{"id":13882,"date":"2017-04-14T13:14:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T12:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=13882"},"modified":"2017-05-03T10:10:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T09:10:43","slug":"april-verch-band-to-play-portico-portaferry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/04\/april-verch-band-to-play-portico-portaferry\/","title":{"rendered":"April Verch Band To Play Portico Portaferry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ards &amp; North Down Borough Council is delighted to welcome the incredibly talented Canadian fiddler, singer and step dancer April Verch with her band to Portico, Portaferry as part of a Moving On Music tour, on 11<sup>th<\/sup> May.<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13883\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/press2-14-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/>A captivating performer, April has been touring extensively for over two decades and has recently released an 18-track album documenting her work, <em>\u2018The April Verch Anthology\u2019. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>While Verch is perhaps best known for playing traditional fiddle styles from her native Ottawa Valley, Canada, her performances extend into old-time American and Appalachian styles and beyond, for a well-rounded tour-de-force of North Americana sounds. Verch tours with world-class musicians as a trio, featuring acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass and clawhammer banjo in addition to Verch\u2019s vocals, fiddle and foot percussion.<\/p>\n<p>With an \u2018almost superhuman\u2019 presence on stage, April flawlessly intertwines her fiddle playing, step dancing and singing; sometimes she sings, steps and fiddles all at once, with apparent ease and precision. Verch is &#8211; as they say &#8211; a triple threat in performance, her live show a beautiful companion to her music: versatile, robust, and masterfully executed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kp4l3Z5HkGA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Built in 1839, the beautiful Greek-inspired Portico has recently undergone a \u00a31.5m restoration which included a structural overhaul and its transformation into an atmospheric venue which oozes character and charm.<\/p>\n<p>The April Verch Band will perform at Portico, Portaferry on Thursday 11<sup>th<\/sup> May, 7.30pm. Tickets are \u00a312 and available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ardsarts.com\">www.ardsarts.com<\/a> or 028 9181 0803<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ards &amp; North Down Borough Council is delighted to welcome the incredibly talented Canadian fiddler, singer and step dancer April Verch with her band to Portico, Portaferry as part of a Moving On Music tour, on 11th May. A captivating performer, April has been touring extensively for over two decades and has recently released an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/04\/april-verch-band-to-play-portico-portaferry\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13882"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14018,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13882\/revisions\/14018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}