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Augusta Bottoms Consort

Augusta Bottoms Consort is a versatile music ensemble which explores a variety of musical landscapes. Band members, Gloria Attoun, Michael Bauermeister, Paul Ovaitt and Rebecca Mayer will perform mainly original songs on a variety of instruments with rich, vocal harmonies.

Members of the four-piece group live near the fertile bottomland fields of the Missouri River in Augusta, Missouri. The sounds of Augusta Bottoms Consort are earthy, thought-provoking, energizing and unique. Lyrics and the bands rich melodic blend reflect their long relationships as friends who have relished the fun of playing together for over 25 years. Augusta Bottoms Consort brings to the stage guitars, mandolins, dobro, accordion, banjo, acoustic bass, recorder, panpipes, harmonica, percussion and lots of other gadgets. Their songs conjure up musical landscapes that defy boundaries.

Augusta Bottoms Consort has performed at The Focal Point several times and has also performed at The Missouri Botanical Gardens Whitaker Festival, Sheldon Concert Hall, and many other venues in Augusta and small communities around Missouri. See them in the Groliers Book of Knowledge under Folk Music. For more information on the band and their five CDs, go to www.augustabottomsconsort.com We are happy to have them back on our stage.