November - December 2019 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 receives financial support from Tickets are available from Brown Paper Tickets UAB at UT The Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville, and the door (doors open 30 minutes before At Brydstown concert start). Bluebird Christmas Tree Farm, The City of Knoxville, Knox County, TENN FOLKLORE The East Tennessee Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, Online ticket sales link at www.jubileearts.org SOCIETY ANNUAL The Tennessee Arts Commission, & Ullrich Printing. Telephone sales at Brown Paper Tickets: JCA is a member agency of Community Shares. MEETING 800 838-3006, ext. 1 v Nov 1 v 2 D.S.T. Ends JCA presents Knoxville Contra Dance Knoxville Scandinavian ENN TIFFLEGS Sunday Jubilee Owl on a Train Swing Dance Assoc. T S Couple Dancing & SILENT 5-11 pm on WDVX Earl McGill calling 7:30 pm Lessons at 7 pm 8 pm Open Dance at 8 pm AUCTION 8 pm w 3 9 w 4 w 5 x 6 x 7 m 8 m 9 Veteran’s Day Knoxville Contra Dance JCA presents JCA presents Scandinavian Knoxville Sunday Jubilee Campbell & Paul Swing Dance Assoc. KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE Mountain Jubilee Tim Klein calling Couple Dancing 5-11 pm on WDVX 7:30 pm Lessons at 7 pm SQUARE DANCE SHEIKS 9 pm on WUOT 8 pm Open Dance at 8 pm 8 pm 8 pm m 10 n 11 6 n 12 o 13 o 14 p 15 p 16 JCA presents Knoxville Contra Dance Knoxville Sunday Jubilee Scandinavian Swing Dance Assoc. LONE The Old Reliables Couple Dancing MOUNTAIN 5-11 pm on WDVX Donna Calhoun calling Lessons at 7 pm 7:30 pm Open Dance at 8 pm DRIFTERS 8 pm 8 pm p 17 q 18 7 q 19 r 20 r 21 s 22 s 23 Thanksgiving Day Vanderbilt at UT Knoxville Contra Dance JCA & EOH present Scandinavian Sunday Jubilee ORKA THANKSGIVING Mountain Jubilee David Stewart calling Couple Dancing 5-11 pm on WDVX 7:30 pm SINGING 9 pm on WUOT 8 pm 6:30 pm t 24 t 25 8 u 26 u 27 v 28 v 29 v 30 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY JCA presents JCA presents JCA presents Knoxville Contra Dance Scandinavian Knoxville Sunday Jubilee Owl on a Train Swing Dance Assoc. KNOXVILLE RED-HAIRED TENNESSEE Tim Klein calling Couple Dancing 5-11 pm on WDVX 7:30 pm Lessons at 7 pm SQUARE DANCE MARY SCHMALTZ 8 pm Open Dance at 8 pm 8 pm 8 pm 8 pm w Dec 1 w 2 x 3 9 x 4 m 5 m 6 v 7 Knoxville Contra Dance Circle Modern Dance Circle Modern Dance Scandinavian Circle Modern Dance Sunday Jubilee Riverdale presents presents presents Sara Melton calling Couple Dancing Modern Dance 5-11 pm on WDVX 7:30 pm Modern Dance Modern Dance 8 pm Primitive Light Primitive Light Primitive Light n 8 n 9 o 10 o 11 6 o 12 p 13 p 14 Winter Solstice Knoxville Contra Dance Scandinavian Knoxville Sunday Jubilee Coker & Fisher Couple Dancing Swing Dance Assoc. Mountain Jubilee 5-11 pm on WDVX Earl McGill calling 7:30 pm Lessons at 7 pm 9 pm on WUOT 8 pm Open Dance at 8 pm q 15 q 16 r 17 7 r 18 s 19 s 20 t 21 Hanukkah begins Christmas Eve Christmas Knoxville Contra Dance Sunday Jubilee The Washingtons Mountain Jubilee 5-11 pm on WDVX Bob Green calling 9 pm on WUOT 8 pm t 22 u 23 u 24 u 25 8 v 26 v 27 w 28 New Year’s Eve New Year’s Day Unless otherwise noted The mission of Jubilee Community Arts is to Knoxville Contra Dance Knoxville Contra Dance Knoxville all events are at the promote, preserve, and present the traditional Sunday Jubilee ORKA Coker & Paul Swing Dance Assoc. Laurel Theater, performing arts of the southern Appalachian region 5-11 pm on WDVX Donna Calhoun calling Vicki Herndon calling Lessons at 7 pm 1538 Laurel Ave and to nurture the cultural milieu responsible for 8 pm 8 pm Open Dance at 8 pm (16th St & Laurel Ave in the birth and evolution of these and related art w 29 x 30 x 31 x Jan 1 Fort Sanders) forms.. Tennessee Folklore Society Annual Meeting Knoxville Square Dance Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park, Byrdstown Music by the Spring Lizards SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 11:00 A.M. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 8 P.M. The Tennessee Folklore Society The Knoxville Square Dance is back will hold its 85th Annual Meeting on second Thursdays at the Laurel. on Saturday, November 2, 2019 Traditional regional square dance, with fine old-time music by the at Cordell Hull Birthplace State Spring Lizards and callers Leo Collins and Stan Sharp. No experience Park in Byrdstown, Tennessee. The or partner is necessary and the atmosphere is casual. No taps, please. meeting will begin at 11:00 am $5 JCA Members & Students • $7 General Admission (CDT). It is free of charge and open to Society members as well as the general public. Founded in 1934, the Society publishes the Tennessee Tennessee Sheiks Folklore Society Bulletin, the nation’s CD Release Concert oldest regional folklore journal. Its operations are managed by Jubilee FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 8 P.M. Community Arts in Knoxville, Tennessee. Celebrating the release of their new The schedule includes a report from Tennessee Arts Commission recording Tanglewood, the Sheiks are Don Folklife Program Director Bradley Hanson on TAC program news and Cassell on mandolin, guitar, dobro, and activities and presentations on several topics relating to Tennessee vocals; Nancy Brennan Strange on guitar traditional music. Michael Doubler will speak on the career of his and vocals; Don Wood on guitar; Barry great-grandfather, Grand Ole Opry pioneer Uncle Dave Macon, (Po) Hannah on guitar; Michael Crawley sharing materials from his new biography of the Dixie Dewdrop. James on blues harp and vocals; Marcus Shirley on piano and keyboards, Akenson will reflect on Ken Burns’ recent television documentary Vince Ilagan on bass and vocals, and Ken Wood on percussion. They Country Music, reactions to and assessments of the series, and its are known individually for their work with area bands and musicians overall impact. Shawn Pitts will examine Carl Perkins’ early career working in bluegrass, old-time, jazz and swing idioms, including the and discovery of his earliest sides among the Stanton Littlejohn home Dismembered Tennesseans and Strange Company. recordings. The meeting will end with a screening of a video about Jubilee board member, TFS activist and Tennessee State Parks ranger $12 JCA Members, Students, Seniors • $13 General Advance Bob Fulcher from recent Washington ceremonies in which he was $15 General Day of Show • $8 Children 12 & under awarded the National Heritage Fellowship. Free Lone Mountain Drifters Old-Time Band JCA Silent Auction & Concert SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 8 P.M. with The Tennessee Stifflegs Fiddle and banjo duet Darrell Acuff and Morgan Simmons SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 7 P.M. are area old-time stalwarts Jubilee Community Arts will hold a fundraising who have performed with event to support general operations at the the Mumbillies, the Hellgrammites, the New Dixie Entertainers and Laurel Theater featuring a silent auction others. They are joined by guitarist Don Wood, known for his work beginning at 7 pm and music by the Tennessee with the Tennessee Sheiks and other area bands, and Bonnie Simmons Stifflegs beginning at 8 pm. The auction will offer the work of local on vocals. artists as well as donations from area individuals and businesses. $12 JCA Members, Students, Seniors • $13 General Advance The Tennessee Stifflegs are $15 General Day of Show • $8 Children 12 & under a four-piece string band from Knoxville featuring a repertoire of old-time country, western swing and Annual Thanksgiving Old Harp Singing hillbilly jazz. Steeped in the Epworth Old Harp tradition of Appalachian WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 6:30 P.M. string band music, the Stifflegs have played Jubilee Community Arts and the Epworth Old square dances and fiddler’s Harp Singers host our annual Thanksgiving conventions throughout get together. A potluck supper will be followed by a community the region. In addition to the group’s spirited fiddle-led numbers, singing from the New Harp of Columbia. Shape note singing has a long the Stifflegs also showcase a unique take on a wide variety of classic history in East Tennessee and the Epworth Old Harp Singers are American music, including harmony-driven ballads and upbeat jazz actively carrying on that tradition. The New Harp of Columbia was first standards. The Tennessee Stifflegs are Frank Bronson on fiddle and published in 1863 in Knoxville, based on the 1848 Harp of Columbia, vocals, Thomas McNair on guitar and vocals, Tom Cook on bass, and also published in East Tennessee; a new edition was published in 2001 Nathan Black on banjo and lap steel. thanks to the tireless efforts of singer Larry Olszewski. Tickets: $25 Free Knoxville Square Dance Our Mission Spring Lizards The mission of Jubilee Community Arts is to promote, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 8 P.M. preserve, and present the traditional performing arts Join our Appalachian square of the southern Appalachian region and to nurture the dance with live old-time cultural milieu responsible for the birth and evolution of music by the Spring Lizards these and related art forms. and calling by Leo Collins and Stan Sharp.