A PERFECT SPOT OF TEA
presents
THE PULPIT ROCK ROUNDERS
Performing CLASSIC AMERICAN FOLK “BROTHER MUSIC”
August 30 at 2:30 and 3:30pm

HADLEY—On Saturday, August 30th, The Pulpit Hill Rounders will close the thirtieth season of the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum’s “A Perfect Spot of Tea” series with old time country music. During the music, guests relax on the back veranda and enjoy the recreated 18th-century afternoon tea with pastries and Earl Grey donated by local businesses.

The Pulpit Rock Rounders are named after a big rock in Monson, Massachusetts. Their two-part harmony vocal arrangement accompanied by mandolin and guitar is a classic American music form that was popular on rural radio stations and on the “kerosene circuit” in the 1930’s. The folklorists often call it “brother music” because it was usually performed by brother acts such as the Blue Sky Boys, Bill and Charlie Monroe, The Louvin Brother and The Carter Family. This technically demanding art form is rarely performed today.

The Pulpit Rock Rounders have opened the Hartland Hollow Bluegrass Festival, perform several times a year for the Pioneer Valley Pickers and Grinners county shows and have been featured live on Dave Hellman’s TCC Country corner radio program.

Admission for “A Perfect Spot of Tea” is $10.00 per person, and seatings are at 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum is located at 130 River Drive (Route 47) in Hadley, two miles north of the junction of Routes 9 and 47. The museum is open for guided tours Saturday through Wednesday from 1:00-4:30 p.m., and by appointment. For further information, call the museum at (413) 584-4699 or visit the website at HYPERLINK "http://www.pphmuseum.org" www.pphmuseum.org.