FiddleSticks MidWest Tour 2003 -- June 27 - July 7

COLORADO- NEBRASKA - IOWA - ILLINOIS - KANSAS

Hot of the Pearl Awards stage, We’re doing a reverse pioneer trek, back
across the plains to Nauvoo this summer, and playing concerts along the way.
We hope some of our far flung friends will find a way to come see us. And
if you have been thinking of coming to visit Nauvoo this summer, how about
you time your visit to see one of our shows at the “Nauvoo Arts Theater” the
week we’re there.

FT COLLINS, Colorado
Friday, June 27 - 7pm
House Concert
Home of Randy & Ruth Everett
113 North Sherwood St., Ft. Collins CO

We hope our friends from Boulder to Cheyenne will be able to come join the
fun at the Everetts and help us kick off our mid-west tour. Randy and Ruth
have been great friends of ours since forever. House concerts are such
great fun - informal and intimate, yet they’re real, live concerts. And
we’re not going to charge admission, so this one will be especially
affordable! For information or directions, please contact the Everetts at
(970) 490-1895 or by email at ruthless@....

HASTINGS, Nebraska
Saturday, June 28, 8-10pm
Blue Moon Coffee House
635 West 2nd, Hastings NE

The Blue Moon Coffee Company is one of those community café type places
where people love to hang out, not just for the food, but for the atmosphere
and the people. They host a lot of cool original music, too, and we’re glad
to be coming to town. No cover charge, just come grab a table and enjoy the
music! BTW, Hastings is smack dab in the middle of Nebraska, south of Grand
Island. For directions or questions, call the store at 402-462-5214 or talk
to Suzie at whoopydo@....

IOWA CITY, Iowa
Sunday, June 29, 7:30 pm
Northside Book Market
203 North Linn Street
Iowa City, IA

Rock and Jan Williams are the owners of Northside Book Market, which is part
bookstore and part poet’s corner. They are good and kindly folk who are
promoters of good books, good causes and good music. We’ll be playing at
the store, just after closing at 7:30pm, so please come enjoy the music.
Since it’s a Sunday we’ll preview some of the new hymn arrangements we’re
putting together for the Nauvoo show. The bookstore’s at the corner of
Market & Linn in downtown Iowa City. Call 319-466-9330 for info or
directions.

NAUVOO Illinois
Monday, June 30 to Saturday, July 5
Nauvoo Performing Arts Festival
Nauvoo Arts Theatre
2420 Young Street, Nauvoo IL

The rebirth of Nauvoo continues with this new Performing Arts series,
sponsored by the the Nauvoo Arts Theatre. The Festival lasts all summer,
and includes a great variety of musical performances. You can check out
the series at www.nauvooarts.com. We’ll be playing every evening at 7:30
from June 30 to July 5, except there will be no show at the Theatre on July
4. To make that up, on Saturday the 5th we’ll do an extra matinee at 2pm as
well. Tickets are $10/$5 for kids, available at the door or in advance by
calling (217) 453-2399. Group discounts are available, so bring the family
reunion! If you’ve been thinking of making the trek to Nauvoo this year, do
it during FiddleSticks week and let’s make it a party!!

NAUVOO Illinois
Friday, July 4 - 5pm and 8pm
Nauvoo Independence Day Celebration
Nauvoo State Park
Right off Hiway 96, Just South of Nauvoo

The City of Nauvoo has decided to stage its first July 4 celebration since
1845, and it’s going to be great fun. Parades, games, food, speeches (Abe
Lincoln will be there in person!), fireworks, and of course, MUSIC!
FiddleSticks has been asked to be part of the musical celebration -- we’ll
be playing on the main stage, at 5pm and again at about 8pm. Then we’ll all
go down to the river for the fireworks. It’s all free and open to all.
Call the Nauvoo Tourist Office at 877-628-8661 for more information.

GREAT BEND Kansas
Monday, July 7: 7:30pm
The Back Room at the Barton Arts Center
2006 Forest, Great Bend KS

The Barton Arts Center is a community center with a folk music heart. We’re
pleased to end our summer tour in this pleasant venue among such good
people. Don Shorock, the organizer, is a man of many talents and interests,
and we’re glad that Celtic music is among them. For info or reservations,
call (620) 792-3097 or write to tickets@.... Tickets are $10.
You can check out the background of the Back Room at
http://bartonarts.org/backroom.html.


Thanks friends! Please spread the word!

FiddleSticks
Celtic and American Folk Music
647 North 1280 East Street
Orem, Utah 84097
801-221-1108 800-969-7640


FiddleSticks is a family musical group that performs folk songs and
traditional tunes from the Celtic lands, from England, and from America. The
band is made up of three young sisters, Rebecca, Kathryn, and Elizabeth
Davis, and their father Mark. Featured instruments include fiddle, flutes,
cello, bodhran (Irish drum), guitar and vocals, with occasional hammer
dulcimer, fretless bass, drum kit, and various other percussion.

FiddleSticks on the web: www.fiddle-sticks.com

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