Valentine's Day Dinner and Music * Elijah Boone with Patrick McKnight

500 Finn Hill Drive,Danville KY 40422

11 February, 2023

Description

Please read carefully*VIP Couples Package ($75 + fees/taxes) includes -entry for 2 - dinner (please see menu below), dessert, beverage for 2 - reserved table seating - centerpiece/keepsake *VIP Individual Package ($30 +fees/taxes) includes- -entry for 1- dinner (please see menu nelow), dessert, beverage for 1-table seating *General Admission ($10+fees/taxes) includes -general admission *Meal add-on ($15+fees/taxes)- Grilled Chicken Penne Pasta meal only -Select this option along with your general admission ticket to receive a discount for a meal. Otherwise, meals purchased at event will be at a higher price point. MENU OPTIONS FOR VIP TICKET PURCHASES 1. Grilled Chicken Pasta Penne with a Vodka Cream Sauce - Caesar Salad - Garlic Knots 2. Prime Rib - Garlicky Mashed potatoes - Pan Roasted Shaved Brussel Sprouts - Honey butter Croissants Dessert - Boozy Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cheesecake with vodka infused whipped cream (Non-boozy option available as well) Elijah Boone is an Appalachian artist pioneering his own brand of mountain music. He is completing his music degree and headed into the studio to record his first solo project. He says, “My career is a journey. To get where I want to be takes time and work. No shortcuts. I want to take all my experiences and influences and make music that reflects who I am and touches people.” Elijah Boone (Elijah Boone Miller) was born in Nashville, TN to a musician father from Appalachia and a public-school teaching mother from Texas. His musical journey began at the age of six as a fiddler. A year later he was also strumming rhythm guitar and teaching himself to yodel. He was soon imitating his favorite old time country singers like Jimmy Rogers, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Hank Williams. Growing up in middle Tennessee, north Alabama and eastern Kentucky, Elijah was influenced and encouraged by older players both in traditional mountain and country music. He started performing with his family’s band “Chigger Ridge” when he was eight years old. He gained valuable experiences performing on stage, playing in jam sessions, and street performing for tips on Second Avenue in Nashville. On one Second Avenue outing a car stopped and a voice yelled, “You kids come over here and play a tune for Doc (Watson)!” On another occasion Roni Stoneman, of Hee Haw fame, danced and joined in on banjo. (Check out videos of Elijah performing as a youngster by going to ChiggerRidgeMusic on YouTube) Elijah’s musical path took a major turn when he bought a red Fender Telecaster guitar in middle-school. Although he had played fiddle for years, he put it aside for the electric guitar. In the beginning he focused on the chicken picken’ style of country guitar (a la’ Don Rich and Brent Mason) and the blues of BB King and Stevie Ray Vaughn. As a high-school sophomore he joined the school’s jazz band and began a steady growth of musical diversity that included rock, funk and fusion. He auditioned and won guitar duties for his area’s all district jazz band, and the prestigious Kentucky All-State Jazz Ensemble as a junior and senior. These experiences led him to earn a scholarship and major in jazz studies at Morehead State University. In high school Elijah teamed up with friends Christian Mullins, Trent Litteral, and Aaron Stephens and formed the group, “The Goodfellas.” They performed a steady schedule of gigs playing jazz, blues, funk and fusion. He also stayed busy honing his country skills as well as gaining experience as a side-man for other artist in multiple genres. In 2020 Elijah won the solo blues artist competition sponsored by the Huntington (WV) Blues Society which qualified him to compete in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN in May 2022. He looks forward to taking his mountain blues to Beale Street. Patrick McKnight is the One-Man Blues Band. His music is filled with grit and soul with Rivertown of Ashland, KY. With East Kentucky roots and his heart in country blues, he has crafted a sound that swirls the struggles of the past with modern heartache.