In the summer of 1891 Bob Womack discovered gold in the Cripple Creek
region of Colorado near Colorado Springs, setting off the Cripple Creek GoldRead More
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In the summer of 1891 Bob Womack discovered gold in the Cripple Creek
region of Colorado near Colorado Springs, setting off the Cripple Creek Gold
Rush. In his euphoria (otherwise known
as a drunken stupor) he sold his claim for $500 in cash. By the fall of 1891 the Cripple Creek Gold
Camp had grown up around the area and was teeming with hopeful miners.
The first movement of this work, Poverty Gulch (so named because Bob Womack
had search the area for 12 years without ever finding gold), is a depiction
of one womanis accidental discovery in that area (while elk watching, of
all things) of a particularly rich veiniending with her sneaking back to
town with her hidden samples to stake a claim.
A Chuisla Mo Chroi (the pulse of my heart) is an impression of the
prospectoris emotions as they search for their heartis desire. There is a longing and heartache that all
prospectors feelisometimes for the strike they never make, or for the girl
they left behind.
Mining the Mollie Kathleen is more march than jig. It is a simple description of the elation
all prospectors must feel when they make that first discovery of gold.
A challenging work for a high school wind ensemble, but every section gets
their chance to shine!