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    Bill Staines in Concert

    Bill Staines in Concert

    Presented by Flint Folk Music Society at Woodside Church

    March 28, 2008

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    For over thirty five years, Bill has traveled back and forth across North America, singing his songs and delighting audiences at festivals, folksong societies, colleges, concerts, clubs and coffeehouses. A New England native, Bill became involved with the Boston- Cambridge folk scene in the early 1960's and, for a time, emceed the Sunday hootenanny at the renowned Club 47 in Cambridge. Bill quickly became a popular performer in the Boston area. In 1971, after one of his performances, a reviewer for The Phoenix stated that Bill was "simply Boston's best performer." A decade later, both in 1980 and 1981, the annual Reader's Poll of The Boston Globe selected him as a favorite performer. In 1991 , Bill entered his forth decade as a folk performer with an international reputation as an artist.

     

    Interspersed between original songs, Bill also includes songs ranging from traditional folk tunes to more contemporary country ballads and delights in having the audience participate in many of the numbers. He may even do a yodeling tune or two- having won the National Yodeling Championship in 1975 at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville Texas.


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        Woodside Church

        1509 E. Court St.
        Flint, Michigan 48503

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        Tickets: $12 ($10 for FFMS members)

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        Dates:
        March 28, 2008

        Times:
        Doors open at 7:00
        Concert starts at 7:30

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