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Reviews:
Praise for The Shady Grove Band:
"One
of our state's musical treasures." -- News and Observer
(Raleigh, NC)
"The
band combined virtuoso musical execution with a down home
persona that had the audience of 700 hooting and dancing
in the aisles." -- M. Sapp, Dir., Odell Williamson
Performing Arts Series (Supply, NC)
"Bone
driving music with a unique southern Carolina flavor!"
-- M. Knapp, Dir., Napa Valley Bluegrass Festival
"[Pettee
has] multifaceted talents as singer, instrumentalist, arranger,
and songwriter...an engaging and expressive baritone voice
well suited to the songs he writes and sings" -- SingOut!
Magazine
"Shady
Grove's Charles Pettee plays bluegrass with a fire and intensity
you find only in true believers" -- Spectator magazine
(Durham, NC)
Praise
for FolkPsalm:
"Rich,
engaging new acoustic and bluegrass arrangements...the most
sophisticated and moving music of [Pettee's] career."
-- Independent Weekly, May, 2003 (Durham, NC)
"The
music brings these old words new power, and pierces to our
hearts as well." -- The Town Crier (Fairview, NC)
"Charles
Pettee and the FolkPsalm band give a refreshing, delightful,
and deeply moving concert. I play their CD, Steady Love,
constantly. The singers are both soulful and electric, and
instrumentalists superb, and, oh the lyrics, they are divine!"
-- Kathy Russell, teacher, Fresh Water Ministries.
"...Surely
these raw, touching vocal settings must be very close to
the spirit of those wandering desert people who first thrust
these God-songs heavenward. In Pettee's tunes God dances,
dips and reels around our primal heart campfires again.
Something very old, very true is at work here." --
Mitchell Simpson, pastor, University Baptist Church (Chapel
Hill, NC)
Praise
for "Hear the Sound" school programs:
"Charles Pettee had such an impact on several Chatham
County fourth grade history classes he performed for in
September, 2002, that when the children were asked at the
end of last year's classes what they most remembered, students
said Pettee's musical demonstration...Music caused them
to remember history. That is what we're aiming for."
-- Beverly Perdue, North Carolina Lt. Governor, in a speech
to arts supporters on March 30, 2003.
"The children were really captivated. Your expertise
and experience definitely enriched us." -- Barbara
Poole, Center for Family Affairs (Kinston, NC)
"Mr. Pettee's performances not only provided entertainment
that captured and maintained the attention of the children,
youth and adults in attendance, but also presented a history
of Southeastern music from the Pilgrim fathers to the present.
The Teachers and Administrators who viewed Mr. Pettee's
program expressed strong interest in establishing encore
performances with larger audiences." -- Ava Hughes,
Executive Director, Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg
(SC)
"Wow!
Thanks again for a great concert. I love having the opportunity
to work with artists who are not only talented, but [are]
also fantasic performers. You are the best!" -- Jane
Musgrave, NC State University, Division of Student Affairs
Tanya
Rees, Executive Director of the Surry County Arts Council,
presented "Hear The Sound" in numerous centers
this past spring, and she may be contacted for comments
at 336-786-7998, Surry County Arts Center, Mt. Airy, NC.
Praise
for Chuck and the Waggin'Ears:
"Presenting Artist of the Year 2007-2008" -- United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County
"Please
express my appreciation to the members of Chuck and the
Waggin' Ears for their usual outstanding performance last
Saturday...The Waggin' Ears were a great group to start
the day. You are definitely on the "A" list of
performing groups we will be calling on next year for some
of the events we are planning for Meadowmont Village."
-- Dave Hill, Coordinator, Meadowmont Village Festival (Chapel
Hill, NC)
Awards
for Charles:
Training
seminar, Spartanburg, SC "Developing Strategies for
Working w/ Students w/ Disabilities", Sept. 2003
Recipient
1995 Emerging Artist Grant from the Durham Arts Council,
NC
Recipient
"Meet the Composers" grant from the New York State
Council on the Arts, May 1991
Winner,
1990 North Carolina Composers Competition, sponsored by
Duke University Cultural Services
Host,
Mandolin Mania Workshop, 1995 MerleFest, Wilkesboro, NC
Host,
mandolin seminar 1991 Owen Sound Folk Festival, Ontario
Panelist
and judge at the National Guitar Flat-Picking Championship,
KS, 1989
Host,
mandolin workshop, Winnepeg Folk Festival, Manitoba, 1986
Winner,
first place, Chapel Hill Guitar Flat-Picking Contest, 1984
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