TODAY
Irish Rovers rove to Flagler
If Santa needs a stress reliever before he makes that big trip on Dec. 24, the Big Guy in Red should check out the Irish Rovers.
These Irish immigrants have been roving around the United States for more than 40 years, playing the folk music of their homeland on button accordion, keyboard accordion, cittern (a guitar forerunner), banjo, tin whistle, guitars, drums, bass and spoons.
And the Rovers also play a spirited Christmas show with such songs as "I Wish Every Day Was Christmas," "The Bells of Belfast" and the pub-rocking "Three Jolly Rogues."
The Irish Rovers will perform a holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. today at Flagler Auditorium, 5500 E. S.R. 100, Palm Coast. Tickets are $28, available at the auditorium or by calling 386-437-7547.
THIS WEEKEND
"Frost" is in the forecast
Surfscape Contemporary Dance Theatre, a local professional troupe, is getting into the holiday spirit with "Frost." The show, which will celebrate the holiday season and the "beauty of winter," will feature the choreography of the company's artistic directors, Rachael Leonard and Kristin Bender Polizzi.
"Frost" will be performed at 7:30 p.m. today and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach St., Daytona Beach. Tickets are $22; $14 seniors and youth; free for ages 3 and younger. Tickets are available at the door or by calling 386-366-5108.
SUNDAY
T-Model drives the blues
James Lewis Carter Ford hails from the same neck of the Mississippi woods as blues legends Howlin' Wolf, R. L. Burnside and Mississippi Fred McDowell.
So it's little wonder that Ford, who busted his ass for years working at a lumber company, finally got around to picking up a guitar and singing the blues -- raw, Southern juke-joint blues with snarling guitars and beats that sound like pounding on a tin roof. And Ford adopted a blues moniker: T-Model.
Now in his 80s, T-Model Ford is still touring. He and opening acts Scott H. Biram and Lauris Vidal will perform at 9 p.m. Sunday at Frank's Front Row, 308 Seabreeze Blvd., Daytona Beach. Cover is $10. Information from the venue: 386-255-9221.
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