Floyd Small Town Summer: The Quebe Sisters and Danny Knicely & Aimee Curl and Incredibles 2
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Aimee Curl, Danny Knicely, Floyd Small Town Summer, The Quebe Sisters
Date: Thursday, August 1, 2019
Time: 6:00 - 10:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre, Charity
Cost: Free

Description:
The Town of Floyd continues the 2019 Floyd Small Town Summer series featuring live music from The Quebe Sisters and Danny Knicely & Aimee Curl and closing with a screening of the movie "The Incredibles 2" on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.

Small Town Summer offers fun for the whole family, including bounce houses, games, face painting and special activities presented by a variety of community organizations. Food will also be available for purchase and benefit the Floyd non-profit Plenty!.

When the Quebe Sisters from Texas take a stage, and the triple-threat fiddle champions start playing and singing in multi-part close harmony, audiences are usually transfixed, then blown away. It’s partly because the trio’s vocal and instrumental performances are authentic all-Americana, all the time, respectful of the artists that inspired them the most.

And whether the Quebes (rhymes with “maybe”) are decked out in denims and boots or fashionably dressed to the nines in makeup, skirts and heels, the fresh-faced, clean-cut sisters, all in their 20s, look as good as they sound. Not surprisingly, the Quebe Sisters win standing ovations at just about every show. It’s been that way since 2000, when they started fiddling together as pre-teens.

The sisters’ past is as colorful and eventful as their future is bright. Growing up in Burleson, a southern suburb of Fort Worth, Hulda, Sophia and Grace were ages 7, 10 and 12 in 1998 when they attended their first local fiddle competition in nearby Denton, and decided fiddling was what they wanted to do.

The girls earned solo and group accolades early on, winning state and national championships in their respective age groups in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.

The Quebes’ evolution from the whiz-kid Western swing fiddlers they were back then to the smokin’-hot young adult Americana band they are today is a remarkable story, by any measure.

Along with headlining their own shows to ever-growing audiences, they’ve shared stages with American music legends like Willie Nelson, George Strait, Merle Haggard, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Ray Price, Connie Smith, Marty Stuart, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, Riders in the Sky and many others.

Today, after more than a decade of travelling the U.S. and the world, and recording three acclaimed albums, Grace, Sophia and Hulda Quebe are pros in a variety of genres, and count many famous musicians among their biggest boosters.

The Quebes’ unbridled passion for American music, along with their talent, skills and a lot of hard work, have taken them far beyond their wildest early aspirations.

“One thing is for sure, you don’t see a group like The Quebe Sisters come along every day,” famed Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs told listeners on his own show on Nashville’s WSM. “Give them your undivided attention, and if you’re not already, you too, will become a fan.”

Links:

• http://quebesisters.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/quebesisters
• https://www.twitter.com/QuebeSisters
• https://www.instagram.com/quebesisters/

Danny Knicely first learned music from his grandfather who has been playing dances and social events in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia since the 1930’s. Danny has been named a Master Folk Artist by his home-state of Virginia and has participated in an apprenticeship sponsored by the Virginia Folklife Program.

Danny has also been a mentor in the prestigious Young Artists in Residence Program at Strathmore Hall in Maryland. As a multi-instrumentalist, Danny has the chameleon-like ability to blend into almost any musical situation. He has participated in countless recordings and has appeared with many notable Bluegrass, Old Time, Swing, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Folk, Latin, Country, Irish, Americana, and World Music artists.

Links:

• http://dannyknicely.com/index.php
• https://www.facebook.com/dannyknicely
• https://www.twitter.com/dannyknicely

Singer and bassist Aimee Curl, from Taylorstown, Virginia, has an unmistakable breathy sound and sultry style that combine in a musician of incredible depth. As a singer, she has a most distinctive voice with emotion and sincerity that makes even the most hardened listener soften and swoon.

Aimee grew up singing in church and with her family. In her early teens, she learned the lap dulcimer and joined her first band. She met other musicians, started singing more, and began experimenting with other instruments such as guitar, fiddle, and bass. She left home and spent the next ten years playing the electric bass and touring the country with a band named ThaMuseMeant before studying at the New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC where she picked up the upright bass fiddle. Aimee returned to Virginia, and now performs at many major festivals and venues in the U.S. and overseas.

Aimee Curl performs with the band Furnace Mountain and Danny Knicely.

In 'Incredibles 2,' Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is called on to lead a campaign to bring Supers back, while Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) navigates the day-to-day heroics of "normal" life at home with Violet (voice of Sarah Vowell), Dash (voice of Huck Milner) and baby Jack-Jack — whose superpowers are about to be discovered.

Their mission is derailed, however, when a new villain emerges with a brilliant and dangerous plot that threatens everything. But the Parrs don't shy away from a challenge, especially with Frozone (voice of Samuel L. Jackson) by their side. That's what makes this family so Incredible. The film is rated PG.

For more information about the film, visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3606756/.

The Small Town Summer Event Series is free and open to the public.

You are welcome to pack a picnic, but please observe that there is no alcohol in the park.

Grab your lawn chair and/or blanket.

Some of the community organizations partnering to provide activities include Blue Mountain School, FloydJAMS, Young Life, Floyd Montessori, Floyd County High School SCA, Plenty!, Springhouse Community School, Cub Scout Pack 36, The Floyd Center for the Arts, Healthy Floyd, Preserve Floyd and the Girl Scouts.

The park will be open and access provided to the public starting at 6:00 pm on all Floyd Small Town Summer events.

In case of inclement weather, all events will be moved inside Floyd County High School.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/x5YE3Bn.jpg.

For more information, visit: http://floydsmalltownsummer.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/floydsmalltownsummer/.

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