Mountain Times- Volume 48, Number 51: Dec. 18-24, 2019

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The Mountain Times • Dec. 18 - 24, 2019
World Cup Wednesday ski bum series gets underway
Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 10
a.m.—KILLINGTON—Every nonholiday
Wednesday throughout the
2018/19 ski season, local teams of
skiers, snowboarders and Telemark
skiers will race down Killington’s
Highline trail in pursuit of ski bum
glory and bragging rights.
Races run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
conditions permitting.
New for this year, a training
course section on Upper Highline
will be offered from 10 a.m. - 1
p.m. to help racers get warmed up
and dialed in before racing.
Also, to spice things up a bit
more on race day, additional
weekly contests such as “Time of
the Day.”
Cost is $250 per team or $60 per
individual and participants must
be 21 years of age or older. Included
in your registration fees are 11
races, along with a duals format for
the finals for qualifying racers.
Each competition is followed by
an after party, sponsored by Michelob
Ultra, as well as local restaurants
and shops, and a 2019 League
T-shirt. Racers will have access to a
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Brandon Music celebrates ten years of
live music with holiday-style concert
Saturday, Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON— The
very popular local group Swing Noire, a firm favorite with
Brandon Music audiences, will close the year with their
inimitable gypsy jazz style. Over the last decade, Swing
Noire has become Vermont’s premier gypsy jazz ensemble.
Some call it gypsy jazz, some hot swing; in either
case it is acoustic jazz in the spirit of Django Reinhardt
and Stephane Grappelli. Swing Noire invokes the energy
of a swingin’ jazz club, transporting audiences back to
the early days of jazz with their unique take on Hot Swing,
making music that “will
entrance and surprise you.”
Great energy, soul, sophistication,
and improvisation
are the hallmarks of a Swing
Noire performance.
Violinist David Gusakov
(Last Train to Zinkov,
Vermont Symphony
Orchestra, Pine Island), guitarist
Rob McCuen (Bloodroot
Gap, The Good Parts),
and Jim McCuen (Bloodroot
free food buffet along with drink
specials, weekly raffles and prizing.
A video of everybody’s run is played
at each party and later posted on
the Facebook page.
The race and after party are
open to registered competitors
only. Racers may bring guests for a
$5 fee (cash only). On Dec. 18, the
after party will be held at Hops on
the Hill.
Interested racers can register
at the Killington Ski Club
or online. For more information
email events@killington.com.
Saturday, Dec. 21 at 3 p.m. and 5
p.m.—WOODSTOCK—The 10th Annual
Woodstock Vermont Film Series
at Billings Farm and Museum will
feature the documentary, “A Tuba
to Cuba” in HD projection and Surround
Sound, with complimentary
refreshments. Reservations are
strongly recommended.
“A Tuba to Cuba” zeroes in on
the leader of New Orleans’ famed
Preservation Hall Jazz Band as he
seeks to fulfill his late father’s dream
of retracing their musical roots
to the shores of Cuba in search of
the indigenous music that gave
birth to New Orleans jazz. The New
York Times called the film, “High
on music and hot with the thrill of
discovery.”
Tickets are $11 for adults (16 and
up); and $6 for children (under 16).
BF&M members receive discounted
prices. For a complete list of
screenings and to purchase tickets
By Jerry LeBlond
Kyle Finneron (left) and Andrew Whyte (right) race down Highline.
Courtesy of Brandon Music
Swing Noire is Vermont’s premier gypsy jazz ensemble.
visit billingsfarm.org/filmfest or call
802-457-5303.
Billings Farm and Museum
is located 1/2 mile north of the
Gap, Bessette Quartet) on
double bass, make up Vermont’s
hottest hot club-style ensemble. Swing Noire has
performed at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, Burlington’s
First Night Celebration, The Town Hall Theater
in Middlebury, Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph,
and countless other venues throughout Vermont and New
England.
“In a time when good jazz groups are hard to find, Swing
Noire rises to the top as one of the best jazz groups playing
around Burlington. … Swing Noire brings you into those
smoky clubs of days past, makes you feel jazz the way it
was meant to be felt, full of
emotion and energy,” said
Jennifer Crowell of First
Night Burlington.
Brandon Music is
already booking performers
for 2020 and promises
another very high energy
year. Concerts begin at 7:30
p.m., tickets are $20. A preconcert
dinner is available
for $25. Reservations are
required for dinner and
recommended for the show.
Venue is BYOB.
Woodstock Film Series Presents ‘A Tuba to Cuba’
Courtesy of Blue Fox
New Orleans’ famed Preservation Hall jazz band entertains in the streets.
Woodstock village green on Vermont
Route 12. It is owned and operated
by The Woodstock Foundation, Inc.,
a charitable non-profit institution.