Irish Music and Square Dances Announced at the Laurel Theater in Knoxville

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Jubilee Community Arts announces programming for September featuring monthly dance events and Irish music at the Laurel Theater.

The Knoxville Square Dance is back 8 p.m. Sept. 14, Oct. 12, Nov. 9 and Dec. 7 at the Laurel.  No experience or partner is necessary and the atmosphere is casual.

Live, old-time music by The Hellgramites and calling by Stan Sharp, Ruth Simmons and Leo Collins is featured. Guest band Hoot and Holler perform during the Oct. 12 event.

Admission is $7 and $5 for students and Jubilee Community Arts members.

Red-Haired Mary delivers Irish and other Celtic songs and tunes, sometimes in the Irish language and often in three-part harmony 8 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Laurel Theater.

Members of the band include Nancy Acuff, flute, tin whistle and vocals; Alycia Petrone, fiddle; Terry Schomer, bouzouki, guitar, mandolin, bodhran and bones; Margaret Scanlan, keyboards and vocals; and Tom Scanlan, bass, bodhran and vocals.

Tickets are $15.

For additional information or photos, call Toby Koosman at 865-522-5851 or email concerts@jubileearts.org.

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