Hometown Humanities hosts "Singing the Westward Legacy'

Press release

Havre Hometown Humanities Faces of Montana will host the Humanities Montana Speakers Bureau program "Singing the Westward Legacy" by Neal Lewing Wednesday, March 2, at 10 a.m. in the Northern Montana Care Center, 24 13th Street.

The presentation is free and open to the public and will be held in the Care Center Ponderosa Room.

Lewing offers an entertaining performance on America's musical legacy from Lewis and Clark to Custer, with traditional and original folk songs, history, and a few laughs. The show contains many traditional tunes, such as "Shenandoah," "Down in the Mine" and "160 Acres," plus a few from Lewing's internationally acclaimed albums such as "Milwaukee Road," "Riverboat" and "The Irish Sing and Dance." The program examines the role of music in our history, our heritage and our cultural evolution, and why its importance is no less vital today.

Lewing is an actor, singer and songwriter, recording artist, playwright, poet, storyteller, author, and historian. Managing director of the Port Polson Players theatre, he has served as technical advisor to the Custer Reenactment in Hardin, and a term on the Montana Arts Council.  He performs with the Montana ShamRockers.

He will also present the MSU-Northern Chancellor's Lecture Series program, "Meagher of the Sword: Montana's Governor Thomas Francis Meagher" Tuesday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Applied Technology Center's Hensler Auditorium on the uiversity campus. This presentation is also free and open to the public.

Partial funding for the Humanities Montana Speakers Bureau program is provided by a legislative grant from Montana's Cultural Trust. In addition to Humanities Montana, organizations supporting Havre Hometown Humanities include the National Endowment for the Humanities, Stockman Bank and the Havre Daily News