Musician and Scholar David Seay will be bringing his program, Trains Songs and Tales, to the Little Red Hen Theatre on September 22 at 1:30 PM. This nostalgic program with songs and stories inspired by the US railroads is free to the public in collaboration with the Wakefield Heritage Organization.
Combining his passions for music, history, and storytelling David Seay has presented programs through the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau for over 25 years. David plays over a dozen instruments, several of which will be utilized in his Train Songs and Tales program. Audiences will clap and sing along with David in this program of railroad songs and stories that offer peeks into the past from a wide variety of viewpoints. An upbeat excursion for the whole family that captures the imagination and features David playing guitar, banjo, harmonica, whistles, and even a sing-along or two.
Audiences are invited to attend the WHO Omelets Feed at the American Legion prior to the program and also visit the Wakefield Depot Museum, full of train memorabilia and working models. The museum and omelet feed will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Free-will donations benefit the Wakefield Depot Museum.
This presentation is made possible by Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, Wakefield Heritage Organization, and the Little Red Hen Theatre as part of the HN Speakers Bureau. Train Songs and Tales is one of approximately 300 programs offered through the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau. The more than 165 available speakers include acclaimed scholars, writers, musicians, storytellers, and folklorists on topics ranging from pioneer heritage to ethics and law to international and multicultural issues, making it the largest humanities speakers’ bureau in the nation. For information detailing the available speakers and guidelines for booking them, please access our website at www.humanitiesnebraska.org (Speakers section) or contact Humanities Nebraska at 215 Centennial Mall South, Suite 330, Lincoln, NE 68508, phone (402) 474-2131, fax (402) 474-4852 or e-mail info@humanitiesnebraska.org.