Acoustic Instrument Primers What Kind of Guitar Should I Start On? What Kind of Banjo Do I Want? Evaluating and Buying Used Guitars Setting Up Fretted Instruments Whatever Happened to the Banjo? Beginning Five- String Banjo 6-String Banjos Banjo Pickups What is a Bluegrass Banjo? What is a Tenor Guitar? Dean "Backwoods Six" Shootout Axes in my Life Music Theory Primers Introduction to Scales Introduction to Chords Circle of Fifths Other Articles About Music How to Give Guitar Lessons Musician or Wannabe? Did God Really Give Rock & Roll to You? Historical Links About the National Road The Story Behind the Story - Real People, Places, and Events About the Play Play Home What's New Overview About the Music About the History About the Logistics About the Cast Synopsis About the Set About the Author Contact Us Home	(A Musical in Two Acts) The estranged family of an aging musician confronts their past and their present when they gather at an old National Road toll house to sort through a deceased aunt's belongings. Jokes abound, tempers flare, songs ring out, and problems generally sort themselves out by the end of the night. This "folksy," upbeat production also pays homage to "twelve generations of explorers, groundbreakers, and builders, who with nothing but hard work, faith, and dreams, created the heart and backbone of a nation." We are now looking for venues, especially those with a historical relationship or proximity to the National Road. We are especially interested in coordinating our outreach with the National Road Corridor projects and other comemorative events scheduled before and during the National Road's upcoming 200th anniversary. Features Other features of the play which make it especially suitable for festivals, community theatre, and dinner theatres include: Small Ensemble: 3 men, 3 women (one African-American), one "10-year-old" girl. Single-set Production, suitable for dinner theatre, long-running community theatre production, or (with proper set design) touring company. Family-Oriented Historical--recommended for production in conjunction with historical festivals, etc., especially in Western Maryland, Southwest Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and Utah. Acoustically based music--appeals especially to "Baby Boomers" and fans of traditional music, although there are elements targeted to younger audiences. Also removes the logistic and scheduling issues associated with using an orchestra. Related Information About the National Road - A brief history of the National Road and Route 40. The Story Behind the Story - Real regional people, places, and events that Inspired the play. What's New - Updates about the play itself and recent attempts to get it staged. Overview - A very brief overview of the play About the Cast - A brief summary of the roles, musical ranges, etc. Synopsis - An overview of the plot and the historical events commemorated. About the Logistics - Staging suggestions for a single-set production. About the Author - Brief author/composer bio. Contact Us - Contact page for the play and this site in general. If you are interested in sponsoring a reading or a production, please contact us for more detailed information, for reading copies of the script, song demos, etc. Whatever else you get out of our pages, I hope you come away with some great ideas for "sharing the joy." And please stay in touch!     - Paul Race
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