{"id":30762,"date":"2025-03-14T09:52:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=30762"},"modified":"2025-03-14T09:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:53:00","slug":"special-st-patricks-day-event-at-the-hook-experiment-oxford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=30762","title":{"rendered":"Special St. Patrick’s Day event at The Hook Experiment, Oxford"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Celtic band, The Chivalrous Crickets is on Mid-Atlantic\/New England tour with their program The Rose & Briar: a storytelling concert of<\/i> <\/i>the Ballad of<\/i> <\/i>Barbara Allen. <\/i>Featuring an entrancing combination of traditional Celtic, English Baroque and Appalachian music, the concert is woven through with narration telling the story of history\u2019s most beloved Child ballad.<\/p>\n

The Chivalrous Crickets are celebrated for their joyous energy, theatrical productions, innovative programming and strong educational focus. With a national presence, members for this tour come together from Lancaster County, Manhattan, Wisconsin and Denver for this unique production.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to tell<\/i> <\/i>the story of British and Irish folk<\/i> <\/i>music in America.\u201d <\/i>says director Fiona Gillespie of her and partner Paul Morton\u2019s conception of the program. \u201cWe\u2019re not the first to<\/i> <\/i>be fascinated by<\/i> <\/i>the history<\/i> <\/i>of<\/i> <\/i>that<\/i> <\/i>musical<\/i> <\/i>migration,<\/i> <\/i>so<\/i> <\/i>we<\/i> <\/i>looked<\/i> <\/i>for<\/i> <\/i>a new<\/i> <\/i>way<\/i> <\/i>to<\/i> <\/i>share<\/i> <\/i>it.<\/i> <\/i>This<\/i> <\/i>led to<\/i> <\/i>an idea<\/i> <\/i>– illustrate<\/i><\/p>\n

that<\/i> <\/i>history<\/i> <\/i>via<\/i> <\/i>this<\/i> <\/i>single<\/i> <\/i>classic<\/i> <\/i>ballad.<\/i> <\/i>Barbara<\/i> <\/i>Allen<\/i> <\/i>has<\/i> <\/i>over<\/i> <\/i>500<\/i> <\/i>variants<\/i> <\/i>collected over<\/i> <\/i>five<\/i> <\/i>centuries across the isles and the southern United States.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

The Crickets\u2019 program highlights six of these variants, interspersed throughout a program stocked with traditional dance tunes, sing-along numbers and a myriad of other musical selections all chosen in service to telling the narrative. The program, originally commissioned by the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, has been hailed, \u201cGreat music and versatility\u2026 a spiritual experience. I’ve not [before]<\/i> <\/i>seen<\/i> <\/i>an<\/i> <\/i>audience<\/i> <\/i>pop<\/i> <\/i>up<\/i> <\/i>so<\/i> <\/i>immediately<\/i> <\/i>after<\/i> <\/i>a<\/i> <\/i>performance!\u201d <\/i>\u2013 Kabin<\/i> <\/i>Thomas,<\/i> <\/i>Colorado<\/i> <\/i>Public <\/i>Radio.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/i> <\/i>Rose<\/i> <\/i>and<\/i> <\/i>Briar<\/i> <\/i>will be performed at Oxford Main Street gallery The Hook Experiment on Thursday, March 20 at 7pm. Suggested ticket price is $20 General Admission. Celebrate Celtic heritage arts with wine and incredible music! Go to chivalrouscrickets.com\/events for purchases and details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celtic band, The Chivalrous Crickets is on Mid-Atlantic\/New England tour with their program The Rose & Briar: a storytelling concert of the Ballad of Barbara Allen. Featuring an entrancing combination of traditional Celtic, English Baroque and Appalachian music, the concert is woven through with narration telling the story of history\u2019s most beloved Child ballad. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4357],"tags":[2743,11979,11980],"class_list":["post-30762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-st-patricks-day","tag-the-chivalrous-crickets","tag-the-hook-experiment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30763,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30762\/revisions\/30763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}