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Season tickets on sale August 21.
General and online sales begin August 31.
Sunday, October 18, 7:00 PM
The
Lost Trailers
www.thelosttrailers.com
Tarboro native Ryder Lee and long time friend Stokes Nielson met in a church
band as teenagers, and they’ve been making records together ever since.
Their high school friendship begat a country band of five called The Lost Trailers,
who have blazed their way through hundreds of honkytonks, joints, roadhouses,
night clubs and concert halls, building a firewall of fiercely loyal fans.
They are a band that came together naturally, matured creatively, perform explosively
and have poured all of that into Holler Back, their new album on BNA Records.
“Anyone who has ever seen us live is going to hear the first
15 seconds of “Holler Back” and say ‘There’s
The Lost Trailers. Those are the guys I saw open for Chesney or
open for Sugarland’,” says Stokes, the band’s
songwriter.
“Music is important and has a lasting quality,” adds
lead vocalist Ryder, aka The Voice. “But music should be
fun too, there needs to be a balance.” “Holler Back” is
a fun song that “captures the element of our live show, which
is really important to us as well.”
Official Media Event Sponsor:

Tickets: $25 public, $20 senior (65+), ECC faculty/staff,
and students.
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Wednesday, December 16, 8:00 PM
North
Carolina Symphony
Holiday Pops Concert
www.ncsymphony.org
Founded in 1932, the North Carolina Symphony is a vital and
honored component of North Carolina’s cultural life. Its
175 performances annually are greeted with enthusiasm throughout
the state in communities large and small, in concert halls, auditoriums,
gymnasiums, and outdoor settings. Based in spectacular Meymandi
Concert Hall at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing
Arts in Raleigh, the state’s capital city, and an outdoor
summer venue at Regency Park in nearby Cary, NC, the orchestra
has also appeared at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center
in Washington, and Orchestra Hall in Chicago.
Under the gifted artistic leadership of Music Director Grant Llewellyn,
the orchestra has grown in stature and sophistication. His heralded
arrival in 2004 brought audiences to their feet and has invigorated
musicians to achieve ever greater levels of passion and eloquence
in their playing.
The beloved Holiday Pops concert features music from the holiday
season and the popular “holiday sing-along.”
PLEASE NOTE: THE HOLIDAY POPS CONCERT IS GENERAL ADMISSION – NO
RESERVED SEATING AVAILABLE
Tickets: $20 public, $5 students.
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Friday, March 19, 8:00 PM
Doc
Watson
www.folkloreproductions.com
North Carolina-born guitarist and singer Doc Watson is a legendary
performer who blends his traditional Appalachian musical roots
with bluegrass, country, gospel, and blues to create a unique style
and an expansive repertoire. Watson received the National Medal
of Arts in September, 1997, in a ceremony at the White House hosted
by President Bill Clinton. In his storied career, Watson has also
received a National Heritage Fellowship and eight Grammy Awards
(including the Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award).
Doc Watson is a powerful singer and a tremendously influential
guitarist, who virtually invented the art of playing mountain fiddle
tunes on the flattop guitar. A discography of over fifty recordings
includes, most recently, collaborations with his grandson Richard
Watson (a fantastic guitarist in his own right) and with multi-instrumentalist
David Holt (host of the popular Folkways program on PBS). Watson
last performed on the Keihin Auditorium stage in March of 2005.
Five years later, Edgecombe Community College is pleased to bring
this national treasure back to Tarboro.
“Mountain Music patriarch…Appalachian
music master”
The New York Times
Tickets: $30 public, $25 senior (65+), ECC faculty/staff,
and students.
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Saturday, April 17, 8:00 PM
The
Drifters
featuring
Rick Sheppard
www.thedriftersonline.com
You know the songs. “On Broadway”, “Under
The Boardwalk”, “Save The Last Dance For Me”, “Up
On The Roof”, “This Magic Moment”, “There
Goes My Baby”, and many more. They are etched into the
memories of music fans worldwide and helped form part of the
foundation of contemporary popular music. What these songs have
in common is that they are all the product of a veritable hit-making
machine better known to their millions of fans as The Drifters.
Rick Sheppard is an integral part of that hit-making machine.
He’s been there for more than 35 years.
Rick Sheppard joined the Drifters in 1966 and recorded with the
group for Atlantic Records through the end of the ’60s. For
years, he toured with The Drifters throughout the world and shared
stages with the greatest names in show business.
The Drifters featuring Rick Sheppard have recently released two
albums on EMI Capitol Music; Greatest Hits, a re-recording of The
Drifters’ classic songs, and A Christmas Album, the first-ever
album of Christmas songs recorded by The Drifters in their lengthy
career.
Tickets: $25 public, $20 senior (65+), ECC faculty/staff,
student and/or child.
Official Media Event Sponsor:

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For more information about the
Performance Series call Cultural Arts Director Eric Greene at (252)
823-5166 ext. 187.
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