A new duo, Old Dogs New Tricks, will bring their tricks to the Music Box in Craftsbury on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 7 pm.

Jim Howe and Mark Davis were struck by Pete Seeger’s charge to sing out and sing in community. They hadn’t really thought they were going to start playing music out in public but soon with guitar (Davis) and cello (Howe) accompaniment they started getting gigs. The duo will sing original compositions written over the past three years as well as other tunes. One of their original tunes is "Planting Trees" which is an uplifting song about what each person can do to improve the lives of others. Their songs are just right for a February night.

Mark Davis and Jim Howe met in 2001, introduced by mutual friends. Jim was a longtime Hastings, NY resident and well-known as the author of the children’s classic Bunnicula, The Misfits, and dozens of picture books, middle grade and young adult novels. Mark lived in Brooklyn, practicing law with his friend John Engel, who happened to be one of the instigators of the blind date that led to the Howe-Davis union. They were married in Vermont in 2011 and come up regularly to visit. This visit they will also be performing at the Music Box!

You can find out more about them and listen to some tunes at https://www.jameshowe.com/music/. For more information call 586-7533 or www.themusicboxcraftsbury.org

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