This December treat yourself to a fantastic festive fiddle and folk concert from the astonishing Dan Cassidy and James Hickman, winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award.
Date: 23 Nov 2010
Categories: live
James Hickman and Dan Cassidy (brother of the late Eva Cassidy) are a newly formed transatlantic folk and roots duo, bringing together modern folk trends with traditional folk music from the US to the UK. This Christmas season they will be entertaining Somerset audiences courtesy of Take Art rural touring.
Take Art Live Director Sarah Peterkin said, “A wonderful evening with two accomplished musicians, a treat of new and old folk music interspersed with lots of amusing anecdotes from this friendly duo.”
Virtuosic fiddler Dan Cassidy grew up in Maryland, USA but is now based in Iceland where he also regularly tours with his own Swing Quartet. James Hickman is a wonderfully unique vocalist and guitar player brought up in Shropshire on a diet of folk and bluegrass. James also tours nationally and internationally with Uiscedwr.
Hickman & Cassidy will be performing in four Somerset village halls from Thursday 2 December through to Sunday 5 December, including Edington Village Hall (2 Dec), North Cadbury (3 Dec), Leigh on Mendip (4 Dec) and Clapton & Wayford (5 Dec).
To boost your pre-Chrisman celebrations and see Hickman & Cassidy this December all you have to do is purchase your tickets from any of the below venues.
Thursday 2 December
Edington Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10, not available online, call 01278 722223
Friday 3 December
North Cadbury Village Hall, 7.45pm, £7.50/£3.50, call 01963 440735 or Buy Online
Saturday 4 December
Leigh on Mendip Memorial Hall, 8pm, £7/£5, call 01373 813115 or Buy Online
Sunday 5 December
Clapton & Wayford Village Hall, 8pm, £9, £5 Concs, £23 Family, call 01460 74849 or Buy Online
You can also buy tickets for Hickman & Cassidy online at www.WeGotTickets.com/takeart
Press contact: Louise Bennett 01460 249450, louise@takeart.org
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Take Art is a pioneering arts charity, serving the towns, villages and rural communities of Somerset. We do this by providing accessible opportunities for people of all ages to participate, experience and work within the arts.