One Night Only: December 21 at 8pm
Local folk-rock favorites perform original songs and
seasonal selections from cultures around the world.
The Hangar partners with Food Bank of the Southern Tier
to kick off a food drive and raise awareness.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!
Ithaca, NY (11/08/13) - After the smash-hit folk-rock tribute Back to the Garden, Hangar Theatre announces The Burns Sisters Holiday Concert as a continuation of its CabarETC series. After a recent tour to Ireland, The Burns Sisters return to Ithaca with their annual holiday concert of original songs and favorite seasonal selections from cultures around the world. The Hangar has partnered with the Food Bank of the Southern Tier to kick off a food drive and raise awareness of hunger in the community. Audience members are encouraged to bring nonperishable foodstuffs or give on-site cash donations to the food bank. Participants will be entered to win fabulous Hangar prizes.Tickets start at $15. For tickets and information call 607.273.8588 or visit www.HangarTheatre.org.
A long time staple in national folk music circles, The Burns Sisters have performed on several tours with folk-legend Arlo Guthrie. Known for their graceful, lilting harmonies, these local singer-songwriters have created their own blend of folk, rock, and blues combined with social and political activism. Featuring Bobby Sweet, who has performed with many notable country and folk artists, including Vince Gill, Bill Staines, Bill Morrissey, Martin Sexton, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Jonathan Edwards.
The Hangar's CabarETC series (pronounced cabar-etcetera) is comprised of special cabaret evenings featuring intimate, nightclub style performances by Broadway stars and local artists. Audience members may sit at café tables or in theatre seats while enjoying light fare and libations including beer and wine.
For tickets and information, please call 607.273.8588 or visit www.HangarTheatre.org. Tickets start at $15. Tickets are also available in person at the Hangar Office located in Center Ithaca on the Downtown Commons or at the Hangar Theatre Box Office one hour before curtain time. The theatre is located at 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca, NY 14850.
Hangar Theatre gratefully acknowledges 2013 Partner in Flight sponsorship from CFCU Community Credit Union and Cayuga Radio Group. Premier sponsorship for The Burns Sisters Holiday Concert is provided by The Murphy Ainslie Group of Wells Fargo Advisors.
Food Bank of the Southern Tier works together to build and sustain hunger free communities throughout the Southern Tier. Established in 1981 and headquartered in Elmira, NY, the Food Bank of the Southern Tier distributes food and other grocery products to people in need through a network of more than 165 member agencies including food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other hunger relief organizations in Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga and Tompkins Counties. The Food Bank also administers several direct service food distribution programs including the BackPack Program™ and Mobile Food Pantry. The Food Bank is a member of Feeding America and a regional agency of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester. The Food Bank helps fulfill Catholic Charities' commitment to create a just and compassionate society rooted in the dignity of all people by working together to build and sustain hunger free communities throughout the Southern Tier.
Hangar Theatre is committed to providing exceptional theatre experiences of high professional quality to enrich, enlighten, educate, and entertain the diverse audience in the Finger Lakes region and beyond. Strong education and training programs are central parts of our commitment to the local and national artistic communities. Visit www.HangarTheatre.org for more information.
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BIOGRAPHY
THE BURNS SISTERS
An American folk music group from Ithaca, New York, The Burns Sisters are known for their tight harmonies. They create a beautiful, unified combination that sounds like one voice with different colors. The group has performed and toured all over the country with their own band, then with Arlo Guthrie, and shared the stage with Tom Paxton, Janis Ian, Ellis Paul, Butch Hancock, & Jimmy LaFave ,The Boston Pops, the Binghamton Philharmonic, and many more. Annie and Marie Burns are heartfelt songwriters that lure you into a song from the beginning to end. They have toured in Ireland the past two years and are planning an extensive Celtic music project.
Growing up in a family with a politically active father and musically inclined mother, it was inevitable that New York's The Burns Sisters would coalesce around making evocative, Americana-tinged music. What is surprising, however, is that the band - originally made up of five of the 12 Burns siblings, but now centered on Annie and Marie Burns - has spent nearly 30 years successfully mining all corners of the Great American Songbook.
The Burns Sisters' latest full-length album, 2012's "The Hills of Ithaca", is based on a Woody Guthrie poem written about the upstate city, around which the Burns family grew up. The album also includes reinterpretations of standards by Big Bill Broonzy, Billie Holiday and Ray Charles, but its biggest hook is the adamant anti-fracking song "Gas Man," which proves that folk music played by Baby Boomers can still be fiercely relevant.
