Simply Elemental 2019 Opening Reception
Venue: Hahn Horticulture Garden (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg
Organizations: Blacksburg Ukulele Situation, Dr. Moon
Date: Sunday, August 4, 2019
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free
Description:
The Hahn Horticulture Garden at Virginia Tech presents the Simply Elemental 2019 Opening Reception on Sunday, August 4, 2019 between 5:00 and 7:00 pm.

Celebrate the opening of Simply Elemental 2019. The reception is a public event to honor the artists and performers for Simply Elemental 2019. Meet the artists who created the pieces and enjoy live music by Dr. Moon and The Blacksburg Ukulele Situation. Light refreshments will be served at the Peggy Lee Hahn Pavilion.

Simply Elemental is an outdoor, multi-artist installation held annually from August 1 - September 30, 2019 at the beautiful Hahn Horticulture Garden located on the campus of Virginia Tech. Visit the garden anytime (dawn to dusk) to check out the visual art displayed in the garden.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

About the musicians:

Dr. Moon, aka, Chris Saunders is a local busker from the Christiansburg / Blacksburg, VA area and 2012 graduate of Radford University where he majored in Performance Art and minored in Appalachian Studies. He enjoys entertaining throughout the area with a wide variety of acoustic music on his guitar in his unique style and musical talents.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Moon-1406634329606817

The Blacksburg Ukulele Situation started with two members and a monthly Open Uke Strum in March of 2015, The Blacksburg Ukulele situation enjoyed a revolving and evolving membership until crystallizing into our current, four-woman group in the fall of that year.

Ever since, members Diana Dougherty, Barb Dryman, Kathryn Kelley and Johanna Jones have shared a love for music of many kinds, along with the valiant ambition to try it all out on ukuleles. Between us we have experience in acting, animal science, art, counseling and managing homes, families and gardens…not to mention countless other interests, great and small.

For their Simply Elemental performance at the Hahn Garden, the Blacksburg Ukulele Situation look forward to performing a selection of popular songs from the eighteen hundreds through the twenty-first century, with a particular focus on the songs they like best.

For more information, visit: http://www.hort.vt.edu/hhg/ or https://www.facebook.com/HahnHorticultureGarden or call 540-231-5970.