Newberry & Verch

The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture Performance Series presents

Newberry and Verch

Join us at the Miners Hall November 10th to fall in love with a folk duo (complete with step dancing!) who will make you laugh and shimmy in your seat!

In a Newberry & Verch show, delighted audiences see first-hand the roots of their music, their love of performing, and their strong musical connection. Original songs join timeless classics. Stories warm the heart, and give audiences a chance to understand where the music comes from. Lively fiddle and banjo numbers combine with traditional dance steps to illustrate happy times when people made their own fun.

Joe Newberry comes from a family of singers and dancers. He took up the guitar and banjo as a boy and learned fiddle tunes from great Missouri fiddlers. 

April Verch grew up listening to her Dad’s country band play for dances in the Ottawa Valley. She started step dancing at age three and fiddling at age six. 

 Together they present an intricate musical palette, with Joe’s richly deep vocals, April Verch’s sweet soprano voice, original songwriting and outstanding instrumental banjo, fiddle, guitar and dance-percussion accenting each other’s virtuosity.

~ Music Videos: Instrumental w/ dancing: https://youtu.be/IntlsRDQoZ8  Vocal: https://youtu.be/uit9zhWytec

Two 45-minute acts with 20-minute intermission

Tickets available online at rosslandartscouncil.com, or from Out of the Cellar at 2067 Columbia Avenue in Rossland. Any Questions? Email performance.rcac@gmail.com.

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