LEEDS — The Leeds Arts Council is hosting an evening of Blue Grass and Celtic music and dance. Stoney Road Band and Anam Cara Dancers will perform March 6 at 7 p.m. at the Leeds Theatre and Arts Center (LTAC), 8140 Parkway Drive in downtown Leeds.

Stoney Road Band performs traditional Bluegrass, Folk and Bluegrass Gospel music based on early musical material like “Fire Ball Mail,” “On the Sea of Life,” “Blue Ridge Mountain Blues,” “West Virginia Girl,” “Coal Miner’s Prayer,” “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” “Big Sandy River,” “Over Yonder in the Graveyard,” “John Henry” and “Groundhog.”  The band enthusiastically caters to a wide spectrum of listeners, which may range from first timers to dyed-in-the-wool bluegrass fans and pickers.  They have performed at numerous events throughout the state, including Tannehill Opry, McFarland Mall Fiddlers Convention, Gadsden Street Festival, Helen Keller Festival, White’s Mountain Bluegrass Festival, Old Town Montgomery, Homestead Hollow and Bluff Creek Bluegrass Festival.  Their recent CD is featured in the original recording and publishing of “Pickin’ Circles” and will be available for purchase during the concert.

Band members include David Conners (formerly of Leeds) on banjo, with his Gibson MasterTone banjo considered the soul of the band’s sound.  Sibyl White brings the band’s sound together with her 1937 Kay upright bass she rescued in pieces from a flea market years ago. Chuck Reeves, fiddle player, has won fiddle contests all over the Southeast. Once while exiting the stage at a buckdance contest, he was asked to play “Sally Goodin” and went on to play it 67 times that evening. David Stanford, on mandolin, drives the bluegrass sound while his wife Vicki belts out the pure sound so vital to bluegrass music. Playing the guitar and singing lead is Tommy White of Whites Mountain. White’s instrument of choice it the D-45 SD Martin. The instrument came to him years ago when his intent to attend flight school was squelched by his wife who felt her fear of flying should also apply to her beloved husband. So plans were changed and the flight school fund ended with this great guitar coming to live with the White family and the rest is history.

After intermission, a young group of Irish performance dancers from the Birmingham area will perform. Their name, Anam Cara, means “soul friends” and these friends always have a great time whether dancing a reel or a jig while promoting their Celtic heritage. The group consists of members from 8 to 16 years old and has performed many times in the area with the intent purpose to promote Irish culture.

Patrons of all ages are invited to this evening of Bluegrass, Folk and Irish music and dance. Tickets are $10 and reservations are recommended. Tickets may be purchased by calling 699-1892 or visiting the LTAC Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.