Musician to perform at Lee/Jackson Day Dinner
From Staff ReportsOriginally published: January 08. 2009 3:01AM
Last modified: January 08. 2009 12:15AM
Musician, author and storyteller Stan Clardy will perform “Story Behind the Songs” for the 16th annual Lee/Jackson Day Dinner set for Jan. 24 at The Foundry On The Fair Site, Knoxville.
The Longstreet/Zollicoffer Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is sponsoring the celebration of the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson.
Clardy, a North Carolina resident, is best known for a one-man play he wrote and performed at the group’s 10th anniversary celebration, ”Soldiers in Gray.”
His first book, “Timelight, A Journey Into the Past,” released in 2003, is a fictional, historical account about the War Between the States and the siege of Charleston during 1863-64. He also creates music in the style of the Civil War. Clardy and his wife, Connie, regularly perform at schools, civic and historic groups throughout the South.
A 6 p.m. social hour will kick off the evening’s events, and will be followed by a drill and flag presentation ceremony by uniformed Confederate re-enactors. The buffet-style dinner begins at 7 p.m. Cost for the event is $29 per adult and $15 for children 12 and under.
Reservations with full payment should be mailed to Lee/Jackson Day Dinner, c/o SVC Camp 87, P.O. Box 943, Knoxville, TN, 37901, and should be made out to Lee/Jackson dinner. For more information, call 947-3394, 689-4592 or 986-5259.
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