McCelvey Series
The McCelvey Center sets the stage for an incredible season of programs year after year:
Friday, January 23, 2009
O Brother, Where Art Thou? movie
Special add-on performance - Not included in Season Pass
As an introduction to the Peasall Sisters in concert, enjoy a special screening of the blockbuster 2000 movie featuring their singing, O Brother, Where Art Thou. Set in Mississippi in 1937, O Brother is set in the Depression and is a loose retelling of Homer’s Greek classic, The Odyssey. Historian Michael Scoggins will briefly comment on the historical, mythological and musical themes in the movie.
$3 general admission, children 3 and younger FREE
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Peasall Sisters in Concert
Special add-on performance - Not included in Season Pass
In 1999, three young sisters from White House, Tennessee, auditioned for an upcoming Coen Brothers’ movie. Although the girls didn’t look “pitiful enough” to play Depression-era characters, their unique vocal harmonies were used for the voices of the “Little Warvey Gals,” actor George Clooney’s gospel-singing on-screen daughters. Now 21, 17 and 15, the Peasall Sisters have earned Grammy and Country Music Association awards and have performed at the Grand Ole Opry, Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall.
$10 general admission, children 3 and younger FREE
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 8 p.m.
Simply Sinatra
Steve Lippia moves from crisp, popping swing tunes to lush poignant ballads. His natural sound and style are a combination of his own musical interpretation and the influence of the best singers of an incredible era of American music.
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$20 CHM Members, $25 Non-Members, $22 Senior,
$15 Youth ages 4–17, 3 and younger free
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Billy Jonas
Special add-on performance - Not included in Season Pass
A Billy Jonas performance is an explosion of energy. In original songs, soundscapes, stories and improvisations, traditional boundaries disappear. Everyone becomes part of a performance that reaches out and ". . . touches even the most hardened of hearts.” Billy delights audiences with his clear, tenor voice, acoustic guitar and found and foraged instruments.
$7 general admission, children 3 and younger FREE
Funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which received support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the CHM Leadership Circle:
- Admission Coupons
- Program Updates
- Gift Shop Discounts
News & PR
- December 19, 2008 - FREE admission and your Last Chance to See
- November 19, 2008 - Christmas Candlelight Tours at Historic Brattonsville
- November 7, 2008 - New days and times for Christmas Candlelight Tours at Historic Brattonsville
- November 3, 2008 - Annie Moses Band “String Crossings: A Journey Through America”
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