Hal Cannon and Teresa Jordan: Lessons from Red Rock
Thursday, June 1, 2023, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM in Springdale
The pandemic upended us all. Join musician and folklorist Hal Cannon and writer and artist Teresa Jordan as they talk about the lockdown and how other disruptions have shaped their creative lives.
Zion Canyon was formed by a cataclysmic volcanic eruption, earthquake, flood, and slower forces that hoisted and tilted the earth’s crust. This beauty we love is a dynamic landscape, always changing. And disturbance can be a creative force for individuals as well.
Hal Cannon – came to work at Zion Lodge fresh out of high school, confused and looking for his path. Ever since, he has returned to listen for echoes off canyon walls, searching for wisdom and peace. In 1977, he started The Southern Utah Folklife Festival. As part of Phillip Bimstein’s group Red Rock Rondo, he helped create the Zion Canyon Song Cycle and then produced a documentary of the work that won two Emmys.
After he moved to Virgin in 2011 with his wife Teresa, he joined forces with Greg Istock and Eli Wrankle to form 3hattrio and invent a new genre that they call American Desert Music. Now he is looking back with fresh eyes on a landscape that seems more miraculous than ever.
Teresa Jordan – graduated from college in the agricultural crisis of the 1970’s, just as her family lost the Wyoming ranch that had been their home for almost a century. This was her first experience with how disruption can spur new growth, and she set off to drive nearly 60,000 miles across the West, interviewing women on ranches and in the rodeo.
This project resulted in her first book, and there have been eight more since, including Riding the White Horse Home: A Western Family Album and The Year of Living Virtuously: Weekends Off. Her path has been as mercurial as the Virgin River. She returned to college in her 50s to earn a degree in fine art. During the pandemic, she sustained herself by painting a bird every day and she also began training as a hospital chaplain.
Join us at the Canyon Community Center located at 126 Lion Blvd. in Springdale, UT on June 1st for an amazing conversation centered on perseverance and courage. Admission is free and all are welcome!
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