When: Saturday, December 6, 2:00 PM
Where: 1891 Cane Hill Presbyterian Church; 14265 State Hwy 45, Canehill, AR 72717
Make plans join us at 2:00 PM on Saturday, December 6, for an afternoon of holiday merriment in the 1891 Cane Hill Presbyterian Church.
This year’s musical celebration features an encore presentation of the music of George West and Starr Mitchell, of Little Rock.
When George and Starr met in 1978, they soon discovered they had a common love of Arkansas folk music. George played it on his fiddle and harmonica, Starr on her mountain and hammered dulcimers. In 1981, they were two of the founding members of Lark in the Morning, a band that plays in the Celtic-Ozark tradition — music from the British Isles that found its way to the Arkansas mountains.
For this program, in researching 19th-century Arkansas Christmases, the couple found a Civil War diarist who remarked about how quiet the family’s Christmas Day had been — no one was firing guns in the street, he said. On a more typical Christmas there was gunfire, fireworks, and sometimes even a cannon shot straight down Main Street. Other customs highlighted during the musical program will include the Yule log, eggnog, and the Christmas Beef.
The 1891 Cane Hill Presbyterian Church was fully restored in 2020 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The rich wood interior, stunning art glass windows, and replica antique lighting fixtures will ensure that this event will leave you in good cheer.
The Christmas concert is free and open to the public, but reserved tickets are required due to limited seating. Reserve tickets below.
Historic Cane Hill Members are invited to a reception following the performance at the Historic Cane Hill College for holiday refreshments. Supporters of Historic Cane Hill’s membership program help Historic Cane Hill remain open for exploration and enjoyment for generations to come, plus get the inside scoop on what’s happening.