from sources such as the Library of Congress.
Through camp songs, parlor music, hymns, battlefield rallying cries, and fiddle tunes Pringle and Bennett examine the folksong as a means to enact living history, share perspectives, influence public perceptions of events, and simultaneously fuse and conserve cultures in times of change. Showcasing numerous instruments, the presenters challenge participants to find new connections between song, art, and politics in American history.
The program will take place at the Tuck Museum, 40 Park Avenue, Hampton in the historic Leavitt Barn. This program is sponsored through the generosity of the NH Humanities Council and is free and open to the public.
New Hampshire native Marek Bennett is an award-winning cartoonist and musician who teaches and performs comics and music at schools and libraries throughout New England and the world beyond and is a rostered teaching artist with the NH State Council on the Arts, Children’s Literacy Foundation, and the Arts Alliance of Northern NH.
Woody Pringle is both a musician and educator teaching at many NH colleges and organizations. His music often airs on NH Public Radio’s Folk Show and on many radio stations throughout the country.
For more information contact Betty Moore 603-926-2543.
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