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Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper headline Rauch's annual Imagine Awards at Horseshoe Southern Indiana. Cleveland, a Charlestown resident, is blind and serves as an inspiring figure for those with disabilities, which is a theme woven through the Imagine Awards.

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Imagine all of the possibilities

One of the advantages of not having cable television is you’re forced to watch public broadcasting. That, or suffer through reruns of “Diff’rent Strokes.”

Watchyou talkin’ ’bout, Willis?!

One night I stumbled upon a program on KET called “Woodsongs OldTime Radio Hour.” Now, Jason Thomas, Editor I’m a sucker for music. Any time I see “Great Performances” appear while I’m surfing my 20-odd channels, I immediately stop to watch ... and listen.

“Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour”? Not so much. Something compelled me to watch, though.

I’m not a huge fan of bluegrass, but I respect the art.

The featured band was Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper. Cleveland, who is blind, carried an

unassuming quality. And he tore up that fiddle.

Imagine my delight when I learned recently that Cleveland, a Charlestown resident, and his band would headline the Rauch Foundation Inc.’s Imagine Awards.

That’s SoIn: A national treasure, one of the finest fiddlers in all the world, lives right in our backyard.

The event, which also includes a silent auction, will celebrate the accomplishments of three people: Bryan Varner, who has overcome obstacles associated with cerebral palsy; dentist Jason Lipoff for his compassionate service; and Jill Valocik Smith, for her tireless lobbying for those with disabilities.

The Imagine Awards, Rauch’s biggest fundraiser, seeks to inspire attendees and share the message that we all can accomplish great things.

A beautiful tune, indeed.

— Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason. thomas@newsandtribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.

Heads up for a hoedown  What: Second annual Gravity Head Hangover Hoedown

 Where: Bank Street Brewhouse, 415 Bank St., New Albany

 When: noon to 9 p.m. Sunday, March 1

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Last year the Gravity Head fest was expanded to Sunday with a slot at Bank Street Brewhouse, with brunch and guest taps, according to NABC’s website.

It’s a way of gently descending to reentry and the rigors of the workaday world following Gravity Head’s opening weekend revelry. Here is the Hangover Hoedown prospectus, from NABC's website: The Six Guest Beers of the Zeitgeist: As curated by the estimable Josh Hambright, NABC’s Indianapolisbased friend, comrade, beer salesperson extraordinaire (Starlight Distribution) and former (Flat12) and future (Central State Brewing) brewer, these are craft beers of varying potency that offer a tasty glimpse into the Scan this QR code with creative brewing process in contemporary America. your phone to visit the • 18th Street/CSB CollabNews Garceand Salée: Indiana ...

Tribune's French Saison with Himalayan sea salt. website.

• 18th Street “To Be Announced” • Against the Grain Brett Offensive: Kentucky ...

Brett-finished Smoked Ale with apricots.

• Evil Twin Turkish Delight: New York via South Carolina ... Brown Ale with coffee and green cardamom.

• North Peak Humongous Midwest Red: Michigan ...

Imperial Red Ale. • Prairie Funky Gold Amarillo: Oklahoma ... A dryhopped Sour/Wild Ale. More attractions: V-Grits Pop Up Kitchen: Louisville’s soul-food VGrits will be cooking in the BSB kitchen.

BSB’s Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar: An instituWHAT’S IN STORE tion, returning for a one-time cameo appearance.

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NABC’s customary beer lineup: Our many beers of Help when it’s proven merit, available for Sunday carry-out in growlneeded most JFD gets relief ers and bombers. to hurricane survivors newsandtribune.com

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Red Carpet Liquors employee gives account

BY GARY POPP

Gary.Popp@newsandtribune.com

JEFFERSONVILLE — An employee of Red Carpet Liquors in Jeffersonville was shot during an attempted robbery Saturday night.

Jeffersonville police reported Patel Kamleshkumar, 41, of Jeffersonville, was shot multiple times about 8 p.m.

Kamleshkumar was shot by the

masked gunman, said another employee, Loretta Banister, of Clarksville, who witnessed the incident.

Banister said she and Kamleshkumar were both working when the gunman entered the business on Crestview Court and 8th Street.

She said she was in the back of the business retrieving several bottles to stock when she heard the doorbell that rings when the front

door is opened.

As she came from the storage area to the front of the business she saw the gunman with his arms stretched over the counter pointing a firearm at Kamleshkumar.

“I ducked down so he didn’t see that I was there,” Banister said.

She said she never got a good look at the suspect during the incident, but she could see from her crouched position his arms holding a gun pointed at her co-worker.

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Jeffersonville firefighters Mark McCutcheon, Rick VanGilder and Travis Sharp recently spent two weeks in the city of Long Beach in New York aiding in Hurricane Sandy relief.

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Brewing up a good time What: Chili & Brew

When: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. today, Feb. 26 Where: Kye’s II, 500 Missouri Ave., Jeffersonville Info: Tickets are $20; available at jeffmainstreet.org The annual Chili & Brew Bonanza is sponsored

by Jeffersonville Main Street Inc. The night will include 20 chili recipes to sample, a variety of brews to taste, music and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit Jeffersonville Main Street Inc.

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Hang with the locals

What: BE LOCAL Business Expo When: 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 Where: Calumet Club Bliss Ballroom, Spring Street, New Albany Info: Free and open to the public The third annual BE LOCAL Business Expo celebrates New Albany businesses. Come out and stroll among dozens of booths to mingle with New Albany businesses owners including food tasting and much more.

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healthy cooking

What: Cooking with Healthy Ingredients class When: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 Where: Seeds & Greens Natural Market, 207 W. First St., New Albany Info: seedsandgreensmarket.com This informative class on cooking with the essential ingredients with health benefits with Teresa Neumann, integrative nutrition health coach, focuses on oils, sugars, salts, grains, super foods and flours.

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Email SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com

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By Braden Lammers newsroom@newsandtribune.com hen you hear Michael Cleveland play the fiddle, you can close your eyes and be transported to another place. you keep your eyes closed for the rest of the day, you might sense of what it’s like for Cleveland each and every day. chael Cleveland, 34, is blind. He is also one of the country’s ier fiddlers and a Grammy award winner. is year, Cleveland and his band Flamekeeper will be the feaentertainers for Rauch Inc.’s annual Imagine Awards.

IMAGINE AWARDS

The Imagine Awards is an annual fundraiser for Rauch Inc., a New Albany-based nonprofit organization that supports people with disabilities and their families in nine area counties.

The awards are in their 15th year.

Each year the accomplishments of an individual with a disability, a volunteer or community leader who has worked to advocate for those with disabilities and an organization or corporation which has worked to help individuals with disabilities are celebrated.

The money raised at the Imagine Awards supports the orgaon’s endowment, the Rauch Foundation, said Lindsey Davis, opment coordinator with Rauch, Inc. think it’s a great opportunity to recognize people that may ways be recognized,” she said of the awards. ch year Rauch also hires an entertainer for the event. is year’s choice was an easy decision, it was just a matter of they get him?

FINDING A FIDDLER

st year, Davis said one of her colleagues saw an interview h Cleveland on WDRB-TV. They thought the Southern Indiana fiddler would be a perect fit for their annual Imagine Awards.

“We have this treasure right here in our back yard,” Davis said.

And she added it is uncommon for Rauch to find a local entertainer to headline the event.

Cleveland, a Henryville native and Charlestown resident, said he doesn’t often get the chance to play a show so close to home.

“We’re on the road about nine months out of the year,” he said. “We don’t get to play as a band all that much around here.”

Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper play a

lot of bluegrass festivals, especially during the summer. They also get to play in historic venues, the Grand Ole Opry being one of Cleveland’s favorites.

The last time the band was scheduled to play a show in the area, in Corydon, as the group took the stage, a downpour came and the show was rained out, Cleveland said.

Luckily the band was not out on tour March 9, when the Imagine Awards is set.

Cleveland said he’s looking forward to the opportunity to play and attend the event for the first time.

INSPIRATION IN ENTERTAINMENT

Part of the message Rauch strives to engender is one of inclusion for those with disabilities.

“Our biggest message is to imagine a community where everyone belongs,” Davis said.

Cleveland serves as such an example.

Davis said the Imagine Awards celebrate and show that someone from anywhere can achieve greatness.

That’s certainly true for the fiddler who has won fiddler of the year nine times, and a Grammy in 2003.

But when you ask Cleveland, he is modest about being an inspiration for others.

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THE HONOREES

WHaT: The Imagine Awards WHEN: doors open at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7 WHERE: Horseshoe Southern Indiana, 11999 Casino Center Dr. Elizabeth, Ind. TickETS: $75 FOR mORE iNFORmaTiON viSiT: imagineawards. org or call 812-981-4411.

WHO iS bEiNg HONOREd: The individual honoree is bryan varner, who was born with cerebral palsy.

Varner is a Bellarmine University graduate with a degree in communications who works part-time as a promotions assistant at Summit Media Corp.

He is an exceptional communicator, an upbeat and fun person to spend time with and bRYaN is an advocate that uses his vaRNER experience to suggest potential improvements to everyday barriers that exist for those with disabilities.

Jill valocik Smith is the community leader honoree. She has been an advocate for individuals with disabilities for more than 25 years. During her career Smith has worked as a beJiLL havior specialist, case manager, family advocate and as the vaLOcik executive director of a Down SmiTH Syndrome chapter. Smith is currently the manager of the “my life, my choice” project for the Arc of Indiana, which serves those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. dr. Jason Lipoff, ddS is the Imagine Awards business honoree. Lipoff, a pediatric dentist and health and wellness coach, JaSON who focuses on craniofacial abLiPOFF normalities, with an emphasis on working with children with disabilities, particularly autism.

As part of a comprehensive approach Lipoff formed Lifesmile Solutions, LLC in 2011, creating an innovative exercise routine for children and adults with special needs and is working to get the program implemented in schools and assisted care facilities.

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UPCOMING: CHILI BOWL EVENT  What: Seventh annual

The Chili Bowl charity event (music by Nervous Energy)  When: 4 p.m. Saturday, March 7; music 8 p.m. to midnight  Where: Joe Huber’s Family Farm  Cost: $10 (includes allyou-can-eat chili; $25/player for putt-putt  Info: thechilibowl.org Proceeds from The Chili Bowl will benefit Natalie Timberlake, who was diagnosed in June 2014 with triple-negative breast cancer.

The Chili Bowl has raised more than $110,000 in six years.

“My life as I knew it seemed to stop. And what a great life I had,” Timberlake wrote on the event’s website. “A husband of 16 years and two beautiful and very active children, I had it all. It’s amazing how a single six-letter word can paralyze you and consume your entire life and every thought.

“Yes, finding out I had cancer was hard, but having to look my two children in the eye and tell them mommy’s sick was so much more difficult. How cruel is it to have to tell a 6- and 8-year-old something like this?

“My treatment plan has been aggressive. I started with 16 rounds of chemotherapy, followed by surgery. I’m now getting ready to start my first of 33 radiation treatments. I’m very fortunate that I haven’t had any major side effects or issues during this journey. I’ve been able to continue my life as I knew it

before cancer and for that, I’m very thankful.

“I’m also very thankful and humbled by all the love and support we have been given during this time.

"For those who know me, I’m a competitive person by nature and don’t like to lose. Cancer has definitely been my toughest opponent, but I know with my faith, family and friend by my side, I will be victorious in the end.

I choose to maintain a positive attitude and vow to never let this single six letter word consume my life ever again.”

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Local SoIn Happenings Feeling left out? Send your establishment’s and/ or organization’s upcoming events/new features/ entertainment information to SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com

 Live on State at Wick’s

tosh; Saturday, March 21, with The Trio: Brad, Tammy and Rona Bemis ($25 each show) General Admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free. For reservations, directions or any other information call 866-573-7677. [rosscountryjamboree. com]

Where: Wick’s Pizza Parlor, 225 State St., New Albany When: Friday and Saturday Friday, Feb. 27: Full Contact Karaoke; Saturday, Feb. 28: The Saints [wickspizza.com]

 Live music at Big Four Burgers + Beer

Where: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 134 Spring St., Jeffersonville When: Friday and Saturday Friday, Feb. 27: Kelsey and Rachel; Saturday, Feb. 28: Kyle Hastings [bigfourburgers.com]

 Live music at Charlie Nobel’s

Where: Charlie Nobel’s Eatery + Draught House, 7815 Ind. 311, Sellersburg When: Friday and Saturday Friday, Feb. 27: Eric and Kenny; Saturday, Feb. 28: Kelsey and Rachel

 Live music at NAPH

Where: New Albany Production House, 1736 E. Main St., New Albany Thursday, Feb. 26, 6:30 p.m.: Survay Says! with Two Sly Deuce, Insufficient Memory, Rosewater and 2Night’s Entertainment $8; Friday, Feb. 27, 6:30 p.m.: Aim Your Arrows with 4Forty9, Dark Horse and The Beautiful Discord, $8 adults

 Live music at Hoopsters

Where: Hoopsters Bar and Brill, 830 E. 10th St., Jeffersonville Saturday, 9 p.m.: Ma’am Overboard

 Corydon Jamboree

Where: 220 Hurst Lane, Corydon When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Saturday, Feb. 28: Mike Boughy, Kelly Casey General Admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free. For reservations, directions or any other information call 812-738-1130. [corydonjamboree.com]

 Ross Country Jamboree

Where: 31 Wardell Street, Scottsburg When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Saturday, Feb. 28: Natalie Berry, Billy Nett, Maisy Reliford, Alex Miller; Two Gene Watson Shows: Friday, March 20, with Alexis Van Meter and Lanny McIn-

 Makin’ it rain

What: ‘The Rainmaker’ When: Through March 8; Friday, Saturday performances at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m.

Where: Hayswood Theatre Cost: Tickets are $14 for adults and $12 for seniors 65 and older and students 17 and under. For tickets call the Blaine H. Wiseman Visitor Center at 812-738-2138.

Info: hayswoodtheatre.org

 Lyrical gangsters at Derby Dinner

What: ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ When: Through March 29 Where: Derby Dinner Playhouse Info: Call 812-288-8281 or visit derbydinner.com Note: Due to adult themes and images, “Bonnie & Clyde” is recommended for ages 15 and up.

 Free concert at IUS

The Music Department at Indiana University Southeast will present the New Millennium Duoin, a free concert, at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1, in the Richard K. Stem Concert Hall of the Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center on the IU Southeast campus, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany.

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Lions, tigers, auditions oh my!  What: Auditions for ‘Wizard of Oz’ live in concert

 When: 6 to 10 p.m., April 27-28

 Where: Nachand Fieldhouse, 601 E. Court Ave., Jeffersonville

Tune up your singing voice: Jeffersonville will hold auditions for “Wizard of Oz” live in concert.

Auditions will be held for the following roles: Dorothy; Scarecrow; Tinman; Cowardly Lion; Glinda the Good Witch; The Wicked Witch of the West; The Great and Powerful Oz; Toto (dog or cute little kid); Munchkins (ages 6-14); Dancing Ensemble (8 member ensemble: four male, four female; 20 member, four part choir. Participants will be onstage the entire concert.

Those auditioning are asked to prepare a song to sing and bring

copy of music for accompanist that will be provided. Be prepared to do cold reading from the script, sing songs from the show and do a small dance audition.

A resume and headshot are requested if available, but not required.

Participants must be available for rehearsals during June and performances July 3-5 at the Jeffersonville RiverStage.

RiverStage was resurrected by the City of Jeffersonville from its retirement as a floating restaurant in Cincinnati to evolve into the most unique performance venue in the region.

In its short entertainment history RiverStage has grown to become a cornerstone element of the summer entertainment landscape of the community with progressive elevation each year to a higher standard of operations and detailed programming, according to its website.

RiverStage is managed by the Parks & Recreation department of Jeffersonville who also acts as producer for the summer calendar.

Operating under supervision of the City Council Parks & Recreation develops events and works with other producers and playwrights to arrive at a season of continuous and varied entertainment.

FIDDLER: Cleveland says not being able to see helped him learn to play CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 “I guess I am,” Cleveland said when asked about being an inspirational figure. “It’s hard to think of yourself as that. It was always just normal to me.”

BORN INTO BLUEGRASS

Part of the modesty Cleveland carries with him is likely tied to his education at the Louisville School for the Blind. “(The school) didn’t look at it as a handicap at all,” Cleveland said of his blindness.

Not being able to see the fiddle, as it turns out, was an asset in learning how to play.

Cleveland said instructors often tell students to quit looking at the instrument’s neck and fin-

gerboard. They even tell students to play in the dark to break them of bad habits and so they can learn how to play the instrument without looking at it.

Of course, Cleveland said he never had that issue. Being blind, he added, helped him further develop his other senses.

“Your ears are the most important thing when you’re learning to play,” he said.

Starting early also helped.

Cleveland started playing the violin when he was 4 years old.

Although he doesn’t remember it, Cleveland said his introduction to bluegrass was even earlier — when he was six months old.

Cleveland said his grandparents were big fans of bluegrass

music would take him to bluegrass gatherings on the weekends.

He said his first memory of wanting to play the fiddle was when he heard a song called, “Orange Blossom Special.”

“It just captivated me,” he said.

Cleveland learned to play classical music during the week, and bluegrass on the weekends. But it was never in doubt the type of musician he wanted to be.

There is more structure in classical music, whereas in Bluegrass there’s some structure to match the melody, but it’s more of an improvisational music.

“The bottom line is how you play it,” Cleveland said.

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