TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR TONIGHT.....MAKE-UP TEST AT GERMANNA LAUNCHED SAFFIRE--THE UPPITY BLUES WOMEN. 25 YEARS LATER, THE NATIONALLY KNOWN BAND KICKS OFF ITS FAREWELL TOUR TONIGHT AT GCC'S DANIEL CENTER IN CULPEPER
They regularly headline at major music venues like Wolf Trap and the Birchmere, but the nationally known SAFFIRE—THE UPPITY BLUES WOMEN got their start at Germanna Community College.
Now, 25 years later, they’re kicking off their farewell tour where they got started—at Germanna, with a 7 p.m. show at the Daniel Center in Culpeper tonight, Saturday, Feb. 21. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the all ages show. Profits will go to scholarships through the Germanna Educational Foundation.
Pianist/guitarist/songwriter Ann Rabson was on faculty at Germanna, teaching computer science, when one of her students had a death in the family and missed an exam. So Rabson took the exam to student Earlene Lewis’ home. Turned out that Lewis had a piano and a bass --and Saffire was conceived from a Germanna makeup exam.
Rabson and Lewis convinced singer Gaye Adegbalola, a Virginia Teacher of the Year at James Monroe High School, to join them. The rest is blues history. Saffire—The Uppity Blues Women developed a cult following, not just in America, but around the globe. And they remain relevant after a quarter of a century of touring and recording. Adegbalola has just been nominated for honors as 2009 Best Contemporary Female Blues Artist at the 30th Annual Blues Music Awards to be held May 7 in Memphis.
TICKETS FOR GERMANNA FACULTY AND STAFF ARE JUST $5. That’s quite a deal, because tickets for a Saffire show at the hallowed Birchmere next month are going for $35.
Tickets are available at GCC Workforce offices at both the Fredericksburg Area Campus and at the Daniel Center, or by calling the numbers below:
7 p.m, Saturday, February 21st
The Daniel Center
18121 Technology Dr.
Culpeper
540-937-2900 Daniel Center
540-891-3095 FAC II
$15 General Public/ $5 Faculty & Staff/ $3 Students
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Thursday, May 1, 2008
GERMANNA PLAYS ROLE IN HOSTING GERSHWIN CONCERT FOR CITY KIDS
Germanna's Victoria Waldron and Judy Napier have some fun after helping philanthropist Doris Buffett put on a free concert for city kids this week in Fredericksburg.
When philanthropist Doris Buffett decided to bring British pianist Jack Gibbons to Fredericksburg to expose city kids to the music of George Gershwin, she turned to Germanna's Victoria Waldron and Judy Napier for help in organizing the event.
The sister of Warren Buffett, the world's richest man, made a good decision. Thanks in part to the hard work of Waldron and Napier, the event was a big success Monday night at James Monroe High School.
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