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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
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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
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