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Concerts in the Park Series Set to Begin BY LOGAN MOYER
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oney Brook Borough will begin its 2026 Concerts in the Park series on Sunday, June 14, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. with a performance by Poor Man’s Gambit (PMG), an Allentownbased Irish-American group that is “steeped in the arts of Irish cultural music and dance,” according to the borough. All concerts in the series will take place in Honey Brook Borough Park, 71 Pequea Ave. (Route 10), Honey Brook. In lieu of an admission fee, nonperishable food donations will be accepted for the The Poor Man’s Gambit lineup consists of Corey Purcell (left), Deirdre Lockman (center) and a rotating guitar player. Honey Brook Food Pantry. “Most places are pretty cool,” performing arts centers, festivals whom perform vocals. Purcell also said Corey Purcell, a founding and everything in between.” plays the button accordion, cittern member of the group. “ We do A three-person outfit, Poor and bodhran while Lockman adds anything from house concerts, Man’s Gambit is led by Purcell and in the fiddle. The group rotates just in somebody’s living room, his wife, Deirdre Lockman, both of their guitarist by gig; Boston-based
guitarist Eamon Setfon will join PMG for the Honey Brook show. The group has released three albums, “Higher Notes & Anecdotes” in 2015, “Kind Providence” in 2016 and “Land of Sunshine” in 2019. A fourth album, “Rise Again,” is on the way. PMG has performed on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, completing an international tour in the United Kingdom and Ireland early in the band’s history. The g roup has seven shows planned in June, spanning Pennsylvania , Ohio and West Virginia. They will also perform in Kennett Square and Moosic on the weekend of the Honey Brook show. The group also did a residency at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., last summer. Purcell said that an added layer See Concert pg 5
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Children will have the opportunity to get strawberry-flavored candy out of a strawberry piñata.
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The roots of the annual Strawberry Festival at St. Mary of Providence Center cannot be verified, but there are some strong theories. The festival is now held every year in June, near the end of peak strawberry picking season. Editions of the Community Courier from the 1970s show that at one time a Strawberry Festival was held at the site annually, usually to benefit girls with developmental disabilities. At some point in the 1980s, the tradition ended. Decades later, the festival returned in
2022 and has now resolidified itself as a hallmark of summer in the area. However, the origins are still unknown. “I don’t know why they did it back in the ’70s or ’80s; they might have had a lot of strawberries growing on the property,” said Sister Brenda McHugh, site director. “I think what Sister Joanna used to say is that at the time they had a ton of strawberries that they were growing. Therefore, they started with this idea of (the) Strawberry Festival.” This year’s Strawberry Festival will be held on Saturday, June 6, from noon to 5 p.m. at St. Mary of Providence Center, See Strawberry pg 2
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