Frederick County Leader, The (Newspaper) - February 5, 1999, Frederick, Maryland This is a partial list of entertainment events in and around the Frederick County area A complete list appears every Friday in The Frederick Please send your calendar items in a timely manner to The Fredenck P O Box 578 Frederick Md 21705 Attn Calenda of Events Fax or at com Dance An Evening of Dance eclectic mix of ballet and modern dance Feb 8 p m m Stephens Hall Theater on the campus of fowson University Towson Tickets and Walkersville Ballroom Dance Club dance Feb 6 at Walkersville Town Hall Dances every 1st 3rd and 5th Sat 7 30 p m Samba tured or and enter code Benefit Dance by the Frederick County Holstein Association Fsb 6 9 am Walkersville by the Bi others Band person Proceeds to Junior activities 4079 Alvin Atley Repertory Ensemble Feb 9 and 10 at the Wemberg Center for the Arts Fredenck Tues and noon Wed 7 30 p m Tickets to Swing Night at Hopkins Swing Dancing Feb on the university's Homewood campus 3400 N Charles St Baltimore Music by the university's jazz ensemble Free The Alternative Inc singles dances ue Fn Feb 12 and 26 9 p m 30 a m at the Knights of Columbus Pike Hagerstown Mix n mingle pm 4113 Hearts for Hospice Country Western Benefit Dance Feb 13 8 Featuring Midnight Rodeo with Scott DJ Tickets couple into the New Millennium step show competition Feb 13 Alumni Hall Western Maryland College Westminster adults for children under 12 A Mardi Gras Celebration costume black tie optional Feb 13 7 pm St Carrollton Manor Center 5843 Manor Woods Rd An evening of fun and in New Orleans style Live and silent auction person or Community Dances continue Sun Feb War Memorial Bldg corner of German and King streets Shepherdstown WVa Traditional Appalachian and New England dances and waltzes Beginners workshop 2 pm and dancers under 25 6723 Friendly Folks Square Dance Club Dvery second and fourth Sat 30 p m at the Walkersville Town upstairs plus with round dancing 301 865 0569 Lindy Hop and Swing Dancing with John McCalla every Sun from p m Current week session continues at Hood College through March 21 Next session returns to the William Talley Rec Center Bentz Street Armory or at www psychoboy com I earn to Square Join Folks Square Dance Club for classes at the Evangelical Reformed Church United Church of 15 W Church St Fredenck at 7 pm 865 0569 Dance with the Country Western Dance Connection every Men p m at Green Valley Elementary School near Md 75 and 80 Music by Country John DJ and or ask for CJ Frederick County Western Dance Association dance new location every Wed at the Independent on Lane Frederick Doors open open dancing 8 members others 5981 or Gateway Swingers Square Dance Club every second fourth and fifth Fn pm Walkersville Town Hall Caller Art Lavigne Square Dance the Frederick County Promenaders every first and third Fn 30 p m Community Mainstream with announced plus tips lines and rounds Frederick Singles dances held every irst third and fifth Sun at Inn Md 85 at the FSK Mall Frederick pm Doors open 630 pm No denims DJ music up or 831 6747 Over 30 Singles and Social Club meets every Wed and Fn at the Oldies Music Legends Hampton Inn Fredenck 9 or at www fwp Plus Square Dance with the Yellow Rockers every first and third Fn pm at Elementary School through June 18 Caller Bob Beginners Square Dance Lessons ue at South Carroll High School Music Acoustic Music night at the Cultural Arts Center Feb 5 S p m 15 W St town Fredenck Two artists feature all original music cover Singer Ronnie McDowell to appear with David King Feb 5 at the Capitol Theater Chambersburg Pa Tickets Live Music at Borders Cafe Espresso Feb 5 12 and 19 Riverview Plaza 5533 Urbana Pike Fredenck Feb 5 Steven Gellman Feb 12 Andy Feb 19 John Ware Orland Moses Duo Free or at www borders com Free Concerts in Feb at Borders Gaithersburg Feb 5 12 19 and 26 times vary 534 N Frederick Ave From Sound Mind to Squeeze Bayou Free Lox and Vodka Yiddish and Russian Klezmer music Feb 6 8 p m Kepler Theater Hagerstown Community College Mountain Green Concert Tony World Turning A Celebration of the Banjo Feb 6 8 p m Performing Arts Center Montgomery College Rockville Tickets and Theater Songs from the Soul and educational continue Feb 6 at the Wemberg Center for the Arts Fredenck Tickets and 301 John Donaldson Low Profile Illrd Tyme Out and Gary Ferguson Band Sat Feb 6 13 and 20 8 p m Tyme Out 4 and Lucketts Community Center US 15 Lucketts Va All shows Carillon Recitals at Academy continue Feb and 28 from the Barker Tower of the academy chapel 3 p.m Pa Free and visitors to climb the tower to view the bells and chat with the featured Monday Night Jazz with the Chuck Underwood Trio Feb 8 and 22 8 pm at Borders Gaithersburg 534 N Fredenck Ave Free The Moscow Balalaikas RuMian tional Feb 12 8 pm Maryland Theater 21 S Potomac St Hagerstown Russian Festival Tickets and Continued on Page 2 Xl EADER Auction to benefit local 2 a publication of Call Covering cities towns and communities throughout Fredenck County Md and nearby counties Vol 14 No 49 Frederick Maryland 21705 Friday February 5 1999 Schoolhouse rockin to rhythms By KAREN GARDNER Assistant Entertainment Editor LUCKETTS Va The old schoolhouse stage seemed as familiar as a front porch and the music that emanated from it is the land of music that has been played on the front porches of Appalachia for decades It's this folksy homey setting that attracts crowds of anywhere from 100 to 250 people to the Lucketts Community Center's weekly bluegrass concerts a Saturday night staple m this tiny community four miles south of Point of Rocks A band of volunteers with a bit of assistance from the community center staff puts together a line-up of concerts from October to the end of April that includes some of the biggest names in bluegrass music along with some with regional This Saturday's show features John Donaldson Low Profile along with Dean Sapp Harford Express Next week on Feb 13 the acclaimed band Tyme Out will play two shows and organizers are expecting a sellout crowd This is all there said Don Obert manager of the Center during a tour of the center before the show last Saturday night This little stage is where they perform and we're down to one spotlight The audience sits on folding chairs that can get a bit hard by the intermission The shows are in the back of the schoolhouse which now serves as a community meeting house and hosts many local recreational activities including the Lucketts Fair in August The building was built in 1913 and closed as a school in 1972 It is now on the National Register of Historic Places Occupying former classrooms in the front are rooms for each of the bands to rehearse sell tapes and CDs and souvenirs a snack bar and a large hallway where Barbara Slaughter veils tickets Barbara and Gene Slaughter of nearby Lovettsville took over the organization of Lucketts Bluegrass in 1979 from E J Spence who founded it in 1974 They booked the bands sold the tickets and ed the sound system until last year when Frank Jurney began doing the bookings Mrs Slaughter still sells the tickets and her husband is hi charge of the sound system He's assisted by Paul Hope Jr of Lucketts and Lewis Story of Alexandria Va The Slaughters began coming to Lucketts when their daughter Linda played banjo at Their ter has another life now but the Slaughters stayed with the bluegrass shows A lot of people say this is the Mrs Slaughter said That's not the case among Above members of the Fastest Grass Alive bluegrass band perform at the Lucketts Va Community Center recently From left are David Robertson Warren Blair Kenny Blair Jim Green and Scott Walker The group has been playing together for year At left volunteers Barbara Slaughter right and Helen Ward second from right check in music patrons Ron Lickey left and Ed Barker at the Lucketts Community Center A group of volunteers help put on the bluegrass concerts which sometimes feature name acts such as Illrd Tyme Out uled to play Feb 13 Bottom volunteer sound man Gene Slaughter keeps the tunes in tune during a recent concert Mr Slaughter and his wife Barbara took over the Lucketts Bluegrass in 1979 which was founded five years earlier by Spence Staff photos by Skip Lawrence Grass on Feb 20 Continental divide on Feb Seldom Scene on March 6 the Reno Brothers on March 20 Dale Ann Bradley Coon Creek on March 27 Patent Pending on April 17 and the Kentucky Ramblers and Harrell on April 14 You really get to know the cians in this said Lewis Story who drives 40 miles from Alexandria each Saturday to help Mr Slaughter operate the sound system You can bring your whole family out Despite the late hour of the concert there were a few children running around No alcohol is served in the center and smoking is not allowed in the building 6 The more you get involved the more you get said Helen Ward who helps Mrs Slaughter sell tickets She and her husband Lloyd from Gaithersburg have been coming for eight years Until last year Lloyd Ward operated the sound system He in when needed While the music is playing the volunteers in the kitchen regroup for the intermission rush Eleanor a native of Lucketts has been volunteering 21 years and hasn't missed a single show As she cooked up some more of the famous Lucketts hot she reminisced I went to school she said I graduated from grade school here in 1947 Twenty-one years ago a friend of hers asked her to help and she's been making hot dogs and hamburgers and serving up pie and coffee ever since The bands come in after the concert and get food and coffee to take with them on the she said Her assistant Stephanie also of Lucketts said she'd never heard bluegrass until she began assisting Ms Tillet in the kitchen She doesn't come every week but when she can and looks for- ward to hearing the music Band members like the venue because it varies from the typical bar or club setting Kenny Blair of Fastest Grass Alive said playing at Lucketts felt like home It's like playing un front of our he said You feel a bit more at ease He's not far from home He's from and fellow member Jim Green is from Lewistown Members Scott Walker of Winchester Va Warren Blair of Baltimore and Dave Robertson of York Pa round out the group which has been together a little more than a year Alvin Breeden the Virginia Cutups a veteran bluegrass band that also played last Saturday Lucketts Va will be back said manager Mallory Thomas He said they probably won't play there as often as i are and because clubs offer bands a percentage of drink and food sales as well as ticket sales the most a band can than toe For of tte only come without a he said They come the hard seats and the policy of no advance ticket sales Prances Bell of Buckeystown has been coming regularly since the We iust love bluegrass music and this is the closest we tan get she said She and her husband Robert have made many friends among the volunteers id fans at J Joan Frazier of Manassas Va said she loves the atmosphere There's no drinking no smoking and we love the music she said HefUn tfm Westminster to Just about K's drive and I can hear some good bluegrass and meet some he said I love this
