Abby Posner has been a working musician in Los Angeles for the past 18 + years.  She is best known for her ability to play nearly any instrument that she can get her hands on, twisting genres, and pushing the boundaries of folk, roots, electronic, and pop music making her "Genre Fluid." If you have seen Abby perform live, you know she can play a fierce lead-blues guitar solo, or throw down a complex Earl Scruggs banjo riff. You also may have spotted her playing drums, mandolin, or bass while using her looping pedal. In addition to her versatility, she puts passion and soul into everything she does.  Posner's live shows are simply mesmerizing.  Her energy is comparable to Chris Thile of Nickel Creek, and The Lumineers.  Posner’s songs range from intimate haunting folk songs, to upbeat festival/dance your pants off hits.

This CalArts music graduate has composed & produced music for commercials/TV, films, and radio shows all over the globe (including Hulu’s Maggie, The Fosters, This American Life, The Art of More, and Last Tango in Halifax, custom songs for Facebook, Viacom-CBS, and CW’s Kung Fu). She also has music placed in commercials and TV shows all over China, Sweden, The UK, and Australia. Posner appeared in two episodes of GLEE on season four playing banjo and guitar, and the Freeform show Famous In Love playing banjo, as well as performing live several times on KCAL 9 news and Good Day LA.

Abby has also scored the music for multiple films (Across Land Across Sea, Through Their Eyes, award winning short animation Elizabeth Sees, and recently scored the Award-winning Documentary Lady Buds) while playing and touring all over the US.  In 2019 Posner played banjo and sang Wagon Wheel as a featured principal role in Bank Of America's ad campaign for the Ken Burn’s PBS Country Music Documentary along side Dom Flemons and Amythyst Kiah.

After signing with Gary Calamar’s licensing company Laurel Canon in 2016, Abby Posner has gained major recognition in the LA music scene. Opening for such iconic acts as PHRANC, Sierra Hull, and Dustbowl Revival.  She has released multiple albums under her name, and Abby & The Myth, and recently released her first full length album under Blackbird Record Label in 2023 titled Second Chances. 

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Abby Posner teamed up with Ships Have Sailed to write hit song Get Loud in 2023.  Get Loud continues to Chart the Alternative Rock/indie Radio charts, and won the grand prize in the USA Songwriter Competition in 2023.

In 2020 Abby Posner won the Carl Gage "Give me Shelter in Place" Songwriting Award through the Topanga Folk Festival for her original song Blind Spots, and she received the runner up for her song Emergency Use Only for the 18th Annual International Acoustic Music Awards.  She was honored to land Official Showcases at Folk Alliance International in 2022 and 2024 after signing with her booking agency Baker Booking (now Rockwood Booking.)

Posner was an official Showcase Artist at Americana Fest 2023, and her music video Quiet On Sunset was recently featured on CMT.

(abbyposner.com)

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Second Annual PetersBurg Arts council Swing dance

Music and dancing

Live music kicks off at 7 p.m., featuring:

• Uke’a Ladies 

• Pendulum

• K1nfolk

• Brandon Rains

• Insert Disc

• and more!

Dance Lessons

Swing dance instruction will begin at 6 p.m.

Swing dance lessons will also take place every Tuesday in September, 7-8 p.m. at MDT dance studios. No cost; donations are appreciated.

Food & DRINKS

Mocktails by The Market

Appetizers by The Drama Club

Dessert Silent Auction

Petersburg Arts Council presents a lively evening with sea shanty and global music rennaissance man Seán Dagher.

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Seán Dagher’s sea shanties for game soundtracks have racked up hundreds of millions of listens on streaming platforms, but wait… there’s more!

Seán Dagher is an active performer, arranger, and composer of music from various classical and folk music traditions: Celtic, Baroque, Medieval, Arabic, Quebecois, and Maritime. He is artistic director and principal arranger of Skye Consort, @skyeconsort and and is a member of La Nef's Artistic Committee. He often provides arrangements for other ensembles and artists, including La Mandragore, Pierre Lapointe, Shannon Mercer, I Furiosi, Les Voix Baroques, and Les Voix Humaines. His music has been performed across Canada and the United States. Seán has recorded sea shanties and tavern songs for several video game sound-track in Assassin's Creed 4 series, by Ubisoft. He has also performed and toured with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal under Maestro Kent Nagano.

Seán has worked with the Festival du Monde Arabe creating shows of Middle Eastern and North African music. He has arranged and composed music for audio books with story-teller and musician Suzanne De Serres, Youth Program Director for La Nef, and for American author Sandra Gulland. Seán has also been a composer and sound designer for several theatre productions. Seán has been nominated for numerous ADISQ and Opus awards and won prizes with La Nef and Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer for their concert and CD La Traverse Miraculeuse, with La Mandragore for the concert Convivencia, wand with La Nef for the creation of Leave her, Johnny. Despite all that Seán can frequently be found singing and playing in Irish pubs.

Want to sponsor Sean Dagher’s show? Contact PAC!

Moving Music Concert Series Presents Swing Dance at The Elks Club! Local musicians team up to bring a swing themed night to Petersburg! The evening promises to be something different and tasty! There will be a silent auction for desserts throughout the evening as well as beverages to enjoy while you dance the night away! $20 for individuals and $60 for families
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Petersburg Arts Council November Board Meeting 2023
Thursday, Nov 16th, 6 pm
Bearing Song, 223 S. Nordic Dr.

We'll meet to talk fall membership and look ahead at events planning ideas for 2024. Got an idea for a PAC project or event? Come on down! All are welcome. Email us at petersburgarts@gmail.com for more info.

Presented by the Petersburg Arts Council with sponsorship support from the Petersburg Rotary Club.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Soft drinks, sparkling water, beer and wine available for purchase. Please do not bring in your own alcohol, including those purchased downstairs.

Advance tickets are currently available online via the Arts Council’s Square commerce page (opens in new window/tab). Please print the receipt or keep a digital copy (confirmation email is fine) to use as your ticket.

Advance purchase tickets may be purchased in-person via credit card, check or cash at FireLight Gallery & Framing. The printed sales receipt serves as the ticket to the event. Advance sales (online and in-person) will end 4 hours (2:30 p.m.) prior to doors opening.

Admission will also be available at the door.

We define “family” as immediate family members. The intent is to cap total admission costs for parent/guardian(s) and their children.

Band Bios

Matthew Johnson

Matthew Johnson, Alaska born and raised musician, has been listening to and playing bluegrass music since his early childhood spent growing up in the woods. Following the rythymn and footsteps of his idols (Bill Monroe, Del McCoury, Carl Hoffman and the likes) has help him find his boisterous, soulful voice, clear, crisp guitar licks, and beautifully timed mandolin strums. He spent 14 years as Carl Hoffman’s mandolin player and tenor singer in Northern River. He’s been in the bluegrass music scene from Alaska to Austin, Texas and all places in between.

Laura Davis Collins

Laura Davis Collins was born and raised in southeast Virginia, singing harmonies with her sister at church. She developed an ear for bass lines playing bassoon in high school band and orchestra and picked up playing guitar in college in southwest Virginia, where she learned to love bluegrass. In 2007, Laura moved to Nome, AK and picked up the bass in 2011 to join the Nome-based old time string band Landbridge Tollbooth. She’s played music with Lorne and Matt off and on for over 10 years.

Lorne Carroll

Lorne Carroll, while he wasn’t born in Alaska he got here as quick as he could in the winter of 2009. He’s been fueled by the bluegrass beat for decades and is influenced by David Grisman, Andy Statman, and a long, long list of others. You might find him and that 1996 Flatiron Performer F behind the Gold Dust Saloon, inside the Down East Saloon or anywhere in-betweens.