Tickets available for Sept. 19 Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder concert at GC

Concert: Performing Arts Series – Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Date and time: Friday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Cost: $45, $40, $25 ($20 choral terrace)
For more information: call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu

GOSHEN, Ind. – In what promises to be an electrifying performance to open the 12^th season of Goshen College's Performing Arts Series, the upbeat bluegrass band Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder will perform in the Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall on Friday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Though limited regular seating for the concert is available, tickets for the Choral Terrace, located behind the stage, are on sale for $20. Occasionally regular tickets are returned to the Music Center box office the night of the concert and would be available an hour before the concert. For more information, contact the Goshen College Welcome Center by calling (574) 535-7566 or e-mailing welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

An innovator in the country music genre and leader in the bluegrass roots revival, Skaggs has been consistently releasing high quality music during his 37 years as a professional musician. Skaggs has won numerous awards including 13 Grammy awards. In 2003, Skaggs was named by Country Music Television as one of the Top 40 Men of Country Music.

With his band Kentucky Thunder, Skaggs and the group have collected the International Bluegrass Music Association award for Instrumental Group of the Year eight of the past 10 years. Joining the country music icon on stage will be Andy Leftwich (fiddle), Cody Kilby (lead guitar), Mark Fain (bass), Darrin Vincent (baritone vocals, rhythm guitar), Paul Brewster (tenor vocals, rhythm guitar) and Jim Mills (banjo).

"They sacrificed neither precision nor beauty in their pursuit of blessed acceleration, serving up blindingly fast finger-picked solos (in guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo flavors) and gorgeous three-part vocal harmonies with beguiling ease," said Washington Post writer Chris Klimec of Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.

–By Tyler Falk

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

### 

Goshen College, established in 1894, is a residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college's Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron's Best Buys in Education, "Colleges of Distinction," "Making a Difference College Guide" and U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" edition, which named Goshen a "least debt college." Visit www.goshen.edu.

Listen to recordings of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder at skaggsfamilyrecords.musiccitynetworks.com/index.htm?id=12253