2008 Season Schedule
Sixth Annual Farewell Reunion with Mark Sustic and Friends - May 30
The Michele Fay Band - June 20
Saline Fiddlers - July 8 -Enosburg Opera House
Full Circle - Sunday, July 13
Village Harmony - Thursday, July 31
Martha Gallagher - August 22
Hungrytown - October 3
Praise the Lord
with the harp;
play to him upon the psaltery and lyre.
Sing for him a
new song;
sound a fanfare with
all your skill upon the trumpet.
Following is the current listing for the 2008 season. Please check back for updates.
Friday,
May 30: MARK SUSTIC & FRIENDS FAREWELL REUNION
7:30 PM (a
potluck supper starts the evening off at 6:00 PM
The SixthAnnual Farewell Reunion! This is the 7th year the concert is being presented, with a variety of exceptional singers, musicians and dancers, including Matt Bean, Bread and Bones, Michele and Fabe Choiniere, Roland Clark, Hannah Crary, Glass of Water, Frank Heyburn, Tom MacKenzie, Jim McGinniss, Will Patton and the Spiders, Doug Perkins and Kristina Stykos, Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Pria Schwall-Kierney, Pete and Karen Sutherland and others, with a few unannounced guests. The evening’s host will be Mark Sustic.
Presented by the Events for Tom Series as part of Summer Music at Grace. Contact Beth Crane beth@daybell.net or Mark Sustic mrksustc@together.net.
$10 suggested donation at the door benefits the Tom Sustic Scholarship Fund, awarded annually to a graduating high school senior intending to become a teacher of young children. Performers' CDs will be available for sale at the concert.For more information about the concert contact mrksustc@together.net or 849-6968.
Friday,
June 20, 7:30 PM: The MICHELE FAY BAND
The
Michele Fay Band will be making its first appearance at Grace Church this
summer, performing a mix of traditional, swing and bluegrass influenced
tunes with rich female harmonies. Many of the songs are Michele's originals,
inspired by life as experienced in Vermont. They put forth encapturing
sounds from toe tapping, upbeat goodies to quiet ballads. For more about
the Michele Fay Band, visit: michelefayband.com
The
Saline Fiddlers - July 8, 7:30 PM, at the Enosburg Opera House (NOTE VENUE)
The Enosburg Opera House and Grace Church team up to bring back the Saline Fiddlers, who were an enormous hit at SMAG in 2004. We're hoping that by performing at the Opera House, they can share their great energy and musicianship with even more people.
The Saline Fiddlers astound audiences every time they take the stage! The Fiddlers, comprised of exceptional music students from one high school in Saline, Michigan, have earned much acclaim nationally and internationally through their outstanding musical performances. They present an energetic, polished stage show that includes music, song and dance with their repertoire of American folk fiddle, bluegrass, western swing and Celtic music. Learn more about them at http://www.salinefiddlers.org/
Tickets: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors/students and $5 for a child under 5.
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Full
Circle
Sunday, July 13, 7:30 PM
Full Circle is a group of five friends who have been making music together, in various combinations, since 1978. Our paths have separated, our lives have become complex and busy, but we've come full circle, all together again.
Full Circle specializes in music from approximately 800 to 1600 AD. We particularly enjoy medieval and Renaissance dances and love songs. We also add other pieces as we come to love them, so our repertoire now includes Baroque instrumental music, folk songs, Celtic and Appalachian tunes, and some 20th century pieces. The members of Full Circle are Maeve Kim, Beth London, Susan Reit, Linda Rodd and Mary Ann Samuels. Full Circle sometimes includes other musicians for some performances. Susan and Mary Ann also perform as Samuels and Reit. Our instruments include recorders, hammered dulcimer, harp, guitar, voices, drums and tambourines, finger cymbals, wood blocks, bells, gourds, a gong, and goat toenails. Over the years, members of Full Circle have performed at Burlington's First Night, UVM Carol Dinners, Owl's Head Blueberry Farm, the Essex Children's Choir Twelfth Night Celebration, Fine Wine and Food Festival at Shelburne Farms, the Fleming Museum, Lane Series Dine-a-Round, Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington's Festival of the Trees, the Inn at Essex, Medieval Fairs, UVM's Campus at Noon, garden parties, church services, weddings, and schools in Vermont and New Hampshire.
Thursday, July 31, 7:30 PM: VILLAGE HARMONY
Potluck dinner PRECEDING concert at 6:00 PM
A perennial favorite, Village Harmony joins us for yet another world-class performance.
New England Teen Session II Led by Patty Cuyler, Malkhaz Erkvanidze, Luke Hoffman.
Hard-driving 1930's gospel quartets, sacred and folk music from Republic of Georgia (including west Georgian yodeling!), music from Corsica and South Africa, and shape-note music.
Friday,
August 22, 7:30 PM: MARTHA GALLAGHER- The Adirondack Harper
Join us for what promises to be a whole new experience in Celtic harp
music!
"Martha plays the harp with a joie de vivre; with a sense of joy & energy rarely seen with this instrument!" Wanda Fischer, WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Inspirations for original music can be found just about anywhere, according to singer, harper, and songwriter Martha Gallagher. Gallagher's upcoming concert appearance at Grace will feature her original music drawn from many sources of inspiration. The more expected inspirations include Nature, family and friends; the more unusual inspiration is headstone inscriptions, which she sees as beautiful expressions of the human heart. Gallagher has been sharing her spirited, distinctive, and richly varied music with audiences for over 30 years.
Also known as The Adirondack Harper, she has performed with such luminaries as six-time Grammy winners,?The Chieftains.? Her extensive solo tours have taken her around the US and into Canada, with several tours sponsored by The National Endowment for the Arts.? She has been featured on numerous television and radio programs; most recent appearances include BBC Television, Northeast Public Radio, and Good Morning Arizona.
For more information about Martha, or to hear her music, visit: adkharper.com
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HUNGRYTOWN:
Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson Return!
Friday, October 3, 7:30 PM
"On this self-titled debut release, the band’s lauded songwriting strength is evident. Folky balladry, upbeat country, bluegrass and even a bit of rock ’n’ roll are all featured on the album. This eclecticism serves the band well and gives the production an engaging dynamic. Hungrytown recalls a number of performances past and present — shades of Judee Sill, Emmylou Harris, Neko Case and The Byrds....It is both haunting and pleasant, delicate yet arresting. Hall and Anderson have cultivated a wonderful musical rapport that will endear them to many as they continue to tour and record." Herb van der Poll - Seven Days (Burlington, VT)
Conjuring the ancient, often haunting, ballads of the British Isles and their Appalachian counterparts, Rebecca Hall’s compositions don’t so much ignore modern songcraft as transcend it. Combined with husband Ken Anderson’s old-school musical arrangements and ‘60s-era pop harmonies, the result is an altogether new, yet curiously familiar, style they call “retro folk.” Sing Out! calls Rebecca’s tunes “uncannily like the timeless traditional songs that inspire her.” Indeed, she has been hailed as “a true rarity: a new folk classicist” by the Boston Herald. On stage, Rebecca plays guitar and Ken plays bass, guitar and harmonica. Listening to them live, their musicianship and eerie vocal perfection may very well transport you to Café Wha? in 1962, the Troubadour in 1972, or another place and time entirely. Visit their website: http://rebeccaandken.com
Information for Performers: The Summer Music at Grace series is a program of Grace Episcopal Church, Sheldon. We are open to hosting a wide array of musical genres and begin programming for the summer months in January.
The music series is an unsponsored program, so we cannot guarantee income from the performances. We encourage performers to set an admission fee or to suggest a free-will donation. Proceeds from the gate are the property of the artists. In return, we are grateful for a gratuity to help defray our expenses, but it is not required.
The Grace space is also available at other times of the year for use by performers. If you are interested in performing at Grace Church as part of Summer Music at Grace or at another time of the year, please contact Beth Crane at (802) 326-4603 or via email at beth@gracechurchsheldon.org. If we are able to host you, please send us publicity photos and a sample press release at least one month prior to the date so that we can publicize the performance locally well in advance of the event.
To reach Grace Church from VT
105:
North Sheldon: Take the Kane Road to East Sheldon Road (T); turn right
and proceed about 2 miles to the village of Sheldon (known as Sheldon
Creek). East Sheldon Road becomes Pleasant Street. Grace Church is the
brick church on the right just after the intersection of Central Street.
Sheldon Junction. Turn onto Main Street at the mileage sign showing 2 miles to Sheldon, 6 miles to Fairfield. (Main is on the left heading West and on the right heading East. Follow Main Street to the village of Sheldon (known as Sheldon Creek). Turn left onto Bridge Street at the 3-way stop. Follow Bridge across the bridge and old railroad crossing; continue until Bridge and Pleasant diverge. Bear left onto Pleasant and follow around the big turn. Grace Church will be on the left.
Directions are also available by clicking on "Directions and Map" in the index.