'Good for Nuthin'' in Pleasantville

The Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism is pleased to present an afternoon of Traditional American Roots Music by the Good for Nuthin’ String Band at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 27. The program will be presented at the Neilltown Church just outside the Borough of Pleasantville.

The band is comprised of Susan Beates on mandolin, fiddle and cello; Roger TeWinkle on upright bass; Michael Vickey on the hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer and 5-string banjo; and Mark Zimmer on the guitar and Cajun accordion. They play a mix of old-time and mountain traditional tunes as well as original pieces including a fan-favorite, “Fishin’ in the Sink.” They have recorded two CDs; both will be available for sale at the Neilltown Church.

The concert site is a wood frame one-story building constructed in 1842. Because there is no heating, guests should dress for the day’s temperatures. During intermission, brief remarks about the former church building and ongoing efforts to preserve and rehabilitate it will be given by representatives from the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism.

There is no fee to attend the musical performance. Donations will be accepted which will go toward efforts to preserve the church building, which is located on Pineville Road just north of the intersection of Pineville Road and Route 227 in the village of Neilltown, in Harmony Township, northwest Forest County.

The 2008 musical programs were supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA,) its regional arts funding partnership. State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. The Elk County Council on the Arts administers the PPA for the Neilltown Church musical programs.

The program continues the series entitled “Music Returns to the Neilltown Church.” Additional information about the concert series and educational programs scheduled at the Neilltown facility is available by contacting Toni Kresinski, Oil Region Alliance Events Manager at (814) 677-3152, ext. 110.