Volume 13, No. 4 | November 2020

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KEEPING THE BEAT

Delta Blues Newsletter November, 2020

*NEW* VIRTUAL TOURS NOW ONLINE!

Take a Field Trip through "The Land Where Blues Began" with our new virtual tours, created by Mississippi filmmaker Coop Cooper:
These new tours feature Clarksdale musicians Lee Williams, Terry "Big T" Williams, and James "Super Chikan" Johnson as your personal tour guides through our gallery, telling stories of the Blues artists that influenced these local musicians personally and shaped their professional careers.

These tours are free and available on our website!
Donations are suggested and greatly appreciated.

DELTA BLUES MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED ON FOLLOWING DATES

Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 26)
Christmas (Dec. 25-26)
New Year's Day (Jan. 1)

RESERVE YOUR TICKETS

GIFTS FOR BLUES FANS!

Celebrate the holidays at the Delta Blues Museum Gift Shop

Visit our Gift Shop and celebrate the holidays with gifts ranging from a "Live from the Mississippi Delta" photo book signed by author Panny Mayfield, a Muddy Waters Stovall Work Shirt, or Highways 61/49 Crossroads sign sets. Gift your friends or family with our Cigar Box Guitar Kit, a 2021 Blues Calendar, or a "Delta Blues" CD Set!

Your Gift Shop purchases support the Museum's work in preserving and presenting the legacy of the blues - thank you!

MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS HOLIDAY

While shopping for your Non-Blues related gifts on Amazon, please be sure to select the Delta Blues Museum for your Amazon Smile! donations. We deeply appreciate your support in helping to keep the blues alive! smile.amazon.com

ADDITIONAL GRANTS AWARDED

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Delta Blues Museum is pleased to announce additional grants awarded from our friends at the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC).

Funds granted by MAC are made possible by continued funding from the Mississippi State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts. An Operating Grant will support ongoing expenses during the pandemic; the Rapid Response Grant supports the creation of new virtual tours of Delta Blues Museum, in an effort to support small-scale arts activities and to adapt artistic-focused work in an online setting.

We remain grateful to our funding partners for their ongoing support of our mission.

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Thanks for your continued and future support!

Shelly Ritter, Director

This newsletter is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, and, in part, from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

This site is made possible through support from the Mississippi Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Rock River Foundation.

DELTA BLUES MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS
Exhibits, Events and More!

This site made possible through the support of Mississippi Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Humanities and the Rock River Foundation.

Support for the Delta Blues Foudation, Inc has been provided by explore.org, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation.

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Museum Contact information

1 Blues Alley
Clarksdale, MS 38614
Phone: 662-627-6820
Email: info@deltabluesmuseum.org