Humor and Harmony is back!  The Friends of the Northwood Library proudly present "Humor and Harmony" featuring Rebecca Rule and Cordwood at the Masonic Hall on Route 4 in Northwood on Saturday, May 19, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Suggested donation is $5.00 per person at the door.  Cookies and beverages will be available for purchase.  Proceeds will be used to complete the new outdoor sign at the Chesley Memorial Library.

Rebecca Rule, aka the Moose of Humor, is a humorist/writer who specializes in funny stories about New Hampshire.  You never know what is going to happen once the lies, uh, stories start flying.  Her CDs are "Better Than a Poke in the Eye" and "Perley Gets a Dump Sticker."  Her latest book is "Moved and Seconded: Town Meeting in New Hampshire-the Present, the Past, and the Future."  Other recent books include "Live Free & Eat Pie: A Storyteller’s Guide to New Hampshire" and "Headin’ for the Rhubarb: A New Hampshire Dictionary (well, kinda)."

Cordwood is a bluegrass and folk quartet made up of instrumental, vocal, and recording artists from Northwood, Strafford, and Deerfield.  This is not your local neighborhood hobby band.  They are a fine group of seasoned New England musicians.  Each can hold his or her own at field picking or a back stage jam, and yet, as a band, they present a highly polished on-stage performance.  All four members of Cordwood are storytellers and songwriters, creating original material for instrumentalists who can sing and harmonize, sometimes taking the lead vocal, other times hanging back and lending two, three, or even four part harmonies to a song.  Cordwood provides a unique sound to both originals and the covers they perform.  Their tunes remain heartfelt and down-home.  The band’s material is a mixture of traditional bluegrass, folk, and swing.  Cordwood is Wini Young on banjo and guitar, Walt Kutylowski on bass, Al Pratt on guitar, and Bob Young on mandolin, names you may remember from Big Chicken, The Deerfield Coffeehouse Band, and Fat Hands.