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May 2020 at the Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee March - May 2020 At the Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee www.jubileearts.org (tickets & info) • 800-838-3006 ext 1 (tickets) • 865-522-5851 (info) • [email protected] • Laurel Theater on Facebook SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY JCA presents Knoxville Contra Dance Knoxville JCA presents Sunday Jubilee Scandinavian Swing Dance Assoc. BILL & THE Spring Lizards Couple Dancing LEROY TROY 5-11 pm on WDVX Earl McGill calling Lessons at 7 pm BELLES 7:30 pm 8 pm 8 pm Open Dance at 8 pm 8 pm n Mar 1 9 o 2 o 3 p 4 p 5 q 6 q 7 D.S.T. Begins JCA presents Knoxville Contra Dance Scandinavian Knoxville Sunday Jubilee Coker & Fisher Swing Dance Assoc. KNOXVILLE Mountain Jubilee Couple Dancing 9 pm on WUOT 5-11 pm on WDVX Ryan Worden calling 7:30 pm Lessons at 7 pm SQUARE DANCE 8 pm Open Dance at 8 pm 8 pm r 8 6 r 9 s 10 s 11 t 12 t 13 u 14 St Patrick’s Day Spring Equinox Knoxville Contra Dance Scandinavian Knoxville JCA presents Sunday Jubilee Coracree Swing Dance Assoc. Couple Dancing JUBILEE 5-11 pm on WDVX Donna Calhoun calling 7:30 pm Lessons at 7 pm 8 pm Open Dance at 8 pm FESTIVAL u 15 7 v 16 v 17 v 18 w 19 w 20 x 21 JCA night at JCA presents Knoxville Contra Dance Knoxville ORKA CRUZE FARM Swing Dance Assoc. Mountain Jubilee JUBILEE FEST David Stewart calling PIZZA BARN Lessons at 7 pm 9 pm on WUOT WITH OLD HARP 8 pm 4-9pm Open Dance at 8 pm x 22 x 23 8 m 24 m 25 n 26 n 27 n 28 April Fool’s Day Knoxville Contra Dance Knoxville Sunday Jubilee Scandinavian JCA presents 5-11 pm on WDVX Owl on a Train Swing Dance Assoc. Tim Klein calling Couple Dancing Lessons at 7 pm KELLE JOLLY English Dance - 8 pm 8 pm 7:30 pm Open Dance at 8 pm 8 pm o 29 o 30 p 31 9 p Apr 1 p Apr 2 q Apr 3 q Apr 4 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Passover Begins Good Friday JCA presents JCA presents Sunday Jubilee Knoxville Contra Dance Knoxville Mumbillies Scandinavian KNOXVILLE 5-11 pm on WDVX Couple Dancing Swing Dance Assoc. DON DON & Earl McGill calling Lessons at 7 pm SQUARE DANCE PO SHOW English Dance - 8 pm 7:30 pm 8 pm Open Dance at 8 pm 8 pm 8 pm r Apr 5 r 6 6 s 7 s 8 t 9 t 10 u Apr 11 Easter Knoxville Contra Dance Scandinavian Knoxville JCA presents Sunday Jubilee Coker & Fisher Swing Dance Assoc. 5-11 pm on WDVX Sara Melton calling Couple Dancing Lessons at 7 pm KEVIN BURKE 8 pm 7:30 pm Open Dance at 8 pm 8 pm u 12 v 13 7 v 14 w 15 w 16 w 17 x 18 Ramadan Begins Knoxville Contra Dance Sunday Jubilee Scandinavian Knoxville JCA presents 5-11 pm on WDVX Clinch Mountain Swing Dance Assoc. Ryan Worden calling Couple Dancing Lessons at 7 pm JAMIE LAVAL English Dance - 8 pm 8 pm 7:30 pm Open Dance at 8 pm 8 pm x 19 m 20 m 21 8 m 22 n 23 n 24 o 25 May Day Unless otherwise noted Knoxville Contra Dance Knoxville all events are at the Sunday Jubilee Scandinavian JCA presents Laurel Theater, 5-11 pm on WDVX ORKA Swing Dance Assoc. Tim Klein calling Couple Dancing Lessons at 7 pm JAY CLARK 1538 Laurel Ave English Dance - 8 pm 8 pm 7:30 pm Open Dance at 8 pm 8 pm (16th St & Laurel Ave in Fort Sanders) o 26 p 27 p 28 p 29 9 q 30 q May 1 r May 2 Tickets are available from Brown Paper Tickets JCA receives financial support from and the door (doors open 30 minutes before concert start). The Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville, JCA presents Online ticket sales link at www.jubileearts.org Bluebird Christmas Tree Farm, The City of Knoxville, Knox County, DOM FLEMONS The East Tennessee Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, 8 pm Telephone sales at Brown Paper Tickets: The Tennessee Arts Commission, & Ullrich Printing. 800 838-3006, ext. 1 JCA is a member agency of Community Shares. u May 9 The Jubilee Festival is part of the Penny4Arts Program — with Leroy Troy the advance purchase of one adult ticket through our regular ticket The Tennessee Slicker outlets up to three children’s tickets may be purchased for a penny FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 8 P.M. each. Penny tickets are limited and must be reserved in advance through the JCA office at 522-5851. Leroy Troy delivers a strong solo old- time banjo performance in the tradition Sat & Sun Each Evening: $12 JCA Members, Students, Seniors • of Uncle Dave Macon, Grandpa Jones $13 General Advance • $15 General Day of Show • and Stringbean. At sixteen he began $8 Children 12 & under • (Sunday afternoon singing is free) studying with Middle Tennessee banjoist Cordell Kemp who had in turn learned much from Macon himself; at seventeen he dazzled a nationwide audience on the hit TV show Hee Haw with his banjo JCA Night at Cruze Farm Pizza Barn expertise and natural gift of comedy. Fundraiser $12 JCA Members, Students, Seniors • $13 General Advance TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 4 TO 9 P.M. $15 General Day of Show • $8 Children 12 & under When ordering mention that you are there to support Jubilee Community Arts and we will receive 20% of the total. Bill and the Belles 20% of each order supports JCA Old-Time & 1920s Song SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 8 P.M. Kelle Jolly With striking three-part harmonies and the Will Boyd Project and masterful instrumentation, Bill and the Belles skillfully present the sounds SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 8 P.M. of early country music. The Johnson Originally from South Carolina, Kelle and City based group focus on the music her saxophonist husband Will Boyd make traditions of their region, from sentimental Southern ballads to the their home in Knox County. Kelle’s music popular songs of Tin Pan Alley to regional fiddle breakdowns. A Bill influences include Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and the Belles show is a celebration of the diversity country music Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan, and her once represented. repertoire includes early regional women $12 JCA Members, Students, Seniors • $13 General Advance blues and sacred singers, among them Knoxvillians Leola Manning and $15 General Day of Show • $8 Children 12 & under Ida Cox. Kelle is host of “Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly” on WUOT 91.9. Will Boyd is a member of the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra. $12 JCA Members, Students, Seniors • $13 General Advance Knoxville Square Dance $15 General Day of Show • $8 Children 12 & under Music by the Spring Lizards THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 8 P.M. Knoxville Square Dance The Knoxville Square Dance is back Spring Lizards on second Thursdays at the Laurel. Traditional regional square dance, with fine old-time music by the THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 8 P.M. Spring Lizards and callers Leo Collins and Stan Sharp. No experience Join our Appalachian square dance with live old-time music by or partner is necessary and the atmosphere is casual. No taps, please. the Spring Lizards and calling by Leo Collins and Stan Sharp. No $5 JCA Members & Students • $7 General Admission experience is necessary and the atmosphere is casual. No taps, please. $5 JCA Members & Seniors • $7 General Admission 51th Jubilee Festival A celebration of Don Don and Po Show traditional music Bluegrass and Swing SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 21-22 SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 8 P.M. JCA showcases some of the The Don Don and Po Show brings finest practitioners of mountain together Don Cassell, Don Woods music across the generations, and Barry “Po” Hannah, all highly home grown in our own back yard. Saturday respected local musicians. Mandolinist Don Cassell is known for his and Sunday nights we will have old-time work with the Dismembered Tennesseans, the Tennessee Sheiks and string bands and plenty of jamming in the Strange Company, Don Woods plays guitar with the Tennessee Sheiks basement. This year’s festival includes plenty and the Lone Mountain Drifters, and Barry “Po” Hannah plays guitar of old-time with some blues, early jazz and with RB Morris, Tim Lee and others. They will be joined by Jeremy traditional song and the annual Epworth Old Carriger on bass. Harp Singing on Sunday afternoon. See the full schedule on the back. $12 JCA Members, Students, Seniors • $13 General Advance $15 General Day of Show • $8 Children 12 & under rhythm bones. In 2018, Flemons released the Grammy nominated solo Kevin Burke album Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys on Smithsonian Folkways Irish Fiddle part of the African American Legacy Recordings series, co-produced SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 8 P.M. with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. In 2005 Dom co-founded the Carolina Chocolate Drops Kevin Burke has earned international who won a Grammy for “Best Traditional Folk Album” in 2010 and acclaim in both Europe and America as a were nominated for “Best Folk Album” in 2012. While with the band solo performer, a teacher and as a member he performed at the Laurel Theater. He left the group to pursue his of some of the Irish music revival’s foremost solo career in 2014. Dom’s debut appearance on the Grand Ole Opry groups including the Bothy Band, Celtic was in 2018.
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