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McGowan Band Calendar and Upcoming Performances

• Saturday, January 21, 2006 -Lee Jackson Banquet - Shrine Club - Camden, SC
• Saturday, February 18, 2006 - Sherman's March to Columbia Columbia’s Longest Days: February 1865 —Full-day event commemorating Sherman's march into Columbia and the burning of the city. Reenactment, relics, art, symposium, tours and concert. Sponsored by the Greater Columbia Civil War Alliance.
  9 a.m. Re-enactment of Union cannon firing on State House—West Columbia side of Gervais
  Street Bridge—Harts Battery, Hampton’s Legion
  10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Events at the State Museum and Confederate Relic Room (relics, art, museum tours, living
  history, symposium)
  10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Sherman’s March Bus Tours
  7 p.m. Gospel Concert, McGowan’s Band (SC State Museum - Columbia)
  Information: 803-217-0071 or e-mail fknapp@knappagency.com
  Accommodations: www.columbiacvb.com
  
• The band will be releasing their 2^nd CD project entitled, “The Battle Flag of Dixie” in January, 2006. Recorded at Windshear Productions in Greer, SC, the title song exemplifies the main idea behind the album – “Defending and Promoting the beloved banner of Dixie – The Confederate Battle Flag.” The CD contains two songs of the Rebelaires Ó of Waycross, Ga (recorded with permission) , “Dixieland” and “Confederate Man”, a new arrangement of and old favorite hymn, “Come Thou Fount”, and ten brand new songs written by the band’s director, Mark Simpson:
• Ride With Jackson , The Battle Flag of Dixie , Not For Fame or Fortune , The Yankee and the Rebel , Return to Me, Just Follow Me , The Place That I Call Home , Southern By The Grace of God , Hail Carolina! Free At Last, and Sherman’s March To Columbia

• McGowan MUSICIANS
• Dick Brown - Dobro, Banjo, Lead Electric Guitar
• Heather Southard - Fiddle and Violin
• Mike Marshall - Acoustic Guitar
• Randy Simpson - Bass Guitar
• Donna Simpson - Keyboard
• Tim Reed - Percussion Drums
• Chip Reed - Sound and Lighting
• Mark Simpson - Acoustic Rythm Guitar
• VOCALS
• Donna Simpson
• Mark Simpson
• Dick Brown