Press Release
Release: Immediate
Contact: Christian Hamilton, Main Street Manager, 706.898.5777
Date: July 19, 2021
RE: Presentation Grant Awarded
TOCCOA, GA – July 19, 2021 – Main Street Toccoa is
pleased to announce that it has been awarded a Presentation Grant to bring award-winning
storyteller, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Bobby Horton to the Historic
Ritz Theatre on May 6, 2022. This performance is funded in part by a grant from
South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and Georgia
Council for the Arts.
Bobby Horton may best be known as the composer for sixteen
of Ken Burns’ world-famous documentaries, including the recent Country Music
that premiered at the Historic Ritz Theatre. Among other things, Bobby Horton
is an historian and is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading
authorities on Civil War-era music and has also produced musical scores for
twenty-one films for the National Park Service.
On May 6, 2022, Mr. Horton will be performing his The Long
Steel Rail in America, a storytelling and musical experience that explores
the development of the American railroad system, one of the most important
phenomena of the Industrial Revolution that brought forth profound social,
economic, and political change to a country that, at the time, was only 50
years old. Through songs and stories, Bobby Horton will explore the themes and
tunes that have become woven in American culture.
In addition to an evening performance, a free performance
will also be provided for school-aged children.
“We are incredibly thankful to once again receive support
from South Arts to bring dynamic and engaging content to the Historic Ritz
Theatre,” said Toccoa Mayor Evan Hellenga. “These grant funds will be used to
promote an entertaining and historical show, the like of which has not been
seen before in Toccoa,” Hellenga added.
For more information about the South Arts Presentation
Grant, please contact Christian Hamilton, Main Street Manager, at 706.898.5777.
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