Simple Gifts pair give concert, camp
RIMERSBURG — Two women plus twelve instruments make up the musical group Simple Gifts, scheduled for a show at 7 p.m. July 11 at the Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library.
Linda Littleton and Karen Hirshon have performed as Simple Gifts since 1995. The group was founded by Littleton in 1989 and has performed throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
The award-winning pair play an array of instruments, including violins, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, recorders, and a guitar plus some more unusual instruments like the bowed psaltery, baritone fiddle, banjolin, guitjo and doumbek.
Simple Gifts presents a wide variety of ethnic folk music, including everything from lively Irish jigs and down-home American reels to haunting Gypsy melodies and exotic Balkan dance tunes.
The group has recorded six albums. The newest, “Crossing Borders: Music of Many Lands,” was recognized by Indie Acoustic as including “one of the best songs of 2005.”
The band also will host a two-day music camp at the library at 673 Main St. The camp will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. July 10 and 11. There will be a musician’s workshop at 7 p.m. July 10 as well.
All events are free and open to anyone age 10 and older.
Call the library at 814-473-3800 for more information.
