The O-town Scene

Coming Events Music festival set for Sat. in Sidney The 2011 Vorshtein Music Festival will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 9, at the Rock Dude Warehouse, 57-59 Willow St. in Sidney. The lineup features: • 11 to 11:50 a.m.: No Time for Cryin’ • Noon to 12:25 p.m.: Soffocat • 12:30 to 12:55 p.m.: What’s the Rumpus • 1 to 1:50 p.m.: SevenSecond • 2 to 2:20 p.m.: The Woodshed Prophets • 3 to 3:50 p.m.: Salty Sandals • 4 to 4:50 p.m.: One Click Culture • 5 to 5:50 p.m.: Such Is Life • 6 to 6:50 p.m.: Krisco Fist • 7 to 7:50 p.m.: William Nicholson • 8 to 9 p.m.: Jamie Notarthomas Following the bands, there will be an acous- tic jam session around the fire until 11 p.m. The event is free and open to all ages, but parents will need to supervise their children as most of the music is geared towards an adult audience. The concert is held on the lawn, so present- ers recommend bringing lawn chairs and beverages. Grills will be available to use at the venue, and there will be a massage/reiki tent at the event. For more info on performers and the festi- val, go to www.vorshtein.com. Chamber singers to perform Friday The Catskill Chamber Singers will present their summer concert, “Love Is in the Air,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 7, in Christ Church Chapel on Fair Street in Cooperstown. A free-will donation will be accepted, with funds collected going to the area food bank. The show will feature a variety of musi- cal styles, with selections song by the men and women of the group including the 12th century round “Summer is A’Comin’ In,” madrigal “Come Again Sweet Love,” Appa- lachian “Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair,” Lead Belly’s “Bring Me Little Water, Silvy,” and Billy Joel’s “Lullabye” and “And So It Goes.” The singers will finish with sacred pieces. The group, based in Oneonta, is a 16-mem- ber a cappella mixed chorus from Oneonta 20 O-Town Scene July 7, 2011 and nearby communities. It is affiliated with the Catskill Choral Society. For more details, call 433-0999 or visit www.catskillchambersingers.com. ‘Big Chuck’ to talk small towns The Green Toad Book Store and the One- onta Theatre will present “An Evening With Big Chuck: My Town is a Cathedral; Black and White Memories From a Very Colorful Guy” at 8 p.m. Friday, July 8 at the theater on Chestnut Street in Oneonta. Award-winning broadcaster and New York state writer “Big Chuck” D’Imperio will take a look back at growing up in Small Town, U.S.A., during the black-and-white days of the 1950s and 1960s. From D’Imperio van- tage point as a kid in the front window of his parent’s little, two-shopping cart grocery store on Main Street in Sidney, he plans to weave colorful tales of life in a small town, includ- ing the happenings of youth, the triumph and tragedies, and the iconic memories that resonate with all of us. Tickets are $10 and are available at The Green Toad on Main Street in Oneonta, online at www.oneontatheatre.com or at the theatre box office the night of the show. Hot Club of Cowtown at EOH The acoutic-powered Western swing and gypsy jazz of Hot Club of Cowtown will be heard starting at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at the Earlville Opera House. The Austin- based trio mixes the western swing of Bob Wills with the hot jazz of Django Reinhardt into something downright combustible, a media release Contributed Hot Club of Cowtown. said. This combo brings a youthful spirit to the traditional music of a bygone era with violinist-singer Elana James, singer-guitarist Whit Smith and upright bassist Jake Erwin. “They are an excep- tional group, but the thing that really sets them apart is their guitarist. [Smith] is re- ally a virtuoso,” the San Bernardino Sun said. The band has been featured on “All Things Considered,” The Grand Ol’ Opry, “$40 Dollars a Day with Rachel Ray,” “Moun- tain Stage,” “A Prairie Home Companion,” and numerous other radio and television programs. $20. This is in addition to Judy Collins’ perfor- mance Aug. 12, already announced. Contributed Bela Fleck and the Flecktones General admission tickets are $18 for adults and $13 for students. For more information, or to reserve your seats, call (315) 691-3550 or order online at www.earlvilleoperahouse.com. The venue is at 6 E. Main St. in Earlville. Foothills to host Fleck, others Multiple Grammy award winners Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are among the perform- ers set for upcoming concerts at Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center. Upcoming concerts are: • Aug. 27 at 6 p.m.: Grammy-winning chil- dren’s artist Dan Zanes & Friends. General admission tickets are $27.50; • Sept. 23 at 8 p.m.: Johnny Cash tribute artist Terry Lee Goffee. General admission tickets are $21: • Oct. 27 at 8 p.m.: Pianist George Winston. Tickets are $65 for gold and $50 for silver reserved; • Nov. 2 at 8 p.m.: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones. General admis- sion tickets are $42; • Nov. 18 at 9 p.m.: Nugrass performers Crooked Still. General admis- sion tickets are Waymores to play at Oxford park 6 On The Square welcomes the Waymores for a free concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 9, in Oxford’s LaFayette Park. The group — Nashville songwriters Don Henry, Sally Barris and Tom Kimmel — blends contemporary folk, retro pop and old school country. The songs of Grammy Award winner Henry have been recorded by Ray Charles, Patti Page, Conway Twitty and dozens of others. Ac- cording to a media release, “Long appreciated as one of Nashville’s finest singer-songwriters, Don (Henry) is revered ... for being on of the most inspiring, entertaining and funny artists you are ever likely to see and hear.” Barris has written selections performed by Trisha Yearwood, Keith Urban, John Michael Montgomery and more. And Kimmel’s work has been played by Johnny Cash, Linda Ron- stadt, Joe Cocker, Randy Travis and more. For more info, go to6onthesquare.org. Hyde Hall gets haunted The historic Hyde Hall, inside Glimmer- glass State Park in Springfield, will host “The Hauting of Hyde Hall” at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 24. There will be no program July 27. It will include history, mystery and bizarre tales told by “ghosts” past and present. Tickets are $10 each and $8 for those 18 years old and younger. Reservations are sug- gested by presenters at 547-5098. Continued on Page 21

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