Quality Entertainers Such as Bill Rossiter Perform Throughout Summer at Bannack
©Bert Gildart: Bannack, Montana, provides more than just quality camping and insights into the state’s first territorial capitol. Periodically throughout the summer, the park provides programs that are entertaining and educational.
This past Saturday night Bill Rossiter provided a program entitled Lincoln and Liberty: Songs of the Civil War. Bill is an excellent entertainer and is a man I have known for approximately 30 years, and it seemed too good to be true that Bill’s performance should coincide with our stay.
Back dropped by an exceedingly well preserved historic town decorated with period accoutrements, Bill Rossiter performs songs from the times.
Bill is from Kalispell and served as an English instructor at Flathead Valley Community College. Prior to his career as a teacher he traveled the country as a musician and actually continued working as a musician while teaching.
Now retired from college his entertainment is provided through the Montana Council for the Humanities – and for well over an hour he played songs from the Civil War era, many of them written by veterans of the war. Currently his work for the humanities keeps him busy and this past year travels took him throughout most of the Northwest where he played over 50 gigs.
Bannack will be offering many other programs throughout the summer and if they are half as good as Rossiter’s program then they should not be missed. Bannack’s well preserved ghost town (see previous post) and its wonderfully decorated cabins add yet further to the atmosphere.
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THIS TIME THREE YEARS AGO:
*Departing Knife River — Reluctantly
