SATURDAY APRIL 3, 2010
8:00pm
THE WOODS TEA COMPANY
With special guest MIKE AGRANOFF
$20 ($17 members)
8:00pm
THE WOODS TEA COMPANY
With special guest MIKE AGRANOFF
$20 ($17 members)

The Vermont based group tours the country offering a mixture of lively and dry New England humor. The award winning band has been featured at Lincoln Center, The Chautauqua Institute, National Public Radio and on over 150 public television stations throughout the U.S.A.
The Woods Tea Co. suffered two tragic deaths within one year. In October 2006, a motorcycle accident claimed the life of fiddle player Chip Chase, and on August 15, 2007, Rusty Jacobs, the groupsʼ founder, died of a heart attack. The group has announced that singer/songwriter extraordinaire, Patti Casey has become the seventh permanent member of the Woods Tea Co. since 1981. Patti has appeared live on "A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor, has won Texasʼs prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk songwriter's competition, and was a winner of the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at the
legendary Merlefest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Patti also brings her skills on the guitar, penny whistle, flute and is a French-Canadian Clogger.
The Woods Tea Company displays a unique style of audience rapport and music that features rich vocal harmonies leaves everyone smiling. “Our goal every night is to please the audience,” says bandleader Howard Wooden. “I love it when someone comes up and says, ʻThey dragged me here tonight, but I had a great time!ʼ”

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