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Appalachian folk music, dulcimer take spotlight (July 20, 2008) – The Center will present “Appalachian Folk Songs and the Mountain Dulcimer” with soprano Gail Dooley at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 27 in the Stanley Evans Auditorium. Admission will be free. Dooley’s program will include a number of songs traditionally played on a fiddle and used as dance music. She will perform songs related to ballads that came across the ocean with immigrants from the British Isles. “I love sharing the traditions of my southern Appalachians heritage with the people of my adopted home in the Midwest,” says Dooley, interim chair of Morningside College’s Music Dept. The audience will hear familiar songs, such as "Shady Grove," "Sourwood Mountain" and "Little Sparrow," sometimes known as "Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies." The event will include a sing-along. Dooley will discuss the origins of Appalachian folk song tradition and the Mountain dulcimer. German immigrants brought their scheitholt to the United States. The stringed instrument underwent changes when the Germans met Scots-Irish in the Appalachians. “The result of that relationship was the dulcimer – a truly American instrument,” says Dooley, an associate professor of music. Dooley’s program is presented in the interest of commemorating a history of encounters at the Center. It connects with a musical heritage shared by certain members of the Corps of Discovery, including Sgt. Charles Floyd and his cousin Sgt. Nathaniel Pryor who were among the expedition’s “Nine Young Men from Kentucky.” Dooley will sing pieces from “Folk Songs of Old Kentucky,” which likely were familiar to those expedition members. Dooley has appeared as a soloist with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Morningside College Choir, Siouxland Master Chorale, Sioux County Oratorio Society, Morningside College String Quartet, Morningside College Wind Ensemble and area churches. She received a doctorate in vocal performance from Florida State University. The Center is a private, non-profit institution built and sustained by Missouri River Historical Development, Inc. (MRHD) and located on the Missouri Riverfront, exit 149 off I-29. Admission is free. Call 712-224-5242 or visit www.siouxcitylcic.com.
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