Gospel Music Shouting Out at Sertoma

May 6, 2010 | Story by: Lindsey Chester | Categories: Briefs

CARY, NC – Inspired by Dixieland, jazz, blues and old-time spirituals, the Mangum and Company Shout Band is bringing its powerful upbeat brand of gospel music to Sertoma Amphitheatre at Bond Park this Saturday, May 8 at 3 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Town of Cary and PineCone, is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving, presenting, and promoting traditional music, dance, and other folk performing arts. Each year PineCone presents 125-150 events, approximately 100 of which are free to the public.

About “Shout” Band Music

“Shout” describes the singing style and form of worship found in some 20th-century African-American religious denominations. Speaking directly to God through the “shout,” black Pentecostals offered the direct experiences and the emotional touch of the Spirit.

“Shout band music is primarily performed as part of church services, parades and religious special occasions, so having the Mangum and Company Shout Band as part of our Sertoma Series is very special,” said Sarah Preston, Performing Arts Coordinator. “Pack a picnic and enjoy this unique opportunity.”

Who are the Mangum Company?

Led by Cedric Mangum, the company features 15-20 members from the Charlotte Mother House of Prayer playing a variety of trombones, sousaphones, baritones and drums. Its mostly instrumental music creates a choir of brass “voices” “singing” in one accord, a tradition from church music of African-American communities in the Southeast during the 1920s. The music is up-tempo and bright.

The Mangum and Company Shout Band appeared under the name The Clouds of Heaven in the first-ever anthology of shout band music produced by Smithsonian “Folkways, Saints Paradise: Trombone Shout Bands from the United House of Prayer (1999)”. Music samples are available for download , use the  keywords “Saint’s Paradise.” This concert promises to be something truly special.

In case of rain, the concert will be held at the Kiwanis Shelter in Bond Park.

Remaining 2010 Spring Sertoma Series performances include: SAS Showchoir, VocalMotion on Saturday, May 15, and the Really Terrible Orchestra of the Triangle on Sunday, May 16.

For more information on the Mangum and Company Shout Band, visit Pine Cone

For this and other interesting events happening around Cary, check out the CaryCitizen Calendar. If you have an event you would like us to add to the Calendar, email Lindsey Chester.