Music
2011 Music
Friday, July 8, 2011:
7:00 pm Opening Event "Meet & Greet" Place - The Barn at Springfield Farm
Music Performance by Susquahannah Travelers
Meet and Greet Authors and Reenactors
Saturday, July 10
Springfield Farm Barn
First half of day - the Barn at Springfield Farm - the Susquahannah Travelers will be playing throughout camps
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Susquahannah Travelers will be playing in camp.
Events move to Cushwa Basin/River Bottom - the Susquahannah Travelers wil be playing at Canal
Riverbottom Park
8p.m. Campfire at River Bottom Park with Storyteller - Matthew Dodd, and music by the Susquahanna Travelers - bring your own chair
Music Bios
The Susquehannah Travellers
Purchase and Sample Music Here
Susquehanna Travellers perform the music of Nineteenth Century America, focusing on the Civil War era and traditional Irish music. The musicians reside in York, Pennsylvania, and are Civil War re-enactors with the 87th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry reenacting organization. They have blended their love of history and the Victorian Era, with a total of more than 100 years combined musical experience, to bring to life the music of the Civil War era. The band has performed at Victorian Balls, living histories, historic sites, Irish festivals and Civil War re-enactments throughout the Mid-Atlantic States.
Dressed in period soldier's clothing, Matthew Dodd takes listeners back in time to feel what it was like to be a soldier, civilian, loved-one-at-home or escaped slave in the Civil War Era. Through period songs, excerpts from actual letters, and anecdotes (humorous and poignant) Matthew evokes the feelings and passions of that pivotal era of American history. Matthew bypasses the stories of the generals and the battle movements and concentrates on the feelings and stories of the individual soldier (North and South) , the mother, father, or sweetheart left at home, and of the men and women who "followed the drinking gourd" to freedom. Matthew sings and plays acoustic guitar, harmonica, banjo and mandolin in an informal campfire or story circle setting.
Matthew Dodd preforming "More Songs and Stories of Old Railroad Days"
The Maryland Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Color Guard
The Maryland Division Sons of Confederate Veterans is a patriotic and historic genealogical organization. All members trace their ancestry to a Confederate Soldier, Sailor, or Marine. The Maryland SCV Color Guard is formed to honor the service of Confederate soldiers. All members march in Confederate military uniforms, and keep historical accuracy in the uniform that is worn. The Maryland SCV Color Guard has dedicated Monuments and has performed in Official ceremonies all over the Mid Atlantic. The Color Guard in Public Parades was awarded five 1st place prizes in five Maryland cities in the past year alone. To honor Confederate soldiers in formal military order the Maryland Sons of Confederate Veterans Color Guard marches in remembrance of Maryland’s Sesquicentennial.