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<div><br><font face="Arial" size="2">PRESS CONTACTS:<br>Dorene Sykes, </font><a href="mailto:dksykes@verizon.net" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="2">dksykes@verizon.net</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">, 508-5<span class="386520415-23042009">48-3124</span><br>Jan Elliott, </font><a href="mailto:ellifordjan@aol.com" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="2">ellifordjan@aol.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">,
508-540-0865</font></div>
<div><br><font face="Arial" size="2">==================<br>CONCERT
SUMMARY<br>Date/time: Sunday. May 3 at 7:30 PM. Doors open at 7
PM.<br>Performer: Joel Mabus<br>Sponsor: Woods Hole Folk Music
Society<br>Location: Community Hall, 68 Water Street, Woods Hole,
MA<br>Admission: $15 at the door ($12 members, discounts for seniors, youth
& children)<br>Contact: </font><a href="http://www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="2">www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> or
508-540-0320<br>==================</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Folk musician Joel Mabus performs in Woods
Hole</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Falmouth, MA - April 2<span class="459581815-23042009">3</span>, 2009 - The Woods Hole Folk Music Society
series will complete its <span class="386520415-23042009">37th </span>season
on Sunday, May 3 with a performance by Joel Mabus. The concert takes place at
7:30 PM in the Community Hall at 68 Water Street in Woods Hole.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Singer, songwriter and instrumentalist Joel Mabus
is considered a maverick in the folk music world, singing and playing
instruments in many styles. He was born in southern Illinois, describing his
hometown as "105 miles southeast of Mark Twain, 190 miles northwest of Bill
Monroe, 110 miles southwest of Burl Ives and just over the river and up the hill
from Scott Joplin." His <span class="386520415-23042009">mother and
father</span>, a 3rd generation fiddle champion and a banjo player, were
professional entertainers who barnstormed the Midwest with road shows for the
parent comany of the Grand Ole Opry. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Mr. Mabus launched his own career in 1971,
performing in coffeehouses while in college. Since 1978 he has has recorded 19
albums of original and traditional music. The Banjo Monologues, blending
old-time music and storytelling, placed 6<span class="386520415-23042009">th</span> in the 2007 Folk Radio charts; the following
year he placed 4<span class="386520415-23042009">th</span> with Retold, a reissue
of his early original songs. In 2008, Mabus was nominated for the
Traditional Music Act of the year at the international Folk Alliance Awards<span class="386520415-23042009">, </span>having received the "Lantern Bearer's Award"
in 2006 for a career of performing excellence.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">A mainstay on the national folk circuit, Joel Mabus
has performed in concert with John Prine, Joan Baez, Tom Paxton and many other
top folk musicians, and has been a featured performer at clubs and festivals
including the Philadelphia Folk Festival and Vancouver Folk Festival.
Performances highlight his eclectic repertoire: ancient ballads accompanied on
mountain banjo, humorous original songs about modern life, Irish melodies picked
on guitar, classic blues, jazz and swing music, Carter family songs<span class="386520415-23042009">,</span> and fiddle tunes. As one fan said, "It's music
from the heart that hits you right between the eyes." </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span class="386520415-23042009">According to
Chris Rietz of Musichound Folk, </span>"It is hard to imagine another artist on
the folk scene who combines the same concise, deceptively understated, lyrical
insight and sometimes devastating wit with such world-class instrumental
prowess." </font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">The concert starts at 7:30 PM. Doors open at 7 PM.
Admission is $15 ($12 members, $10 youth, $5 children, $1 off for seniors). The
hall is handicapped accessible. Street parking is free after 6 PM.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">The Woods Hole Folk Music Society is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to fostering enjoyment of folk music in all its forms.
Concerts are generally held on the first and third Sunday of each month from
October to May. They are made possible by support from its members, season
subscribers, volunteers, and performers. More information is available at
</font><a href="http://www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="2">www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> or by
calling 508-540-0320.</font></div>
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