UNCA Continues Concerts on the Quad Series July 8
with The Dead Poets

Performing classic poems as songs, The Dead Poets continue UNC Asheville’s Concerts on the Quad entertainment series at 7 p.m. Monday, July 8. The show will take place on UNCA’s quad and is free and open to the public.

Highlighting the words of Rumi, W.H. Auden, Joyce Kilmer, e.e.cummings, Wordsworth, Dickinson and more, The Dead Poets are known for their unique blend of poetry and music. They call this marriage of song and verse "musico-poetica," and believe that it allows both listener and musician to transcend the words and the notes. The three-member band consists of former Poetry Alive! founder Allan Wolf on drums, Tom Tracy on guitar and Alex Alford on bass. Based in Asheville, the band first performed together in 1996 as the One Night Dog Band.

Now in its 20th season, Concerts on the Quad series brings free fun to the entire family on Monday evenings through July 15. The public is invited to bring picnics, blankets and lawn chairs. Sandwiches, snacks and cold drinks are sold at each event. With between 500 and 2,000 people attending each concert, lawn-chair seating will be separate from blanket seating in order to preserve sight lines; please look for signage when arriving on the quad. In case of rain, the performances will be held in Lipinsky Auditorium.

Two ticketed Folkmoot events will wrap up the season on July 20-21 in UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now for these two special performances and will be available at each of the remaining Concerts on the Quad, cash or check only.

To charge Folkmoot tickets by phone or for more information, call UNCA’s Student Life Office at 828/232-5000.

Media Contacts:

• Barbara Halton, UNCA Student Life Assistant Director, 828/251-6674
• Jill Yarnall, UNCA Public Information Assistant Director, 828/251-6526