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Dance on a Moonbeam is an enchanting 24-track compact disc of traditional songs, settings of
poetry, and the magical words of Shakespeare created for both children and adults by the
extraordinary musician Bill Crofut. To make his unique artistic vision a reality, he brought
together a group of renowned artists. Lovingly completed by his family and friends, this recording
is a lasting tribute to his life's work. |
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Meryl Streep Reads Shakespeare on Banjo Master Crofut’s CD, "Dance on a Moonbeam"
Playbill.com | November 26, 2000 | By Murdoch McBride
Contributing spoken word readings selected from Shakespeare’s works, Meryl Streep heads an eclectic group of top-drawer talents featured on banjo master Bill Crofut’s final project, the posthumously released children’s CD, “Dance on a Moonbeam.”
Proceeds from the Telarc release will benefit young people through the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Simple Gifts for Children, a group which is working with Telarc to market the record directly, as well as through any variety of nonprofits and children’s charities interested | |
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in using the CD for independent fundraising efforts.
The late folk musician Bill Crofut made more than 20 albums in his five decade career. His last work, “Dance on a Moonbeam” was conceived by the artist to offer “poetry and song and the word-music of Shakespeare to both children and adults.”
Like many of the stars and folk legends who crossed paths with Crofut over the course of his career, Streep came to Crofut as a devotee. “I got to know Bill Crofut and his way with word and song well before I ever met him,” Streep wrote in the liner notes to “Dance on a Moonbeam.” The actress recalls preparing to go on location to do the film version of Isabel Allende’s “The House of the Spirits” and buying Crofut’s “Lullabies and Dances.” The album afforded her “unending solace” during the sometimes strenuous filming. “I must have played it thirty or forty times,” Streep wrote.
Streep met Crofut in 1997, at a benefit for Connecticut’s Northwest Center for Family Service and Mental Health, where she appeared with Sam Waterston. Of that encounter, Streep wrote that she remembered saying, "Are you THE Bill Crofut, the one of `Lullabies and Dances?’ That record is magical, and I played it like a mantra when I was away on location. Thank you!”
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