Charlie Maguire's River Songs

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R I V E R S O N G S ...... the music of Singer/Songwriter Charlie Maguire

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A Brief History of River Songs.

Charlie Maguire & Andrew Rist have been collaborating for over 20 years. They meet when Andrew moved into a house across the street from Charlie. They have been working together ever since. Each summer Ballet Minnesota performs River Songs all over the Twin Cities Area. River Songs has been performed at The History Center, Salo Park, Minnehaha Falls, St Anthony Falls, Washington County Fair, the State Fair, Woodbury Days, Hihgland Festival, The Fitzgerald Theater, O'Shaughnessy, the St Paul Student Center Theater and many more venues.

Charlie and Andy have collaborated on 30+ songs:

    Pass The Bowl
    Light The River
    Tow Boat
    The Great Mississippi
    Reverend Hickman's Hand
    Roll River Journey
    Play Us A Waltz
    BC Rail
    Oziwinda
    I'm From MInnesota
    and many more

2011 ...... Photographs courtesy of Hennepin County Public Affairs ...... Photographer: Lisa Fleming

Singer / Songwriter Charlie Maguire

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Hennepin County Government Center
Friday, July 29, 2011

Singer / Songwriter: Charlie Maguire
Choreographer: Andrew Rist Costumes: Cheryl Rist

Photographs courtesy of Hennepin County Public Affairs ...... Photographer: Lisa Fleming

Summer 2011 Cast:
Hennepin County Government Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Friday, July 29, 2011

LIGHT THE RIVER: Anna Betz, Harper Skulley, Rebecca McDonnell, Olivia Verdick

PASS THE BOWL: Kayla Assimacopoulos, Molly Roche, Erin Chase, Maggie Selner,
Christina Smith, Clara Konetschka,
Janie Rist, Kaitlyn Newman, Emma Connors, Emma Bjork, Lauren Woessner

REVEREND HICKMAN'S HANDS: Allen Gregory, Anna Betz, Anna Reimann, Olivia Verdick, Rebecca McDonnell

FALL IS HERE: Harper Skulley

TOW BOAT: Nic Nelson, Anna Betz, Berea Ames, Olivia Verdick, Rebecca McDonnell

I'M FROM MINNESOTA: Maggie Selner, Kayla Assimacopoulos, Erin Chase, Molly Roche, Lily Gray, Mary Shrake, Solona Reyes, Kayleen Dennison

BC RAIL: Allen Gregory, Anna Betz, Harper Skulley, Olivia Verdick, Rebecca McDonnell,
Anna Reimann.

ROLL RIVER JOURNEY: Anna Betz, Olivia Verdick, Anna Reimann, Berea Ames, Lily Gray, Solona Reyes, Harper Skulle

C h a r l i e   M a g u i r e

R I V E R   S O N G S

G a l l e r y   2

Hennepin County Government Center
Friday, July 29, 2011

Singer / Songwriter: Charlie Maguire
Choreographer: Andrew Rist Costumes: Cheryl Rist

Photographs courtesy of Hennepin County Public Affairs ...... Photographer: Lisa Fleming

Summer 2011 Cast:
Hennepin County Government Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Friday, July 29, 2011

LIGHT THE RIVER: Anna Betz, Harper Skulley, Rebecca McDonnell, Olivia Verdick

PASS THE BOWL: Kayla Assimacopoulos, Molly Roche, Erin Chase, Maggie Selner,
Christina Smith, Clara Konetschka,
Janie Rist, Kaitlyn Newman, Emma Connors, Emma Bjork, Lauren Woessner

REVEREND HICKMAN'S HANDS: Allen Gregory, Anna Betz, Anna Reimann, Olivia Verdick, Rebecca McDonnell

FALL IS HERE: Harper Skulley

TOW BOAT: Nic Nelson, Anna Betz, Berea Ames, Olivia Verdick, Rebecca McDonnell

I'M FROM MINNESOTA: Maggie Selner, Kayla Assimacopoulos, Erin Chase, Molly Roche, Lily Gray, Mary Shrake, Solona Reyes, Kayleen Dennison

BC RAIL: Allen Gregory, Anna Betz, Harper Skulley, Olivia Verdick, Rebecca McDonnell,
Anna Reimann.

ROLL RIVER JOURNEY: Anna Betz, Olivia Verdick, Anna Reimann, Berea Ames, Lily Gray, Solona Reyes, Harper Skulle

River Songs Gallery 3

Singer / Songwriter: Charlie Maguire
Choreographer: Andrew Rist
Costumes: Cheryl Rist
Play Us A Waltz photography: Dave Trayers

Charlie has also been honored with many grants and awards, including a Bush Artist Fellowship and the New York Film and Television Festival Gold Award. He has been named a "Humanities Scholar" by the Minnesota Humanities Commission. He lectures throughout the region on the role of women in environmental history; and he is an adjunct professor of Language Arts at Hamline University in Saint Paul, teaching a course on songwriting. He has written for the Star Tribune (Minneapolis), and for All Things Considered and Options in Education, both on National Public Radio.

Charlie has also been honored with many grants and awards, including a Bush Artist Fellowship and the New York Film and Television Festival Gold Award. He has been named a "Humanities Scholar" by the Minnesota Humanities Commission. He lectures throughout the region on the role of women in environmental history; and he is an adjunct professor of Language Arts at Hamline University in Saint Paul, teaching a course on songwriting. He has written for the Star Tribune (Minneapolis), and for All Things Considered and Options in Education, both on National Public Radio.

Light the River .... 2002

Pass The Bowl .... 2002

Roll River Journery .... 2002