Appalachian Visions Gospel Concert to Feature Area Favorites

Appalachian Visions, Mountain State University’s acclaimed performance and lecture series, will present a concert featuring some of the area’s finest gospel music groups on Thursday, April 6, 2006, 7pm, at Tamarack. Performers will include The New Gospel Singaleers, Heart of God Ministries, Rev. Nelson E. Staples III and the Staples Singers, and First Baptist Church of White Sulphur Springs.

The concert is and open to the public in celebration of the region’s musical and cultural diversity.

For the past decade, the Appalachian Visions series has worked to bring the best of regional scholarship and arts to southern West Virginia. The popularity of the series reflects not only its diversity—with programming drawn from Appalachia’s history, culture, literature, music, and traditional arts—but also its relaxed atmosphere that encourages broad participation and open discussion.