'Meet Me in Missouri' set for Friday in the Fox Theatre

Thursday, October 28, 2010

"Meet Me in Missouri," music by and for Missourians, will be presented by the Missouri Singers, Nov. 6 and Nov. 7, at the Fox Theatre in Nevada in support of the Smithsonian exhibition "New Harmonies: American Roots Music" now at the Bushwhacker Museum. Done in vaudeville fashion, the music with a "Missourah" tie-in has been written by a Missourian, published in Missouri, has a Missouri theme or been made famous by a Missourian, according to director and accompanist Marsha Martin. The event will showcase gospel, shape note, folk, country, blues, ragtime, ballads, patriotic and popular. Programs are at 7 p.m. Nov. 6; and 2 p.m., Nov. 7. Open to the public.

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.

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