WABASH, IN – On Friday, October 7, Grammy-award nominee Steve Seskin will perform at Modoc’s Market, located at 205 S Miami Street in Wabash, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. as part of “First Fridays” in downtown Wabash. Mr. Seskin’s presentation is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Indiana Arts Commission, and the Crane Group. Additional grant funding is provided by The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund and the Vectren Foundation.
Steve Seskin is a successful songwriter who has written seven number one songs, including “Grown Men Don’t Cry,” recorded by Tim McGraw, and “Don’t Laugh at Me,” winner of NSAI Song of the Year and Music Row Magazine Song of the Year in 1999 as recorded by Mark Wills. His other #1 hits are “No Doubt About It” and “For a Change,” both recorded by Neal McCoy, “No Man’s Land” and “If You’ve Got Love,” both recorded by John Michael Montgomery, and “Daddy’s Money,” recorded by Ricochet.
Other chart toppers include “I Think About You,” recorded by Collin Raye, and “All I Need To Know,” recorded by Kenny Chesney. The video for Raye’s “I Think About You” single was named the Academy of Country Music’s Video of the Year in 1997, and the song and video were also given an award by the Tennessee Task Force Against Domestic Violence.
While Seskin is best known for writing hits, he is also a successful performer and recording artist. His 20th album, Some Sunsets, released in 2014, is filled with inspiring, hopeful songs, and features Steve and the talented Julia Sinclair. “Don’t Laugh at Me” was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary and became the impetus for the Operation Respect/Don’t Laugh at Me project, a curriculum designed to teach tolerance in schools. This program has already been implemented in more than 20,000 schools across the country.
Seskin now enjoys performing at school assemblies in support of this program, and is in Wabash for that very reason. Each year Seskin is invited to participate in the Honeywell Foundation’s Educational Outreach Program (EOP), to conduct songwriting workshops and assemblies for students. Seskin has been a participant in the Honeywell Foundation EOP for over ten years, and has continued to be one of the most popular residency artists throughout the program’s 12-county service region in North Central Indiana. Steve’s talent along with his mission to eradicate bullying in the schools has put him at the top of the EOP’s list when it comes to residency artists.
Steve Seskin’s performance at Modoc’s is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Honeywell Center Box Office at 260-563-1102. Additional funding is made possible the following Educational Outreach Partners: Brandt’s Harley Davidson, Duke Energy, Lee Company Inc., Paragon Medical, NIPSCO, Maple Leaf Farms, Mutual Bank, Janet S. Halderman Educational Outreach Endowment Fund, Parkview Huntington Hospital, Parkview Whitley Hospital, Community Foundation of Wabash County and Wells Fargo The Rea Charitable Trust. The Honeywell Foundation is a public charity in Wabash, Indiana. The organization and its venues – Honeywell Center, Honeywell House, Charley Creek Gardens, Dr. Ford Historic Home, Eagles Theatre, and 13-24 Drive In – provide artistic, social, cultural, and recreational opportunities for all. For more information about The Honeywell Foundation, please visit www.honeywellfoundation.org.