Jazz Fest this Saturday! are you coming?

[Mark]

The Hillsborough Jazz Festival 'Celebrating Billy Strayhorn' at Historic Moorefields Estate 2201 Moorefields Road Hillsborough, NC Presented by the Hillsborough Arts Council Saturday September 25, 2010 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm 12:00-12:30      Ed Moon Trio 12:35-1:00        Sawyer-Goldberg Jazz 1:10- 1:45          Laura Ridgeway 2:00-2:45           Magic of African Rhythms 3:00-3:45           Equinox 4:00-5:00           Lois Deloatch 5:00-6:00           John Brown Quintet Come out and enjoy a beautiful day of great Jazz at the idyllic 84 acre Moorefields estate and gardens!

General admission is just $10.00 in advance and 15.00 at the door, with lawn seating. Parking is free. Grilled foods, soft drinks, beer and wine will be available for sale. Please visit the Arts Councils Jazz Fest website for more detailed info about the fest including a map and directions.    See you there!   Purchase tickets Online here. Advance sales discount ends Friday at 9:00 pm! The Hillsborough Arts Council is a volunteer non-profit 501-C-3 organization

Lois Deloatch "a distinctive and original voice offers us a soulful and spiritually uplifting tribute..." —Ed Thigpen John Brown  “Brown’s woody bass tones are resounding and full of soulful authority…brilliant bass solo…solidly swinging and full of deep feeling from start to finish.” -Bill Milkowski in JazzTimes Magic of African Rhythms "Their professional drummers and dancers have performed nationally with notable groups such as the African American Dance Ensemble and the Broadway version of 'The Lion King.”

Jazz and You!  workshop... We are very pleased to be able to offer a unique opportunity for the community to take part in a Jazz workshop the morning of the Jazz festival. More detailed info at the workshop website With Lois Deloatch, vocalist and John Brown, bassist, the interactive workshop will take place the morning of the Jazz Festival September 25, 2010 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. Presented by the Hillsborough Arts Council and sponsored by the North Carolina Humanities Council, this workshop being offered free to pre-registered participants who are attending the Hillsborough Jazz Festival. This workshop is free  -  however, pre-registration is required! A registration form can be found here. Deloatch and Brown will conduct a ninety (90) minute jazz workshop that enables participants (musicians, vocalists, and the community-at-large) to experience and better understand jazz and its musical predecessors, Blues and Spirituals. This workshop is designed to engage people of all ages in the exploration of traditional and contemporary jazz. Emphasizing the use of music as a means of communicating within and across cultures, the workshop will incorporate both improvised and composed music. Based on the Jazz curriculum developed by Jazz at Lincoln Center, the primary goals of this lecture-demonstration are to share, teach, and celebrate jazz music. This is a unique opportunity to participate in a workshop with nationally recognized recording artists... don't miss it!

A limited number of first annual commemorative t-shirts will be available at the Arts Council tent this Last Fridays in Hillsborough and at the Jazz Fest. Poster graphic by Mark Donley; graphic layout, font design and t-shirts by Total Exposure.