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Every
Sunday next summer, June 1 to August 24, 2008
All performances will begin at 7:30 pm
There’s
another summer
of award-winning FREE
entertainment in store for you next summer on the Long’s
Park stage!
From June 1 to August 24, 2008, the Long’s Park Amphitheater
Foundation will present its 46th great season of free music.
Across 13 weeks, you’ll be treated to 13 summer nights
of world-acclaimed performers, showcasing the music that earned
them oodles of Grammys, Grammy nominations, W. C. Handy Blues
and Living Blues awards and never-ending applause around the
globe. To catch them outside the park, you’d pay more
than $600! Mark your calendar and pack your lawn chairs. Remember—Long’s
Park is an alcohol-free park.
All events are held rain or shine, except in the case of dangerously
inclement weather.
Here are the performers and sponsors
who contributed to the success of our 2007 season.
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Season
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Sponsored by
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Riders
in the Sky
Double Grammy mix of country western, comedy and rootin’
tootin’ Woody’s Roundup from “Toy Story 2”
“…among the most historically significant acts in
the history of American music.”
—Billboard Magazine
“The Stetson-wearing, chaps-clad cowboy music group is
known worldwide for their flawless harmonies, sophisticated
instrumentation and zany humor.”
—Country Weekly Magazine
Click
here to visit the Riders in the Sky website.
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 Emeline
Michel
Inspiring, exciting, internationally acclaimed Haitian songstress
“ …performs with polish and power.”
—The Boston Globe
“A diplomat of music, longing for her homeland.”
—The New York Times
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Sponsored
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 Partial
funding for this season is provided through a grant from the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by an
annual state appropriation and the National Endowment for the
Arts, a federal agency. PCA supplies funding to nonprofit, tax-exempt
corporations, a unit of government or a school district with
arts programming or services in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. |
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Cosponsored by
and
Founding cosponsor,
Lancaster Summer Arts Festival |
Lancaster
Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Gunzenhauser, Music Director
& Fireworks!
The community’s favorite way
to celebrate Independence Day!
“…a captive audience until the very last note of
the ‘1812 Overture’”
—Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
“…a great place to be to celebrate America.”
—Anne Hershey in Lancaster New Era
Click
here to visit the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra website.
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Sponsored by
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Robert
Hazard
The encore appearance of the audacious singer-songwriter
now critically acclaimed for his Americana roots music
“…tapping a wide range of folk and roots styles
to spin his yards.”
—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Hazard’s new music establishes him as a poetic
…songwriter and soulful singer. His music still rocks
at times, but his blues and country influences are obvious.”
—Newark Star Ledger
Click here to visit Robert Hazard’s website.
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Sponsored by
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New
Riders of the Purple Sage
Legendary cosmic psychedelic, country folk band whose rock
‘n rolling began in Jerry Garcia’s living room!
Featuring original members: David Nelson and
Buddy Cage with Michael Falzarano (Hot Tuna), Johnny Markowski
(Stir Fried/JGB) and Ronnie Penque (Stir Fried/JGB/Rippie)
“…the Dead’s freshly formed, country-lovin’
sister band”
—Dallas Observer.com
“…[had] fans singing along and cheering at the first
strains …”
—TimesUnion.com (Albany, NY)
Click
here to visit the New Riders of the Purple Sage website.
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Sponsored
by
Cosponsored by
WLCH Radio Centro
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Plena
Libre
Four Grammy nominations for their Afro-Puerto Rican roots
big band sound!
“New old sound from Puerto Rico…reviving and reinventing
a musical style.”
—National Public Radio’s “All
Things Considered”
“…a mad weave of polyrhythms that simply sizzle.”
—The Boston Globe
Click
here to visit the Plena Libre website.
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Sponsored
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Old
School Freight Train
Neo-bluegrassers who meld folk, bluegrass,
jazz, soul and pop with Celtic and Latin rhythms
“Accessible but uncompromising in their creativity, embracing
newgrass techniques and conjuring a distinctive, appealing
musical profile.”
—Chicago Tribune
“The Next Big Thing …the Virginia quintet’s
light-fingered picking was immaculate, innovative, and keenly
intelligent.”
—The Boston Globe
Click
here to visit the Old School Freight Train website.
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Sponsored
by
Cosponsored by
the High Companies
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Eileen
Ivers
The triumphant return of one of Celtic music’s leading
ladies
“…Irish music is [her] specialty, and she performs
it with panache…”
—The Washington Post
“[Ivers] has charisma and technique to burn ….”
—The Boston Globe
Click
here to visit Eileen Iver’s website.
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Cosponsored
by
50 Plus News
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Tab
Benoit
Cajun gets the blues!
“…hair-singeing blues, cajun, country, funk …”
—The Roanoke Times
“…has taken his Cajun-influenced blues all over
the U.S., Canada and Europe.”
—vh1.com
Click
here to visit Tab Benoit’s website.
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