Oct
20
2:00 PM14:00

Stone House Breakdown

Stone House Breakdown - which won an award as the best bluegrass band in Central Pennsylvania last year - will be performing at the Eicher Arts Center in Ephrata on Oct. 20.

The band got the award from the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame. Stone House Breakdown will play from 2 pm. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 20 at the historic Eicher House, 409 Cocalico St. in Ephrata Borough’s Grater Park. Admission is free.

The band plays original songs in traditional bluegrass style, old time standards, bluegrass gospel and contemporary Americana folk.

Inspired by beautiful countryside in Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley, the band took its name in part from Old Stone House Road in Monroe Township, Cumberland County.

Stone House Breakdown members include Jena Bombay, vocals and guitar; her husband Robb Bomboy, vocals and mandolin, who Jena first met at an open mic in Winchester, Va.; Jena’s father Jan Strock, bass; Patrick MacDonald Jr., vocals and banjo, who has been playing Earl Scruggs-style banjo for about 16 years, and Tish Brown, vocals and fiddle.

Stone House Breakdown revives and celebrates Appalachian music. The band’s style is reminiscent of the music of the Stanley Brothers, who began performing in the 1940s and in 1995 were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor.

The Oct. 20 concert is part of series of admission-free, Sunday afternoon cultural and entertainment shows for the public at the Eicher. Donations to the Eicher Arts Center, Inc., a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, will be accepted. The organization also rents out the historic Eicher House for private events such as weddings.

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