Monday, January 09, 2006
On the other side: Blue Moon Rising finds its way to Bismarck
From the Bismarck Tribune
For too long, the grass has been bluer on the other side. Of the Missouri River. Cross Ranch State Park has hosted the Missouri River Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival for 15 years. Meanwhile, over here on the east bank, we've got brome, foxtail barley and even big bluestem. But bluegrass? Hardly.
Enter Blue Moon Rising, a Tennessee-based bluegrass band that considers outreach part of its mission. The band played last summer at Cross Ranch, and called one of the event's promoters afterward to see about a Bismarck concert.
"We were a host family for them and got to know them really well," said Jill Wiese, bass player in Cotton Wood, a bluegrass band from Washburn. "Their bass player called me in August and said 'Jill, do you ever do shows in that town we flew into?'"
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Blue Moon Rising will play at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 in the Sidney J. Lee Auditorium at BSC. Tickets are $15, available at the college, Eckroth Music, String Bean and at the door. The band also will play a free concert at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 13 at the Washburn school.
In addition to the concerts, members of the band will give hands-on bluegrass workshops from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at BSC. There will be workshops for fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bass, banjo and songwriting. Tickets for the workshops and the concert are $20.
"We love it there. We had a great time at Cross Ranch and thought this would be a good opportunity to come back and play in Bismarck," Blue Moon Rising's bass player, Tim Tipton, said. "Hopefully we'll get to play to more people and get a chance to introduce the music to a broader audience."
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Bismarck Tribune
For too long, the grass has been bluer on the other side. Of the Missouri River. Cross Ranch State Park has hosted the Missouri River Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival for 15 years. Meanwhile, over here on the east bank, we've got brome, foxtail barley and even big bluestem. But bluegrass? Hardly.
Enter Blue Moon Rising, a Tennessee-based bluegrass band that considers outreach part of its mission. The band played last summer at Cross Ranch, and called one of the event's promoters afterward to see about a Bismarck concert.
"We were a host family for them and got to know them really well," said Jill Wiese, bass player in Cotton Wood, a bluegrass band from Washburn. "Their bass player called me in August and said 'Jill, do you ever do shows in that town we flew into?'"
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Blue Moon Rising will play at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 in the Sidney J. Lee Auditorium at BSC. Tickets are $15, available at the college, Eckroth Music, String Bean and at the door. The band also will play a free concert at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 13 at the Washburn school.
In addition to the concerts, members of the band will give hands-on bluegrass workshops from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at BSC. There will be workshops for fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bass, banjo and songwriting. Tickets for the workshops and the concert are $20.
"We love it there. We had a great time at Cross Ranch and thought this would be a good opportunity to come back and play in Bismarck," Blue Moon Rising's bass player, Tim Tipton, said. "Hopefully we'll get to play to more people and get a chance to introduce the music to a broader audience."
Read the article
Bismarck Tribune
# posted by Dave Sichak @ 7:33 PM 
