SUBMITTED BY THE CULTURAL FOUNDATION OF HARRISON COUNTY: 

 

“It is simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn’t enjoy what they do,” says the Boston Globe speaking of Cherish the Ladies, the long-running, Grammy-nominated, Irish-American super group that formed in New York City in 1985 to celebrate the rise of extraordinary women in what had been a male-dominated Irish music scene and has since toured the world, played the White House and the Olympics, recorded 15 outstanding albums including their latest, “An Irish Homecoming” which was also videotaped for an Emmy winning Public Television Special that is airing across America.

 

Cherish the Ladies will appear in Clarksburg on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at the Robert C. Byrd High School theater. The event is made possible by The Cultural Foundation of Harrison County, as part of the Grand Performances series, with funding from the Barbara B. Highland Fund for the Arts and with the support of Thrasher Engineering.

 

Under the leadership of the dynamic and irrepressible flute and whistle champion Joanie Madden, these ladies create an evening that includes a spectacular blend of virtuoso instrumental talents, beautiful vocals, captivating arrangements, and stunning step dancing. Their continued success as one of the top Celtic groups in the world is due to the ensembles ability to take the best of Irish traditional music and dance and put it forth in an immensely entertaining show.

 

In anticipation of the 2018 opening of the Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center, The Cultural Foundation, along with the Barbara B. Highland Fund for the Arts, engaged four world class artists to launch the inaugural season of Grand Performances, a new community concert series. This is the third installment of that series.

 

The Grand Performances 2016-2017 season will wrap up when the 11 piece Fabulous Equinox Little Big Band takes the RCB stage on May 8, 2017, for their high-energy renditions of great American classics made popular by Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Elvis Presley, and Harry Connick Jr., among others.

 

Season tickets for the two remaining concerts at discount pricing, or individual tickets, are available online at www.theculturalfoundation.org or by calling 304-669-7045.