Roger Day will perform at the Landrum Library on Friday, June 6 at 6 p.m., to kick off the 2014 Summer Reading season. Roger Day is a well-known award-winning children’s musician. Day was a hit at this year’s Super Saturday event in Tryon. He is known for his high-energy songs and ability to get kids moving and thinking.
Roger Day takes inspiration from The Beatles, U2 and many more. He is the kind of musician that both children and adults will love. He has received many awards for his music and is highly recommended by parenting publications. Day’s albums “Why does Gray Matter?” and “Ready to Fly” both won the Parent’s Choice Gold Award.
Day was born and raised in Birmingham, Ala.  A 1985 magna cum laude graduate of Washington & Lee University in Va., Roger currently lives near Nashville, Tenn. with his wife Jodie and their youngest son JMac. Their oldest son Thomas is a pre-med student at Washington & Lee University and their daughter Marjory studies chemistry at Birmingham-Southern College.
Day started his career in college coffeehouses. He would arrive early and meet up with student volunteers do a community service show at a local Head Start program. Because of his service the National Association of Campus Activities awarded Day with the Harry Chapin Award for Contributions to Humanity.
Roger Day now plays well over a hundred shows each year. He has performed at the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, N.Y., and of course, Tryon. The Target Children’s Book Festival has invited him to play festivals in Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. The International Children’s Festival in Edmonton, Alberta brought him to Canada and the Ruth Eckerd Hall to Clearwater, Fla.
Bring your family to the Landrum Library on Friday, June 6 at 6 p.m. to see this wildly entertaining performance. Everyone is invited to attend this free event. For more information call 864-457-2218.
-article submitted by Leasa Hall