Speaker David Marsh will present a program Music Around the World on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2:00 p.m. at the Education Center at Homestead National Monument of America. His program will be presented as part of the annual Winter Festival of Prairie Cultures. Winter festival begins on Nov. 23, and is complete on January 7. This presentation is made possible by Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
With over a dozen instruments and stories about each, David entertains with music from around the world. This multi-cultural program is a musical presentation of the influence that immigrants from around the world have had on our American culture. Audiences learn about the creativity of the “folk" who developed the instruments and musical styles, the role music has played in traditional cultures and the musical influences various cultures have had on one another in America
Music Around the World is one approximately 200 programs offered through the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau. The more than 165 available speakers include acclaimed scholars, writers, musicians, storytellers and folklorists on topics ranging from pioneer heritage to ethics and law to international and multicultural issues, making it the largest humanities speakers bureau in the nation
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Homestead National Monument of America is a unit of the National Park Service located four miles west of Beatrice, Nebraska. Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, and 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. on weekends. The park buildings will be closed on Dec. 25, and January 1. Trails remain open from dawn to dusk. Admission is free of charge. For additional information, please call 402-223-3514 or visit http://www.nps.gov/home.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
