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Music on the Meeting House Green Returns to Shaker Village Canterbury Shaker Village brings back its Sunday outdoor on the green concert series with an exciting new lineup of performances this summer. With the support of New England Foundation for the Arts, Canterbury Shaker Village (CSV) will present new performances by The Spark: River Sister and Lorraine Chapman, The Company on opening day, June 20, Bee Parks and The Hornets on July 18, as well as Lara Herscovitch on August 22. In addition, many performers from last year’s series will return, including cellists Jan Fuller and Harel Gietheim on August 8, and The Wholly Rollers on August 1 and September 19. From folk to classical, Music on the Meeting House Green offers something for everyone. The Village is hosting 13 summer concerts in a varied lineup, also featuring dance and poetry, culminating in a celebration of the arts for all to enjoy. The series begins on Father’s Day, June 20 with The Spark: River Sister and Lorraine Chapman, The Company, and continues every Sunday through September 19. Each concert is from 4-5 pm. All concerts will be held on the iconic Meeting House Green, where there is always a beautiful view and a cool summer breeze. Suggested donation $10 per person for each performance. Bring a picnic, bring a chair, and enjoy a series of concerts on the Green. All concerts are subject to
cancelation due to inclement weather. Concert cancelations will be updated on www.shakers.org the morning of each performance date. Sunday, July 25 will be reserved as a rain date. Please visit www.shakers.org for more information, and to learn about more upcoming events. Please email info@ shakers.org with any questions, or call 603-783-9511 x 205. The concerts will offer a variety of entertainment, starting on June 20 with The Spark: River Sister, Lorraine Chapman: The Company. Sometimes dancers just dance to music and sometimes musicians just play for dancers. But what happens when dancers and musicians create something in tandem through inthe-moment responses? The Spark explores just that in this adventurous collaboration between musicians from New Hampshire’s Indie-folk band, The River Sister, and the Bostonbased dance company LCTC. Watch the creative spark in process and enjoy viewing a one-of-a-kind experience. The Jim Dozet Duo performs an eclectic range of musical styles on June 27, drawing inspiration from musicians as varied as Randy Newman and the Wood Brothers, and blending that influence into his own brand of Americana. With Jim on guitar and his long-time accompanist Nick Phaneuf, on bass, the Jim Dozet Duo will deliver an upbeat, harmony-rich performance. Kathy Lowe will perform on July 4.
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She won a jingle-writing contest when she was 16, and never looked back. She has been writing and performing her own music since then, playing guitar and dulcimer, and especially enjoys finding songs that people can sing along with. July 11 will offer River Sister, an Indie folk band featuring the silky vocal harmonies of Elissa Margolin and Stephanie Guzikowski with the elaborate rhythms of bassist Nate Therrien. Recently nominated for a Spotlight award for best folk group, featured on WMUR’s Summer Songfest, and hailed for their “joyous and inspiring performances” around New England, River Sister will be a welcome addition to Concerts on the Meeting House Green. Bee Parks and The Hornets are a family-friendly Indie band hailing from Maine, who write original music promoting the values of kindness, self-confidence, respect for the environment, and social justice. Their shows are for everyone ages 1 to 100; they will be at CSV on July 18. The performance, which includes puppetry, will have enough energy to get audiences engaged and active, a fitting tribute to the Shakers, whose legacy of love for children, protecting the environment, and kindness continues to thrive at the Village. August 1 brings The Wholly Rollers to CSV. They are a Concord, NHbased band performing bluegrass, old time, string band, and gospel music. As leader, Dick Bennett, comments, “No one has more fun at a Wholly Rollers concert than the Rollers themselves!” Cellists Jan Fuller and Harel Gietheim return to CSV on August 8. Jan is a Concord, NH native and Juilliard-trained musician. Gietheim, described by the Boston Globe as a “brilliant cellist,” has performed across the United States and internationally and is currently the principal cellist for
Symphony New Hampshire. August 15 will see Suzuki Strings students perform on violins of many sizes, based on their study of the Suzuki method as taught at the private studio in Canterbury, NH. Students take both private and group classes and perform throughout the state. On August 22, CSV welcomes Lara Herscovich, a masterful singersongwriter, poet and performer, described in the Boston Globe as “a luminous voice and a buoyant stage presence . . . [whose] big-hearted lyrics embrace the sum of life.” She has been honored as State Troubadour of Connecticut and received Roots on the River’s annual Singer Songwriter Award. Connecticut Public Radio Host Colin McEnroe observed, “Walt Whitman would recognize his own soul in her expansive American vision.” Her concert will be a tribute to the Shakers’ Meeting House Green— another expansive American vision. August 29 is the date for The Mink Hills Band to perform on the Green. The band is a five-member, NH-based acoustic group, whose music includes bluegrass, swing, and folk, as well as original compositions. They have been performing together throughout northern New England for more than 20 years. September 5 offers Peabody’s Coal Train. The band is a six-piece acoustic band playing a wide-ranging mix of folk, Appalachian mountain music, classic country, swinging blues, oldtime gospel, and toe-tapping bluegrass tunes. (Plus, a little rock and roll!) Aurea Ensemble will be at CSV on September 12. The Ensemble describes their musical alchemy as an imaginative blend of an outstanding string ensemble with spoken word and the vivid voice of the harmonica. They will perform Of Nature Composed, • Music Continued on page 24
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