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July 29, 2019, The Islander, Page 15 Ritz presents The Ballad of Shirley Collins and Traditional Music of the Georgia Sea Islands Golden Isles Arts & Humanities and St. Simons African-American Heritage Coalition are pleased to col laborate to bring an afternoon of Tra ditional Folk(s) to the Historic Ritz Theatre on Sunday, August 11 at 3 pm. The afternoon will begin with a perhaps perform a number or two. Ar chival clips of Alan Lomax will also be screened and light refreshments, bev erages and popcorn will be included in the ticket price. “I was approached by the documen tary’s filmmaker, Rob Curry, last year when they were setting up a tour of THEY DO NOT DIE THAT BEQUEATH SOME INFLUENCE TO THE LAND THEY KNOW screening of The Ballad of Shirley Collins, the story of one of the great est British folk singers of the 20th cen tury who mysteriously lost her voice in 1980. The documentary tells of her seminal road trip around the Deep South alongside her then lover and the preeminent ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax and balances her early life with her later struggle to find her voice and her will to sing again. After the screening Chip Wilson who was taught the songs and in spired by the Georgia Sea Island Sing ers whose music was “discovered and preserved” by Lomax will speak and the film to follow the route that Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins took,” said Heather Heath, Executive Director. “I contacted Helen Ladson with the St. Simons African-American Heritage Coalition about the possibility of us partnering on this event to showcase even more the traditional folk music of the Georgia Sea Islands. “This should be a fascinating after noon of music and the importance of the cultural folk tradition.” Amy Roberts, CEO of St. Simons African American Heritage Coalition, added, “We are very excited about this event. The Georgia Sea Island Singers SLANDER would rehearse at Historic Harrington School. This is also the building that Alan Lomax recorded them singing. We look forward to this collaboration with Golden Isles Arts & Humanities for this wonderful occasion!” Tickets: $20 person in advance; $25 at the door. Proceeds will be split to benefit the two organizations. Tickets can be purchased at the Ritz Theatre box office, 1530 Newcastle St., Tues- days-Fridays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or over the phone at (912) 262- 6934. Info: Golden Isles Arts & Hu manities goldenislesarts.org. Info: St. Simons African American Heritage Coalition, ssiheritagecoaltion.org or call 912.634.0330. GA student honored for volunteer teaching During the past school year, Glynn Academy Class of 2019 graduate B r i a n n a Milks, far left, donated over 150 hours of volunteer service to the Golden Isles Youth Orchestra by teaching orchestra strings at St. Francis Xavier School. Her youth apprenticeship hours were monitored by Glynn County Schools’ Work-Based Learning program’s director Susan Faulk, and Amy Miller, SFX’s music teacher. To help develop young strings musicians at SFX, Brianna taught individual lessons, small ensembles and SFX’s strings orchestra each week. Milks was honored by St. Francis at its year-end concert, and with a new GIYO $500 scholarship given annually by Ted and JoAnn Davis to the graduate who has most benefited the youth orchestra through strings advocacy. Milks is shown with members of St. Francis’ Crusader Orchestra. Provided photo BECAUSE DOWNTOWN IS AWESOME AND IT'S BETTER THAN STAYING AT HOME WWW.DISCOVERBRUNSWICK.COM
