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Oneida & Rome YMCA's "Changing Lives Scholarship Campaign" Fundraiser with Eden Brent
A limited number of VIP tickets for a pre-show meet & greet and wine & cheese reception from 7:00-7:30pm are available.
All proceeds of this concert will help support the Oneida and Rome YMCAs Changing Lives Scholarship Campaign and youth music programs. The YMCA offers a variety of programs for the entire family and never turns anyone away based on their inability to pay for programs. The Y has a long- standing music and arts program that include private and group lessons to help further its Christian mission to put principles into practice that help build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The YMCA thanks Eden Brent and The Nelson Odeon for their support of our efforts. For more information about the Y, please visit www.ymcatrivalley.org.
Nicknamed "Little Boogaloo" by her Mississippi mentor Boogaloo Ames, Eden Brent is much more than her signature boogie-woogie piano and juke-joint blues holler. She is a celebrated songwriter and dynamic performer, with numerous nominations and awards including eleven Blues Music Award nominations since 2009 and three BMA trophies. Her most recent Yellow Dog Records album, Jigsaw Heart was nominated for BMA Acoustic Album of the Year, continuing a streak of nominations for her last three albums.
Born in the heart of the Mississippi Delta in Greenville, to a family of riverboat captains and guitar pickers, Eden's story couldve been written by Tennessee Williams or any number of Mississippis colorful authors. The Greenville bridge is named for her grandfather Jesse, the Waterways Journal "Riverman of the Century". Her father, Captain Howard, famous for his Hank Williams renditions and grand story-telling, is a bona-fide living "River Legend", and her mother Carole was born a sharecropper but became a big band singer and fashion model, working at Chicagos Chez Paris in the 1950's.
A life-long piano enthusiast, Eden was surrounded by music and learned her first notes at age three. "Grandma could read and play beautifully," Eden explains, "She taught me Middle C and my first simple tunes. I had an ear for music and was pecking out my brothers recital piece before I was old enough to go to school. Piano lessons were part of her education from primary school through graduation from the University of North Texas and beyond. "I always loved to play, but I hated to read and I really hated practice until I started hanging around Boogaloo. He put the music right in my hands. She continues, Daddy jokes he couldve saved a lot of money on my college tuition had he introduced me to Boogaloo a few years earlier. The duo traveled and worked together for 16 years until Boogaloo's death in 2002.
Eden is featured in three documentary films: Boogaloo & Eden: Sustaining the Sound; Forty Days in the Delta; 180 Degrees: Changing Lives in the Mississippi Delta, has appeared in print publications like USA Today and Garden & Gun, has been highlighted on national radio broadcasts including NPR Weekend Edition, House of Blues Radio Hour, and American Routes, and her music continues to delight both critics and live audiences alike.
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LocationThe Nelson Odeon (View)
4035 Nelson Rd.
Nelson, NY 13035
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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