Concert & CD release party

[Pat & John O'Neil]

Some of you may have heard James's red hot fiddling at the April contra
dance in Dayton.... James Leva & Purgatory Mountain (Al Tharp, Danny
Knicely, and Mattie Olwell) will be playing on Friday, May 11th, 2007 at
7:30 at the Dayton Learning Center. This is also a belated CD release party
for the Harrisonburg area! A concert at Dayton Learning Center, which is
just that - a learning center by week day, but becomes a concert/dance hall
on weekends!  Neat old gymnasium with stage and great acoustics.       290
Mill Street      Dayton, VA 22821      USA Contact name and no.       Lisa
McCumsey      (540)234-8379      (540)271-4329 cell
lisamccumsey at hotmail.com Type of music:  A mix of all sorts of influences -
According to the News-Gazette in Lexington, Virginia, they are a mix of the
following: traditional Appalachian mountain tunes, bluegrass-style flat
picking, Irish and Cajun infused fiddling, African banjo rhythms gospel,
original country songwriting, Celtic step dancing, Southern-style flat
footing, ham-boning and buck-dancing!  Add to that a little Ralph Stanley
and Clinch Mountain Boys,and Mattie Olwell (Footworks Percussive Dance
Ensemble member) playing various parts of his body as a percussion
instrument, hand clapping and dancing in time with the music and you have
some real entertainment!  These guys sound awesome on a CD player but you
have to witness this band live to really appreciate their many talents! The
concert doors open at 7:00pm, Austin Clark (local Harrisonburg young man
plays acoustic folk rock - solo) will play 7:30 - 8:00, then James &
Purgatory Mountain come on about 8:30. Tickets are $12 at the door or $10 in
advance.  Call Lisa for will call tickets or to arrange picking up advance
tickets.