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Community Voices: The Musical Ties that Bind - Centuries of Heritage Along the Crooked Road
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Description:
On Thursday, April 25th, Community Voices will present Jack Hinshelwood, the Executive Director of The Crooked Road, Virginia's heritage music trail. The Community Voices talk will be from 7-8 p.m. in Historic Lyric Theatre in downtown Blacksburg, Virginia. Admission is free and all are welcome.

Jack Hinshelwood, as Executive Director of The Crooked Road, brings to the work of cultural and economic development a rich background in the musical traditions of Appalachia. He is an award winning guitarist, fiddler, singer and songwriter. He has taught, performed, produced and recorded the heritage music of the Appalachian region for almost 40 years. He plays regularly with the Appalachian and Celtic music group Celtibillies, with whom he toured Alaska in 2008. Jack has produced numerous recordings which led Bluegrass Unlimited to call him "a fine quick picker with a warm welcoming voice".

Jack will play and sing during his Community Voices talk.

Prior to his work with The Crooked Road, Jack worked for 25 years as an environmental and civil consulting engineer in Southwest Virginia. Born and raised in Montgomery County, Virginia, Jack now resides in Abingdon. Jack graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and worked for 22 years at the engineering consulting firm of Olver Incorporated where he was Vice President and Senior Project Manager.

The Community Voices speakers are engaged in fostering work that strengthens community. Their leadership includes the capacity to speak cogently and concisely about their experiences, to tell stories that are revealing of their work, and to present ideas for change, ideas that matter.

For more information, visit: http://www.ipg.vt.edu/CommunityVoices/index.html