2010-02-17 / Arts & Entertainment

Banjo, fiddler duo bring ‘Old Time Music’ to Skye

Ken Pearlman and Alan Jabbour will perform “old time music” at Skye Theater in East Carthage Feb. 23. Ken Pearlman and Alan Jabbour will perform “old time music” at Skye Theater in East Carthage Feb. 23. EAST CARTHAGE — New England Celtic Arts will present Old Time Music legends Ken Pearlman and Alan Jabbour at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. There will be a pre-show jam session starting at 6:15 p.m. Audience members are encouraged to bring their instruments and jam for a few minutes with the artists.

Superb instrumentalist, acclaimed teacher of instru- mental skills, gifted performer, award-winning folklorist, Ken Perlman is surely a welcome addition to any festival or concert-series lineup. Perlman is both a pioneer of the five-string banjo style known as “melodic clawhammer,” and a master of finger style guitar.

Alan Jabbour was born in 1942 in Jacksonville, Florida. A violinist by early training, he put himself through college at the University of Miami playing classical music.

Skye Theater is located 3 miles west of East Dixfield village at 2 Highland Drive off Winter Hill Road and U.S. Route 2 in South Carthage.

Ticket price is $10 at the door. Call New England Celtic Arts at 562-4445 for reservations and directions.

More information is available at http://www.necelticarts.com.

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