BAINBRIDGE — The Remington Ryde Bluegrass Band will perform at the Bainbridge Town Hall Theatre at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Bainbridge Town Hall Theatre, 15 North Main Street
According to a news release, the band, formed in 2005, has become known for Ryan Frankhouser’s songwriting and the band’s unique and dynamic renditions of old well-known tunes. They have a distinct sound and old-time flair forged in the bluegrass-rich area of Pennsylvania from which they hail and borrow their name.
Remington Ryde is firmly rooted in the traditions of the early decades of bluegrass and country music, the release stated. The band is known for “their powerful musicianship, entertainment, combined with Frankhouser’s smooth lead vocals, which sounds just as much at home with driving bluegrass tune as it does a tear-filled country weeper,” according to the release. In the last four years, the band has been nominated for 10 Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America awards in Nashville, Tennessee including Entertainers of the Year.
Before the show, music will be played on the theatre’s residence organ built in 1933 and one of only five Æolian/Skinner residence organs ever built for upstate New York, and the only one known to be intact and in playable condition. Popcorn, popped with real butter in the vintage 1940s popcorn machine, is available, as well as home baked goods, freshly brewed coffee, soda and bottled water.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and all performances are open seating. Tickets are available at the door or people may reserve a ticket ahead by calling 607-288-3882. For further information or to see future events visit www.jerichoarts.com. In the art gallery that evening the works of Scott Higby will be on display. The gallery is open at 6 p.m. before the show through intermission and is free to the public.