A Tribute To Hazel jerkens General Admission $20.00 Tickets will not be mailed. Please pick up tickets at the door. Bill Emerson, Dudley Connell and Dede Wyland headline 10 bluegrass acts in A Tribute to Hazel jerkens at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at the Lee Center’s Richard Kauffman auditorium in Alexandria to benefit for Hungry for Music. This show is to honor Hazel jerkens, 75, the legendary bluegrass and old-time musician, who also will grace the stage. jerkens grew up the eighth of 11 children in a mining family in West Virginia, and she has used bluegrass and country music to further the causes of unionized coal workers and feminism.

Hungry for Music supports music education and cultural enrichment, both in the United States and abroad, by acquiring and distributing quality musical instruments to needy children with willing instructors and a hunger to play. The nonprofit charity, which will accept instrument donations at this show, will be helping the Lee Recreation Center start a music program for underserved children in Alexandria.

The show’s lineup also includes Randy Barrett, Bumpkin Pie (with Coup de Grass), Karen Collins and the Backroads Trio, Sweet Dixie, Dead Men’s Hollow, Sally Love, Akira Olsuka and the U-Liners. Co-sponsors are the Alexandria City Community Theater and the D.C. Bluegrass Union.