Offshoot

Productions will kick off the new year and the new

century with the Stars on the Southern Crescent coffee

house.

The coffee

house gives people in the area a chance to see a variety

of local and regional acts, while enjoying beverages and

desserts. Past coffee houses have included spoken word

performances, storytellers, musicians, comedians and

singers. This coffee house promises much of the same.

Returning

to Stars on the Southern Crescent is the Jennifer Perry

Combo. Led by the wisecracking, red haired singer, the

band has played all over the region, performing jazz,

swing, bebop and torch. The band has made many fans at

previous coffee houses and is a wonderful complement to

Barney's Goat, the other musical act performing this

weekend.

Barney's

Goat plays Celtic music, using a variety of musical

instruments. The band effortlessly weaves guitars,

fiddles, banjos, mandolins, tin whistles, recorders,

keyboards and bodhrans together for an eclectic sound. A

trio until recently, Barney's Goat has recently added two

new members - Mary McFarland, a keyboardist and

vocalist, and Tom McNeil, an instrumentalist. Barney's

Goat performs a mixture of Celtic classics and original

tunes and is certain to enchant audiences this weekend.

Also

performing at the coffee house this weekend will be

several professional cast members of the upcoming

Offshoot Productions production, "Scotland

Road."

The coffee

house will be performed at National Heights Baptist

Church, on Ga. Highway 54 and Old Norton Road between

Peachtree City and Fayetteville. Admission is $6 for the

general public and $4 for seniors and children under 12.

The doors will open at 7:45 p.m. and the show will begin

at 8:15 p.m.

Hot and

cold beverages will be offered as well as home-baked

desserts. The audience is encouraged to bring mugs from

home to receive discounts on hot beverages and to be

eligible to receive the Most Unusual Mug award.

Phone

770-631-2362 or write to [email protected] for information.

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