RIVER TALL PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS IN THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY BY GERRY CUNNINGHAM

In The Heart Of The Country is a musical /drama that has been waiting to be written for a long long time. Country music has been at the heart of our social well being for many many years. In the 60’s alongside the Showbands , country and western music was popular and many young singers tried their hand at this music genre.

So to the story of our show tonight where a young couple who meet at a dance in the Parochial hall share their love of country music. Their friendship turns into young love despite the protestations of both their families ,the fathers in particular, albeit for totally different reasons .
They decide to sing at a local carnival where the main artist of the time is coming to perform. However the political landscape of the country is about to change and spreading throughout the North was the clamour for Civil Rights. One section of the population mainly Catholic, were experiencing discrimination on a huge scale and they decided it was time to do something about it. Meetings were set up and marches planned.
With laughs, tears and a fair degree of anger ”In The Heart Of the Country” takes you back to a land when life was more simple, attitudes more relaxed and people more forgiving. Get along and see ‘In The Heart Of The Country” “The wind is blowing, freedom’s on my mind Thoughts of walking with you by my side I hope in my life time my place will always be In the heart, heart of the country.”

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