Middleburgh Library Notes for Thursday, May 7, 2020
“When Howie Met Sally,” an early album, features the two musicians, Sally Rogers and Howie Bursen, who met in 1981 in a Greenwich Village coffeehouse and are still performing together today. They will give a Schoharie Library performance, through teleconference on May 17.
The Not So Quiet Concert Series, which is presented at the Middleburgh Library, is going to continue but in a new form.
On Sunday, May 17, at 7 p.m., Sally Rogers and Howie Bursen will be the featured performers from their home in Connecticut. The show will be shown on Zoom on your computer. If you are not familiar with Zoom, you’ll find it is very easy to access.
The link to sign up to watch the concert is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82104875259_
The time is May 17 at 7 p.m. The meeting ID is 821 0487 5259. There are only 100 tickets available so don’t procrastinate.
Those of you who have attended the library concerts know that we put out a donation box so that you can show your appreciation of the concert by giving a contribution. In these difficult times, when all of our folk musicians have lost their touring income, it is important for all of us to be generous.
Sally Rogers and Howie Bursen have been a performing duo since they met in 1981 in a Greenwich Village coffeehouse. They play both traditional American and original songs and tunes to delight audiences from their home in Connecticut to far-reaching places like Hungary and Israel!
Bursen is recognized as one of the top melodic clawhammer banjo players in the nation. Sally Rogers’s voice has been described as “as clear as the queen’s diamonds” and her songs, like “Lovely Agnes” and “Love Will Guide Us’ have become classics in the folk idiom. Together, these two sing in spine-tingling harmonies with just the right amount of instrumental spice.
This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered in Schoharie County by the Greene County Council on the Arts.
For further information, call 518-827-4953.
From your couch
Here’s a list of virtual train rides you can take from around the world that have been shared online. These cool videos are a fun way to discover beauty from around the world, even while we’re stuck at home and sitting on a couch. My train-loving preschooler is absolutely loving these virtual train rides, too: https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/139013/virtual-train-rides/
Stuck on the couch and want to get moving? SPAC Virtual Learning Library has dance videos that will get you shaking! Great for kids and teens @ https://spac.org/education/learninglibrary/#spac-breaks
The Middleburgh Library Lego Club each week gives you a challenge to complete. Some of these challenges may be crazy so watch out! Post a picture or two and a description of your creation. Go to the Middleburgh Library Facebook page and join the group. Each challenge will be posted on Monday mornings. Good luck!
“Library Lion,” written by Michelle Knudsen and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes and read by Mindy Sterling, features Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, who is very particular about rules in the library. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do.
Stay safe.