Pete Seeger folk song sing-along tribute at CCU
The family-oriented concert is inspired by the lifework of Seeger, who died on Jan. 27, 2014. Trinka will perform songs such Seeger children favorites as "Had a Little Rooster," "The Little Black Bull," "The Hobo's Lullaby" and "Way Out There."
Seeger was a folk singer and activist who reached prominence on the radio in the 1940s, later joining The Weavers band in the 1950s, whose members were blacklisted in the McCarthy era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged as a singer of protest songs. His best-known songs were "Turn, Turn Turn," "If I Had a Hammer" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" He was one of the folksingers most responsible for popularizing the spiritual "We Shall Overcome," which became the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement.
CCU's Trinka earned a doctorate degree in music education from the University of Texas at Austin. She has written and recorded four volumes of folksongs for children: "My Little Rooster," "Bought Me a Cat," "John, the Rabbit" and "The Little Black Bull" and is the featured arranger and performer on a collaborative three-CD project -- "Had a Little Rooster," "There's A Hole in the Bucket" and "Old Joe Clark."
The Edwards Recital Hall is located in Room 152 in the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts building at 133 Chanticleer Drive W. in Conway.
For ticket information, call the Wheelwright Box Office at 843-349-ARTS (2787) or visit www.ticketreturn.com.