Historic Canton Church Presents "Helena Handbasket"
 | Author:
Victor Sample, Canton Church
Vic Sample: MT43 News Treasurer |
Historic Canton Church Presents "Helena Handbasket" Victor Sample, Canton Church The Historic Canton Church will continue our Summer Schedule of Events on June 9th at 5:00 pm with Helena Handbasket featuring local musicians Jim and Terry Gunderson with Dave and Candy Payne. As always, events are free – although we do accept donations!
Helena Handbasket is an old-time string band from the Helena, Montana-area who met twenty years ago as members of the Helena Parlour Pickers. The members include fiddler Terry Williams, Jim Gundersen on concertina and banjo, Candace Payne on guitar and David Payne on upright bass. The gang’s first gig occurred in 2005 when they played for the Missouri River fishing lodge, and they’ve been playing for dances and parties ever since. Their repertoire spans the range of old-time Americana to Celtic traditional--and be prepared for some sweet harmony during an occasional western swing song.
The Historic Canton Church was built in 1875-1876 and is one of the few surviving buildings from the town of Canton which was flooded during the creation of Canyon Ferry Lake. All our events begin at 5:00 pm but the Canton Church will be open to visitors from 3:00-5:00 pm before events.
Visit our website at WWW.Canton-Church.org for more information about our events and about the Historic Canton Church and the Town of Canton.
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Image 1 Caption: Helena Handbasket at the Canton Church
