Robin & Linda Williams Concert to Benefit Noah Jones

Robin and Linda Williams

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Robin and Linda Williams

Robin and Linda Williams are like your next-door neighbors — assuming your neighbors are the salt-of-the-earth and top-flight performers to boot. One minute you picture borrowing a cup of sugar from these two; the next, you’re completely stunned by their jaw-dropping talent. Bottom line: You feel right at home at a Robin and Linda concert, and their music stays with you like an old friend.
Favorites of fans and promoters alike, they have crisscrossed the continent (and beyond) for more than three decades, performing the tunes they love — a hearty blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country. From The Grand Ole Opry to Austin City Limits, Music City Tonight to Mountain Stage, clubs, festivals and countless other venues, Robin and Linda never cease to wow audiences wherever they go.

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Blue Horizon Band

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Blue Horizon Band

About Blue Horizon

Ask someone from the state of North Carolina to list the top five things produced there; no doubt bluegrass music would have to be included. Fiddler’s Conventions, Festivals and Bluegrass concerts can be found all over the Tar Heel State.

From the Mountains to the Coast there’s definitely no shortage of Pickers. Located around the central area in Montgomery County, is a band that’s on the Horizon, “BLUE HORIZON” that is.

It all began when some friends got together to work on some songs for a revival and thus Blue Horizon was born. That was in 2000 and today 4 of the 5 original members are still going strong.

Phillip Hearne is on guitar and lead vocals, his brother Joel Hearne is on bass and also does lead vocals; Rodney Haywood is on the 5-string banjo and is becoming known as a top-notch picker. On mandolin and tenor vocals is Jeffery Greene. Jeff often keeps the crowd entertained with his joke telling.

In 2002, Blue Horizon welcomed two new members, one of which was fiddle player Tim Furr. Tim had played mandolin for several years for another band before joining the group. He also adds baritone vocals, along with his fine fiddling. Michael McDonald, who runs sound, is the other newest member. He met Blue Horizon when they came and performed at his church, where afterwards they asked him to join. Michael agreed and has never missed a show since.

Blue Horizon has performed for Weddings, Festivals, Churches, and Benefits and of course plenty of jam sessions. This past year they played at the 2004 Southern Coastal Bluegrass Festival in Wilmington, N.C. and opened for IIIrd Tyme Out, James King Band, and the Country Gentlemen at the 2004 Thickety Creek Bluegrass Festival, they have also played at the N.C. Annual Peach Festival and the Albemarle Market Station for the past 3 years.

Not only are the member’s talented musicians and singers, but also several of their tunes were written by individual members or collectively as a band. A perfect example is the title track of their debut CD. “CALL OF THE ROAD” which the group wrote. When they’re not together writing songs or jamming, you’ll find them hard at their day jobs. Phillip & Joel are both barbers, Rodney works in his family’s logging business, Jeff is with the U.S. Forestry service and Tim is a carpenter/brick mason. And last but not least, Michael has his own hauling and grading business.

All of the Blue Horizon members enjoy using their god given talents and hope that their music will brighten and encourage the lives of those that hear it.

Article Written By:

Rickey Dunn – NC Artist and Songwriter

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Robin and Linda Williams tickets are available online at tix.com. Seating will be non-reserved, advance ticket purchases will be $20.00 and at the door $25.00. We encourage advance ticket purchases.

Pinecrest High School
April 10, 2010 at 7:30pm
Robert E. Lee Auditorium
250 Voit Gilmore Lane
Southern Pines, NC 28387

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About Noah

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Noah was born on April 17, 2006 with a severe neurological disorder called hemimegalencephaly that causes seizures and developmental delays. Noah started out life having 55+ seizures a day. After experimenting with 4 or 5 anticonvulsants in a matter of months, Noah was scheduled to undergo brain surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland in August 2006. The hope was for the seizures to stop after a procedure of disconnecting the two halves of his brain. Unfortunately, at four months of age, Noah’s surgery was not a complete success as the neurosurgeon removed about one tenth of his brain. We knew this would at least buy us some time. Over the course of the next seven months, Noah made progress with his motor functions. He lagged behind other babies his age but began to make leaps and bounds compared to what we had seen prior to surgery. He was also thought to be seizure free during this period of time. As Noah was slowly weaned off one of his medications in March 2007, he began to show signs of less severe seizures. These occurred every few days or so. After multiple tests were performed, it was decided that Noah was, indeed, having approximately 40 seizures a day that we were not seeing. Only a handful of these seizures were escaping on the outside. In an attempt to completely cure Noah of his seizures, he underwent an attempted anatomical hemispherectomy on August 30, 2007. In this procedure, his neurosurgeon intended to remove the entire left side of Noah’s brain. Unfortunately, Noah did suffer from some bleeding issues. His neurosurgeon was able to remove more portions of his brain, which equated to approximately 50% of the left side of his brain. Noah progressed tremendously in about a year and a half but the seizures slowly returned, increasing in frequency, duration, and intensity. Noah had a third and complete anatomical hemispherectomy at Johns Hopkins on March 19, 2009. Since the surgery, Noah has acquired many new large motor, fine motor, and language skills. Unfortunately, we went through a period of time thinking his seizures had returned. It turns out this was simply his body’s way of letting us know he did not need to be on 4 seizure meds. What we thought were seizures were his body’s reactions to basically overdosing on unneeded medications. After removing him from 2 of the 4 medications, Noah returned to himself but only better! Recently Noah began to pull to stand independently and is very close to walking on his own. He is a social butterfly at school and has several girlfriends he kisses on the lips on a daily basis. We take each day at a time and cherish every miraculous moment we have with Noah. All we can ask for is God to grant us the strength and wisdom to make the right decisions for this little miracle He has put into our lives. What we ask of everyone around us is to pass on Noah’s story as a source of inspiration and encouragement to those who are less fortunate. Please pray for our little miracle to continue to shine and prosper in God’s light, and hopefully remain seizure free!

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The Venue

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Pinecrest High School
April 10, 2010 at 7:30pm
Robert E. Lee Auditorium
250 Voit Gilmore Lane
Southern Pines, NC 28387

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Reviews

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“no-frills, boiled-down country that derives its power from simplicity and heart, rather than flash and bombast.”
─ Houston Press, Bob Burton
“This is the real deal, the kind of heartfelt, genuine musical performance that built the foundation of all country and bluegrass music decades ago yet remains timeless and appealing across the ages.”
─ Bluegrass Unlimited, D. McCarty
“…this long-standing duo has grown sweeter over the years, but you can still hear the lonesome echo of Hank Williams in their gorgeous harmonizing.”
─ Utne Reader

“What made the Williams’ show so special was the high quality of their songwriting. They were able to sum up a life in a few details with moving completeness.”
─ The Washington Post, G. Himes

“The playing alone warrants recommended listening, but the vocals are the true centerpiece… Virtually every song is a stand out performance.”
─ Bluegrass Now, Tim Bond

Deeper Waters CD- “nothing short of a masterpiece and perhaps their most inspired recorded moment”
─ All Music Review (online) T. Jurek – January 2004

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When and Where

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Pinecrest High School
April 10, 2010 at 7:30pm
Robert E. Lee Auditorium
250 Voit Gilmore Lane
Southern Pines, NC 28387

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