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Team USA (from left: Nzingha Prescod, Sabrina Massialas, Nicole Ross, and Lee Kiefer) in 2015 Kiefer was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Lexington, Kentucky. [5] Her mother Teresa, a psychiatrist, was born in Pilar, Capiz, Philippines and immigrated to the U.S. as a child, and her father Steve, a neurosurgeon, once captained the Duke University fencing team.
The Fencers Club was founded in 1883 by Charles de Kay and other New Yorkers. [2] [3] [4] One had to be in the Social Register to be a member. [5]Its first fencing master was Captain Hippolyte Nicolas, a French officer who had fought in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, who was partial to the Italian school of fencing.
Other key fiddlers in bluegrass include: Chubby Wise - Played with Monroe. Also a Texas Swing player. [6] Kenny Baker - Originally a swing fiddler, Baker played with Monroe from 1957 to 1984, the longest tenure of any band member. He is considered one of the most influential bluegrass fiddlers, and is famous for his smooth, "long-bow" style.
Lynn Morris (born October 8, 1948) is an American bluegrass musician. Morris was raised in Lamesa, Texas, [1] where she learned to play piano at the age of 6 and guitar at the age of 11. [2] She went to Colorado College and graduated with a degree in art. The following year she began to play the banjo. [3]
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The band appeared with such bluegrass performers as Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury, and New Grass Revival. [3] Sharon was playing a Kentucky F5 copy by this time; by fourteen, she was playing an R.L. Givens F5 copy. The Blue Night Express band lasted for nearly seven years and Sharon played with the band from age nine to sixteen.
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In December 2016, the band introduced the Balsam Range Art of Music Festival, a two-day event held at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, in the group's home county. [14] The festival, created with the goal of inviting Balsam Range fans from all over the world to visit their home of western North Carolina, now generates upwards of $400,000 per year ...