Carson City concert with cowgirl musician Purly Gates this Sunday at Children's Museum
Reward yourself with a true grit, toe-tapping cowboy concert this Sunday in Carson City at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada featuring Purly Gates, a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist "cowgirl" poet from Texas.
Purly Gates' repertoire is as diverse as her experience: From an Earth Day concert at Disney World or a residency in Micronesia funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, to national touring and local prominence, she enchants audiences of all ages, actively engaging her listeners with relevant, appropriate material covering subjects from peace to pizza, environment to retirement.
The concert is Sunday, May 27, 2 p.m. Children's Museum of Northern Nevada is located 813 North Carson Street. All children will be admitted free. Adult admission is $3. The event is sponsored by CMNN and the Carson City NEA Big Read Grant Award.
This uniquely energetic and creative singer accompanies herself with guitar, banjo, accordion, ukelele, harmonica, and umpteen odd or home-made instruments. Her musical styles range from mostly folk and swing, to country, a touch of blues, bluegrass or even an occasional rap.
And she may do a little story-telling between songs, if the time is right.
Purly has given hundreds of performances at schools, libraries, museums, camps, recreation centers and festivals from Austin to Boston, 'Frisco to Maui and beyond.
Part of Carson City's NEA Big Read grant celebration which creates 30-days of public programming based on themes found in Charles Portis' novel True Grit. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment of the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
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