Dixieland Quartet celebrates 'the music of America'

Potomac Community Library will present Seth Kibel's Dixieland Quartet as part of the "Jazz: the Music of America" series sponsored by the local libraries. As a musical language of communication, jazz is the first indigenous American style to affect music in the rest of the world. Blues and ragtime, along with a rich local brass band tradition and many other influences, came together in the late teens to early 1920s in New Orleans to create a new type of music called Dixieland jazz. The name Dixieland was most likely derived from the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, a New Orleans group that made the first publicly available recording of this style of music in 1917.

Seth Kibel's Dixieland Quartet features Seth Kibel on clarinet, Brian Priebe on trombone, Phil Mathieu on banjo and Jay Miles on tuba. Kibel has appeared with such notables as Sam Moore (Sam & Dave), Percy Sledge, The Coasters and Johnnie Johnson. Refreshments will be served following the concert at Potomac Library on Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. Registration is recommended but not required.

Halloween science

Halloween is the perfect time for science experiments. Join others at the Potomac Community Library on Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. and enter the haunted science lab. Enjoy an afternoon of mad scientist fun for the whole family. All ages are welcome to this fun, yet educational, program.

Register in person or by phone at Potomac Community Library, 2201 Opitz Blvd., or by calling the library at 703-494-8126. You can check out the Web site at www.pwcgov.org/library. Each person participating must be registered and the program is limited to 48 participants.

Haunted Hike

Take a guided hike back through time today from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Lee's Woods Kiosk at Leesvylvania State Park to visit the park's historical residents and then enjoy a hayride and kids crafts. This is a great family event and the cost is $2 per person or $6 for a group of four. The hayride tickets are also $2 per person or $6 for a group of four. For more information, call 703-583-6904 or visit Leesylvania@dcr.virginia.gov.

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