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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Long’s
Park Summer Music Series Featuring “One of Nashville’s
Most Spiritual Singers” July 19, 2009.
LANCASTER, PA -- The 47th annual Long’s Park Summer Music Series
continues on July 19, 2009 with double Grammy-winning, country music
and bluegrass powerhouse Kathy Mattea. Called “one of
Nashville’s most spiritual singers” by USA Today,
Mattea has recorded 17 albums and landed more than 30 singles on
the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Her
impassioned, soulful sounds will fill the park at 7:30 pm.
Across her 25-year career, Mattea’s ability to move audiences
with her ardent sound has garnered her two Grammy’s and countless
other accolades. She is a repeat winner of the Country Music Association’s
Female Vocalist of the Year and an Academy of Country Music’s
Top Female Vocalist. Plus, she has several “Single of the Year”
and “Song of the Year” titles to her credit from both
organizations. She has also received two Nashville Music Awards.
The West Virginia native has come a long way since discovering her
love of singing at Girl Scout camp. What started as a passion for
Mattea blossomed into her lifework. She joined the bluegrass band
Pennsboro during her college years and left for Nashville
two years later to pursue her music. Starting as a backup vocalist,
she signed her first solo record deal in 1983 and has been recording
and performing ever since.
A supporter of many social causes throughout her career, Mattea
has been heavily involved with HIV/AIDS-related charities and is
an active and dedicated environmentalist who frequently speaks on
behalf of the Climate Project program organized by former Vice President
Al Gore. Taking her passion for the environment one step further,
Mattea recently joined Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris and Big
Kenny Alphin to form Music Saves Mountains, a nonprofit organization
committed to ending mountaintop removal coal mining. Mattea also
drew on this passion in recording her newest, Grammy-nominated album
“Coal,” a “deep, heartfelt tribute to the earth.”
Sponsor Lancaster General will be treating Long’s Park concertgoers
to Kathy Mattea’s July 19 performance. The Hershey Company/Y&S
Candies Plant will be cosponsoring this appearance of Kathy Mattea.
The Long’s Park Summer Music Series is produced and underwritten
by the Long’s
Park Amphitheater Foundation. Thanks to generous sponsors, private
donors and proceeds of the Labor Day weekend Long’s Park Art
& Craft Festival, admission and parking are free. Sponsors of
the 2009 season are Lancaster General and Susquehanna Bank. Season
media sponsors are WARM 103 and 96.1 WSOX. WGAL-TV is season weather
sponsor.
Stevens & Lee, PC is sponsoring the 2009 Long’s Park Art
& Craft Festival.
Long’s Park concertgoers are invited to bring picnics, blankets
and lawn chairs to the park. A selection of food purveyors will
also be in the park, offering a complete meal’s worth of family
foods and desserts. Long’s Park is an alcohol-free park.
Long’s Park is conveniently located at 1441 Harrisburg Pike
in Lancaster, just off Route 30 across from Park City Center. All
performances are held rain or shine, except in the case of dangerously
inclement weather.
Additional information and links to musical previews of Long’s
Park’s performers can be
found at www.longspark.org or on Facebook. For details on
corporate sponsorships of the Long’s Park Summer Music Series
and to learn how to make individual and corporate contributions,
contact the Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation at www.longspark.org.
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