Dulci-More host Bob and Jeanne Zentz Sunday
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SALEM -- Dulci-More: Folk & Traditional Musicians will host Bob and Jeanne Zentz at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Meeting Room of the Dale Shaffer Research Library of the Salem Historical Society, 239 S. Lundy Ave. Parking is available in the municipal lot across Lundy. The building is handicapped accessible. Admission is $10 with an additional $5 covering all children in a family with a responsible adult.
No advance tickets or reservations are needed for the concert series. Free refreshments are available during the intermission. Everyone is welcome to attend. For information or directions, contact Bill Schilling at 234-564-3852 or bill@dulcimore.org or check on the web at www.dulcimore.org for information about the club.
Bob and Jeanne McDougall Zentz return for the Dulci-More Concert Series from Norfolk, Va. They were both at Dulci-More Festivals 20 and 25. Bob was previously performed for Dulci-More Festivals 9 and 10 and for the Dulci-More Concert Series.
Bob and Jeanne are old friends and life partners who share a love of music and history - which they love sharing with others.
From schools to concert halls, festivals to fairs, museums to libraries, and everywhere in between, Bob and Jeanne are dedicated to a life of presenting, performing, and introducing traditional music and its derivatives to those who are already fans … and those unaware of its existence.
With a friendship dating back to the early 1970s, Bob and Jeanne combine his lifetime of bringing traditional music as "edu-tainment" to students of all ages, with her work as a History Ph.D. with a growing reputation for helping restore lost musical "soundscapes" and adding to an understanding of music in a historical context.
As a performer, Bob is a prolific musician, playing several dozen instruments in a repertoire of more than 2,000 songs. His albums span the genres of folk, traditional, Celtic, and maritime music and beyond, and his recordings also appear on other artist compilations. As a songwriter, he is celebrated by fans and peers alike; dozens of performers have covered his original compositions, three of which have been published in "Rise Up Singing," Sing Out Magazine's award-winning community songbook.
Two of the most storied songwriters of the 20th century praised Bob's work, each in his own way. Upon hearing Bob's first release, Mirrors and Changes, country legend Johnny Cash was moved to send the young artist an encouraging letter, saying, "Mirrors and Changes … is one of the finest works I've heard by any artist." And in 2007, at a symposium at the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center honoring members of the Seeger family for their contributions to American music, music legend and humanitarian Pete Seeger asked Bob, "Are you still writing those good songs? Your songs get around!"
In 2016, Bob and Jeanne launched a series of activities celebrating the 50-year association of Bob's mentor, William "Ramblin' Conrad" Bulher, with all things folk in the Hampton Roads area. The Ramblin' Road Show and Homemade Hootenanny took the Virginia story across the Eastern U.S. and brought the story to even more audiences in 2017. The video sequel to "The Ramblin' Conrad Story," "The Wind Sang Along," featured an international lineup and carried the story around the globe again.
In late 2016, Bob announced the donation of the first phase of his folklife collection to Old Dominion University as well as the founding, with Jeanne, of the Ramblin' Conrad Folklife Institute, to provide a place for all folk to explore the transmission of tradition among people, for people; to preserve documents, images, books, recordings, and other artifacts of folk production; and to unite people of all cultures by sharing and exploring our rich diversity while celebrating our commonality.
The year was capped by the announcement that Bob would be the first folk artist ever honored by a star in the Virginia "Legends of Music Walk of Fame" in his hometown of Norfolk, Va. The ceremony was marked by a concert featuring the music of the six artists being honored that year, on Feb. 26, 2017, at Norfolk's Roper Theater.
While in the area for the Dulci-More Concert, Bob & Jeanne will also present a house concert for the Gnome Garden House Concerts in the Pittsburgh area and concerts for the Beaver Local Elementary School as part of Dulci-More Concerts for Schools sponsored by Dulci-More and Folknet.
Since its founding in January of 1993, Dulci-More has met twice a month to enjoy playing and singing. The group occasionally performs for festivals, fairs, schools, churches, clubs, nursing homes, and others. The group also presented its Dulci-More Festival for 25 years featuring national, international, regional, and local musicians. The Dulci-More Fall Concert Series will continue with a Performance Song Circle on Saturday, Nov. 25 and then will be back again for a Spring Series in 2024.