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10 Wednesday,August 4,2010 WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES N SUMMER FUNCANADAKingston Sheep Dog TrialsDowntown Kingston!—heart of the city —AUGUST 6, 7 & 81000 ISLANDSPOKER RUNKingston will play host to over 150powerboats from all over NorthAmerica as they compete over 3days. Live entertainment and lots ofaction-packed excitement!DOWNTOWN KINGSTONSTREET FESTIVAL!!34 Clarence StreetDowntown Kingston(613) 542-4978www.kingstonbrewing.comDestinationHistoric Downtown BrockvilleOPEN DAILY10:00AM-6:30PMMAY 9 - 0CT. 12OPEN TILL 7:30PMIN JULY & AUGUSTOPEN TILL 5:30PMOCT. 5-12, 17-18visit: www.downtownbrockville.comLooking for something special, a place to dine or just hangout? Downtown Brockville is the ideal place to spend a fewhours getting together with friends and family. Strollamong our many shops, pop into one of our BOLDT restaurants CASTLE VIDEO forsome great food, many of which have live entertainment 1-800-869-2665each weekend. Come on up, it’s worth the ASK short FOR trip! OPERATOR 10Upcoming eventsAugust 5-8th ....................................................... RibfestAugust 7th ................................. 1000 Island Poker RunAugust 21st ................................. Downtown BrockvilleSidewalk Sale and Street EventAugust 23-28th ........................ Canada 55+ Plus Games
WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES N SUMMER FUNWednesday,August 4,2010 11Cape Breton band closes Norwood concert seriesINISHEER: Traditional Celtic tunes in band’s repertoireNORWOOD — Inisheer, a Cape Bretonband with the traditional music of Ireland,Scotland, Nova Scotia, New England andthe Appalachians, will close out the 37thannual season of the Norwood VillageGreen Concert Series Thursday with a concertbeginning at 7 p.m.Since 2003, Inisheer has been performingin Northern New York and southeastCanada and enjoying increasing popularacclaim. Inisheer has performed with suchnationally and internationally renownedmusicians as the Battlefield Band, SusanMcKeown, Greenwich Meantime and theGlengarry Bhoys and at places such as theRemsen Barn Festival and the Great AmericanIrish Festival in UUtica.Inisheer performs regularly at many ofthe Great Camps, lodges and vacationhomes in the Adirondacks. Some of Inisheer'sannual regular public appearancesinclude the Saranac Lake WinterCarnival Rotary Show, the ADK Lodge FallConcert Series, the Celebrate Tupper Lakedays, and the Fish Creek Summer ConcertSeries, as well as past appearances at theBattle of Plattsburgh.Recently, in conjunction with live performances,Inisheer has begun recordingand has released three albums, "Live Traditions,""Crossing Borders" and "TheJourney" as well as recording for NorthCountry Public Radio's Music Heard Up-North project.The members are Joel Perkins, fiddle,keyboard and vocals; Erick Van Yserloo, percussion;Phil Perkins, bass guitar; SueGrimm, flutes, whistle, accordion, hammereddulcimer; Phyllis Perkins-Ezero, guitar,vocals, and Steve Borst, guitar, vocals.Admission is free but there is a “pass thebucket” for donations. The Norwood VillageGreen Concert Series is supported inpart by the New York State Council on theFamily series has puppetry, music and danceInisheer, scheduled Thursday in Norwood, performs regularly at many of the GreatCamps, lodges and vacation homes in the Adirondacks.Arts, a public agency.For further information about the seriescheck the series website: norwoodvillagegreenconcerts.orgChris ShawNORWOOD — The thirdannual Village of NorwoodFamily Sunset Series will offerevenings of family art workshopsand performances onthe village green Sunday,Thursday and Aug, 15. Therain site will be the NorwoodMunicipal Building.The workshops by RomiSebald, registrar preparatorfor the Gibson Gallery, SUNYPotsdam, will be at 5:45 p.m.The hour-long performanceseach begin at 7.On Sunday, The TanglewoodMarionettes will perform “The Fairy Circus”with more than 20 hand-crafted marionettesin a showcase forearly 20th-century-style trickpuppetry.No strangers to the Norwoodaudience, The TanglewoodMarionettes receivedthe Citation of Excellencefrom UNIMA-USA, a divisionof Union Internationale dela Marionnette for “TheDragon King” in 2009.Chris Shaw returns to thenorth country on Thursdaywith songs and stories of theAdirondacks. His music residesin the Library of CongressFolk Archives, his performanceshave taken him to such venerable venuesas the John F. Kennedy Center for the PerformingArts, the Smithsonian Institute,and the Chautauqua Institute.He’s recorded more than 12 CDs, hadnumerous appearances on PBS and NPRnumerous appearances on PBS, and NPR,and clocked hundreds of thousands ofmiles touring.The show Sunday, Aug. 15, features AnimalCrackers.Locally organized by Beth Robinson,and using local musicians, the group createsfamily experiences in music anddance.These events are made possible, in part,with public funds from the New York StateCouncil on the Arts Decentralization Program,administered in Jefferson, LewisOn Sunday, the Tanglewood Marionetteswill perform ‘The Fairy Circus.’and St. Lawrence counties by the St.Lawrence County Arts Council. Donationswill be accepted.Sackets concert series features jazz artist SundayFROM PAGE 2Rochester Wind Symphony.He will be joined by guitarist MelvinHenderson, organist Gerry Youngman,drummer Ted Poor, vocalist Harold Pannelland Latin percussionist Tony Padilla.Concerts on the Waterfront is a free programof the Sackets Harbor Historical Society.Major sponsors are the WatertownSavings Bank, the village of Sackets Harborand the Town of Hounsfield Committee forthe Advancement of Tourism. This event ismade possible, in part, by the New YorkState Council on the Arts Decentralizationprogram, administered in Jefferson, Lewisand St. Lawrence counties by the StLawrence County Council on the Arts. Additionalsupport is from businesses andorganizations throughout the NorthCountry and “pass the hat” for donations.All concerts are held from 3 to 5 on Sundayafternoons at the Battlefield State Parkin the village. The rain site is the UnitedPresbyterian Church, 101 S. Broad St.On Aug. 15, the series features the DoubleBarrel Blues Band, from Syracuse, a2009 SAMMY (Syracuse-area music award)nominee for the best blues recording and aregular at blues fests throughout the state.Mark Cloutier (lead guitar and vocals),John Hart (vocalist and slide guitar), GarnettGrimm (drums) and Bill Satterly (bass) havebeen together for three years.On Aug. 22, the Sackets Harbor serieshosts Fritz’s Polka Band, which has beenperforming more than 30 years in andaround Syracuse. The band won the 2009SAMMY award in the international categoryfor its latest CD, “Reflection.”Formed in 1978 by lead accordionist FredScherz Sr., and his 8-year old son, Fritz, forwhom the band was named, Fritz’s PolkaBand performs a mix including modernpolka, country, foxtrot and waltz.It is the first polka band to perform at aWoodstock festival, at the state fair in Syracuseand at B.B. King’s Blues Club, the ChinaClub and, recently, the MetropolitanClub, all in New York City.The band has performed with “Canada’sPolka King,” three-time Grammy winnerWalter Ostanek; “America’s Polka King,” thelate Frank Yankovic, another Grammy winner;Grammy nominee LynnMarie Rink andGlen Burtnik. Fritz’s has also performed withSteve Augeri, former lead singer of Journey,and opened for Grammy winners Jimmy Stiffand BeauSoleil. The band’s 17 recordingshave achieved international airplay. Theband even appears on “The ManchurianCandidate” DVD, from Paramount Pictures.In addition to Mr. Scherz on piano, accordion,button-box accordion and vocals,members are Gabe Vaccaro on bassguitar, guitar, and vocals; Tom Campbellon guitar and vocals; Frank Nelson, guitarand vocals and Mike Faraino on drums.
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