{"id":30386,"date":"2012-08-16T20:57:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T00:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=30386"},"modified":"2012-08-16T20:57:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T00:57:47","slug":"park-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/park-43\/","title":{"rendered":"Cats and the Fiddler at Concert in the Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/12aug\/catsth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>August 22<!--more--><br \/>\nMusic critics say Cats and the Fiddler is an &#8220;acoustic wonder&#8221; &#8211; and so do music lovers who heard the youthful trio perform last year during the Concert in the Park summer series. The award-winning group is back again in 2012, eager to entertain guests Aug. 22 at the St. Johns City Park Performance Shell. There&#8217;s no admission charge for the show that begins at 7 p.m.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/12aug\/cats.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nThe trio of 16-year-old musicians, Shaun and James Richardson and Carmen Gibes, has been making music since they each could hold a stringed instrument. In recent years, Cats and the Fiddler has wowed audiences throughout Michigan and beyond with their unique style of acoustic music the features influences from multiple genres &#8211; country, bluegrass, blues, and jazz.<br \/>\nThe band performed at the 2009 Detroit Music Awards, and at the 2009 IBMA World of Bluegrass Songwriters Showcase and Bluegrass in the Schools in Nashville, Tenn. Their third CD, Road to Nashville, was featured in the nationally recognized magazine, &#8220;Bluegrass Unlimited.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe group&#8217;s most recent CD, Come Back to Me, was nominated for Best Acoustic CD in 2011 for the Detroit Music Awards, and was also featured in &#8220;Bluegrass Unlimited&#8221; where it received rave reviews from music critics and audiences alike.<br \/>\nConcert in the Park is sponsored by the Clinton County Arts Council and the city of St. Johns, with support from the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition, Sparrow Clinton Hospital is being recognized at the Aug. 22 concert for its financial support of the Arts Council and the summer music series.<br \/>\nConcerts are held each Wednesday evening, beginning at 7 p.m., in the St. Johns City Park. The St. Johns Lions and Lioness Club staff a concession stand that offers light refreshments. All concerts are held rain or shine.<br \/>\nFor information on Concert in the Park call the Clinton County Arts Council, (989) 224-2429. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}