Magnolia Acoustic Concert Series at Flat Rock Cinema through November

Press release

Morris Broadband presents the Magnolia Acoustic Concert Series at Flat Rock Cinema, located at 2700 Greenville Highway in Flat Rock, NC. The live concerts, produced by Howard Molton and Tom Fisch, will be at 3:00 pm on the second Sunday of each month beginning in March and ending in November with the 5th Annual Warmth of Home Concert to benefit Interfaith Assistance Ministry’s winter heating fund.

Local Morris Broadband manager Mike Kai commented, “We’re excited to sponsor the Magnolia Acoustic Concert Series and Flat Rock Cinema is the perfect listening room for these intimate, live concerts on their new stage. We’re a community-minded company and partnering with Flat Rock Cinema, also a huge community supporter, is a real pleasure. We especially like helping Interfaith Assistance Ministry so the season finale benefit concert will be really special.”

The line-up features local, regional, national and Grammy® Award-winning recording artists. The April concert will feature Wayne Henderson on Sunday, April 13th at 3:00 PM.

Wayne Henderson’s top-notch finger-picking is a source of great pleasure and pride to his friends, family and neighbors in Grayson County, Virginia. His guitar playing has also been enjoyed at Carnegie Hall, in three national tours of Masters of the Steel-String Guitar, and in seven nations in Asia.

In addition to his reputation as a guitarist, Henderson is a luthier of great renown. He is a recipient of a 1995 National Heritage Award presented by the National Endowment for the Arts. He produces about 20 instruments a year, mostly guitars; he is almost as well-known for the mandolins he has made. Good friend Doc Watson owned a Henderson mandolin. He said, “That Henderson mandolin is as good as any I’ve had my hands on. And that’s saying a lot, because I’ve picked up some good ones.”

Some of Henderson’s instruments are intricately decorated but are most respected for their volume, tone, and resonance. Blues guitarist John Cephas said that Wayne Henderson “is probably the most masterful guitar maker in this whole United States.” There is a waiting list for Henderson’s guitars made up of the famous (and not-so-famous).

Above and beyond his great talents as a musician and luthier, Wayne Henderson is known as a “friend to everyone” and shares his talents and knowledge unselfishly.

The Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival and Guitar Competition was established in 1995 to express appreciation for this living legend. A portion of the proceeds from the Festival are placed into a scholarship fund to aid local young musicians in continuing their educations. Through the 2013 festival, scholarships totaled more than $96,000.

Tickets are $15 plus tax. Show times are 3:00 and doors open at 2:30. Flat Rock Cinema’s complete food and beverage menu, including wine and local brews, will be available and can be seen, along with a map, driving directions and ticket information, at www.MagnoliaConcertSeries.com. Information can also be obtained by calling the cinema box office at (828) 697-2463.