Concerts
We provided ELEVEN exciting concerts* with new Headliners and Guest performers, in more venues -- enlarging the borders of our "Festival Territory"!
*and two Youth Storytelling CONTESTS!
Here was this year's lineup:
March 5th - 6:30pm
Youth Storytelling Contests
Millard High School (Fillmore) and Delta High School
March 6th - 7:00pm (Pacific Time)
Stories & Songs
Bristlecone Convention Center, Ely, Nevada
Delaine Spilsbury - The Railroad's effect on the Great Basin Tribes
Sean Pitts - Frozen in Time - The Nevada Northern Railway
Mark Bassett - The Nevada Northern Railway - Inside a Steam Locomotive
Clive Romney - The Lesser-Known Nevada Hero, Mark Requa
Suzanne Christensen - The Ladies of the Transcontinental Railroad
Ken Verdoia - Nevada Railroad Stories
Sam Payne - The Transcontinental Railroad/Echoes of Hammers & Spikes
March 7th - 7:00pm (Mountain Time)
Stories & Songs
Border Inn, Baker, Nevada
Student Storytelling Contest Winners
Nino Reyos - Black Cloud Over Native America
Suzanne Christensen - But Will My Dress Get Dirty?
Clive Romney - Railroads/Success That Works Both Ways
Sam Payne - If I could Choose One (Railroad) Story
Ken Verdoia - Did the Railroad's Impact Reach Baker?
March 8th - 7:00pm
Stories & Songs
Delta High School, Delta, Utah
Delta High School Orchestra & Drama Students - The Great Locomotive Chase
Scott Bassett - What & Who the Railroads Brought to Delta
Clive Romney - I Can't Just Rein Her In! (The Ray Savage Story)
Suzanne Christensen - You Wouldn't Expect to See Her There!
Ken Verdoia - My Favorite Transcontinental Railroad Story
March 9th - All-Day FREE Concerts
Millard High School, Fillmore, Utah
10:00am - "Local Legends"
Student Storytelling Contest Winners
Scott Bassett - Her Railroad Hotel
Tafta Watson - Family Lore
Dean Draper - Wells, Nevade Train Robbery
11:00am - "Native American Life Before & After the Railroad"
Nino Reyos - What Culture Did the Railroad Destroy?
Shirlee Silversmith - The Eight Nations of Utah
12:00noon - Lunch (gym) and KUED Screening of "Promontory"
1:00pm - "Echoes of Hammers & Spikes" part 1
2:00pm - "Behind & Beyond Promontory" (Ken Verdoia)
3:00pm - "Echoes of Hammers & Spikes" part 2
4:00pm - Blue Sage Duo - Mike & Shauna Iverson
Railroad Songs from the Great American Songbook
March 9th - 6:00pm
Pre-Concert Meet & Greet
(with members of One Voice Children's Choir)
[this is a ticketed event]
Delta High School - Commons Area
March 9th - 7:00pm
One Voice Children's Choir CONCERT
Featuring Sam Payne
[$5 per person/$15 per family - tickets available at the door]
Delta High School - Auditorium
March 10th - 7:00pm
Monuments of Faith Concert
Delta R.J. Law Community Center - Delta, Utah
75 W Main St, Delta, UT 84624