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Clarksville, TN<\/strong> – This Holiday season David Alford and Paul Carrol Binkley bring their much-loved heartwarming rendition of Truman Capote\u2019s \u201cA Christmas Memory\u201d in Christmas Down Home back to APSU.<\/p>\n The show is a collection of Holiday stories, memories, and music from a simpler time born out of a previous show Alford and Binkley helped create called A Southern Christmas Sampler which was performed 1995-1999 in Nashville, TN.<\/p>\n Christmas Down Home<\/p><\/div>\n The two began re-envisioning the show two years ago, and have offered a limited number of performances in December.<\/p>\n Alford and Binkley\u2019s collaborations go back to their days at Austin Peay State University and performing as part of the Red River Boys who recently enjoyed a successful reunion concert in Adams, TN. Over the years the two have worked together on many projects including two of Alford\u2019s original works, Smoke: A Ballad of the Night Riders and Spirit: The Authentic Story of the Bell Witch.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you have worked with someone as long as Paul and I have worked together, you get to a point in performance that you know what the other person is going to do even if you spontaneously decide to go in a new direction. It\u2019s a comfortable feeling, a sense of cooperation. It makes the piece better because of the knowledge that comes from years of experience,\u201d Alford states.<\/p>\n The exciting performances that they continue to produce are based on a simple formula: do work you love and surround yourself with people you love to work with. Christmas Down Home still uses their much-acclaimed performance of “A Christmas Memory” as the centerpiece.<\/p>\n Alford, Binkley, and a small group of Nashville’s finest actors and musicians take their turns in the spotlight telling other Christmas stories and singing traditional Holiday tunes. Acoustic bluegrass-style renditions of “Go Tell It On The Mountain,” “Children Go Where I Send Thee,” and “Sweet Little Jesus Boy” round out the evening along with pieces by writers as diverse as Ogden Nash and T.R. Pearson, including the popular story about a Christmas pageant performed by Robertson County native, Erin Ramsey.<\/p>\n [320left]With warm humor and fond emotion, Christmas Down Home transports audiences to small-town Christmases of years past, when Holidays were less about things and more about people: neighbors, friends, and family.<\/p>\n Last year their performances solicited reviews stating \u201c(The performance) in more ways than one marks the return of a friend one has longed to see\u2026What a beautiful present they all give us.\u201d (artNOWnashville) and \u201cGood tidings and the lively arts come together beautifully in Christmas Down Home\u2026.and it’s unquestionably worth the trip.\u201d (The Nashville Scene)<\/p>\n Christmas Down Home will be presented Monday, December 17th, 7:30pm at APSU’s George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall. Tickets are $25.00 ($15.00 Students\/Military) and are available thru links at www.christmasdownhome.com<\/a> or by calling the APSU Music Department office at 931.221.7818.<\/p>\n![\"Christmas](\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Christmas-Down-Home-1-480x201.jpg\" "\\"Christmas")