Former ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star headlines concert in Dalton

DALTON, Ga. — Former “Dukes of Hazzard” star John Schneider headlines a concert Saturday at the Wink Theatre in Dalton. The concert will begin at 7 p.m., with tickets available at www.itickets.com/johnschneider. Former Confederate Railroad keyboardist Cody McCarver, who has branched out as a solo artist, and his band will play to open the show. The show’s Dalton tie is McCarver’s bassist Grant Parker, who is producing and promoting the show through his Parker Productions company.

Friends of Music to present concert organist

LIVE OAK, Fla. — The Friends of Music Concert Series will conclude is 2018-19 season with a concert by Thomas D. Huffman, concert organist, on Friday. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Covenant First Presbyterian Church, 421 White Ave. in Live Oak. Admission is free and a reception will follow. Huffman currently serves as the Associate Director of Music for the Northwood Presbyterian Church in Clearwater, Fla., where he plays the organ and directs the youth vocal and handbell choirs. Formerly he served the First United Methodist Church of Dunedin, Fla., where he was the Director of Music and Worship Arts/Organist for more than 25 years. Huffman holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the University of West Virginia. He is past Dean of the Clearwater Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and currently serves on its Executive Board and is the Chair of the AGO Scholarship Committee. Active in the Florida Chapter of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts, he also accompanies various groups in the Clearwater area, including the Clearwater Bach Choir. Recent concerts have included St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland; St. Columb’s Cathedral in Derry, Northern Ireland; and the Organ and Brass Concert with the Florida Orchestra Brass. Huffman has three grown children and lives with his wife Cindy in Dunedin. For more information about the Friends of Music or this concert, please call 386-365-4941.

ABAC Concert Band stages ‘From Darkness to Light’ at Tift Theatre on Thursday

TIFTON, Ga. —The Concert Band at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will present “From Darkness to Light” in its annual spring concert at the Tift Theatre in downtown Tifton on Thursday at 7 p.m. Johnny Folsom, in his seventh year as the director of the concert band, said the evening will incorporate the music of renowned composer Quincy Hilliard, who wrote “As the World Watched” after a chance encounter at Folsom’s house in 2015.  The concert is open to the public at no charge. “Quincy came and worked with our band that year, and I invited him to our house afterward,” Folsom said. “My wife, Betty Ann, shared with Quincy a book she had just finished reading and one that had touched her deeply. The book was ‘While the World Watched’ by Carolyn Maull McKinstry.” McKinstry was a little girl who survived the Birmingham church bombing incident on Sept. 15, 1963 which killed four girls and injured many others. She later wrote the book which was subtitled, “A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement.” “Quincy seemed interested in the book, so Betty Ann gave him her copy,” Folsom said. “Two years later, we got a phone call, and Quincy said he had just written a piece of music relating to the book Betty Ann had shared with him two years earlier.”