Music on the Lawn Moves Indoors for Winter; Picker & Papa Kick Off New Season
The live tunes play on in Boalsbsurg as Music on the Lawn moves inside for the colder months. The community concert series, part of the Grounded in Boalsburg initiative, returns Sunday, Nov. 15, with Picker & Papa performing from 3 to 5 p.m. inside Zion Lutheran Church, 105 Old Boalsburg Road. The concert is open to everyone. The duo's connection to Boalsburg dates back more than 20 years, when a chance encounter at the Boalsburg Farmers Market brought together two musicians who have been playing together ever since. Picker & Papa Jim Kerhin and Gary Brubaker met at the Boalsburg Farmers Market in 2005. Brubaker was playing guitar and singing. Kerhin, who had recently moved to State College from Milwaukee, happened to have his banjo in the car. He joined in, and Picker & Papa started there. More than 20 years later, the duo plays a mix of old-time favorites, ragtime, John Denver, the Beatles and whatever else comes to mind. Both are multi-instrumentalists, though they're most often found with an acoustic guitar and plectrum banjo. Local audiences may know them from the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, People's Choice Festival, Grange Fair and the Boalsburg Farmers Market, where