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Dakota Road in Concert: From Acoustic Ballads to Rocking Anthems

MANCHESTER, Connecticut – Emanuel Lutheran Church invites the Greater Hartford community to an upbeat concert featuring members of the nationally known Christian band Dakota Road from South Dakota, on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at 5pmThe performance will take place at Emanuel Lutheran Church, 60 Church Street, Manchester. The concert is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted. Building is handicapped-accessible.

A ticketed dinner will follow the concert. Tickets are free, but reservations are required. A freewill offering with be taken to benefit students attending the 2015 National Youth Gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, in Detroit, MI. Please contact Anne Heinrich at 860 643-1193 or aheinrich@emanuelmanchester.org to reserve your seat at the dinner.

About Dakota Road

Dakota Road has become known nationally for their stirring original music and playful performance style. They craft powerful stories of life and faith woven in colorful musical styles ranging from acoustic ballads to rocking anthems. Their songs of struggle and hope connect with people of all ages and walks of life. Individually and as a band Dakota Road has released over 20 recordings with many of their songs being sung all across the U.S. & beyond. www.dakotaroadmusic.com

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About the performers

Larry Olson and Hans Peterson are partners in Dakota Road Music, a songwriting, publishing, leadership and performance company that specializes in original faith-filled music. Hans & Larry have the creative talents of music leadership, a passion for justice and a vision for the church and neighborhood as welcoming places. They live in the confidence that "to each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good" (I Cor 12:7). It is this trust and their stirring original music that has put them at the center of a movement to include a diversity of musical gifts in congregational life. 

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For more information

Brett Judson, Director of Music, music@emanuelmanchester.org, (860) 643-1193, x 306

Cindy Hall, Minister of Programs, chall@emanuelmanchester.org, (860) 643-1193

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