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2008
january 2008
february 2008
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may 2008
2nd and 3rd - QNEK Productions - Dearly Beloved
Haskell Opera House, Derby Line
7:30 PM
Tickets are available at Wider Than the Sky Bookstore, Newport; Haskell Free Library, Derby Line, VT/Stanstead, PQ or by calling the QNEK Box Office NEW NUMBER 802-334-2216
QNEK.com
May Plant & Craft Fair
NorthWoods Stewardship Center
The center is located on 10-mile Square Rd. East Charleston.
May 10 from 9:00 to 4:00
Fair will feature vegetable & flower starts, shrubs, trees, handmade crafts and artwork, local food, antiques and chainsaw carving demonstration. For more info or a vendor application call Kathleen at 802-723-4046.
12th - Paul Asbell, guitar wizard
Time: 8 pm
Price: $10
Location: The Music Box, 147 Creek Rd, Craftsbury
From his early years, playing blues on Chicago's South Side, to his present multi-faceted career based out of Northern Vermont, Paul has earned an underground reputation as a true "musician's musician." He has played and recorded with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Earl Hooker, Lightnin' Slim, Paul Butterfield and many others. In 1981 he joined with others to form the Big Joe Burrell and the Unknown Blues Band. This guy can play. How does he make his fingers go that fast and smooth? In SEVEN DAYS magazine gave him the Best Musician of 2004 Award. To find out more about him check out www.paulasbell.com
Email info@themusicbox.com Website http://www.themusicbox.com
18th - Music for a Sunday Afternoon
Constitution Brass Quintet
The Constitution Brass Quintet was founded in 1983. Juried Artist in the Vermont Arts Council Arts Directory, the ensemble has appeared extensively throughout New England and has been a featured group at First Night Burlington since 1991. In July 1995, the group was honored to be selected to perform at the National Governors' Conference. The quintet's extensive repertoire spans over four centuries of music composition, from the 16th Century to the present, literally "Renaissance to ragtime and beyond." Audiences are presented a wide range of musical periods and styles. Added program features include historical and musical commentary, humorous anecdotes, and members of the quintet performing in the midst of the audience.
"The Constitution Brass Quintet are fine musicians who also understand the value of entertaining their audiences. Their concerts are well-crafted, well-played and, quite simply, a lot of fun!"
....Gwyneth Walker, Vermont composer
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 44 Second Street, Newport
www.musicforasundayafternoon.com
24th and 25th - 2008 Open Studio Weekend
at the MAC Center for the Arts
167 Main Street, Newport
10-5 Each Day
Join MAC in celebrating for i'ts first time at this statewide event, now in it's 16th year. Local artists will exhibit the work and several artists "in action" will be on hand for visitors.
june 2008
7th - Janice LaDuke & David Gilles - Benefit Concert for the Music Box
Time: 8 pm
Price: $8, kids free
Location: The Music Box, 147 Creek Rd, Craftsbury
The Music Box is a nonprofit organization and runs solely on what is earned at the door. Last year the series just broke even, so if you enjoy having great live music close to home, come on out and support The Music Box by attending this benefit concert. You will feel good about lending your support and get a fine evening of folk music to boot!
Janice and David have performed twice at The Music Box. David plays guitar and mandolin, Janice plays upright bass. They have a repertoire that includes old gospel numbers to Gillian Welch. They are the folks who put on the Church St Cafe's concerts in Lennoxville, Quebec and they have been performing and putting on music over the border for years. They will be joined by Lisa Sammet who runs the Music Box. She has been a professional storyteller and musician for over 30 years. She is on the Vermont State Library list of performers. She combines storytelling with music, playing guitar and the Appalachian Lap Dulcimer. Come on out for a good time for a good cause!
Email info@themusicbox.com Website http://www.themusicbox.com
15th - Music for a Sunday Afternoon
Philomel Voice and Piano Duo
Soprano Holly Outwin-Tepe and pianist Catharine Dornin are two of New England's leading musicians. They perform music ranging from the Baroque era to the present, such as works by Mozart, Brahms, Barber, Gershwin and Gwyneth Walker.
Ms. Outwin-Tepe's beautiful, clear soprano voice and Ms. Dornin's brilliant pianistic style have consistently delighted audiences from Carnegie Hall to the Palace Theatre in Manchester. "(They have) a richness and clarity not found in many ensembles in the U.S..." - NH Public Radio (WEVO) Ms. Outwin-Tepe performs with Raylynmor Opera and the Concord Chorale and Ms. Dornin was pianist for PBS' tribute to the MacDowell Colony and for the Concord Community Chorus' annual Handel's "Messiah" 2002-2005. She was also honored in 2005 for being on the Concord Community Music School's faculty for 20 years.
25th - 1st Annual Town of Jay Golf Tournament
Sponsored by The Jay Focus Group ( made up of Jay residents and business owners) is sponsoring theto raise funds for the revitalization of the town of Jay beginning with the completion of the Jay Town Hall Community Center & development of the Jay Recreational Land Trust Park. Registration begins at noon, Shotgun Start 1:00pm. Limited to 104 players. Cost is $125.pp which includes Golf Fees, Cart, Range Balls, Goody Bag, BBQ Dinner & Awards Ceremony. Early Bird Price of $400. for foursome ends 5.25.08. Prizes include 2009 Chevrolet from Mulkin’s Chevrolet, if you get a Hole-In-One on the 14th Hole, par 3. Mulligans and Power Drive available for $10.00 at day of tournament at registration. Visit the new town of Jay web site www.jayvt.com for more information and/or to download the Golf Tournament Flyer, Registration Form and Sponsorship Form or download them from this email. Golf registration deadline 6.11.08. Sponsorship opportunities available, deadline 5.25.08. Call Peggy Loux at 802.988.4706 for more info or email Peggy at jayfocusgp@gmail.com. We hope to see you at the tournament. Enjoy this fantastic course with your family & friends for a worthy cause. We hope you will consider sponsoring this tournament, and to take this chance to play this beautiful course.
july 2008
5th - Holiday Arts Show
Join members and friends of the Memphremagog Arts Collaborative as they celebrate the 4th with a show of new works at the Center, 167 Main Street, Newport. Artists will also be out on the sidewalk as well as giving demonstrations.
10-4
Center will remain open until 8:30 pm.
Memphremagog Arts Collaborative Website
13th - Music for a Sunday Afternoon - 4th Annual Christmas in July
With the Maple Leaf Seven Dixieland Jazz Band
Some real toe-tapping music including some Christmas favorites.
$10 suggested donation.
Traditional Christmas Ham Dinner following at 6.Tickets by reservation. $10, adult, $5. Students under 12.
For reservations, call 802-334-7365. St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 44 Second Street, Newport
www.musicforasundayafternoon.com
august 2008
8th and 9th - The Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan for the 21st Century from Essgee Productions.
Get ready for an unforgettable musical experience as the Award winning QNEK Productions presents this outrageous and burlesque version of the uproarious funny operetta, The Mikado.
This production, like last seasons Pirates of Penzance, is the Australian version and Aussies know how to have fun! With delightfully infectious music and wonderful comic characters, the hilarious fantasy world of Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum and the charming Japanese town of Titipu come to life. Directed and Choreographed by Lynn Leimer, Music Direction, Mark Violette and Anita Morin, this season features Guest Set Designer, Robert Wing and Guest Costumer, Carol Woodard. August 8, 9,15, 16 at 7:30 p.m. and August 10 at 2 p.m.
Tickets available at the Wider Than the Sky Bookstore, Newport, Haskell Free Library, Derby Line VT/Stanstead, PQ or by Calling the QNEK Box Office NEW NUMBER 802-334-2216.
Haskell Opera House, Derby Line
QNEK.com
August 10th- The Gordon Stone Band
For over 30 years, on banjo and pedal steel guitar, Gordon Stone has been writing his genre-crossing music, recording 5 studio albums of his own original material. Gordon was named "Best Instrumentalist" two years in a row and won an Emmy for Jay Craven's VPT series, "Windy Acres" soundtrack in 2005. He has recorded and performed with some of the country's most influential musicians in the bluegrass and jam world - Tony Trischka, Vassar Clemmens, Sam Bush, Peter Rowan, Phish, Mike Gordon, moe., Strangefolk, Max Creek, to name only a few!
The music will lift you up. St. mark's Episcopal Church, 44 Second Street, Newport
www.musicforasundayafternoon.com
10th - The Mikado - The Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan for the 21st Century from Essgee Productions
Tickets available at the Wider Than the Sky Bookstore, Newport, Haskell Free Library, Derby Line VT/Stanstead, PQ or by Calling the QNEK Box Office NEW NUMBER 802-334-2216.
2:00 PM
Haskell Opera House, Derby Line
QNEK.com
15th and 16th- The Mikado - The Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan for the 21st Century from Essgee Productions
Tickets available at the Wider Than the Sky Bookstore, Newport, Haskell Free Library, Derby Line VT/Stanstead, PQ or by Calling the QNEK Box Office NEW NUMBER 802-334-2216.
7:300 PM
Haskell Opera House, Derby Line
QNEK.com
september 2008
September 14th - Local Composer Dr. Sara Doncaster
Dr. Sara Doncaster is the director of the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival in Irasburg, Vermont. She is a recipient of a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Citation of Merit from the Vermont Arts Council for Distinguished Service to the Arts. A graduate of Brandeis University, Sara earned her Ph.D. and Master of Arts in Theory & Composition. She earned a dual Bachelor of Music degree from Boston University in Theory & Composition and Piano Performance.
Sara’s music has been commissioned and performed by the Hungarian Chamber Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, the Lydian String Quartet, Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, Susan Davenny Wyner (conductor), David Hoose (conductor), Jon Garrison (tenor), the Master Singers, the Auros Group for New Music, Village Harmony, St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral (Burlington, VT), Social Band, Village Harmony, and the Composers Conference at Wellesley College, among others. Her music has been broadcast over Vermont and Wisconsin Public Radio.
In addition to giving private lessons in piano and composition, Sara is a composer mentor for the Vermont MIDI Project and was 2007 Composer-in-Residence for the Green Mountain Suzuki Institute in Rochester, Vermont. The piece's to be performed are her Song Cycle on Yeats' Poems ("Incarnations") and a rescored "Song of Nature" for single strings, originally premiered in Hungary.
Dr. Doncaster has been a lifelong member of St. Mark's.
18th, 19th and 20th - QNEK's Signature Show, NUNSENSE is back by popular demand.
New Cast (from left to right) Anita Morin as Sister Robert Ann, introducing Shannon Harkey as Sister Mary Leo, Lynn Leimer as the irreverent Rev Mother, Sally Rivard as Sister Mary Amnesia and Susan-Lynn Johns as Sister Hubert. Join Reverend Mother and the Sisters Of Hoboken and Brother Mark Violette at the piano, as they sing and dance their way through the 6th fantastic incarnation of QNEK's signature. The fun and laughter are non-stop as the group presents a variety show to raise money to bury the last four of 52 sisters who died after eating tainted vichyssoise, concocted by the convent cook, Sister Julia, Child of God. New scenes and new production numbers give new life to the Resurrection of this crowd pleasing favorite show.
NUNSENSE always sold out, so don't be disappointed; get your tickets early. September 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) and September 21 at 2:00 p.m. (Sunday).
Tickets are available at the Wider Than the Sky Bookstore, Newport; The Haskell Free Library, Derby Line, VT/Stanstead, PQ or by calling the QNEK Box Office NEW NUMBER 802-334-2216.
Haskell Opera House, Derby Line
QNEK.com
21st - QNEK's Signature Show, NUNSENSE is back by popular demand.
2 PM
Tickets are available at the Wider Than the Sky Bookstore, Newport; The Haskell Free Library, Derby Line, VT/Stanstead, PQ or by calling the QNEK Box Office NEW NUMBER 802-334-2216.
QNEK.com
28th
october 2008
19th - Music for a Sunday Afternoon
Dance Ann Witing with Wagtail
TOGETHER THEY ARE AN INCREDIBLY DYNAMIC FORCE OF MUSIC AND DANCE!
With all their years of experience performing for audiences all over the country they just can't help but get you up and dancing and singing along. There will be fiddle tunes, dance, stories and songs from New England, Canada, and the British Isles. They are a folk festival unto themselves! The key word for these amazing performers is fun! And that's just what you will have when you see them.
ANN WHITING (CLOGGER) is a bright and energetic dancer with a love of dance and an infectious enthusiasm that attracts people of all ages.She has been clogging and stepdancing since 1979. Ann studied with World Class Stepdancers, Lisa Beaudoin (French Canadian),Judy Waymouth (Ottawa Valley) & Mary Janet MacDonald (Cape Breton). Ann is endlessly creative as a choreographer, teacher, and stylist, but it is as a soloist that she really shines; that is where her love of stepdance is so strikingly apparent. Her creations are so engaging and so much fun to watch that you might just forget to notice that they are also intricate and sophisticated works of performance art.
Following the concert, join us for our 3nd Annual traditional home-cooked
New England Boiled Dinner fund raiser for the series.
Tickets: 10.00 adult - 5.00 Students under 12
Reservations requested by calling th church at 802-334-7365. Take-out available by reservation.
november 2008
december 2008
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