Saturday, January 17, 2009

Practice on the Road

This week, Nathaniel and his dad had the opportunity to perform for the seniors group at Level Grove Baptist Church. They dressed in their old-time clothes and played a mix of mostly old hymns and fiddle tunes, sharing a bit of dulcimer history between songs. Nathaniel played four solos: Victory in Jesus, Wayfaring Stranger, How Great Thou Art and Black Mountain Rag.
Immediately prior to the concert, though, Nathaniel and his dad spent a few days traveling, so they did their final performance preparations on the road, practicing first on the balcony at a beach resort and then in their room at Blacks Camp on the Santee Cooper lakes. Their next performance is with the Nacoochee Strummers, playing for residents of a nearby assisted living home.