Sunday, March 18, 2012

Kent Courtney to Appear at Fairfield, PA, Civil War Reenactment, May 4-6 2012

Kent Courtney as Terrence Mullen in the History Channel's
"Stealing Lincoln's Body"


Noted actor, author, and musician, Kent Courtney will make a personal appearance at the Fairfield, Pennsylvania, Civil War Reenactment to be held May 4, 5 and 6, 2012.  The event is set in the Town of Fairfield, with the Fairfield Inn being at the geographic center of the event.  There are multiple locations where living history settings will interpret life in the mid-1800s as well as a field where the battle reenactment will take place.


For more information, please see:


http://www.battleoffairfield.com


The mobile-ready site is:


http://www.fairfieldreenactment.com


The event organizers have put the complete schedule and directions on the mobile-ready site so that spectators on the event site can view the times of the activities while attending the reenactment


For information about Kent Courtney, please see:


http://www.livinghistorymusic.com


Kent Courtney frequently appears on The History Channel, and he has been heard and seen on: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, BBC, Good Morning America, PBS, The Travel Channel, CNN, C-SPAN and National Public Radio.


Kent Courtney is currently appearing in The History Channel's  Stealing Lincoln's Body, as Terrence Mullen, one of the conspirators, who in 1876 tried to take Abraham Lincoln's Body out of his Mausoleum in Springfield, Illinois, and hold it for ransom.

In April of 2011, The History Channel re-aired April, 1865, in which Kent Courtney portrayed General Breckenridge who, as Secretary of War, surrendered the Confederacy to General William T. Sherman.


Kent Courtney has toured throughout these United States, Canada, Mexico and Belize and is internationally known for his expertise on music of the 1800's and the historical genres leading up to that era, especially the Renaissance.
  
Kent's interpretations of Irish, Scottish, English, Nordic and French Folk Music are well-appreciated by Fair and Festival audiences and by means of his multi-media and recorded work. His CDs are standards at National Parks and museums throughout the country.

His recording of "Wait for the Wagon" made the top ten downloads list of the Folk Music genre. 

Kent Courtney’s live shows are more than just entertainment.  In a dramatic format, he relates the history of the era and the music he performs.  People come away from his performances feeling enlightened, educated and entertained.  



Saturday, March 10, 2012

Kent Courtney Performs at American Honors History Weekend

Today's the day of the America Honors History Breakfast at the 1863 Inn of Gettysburg.  That's the former Holiday Inn.  I'll be performing there at 9am and it runs until 11am.  They'll be kicking off the promotion of the annual Gettysburg Reenactment today, also.  Thank you WGET for interviewing me on Thursday and Friday of this week.  Fred Snyder first had me on his morning radio show back about 1997.  WGET has been very good to me every since.  http://www.livinghistorymusic.com