Sundays in the Park Concert Series
Sundays in the Park is a concert series presented by the Cultural Arts Division of the Department of Leisure Services and the Cookeville Arts Council each Sunday in June at 2:00 p.m. at the Dogwood Performance Pavilion in shady Dogwood Park. Sundays in the Park concerts are FREE.
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2012 Series
June 3
THE WHITINGS
Tammy and Jamey Whiting have been performing in the Nashville area for over 10 years. Their live jazz performances have been received well in venues throughout the city. Tammy started her singing career in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, singing in Spanish where she lived and studied for a year. Her silky alto delivers deep feeling as she performs beautiful standards such as "Autumn Leaves", "All Of Me" and Sarah Vaughn's classic "Love Me Or Leave Me". The songs she has penned with her husband, jazz pianist and composer Jamey Whiting, are reminiscent of many of the jazz standards they perform by songwriters such as George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael. Jamey has played piano for many years in Nashville area studios and clubs, backing acts such as the Ink Spots and Lou Rawls. He has toured Europe many times, with Nashville based artists and as part of his own band, The Big Dawgs. His performances in Japan with Nokie Edwards and Jo-El Sonnier were well received.
Tammy and Jamey will entertain you with classic jazz and skillfully written originals.
June 10
THE ROYS
Bluegrass music is a unique art form that is as much about feel and instinct as it is technique. Blending proficiency and passion into a musically intoxicating package, The Roys showcase siblings Lee and Elaine's stellar vocals, taut musicianship and enviable songwriting skills.
The siblings continued to hone their skills and became sought after entertainers on the New England circuit before moving to Nashville and launching their own label, Pedestal Records. Since then The Roys have opened for George Jones, The Oak Ridge Boys and Chris Young, among others and have enjoyed such high profile national TV gigs as performing on Jerry Lewis’ annual Labor Day Telethon to benefit Muscular Dystrophy. The duo has performed their amazing version of the National Anthem for the Red Sox at Fenway Park, for President Bush at Andrews Air Force Base and at the Kansas Speedway for the NASCAR Truck Series.
Even as their career has taken off, Lee and Elaine have found time to dedicate to helping those less fortunate. They took part in Montgomery Gentry’s annual Harley Ride in conjunction with the Academy of Country Music Awards and Little Big Town’s annual Ride for a Cure, benefiting the T.J. Martell Foundation. This past August, The Roys traveled to Bogota, Columbia with Compassion International where they spent four days in the impoverished country. Now, Elaine and Lee are each sponsoring a child, as well as serving as CI spokesmen.
June 17
LARKIN POEWe are sisters. We are music lovers. We are storytellers.
Every since we were little girls, we’ve been awed by the power of a story well told: from children’s books and bedtime yarns to figments and fairytales. Before we were able to read, we hounded our parents for “more stories!” and then, when at last we could; we began hounding the bookshelves.
Now, nearly a decade later, at 21 and 22, we’re still doing the same thing.
We’re still on the search for stories, and striving to learn how to tell them well. Now, we not only hound bookshelves, but also the people surrounding us. We search for stories of human experience, of love won and love lost, and of the million mundane things that make up everyday life. Larkin Poe: the name of our great-great-great-grandfather; a man who survives in the memories and hearts of succeeding generations; a legend, a tall tale, a truly everlasting story. Just the thing that we hope to become.
Our musical journey, which began for us as children playing classical violin and piano at the ages of 5 and 6, continued through our teenage years as we toured internationally from 2005 to 2010 as The Lovell Sisters. This incarnation, which included our eldest sister, Jessica, took us from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry to wonderful summer festivals such as Bonnaroo and Telluride, and even gave us the opportunity to collaborate with the likes of Elvis Costello. In January 2010, after saying ‘farewell’ to The Lovell Sisters, the musical story of our young adulthood has begun in the form of our new band, Larkin Poe.
Larkin Poe released its debut EP, Spring, on February 17, 2010. As a brand new band, we were looking for a way to bring our friends, family and fans along with us on our musical journey as we discovered (and continue to discover) who we are as Larkin Poe. Looking for an answer – and always looking to do things in our own way – we decided to embark upon the quest of recording and releasing four seasonally themed EPs in 2010: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. What better way to let folks be a part of our development as a band than to record and release our newest experimentations every few months? After 12 months of non-stop work, all four EPs were successfully released in 2010 (and additionally compiled into a box-set: “The Band For All Season”) and continue to garner attention and good reviews internationally.
June 24
TBA
Directions to Dogwood Park:
From Interstate 40, take exit #286 and travel North on Willow Avenue.
At the fourth set of traffic lights turn right on Highway 70/Spring Street.
At the second set of traffic lights turn left on Walnut Avenue.
After one and one-half blocks, Dogwood Performance Pavilion will be on your right.
Park behind Dogwood Performance Pavilion, or in the parking lot across Walnut Avenue.
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