Coming up on Sunday, June 30th at 2 pm, join us for a program sponsored by the Friends of the Library!
Dennis Stroughmatt is a cultural preservationist, educator, speaker, renowned folk musician and long-time Illinois Humanities Road Scholar. He has entertained, educated, and captivated countless diverse audiences throughout Illinois with his live-music presentations on subjects ranging from Illinois French Creole music and culture and Old-Time Western Swing.
New France once stretched from the St. Lawrence River of Canada to New Orleans, and within its territory lived a vast population of French colonists almost as diverse as they were strong. The Illinois French, who first arrived in southern Illinois in the late 1600’s, witnessed the coming of new borders and the formation of new countries like Canada and The United States. Eventually, these French Founders would find themselves divided and even isolated. But their culture has remained, still existing after two centuries of isolation in rural pockets along the Wabash River and Mississippi River in southern Illinois.
This program will take audiences on a journey of discovery where they will hear the history of this group’s arrival, the French dialects spoken, and the unique music of French “fiddling” on violin still performed in the old “Illinois Country.”
Illinois Humanities is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom and the Illinois General Assembly (through the Illinois Arts Council Agency), as well as by contributions from individuals, foundations and corporations.
Organized in 2005, The Friends of the Mount Carroll District Library, NFP is comprised of volunteers who support the library and its mission.
The Friends of the Mount Carroll District Library, NFP
meet at 6:00 p.m., on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the library. Friends promote the library’s mission and sponsor events to raise funds for library programs. New members welcome to attend.
The Friends sponsor events throughout the year to raise funds for library programs and, at the same time, promote use of the library to the community.
Membership is open to all wishing to support the library. Persons of all ages and backgrounds are welcome. Your financial support and, if you choose, active membership and attendance at meetings will contribute to the continued success of the library's mission of service to the community.
The Friends of the Mount Carroll District Library, NFP
meets on the second Tuesday of each month at
6:00 p.m. at the Library.
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