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PARKS PERSPECTIVES July-August, 2012 — Issue #6 PARKS PERSPECTIVES July-August, 2012 — Issue #6 CITY FIREWORKS CELEBRATION ON JULY 7AT THE INNER HARBOR Extend your Fourth of July holiday with the City of Syracuse Fire- works Celebration, slated for July 7th, at the Syracuse Inner Harbor as part of the five-day called Syracuse Festival. It’s fun for all ages that day with amusement rides and games, food vendors, balloon sculptures, interactive magic shows and soccer demos; music from contemporary to patriotic; and of course FIRE- WORKS. On the Main Stage that day, teen rockers Ben Spremulli, Duran Visek, Richie Arthur and Jeff Maurer, better known as Kicking Daisies, will bring their high-energy show of pop and rock at 1 p.m. show, followed by Dead End, a band of four young musicians, all hailing from Eagle Hill Middle School, takes the main stage, beginning at 2 p.m. Band members – Josh and Noah Gordon, James DeSorbo and Ben Testani – may be young, but they’ve already performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Music runs in the family. Josh and Noah’s father is Jeff Gordon, lead singer for the CNY rock bank Kane. The Syracuse Silver Knights soccer team will keep the day kicking with players on hand from 3 to 5 p.m. to sign autographs, do skills and play with the young people, along with the team mascot and the “Kick-Net.” Magician Jim from Just Clowning Around will entertain audiences in an interactive stage show from 5 to 5:45 p.m. The Stan Colella All-Star Youth Band, a youth jazz ensemble presented by the City of Syracuse Department of Parks, Recreation and Youth Programs, will play at 6 p.m. ; the Syracuse Brigadiers Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps will perform a commanding patriotic performance at 7:30 p.m., the Stan Colella Orchestra will continue the music at 8 p.m., following by a dazzling fireworks show by Pyrotecnico at 9:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. We love pets, but pets don’t like fireworks, so we ask you to leave them home. For more information on the City’s Fireworks Celebration, call 473-4330 or visit www.syracuse.ny.us/parks. For more informa- tion on the overall Syracuse Festival, visit www.cnycentral.com/cnyevents www.syracuse.ny.us/parks 412 Spencer St., Syracuse, NY 13204 — (315) 473-4330 Stephanie A. Miner, Mayor Baye Muhammad, Commissioner John D. Walsh, Deputy Commissioner JULY CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Tuesdays through Oct. 12 – Downtown July 10-17-24-31 – Pops in the Park – along the Creekwalk . See page 5 for the Farmers Market – Clinton Square — Onondaga Park – see page xx for more schedule. www.downtownsyracuse.com information on the lineups July 26 – July 28 AmeriCU Arts and July 4 through 8 – Syracuse Festival – July 13-15 – NYS Blues Festival – Clinton Crafts Festival – Columbus Circle and Syracuse inner Harbor – Square – www.nysbluesfest.com surrounding streets — www.cnycentral.com/cnyevents www.downtownsyracuse.com July 18-22 — Valley Field Days — July 6-13-20-27 – Dancing Under The Meachem Park July 27-28 – Northeast Jazz and Wine Fes- Stars with the Stan Colella Orchestra – tival – Clinton Square — www.cnyjazz.org Sunnycrest Rink from 7 to 10 pm. Free July 20 – Empire Brewfest — Clinton Admission Square — www.empirebrewfest.com July 27-28 – Stage of Nations Blue Rain Eco Fest – Hanover Square — July 7 – City Fireworks Celebration – July 20-21 — American Barbecue Champi- www.cnyjazz.org Inner Harbor – www.syracuse.ny.us/parks onships – Clinton Square — or check out page 7 www.showswithresults.com July 29 — Paws for a Cause — Syracuse Inner Harbor— July 7 and 14-- Candlelight Series in Ar- July 25-27 and July 30 & 31 — Brown Bag www.fitnessforumhealthclub.com/events mory Square – Lunch Series with the Parks & Recreation www.armorysquareofsyracuse.com All-Star Band — music during your lunch July 29 — Showcase Sunday — Jubilee hour at various spots in downtown and Park, 100 block of South Avenue AUGUST CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Tuesdays through Oct. 12 – Downtown Thursdays, Aug. 2-9-16 — Jazz in the City Sat., Aug. 11 — Candlelight Series in Ar- Farmers Market – Clinton Square — Series. Www.cnyjazzfest.com for more mory Square – www.downtownsyracuse.com information on venues and schedules. www.armorysquareofsyracuse.com Sat., Aug. 4 — Latino Festival — Ward Thursday-Sunday, Aug. 9-12 and Aug. 16- Sat., Aug. 11 — Meachem Area Park As- Bakery Park, Shonnard Street. Call the 19 — Shakespeare in the Park — sociation’s Nature in the City Run begins Spanish Action League at 315-475-6153 Thornden Park Amphitheatre — and ends at Meachem Field for more information. www.syracuseshakespearefestival.com Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 17-18 — Hottest SIGN-UPS BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER FOR BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL AND BROOMBALL Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Co-Ed Volleyball: Sept. 7, 2012 — Pre-Registration for Returning Teams Sept. 21, 2012 — Registration Deadline. Fees: $375 (includes a $100 Performance Bond) Men’s Broomball — Registration Deadline: Sept. 21, 2012, Fees: TBD Parks Department’s All-Star Band Hits All The Right Notes The Stan Colella audiences who might not have the chance Tom Brigandi has played bass with Chuck All-Star Band hit to get out to a concert. Mangione; saxophonist Mike Dubaniewicz the right chord was a music director for Maynard Fer- with Malik Clan- The jazz ensemble performs between 50 gusen; Roland Wilcox was former drum- ton about three and 60 concerts in a seven-week period mer for Doc Severinsen, of The Tonight years ago. each summer, all featuring big band, swing Show fame; Tim Harrington was a guitarist and some contemporary music. with Masters of Reality; and Bill Billingham The Henninger has been with the Chicago Lyric Opera. High School stu- The first director was John Wilkie; fol- Several are in bands in New York City, dent had been lowed by Stan Colella. Current band di- including Mike Kammers and Tim Angio- rector, Joe Carello, is himself an alum of Malik Clanton playing in the lillo, and others are passing along their school band, but the All-Star Band. love of music to future generations as seized the opportunity to audition for the teachers, including B.J. Boycheck; Delores All-Star Band and joined the jazz ensemble Joe Magnarelli has distinguished himself as Varvagliano; Heather Hess; John Rohde; an internationally-known jazz trumpeter; as a tenor sax player. and Matt Rossi. The experience, Malik says, is proving to be beneficial in many respects. He gained experience in playing in a big band, he’s had the chance to do solos, and he’s been able to improve his sight-reading skills, which is necessary as he pursues his pas- sion for music at the Crane School of Mu- sic at Potsdam in the fall. Now 18, Malik is one of many band mem- bers who have graduated and gone on to music schools and pursued their passion for music on regional, national and inter- national stages. Begun about 1970, the City of Syracuse All-Star Band is a unique program at the Department of Parks and Recreation, pro- viding talented young musicians the op- portunity to perform throughout the THE ALL-STAR BAND AT SYRACUSE JAZZ FEST — Front row, from the left: Brandon Breazeale, community. Many of their performances Zach Kaplan, Malik Clanton, DeQuan Groover. Second row, from the left: Anna Marie Reedy, Eshan Escof- fery, Dorothy Reedy, Alex Jones, Matt DelFuoco, A.J. Fairbanks. Back row, from the left, the band’s first direc- have been at various area health-related tor, John Wilkie; the band’s current director Joe Carello, William Gorman, Oliver Crain, Aurek Ransom, Sam facilities or centers, often entertaining Martin, Kevin DelFuoco, and Matteo Piriano. Missing: Cal Dougherty. CATCH THE ALL-STAR BAND IN AND AROUND CENTRAL NEW YORK Sat. July 7 -- 6 pm – City Fireworks Cele- Sacred Heart Church event cent to Columbus Circle – 12:30 pm bration, as part of the Syracuse Festival at the Syracuse Inner Harbor Thurs., July 26 – 7 pm – Webster Pond – Thursday, July 26 – Franklin Square, Plum Valley Drive, south of the West Seneca and Solar Streets – 12:15 pm Sat., July 14 – 6:30 pm -- Opening act for Turnpike intersection the CNY Jazz Orchestra as part of the Friday, July 27 – Parks & Recreation’s Yard Armory Square Candlelight Series – at Sat., July 28 – 12 noon – Northeast Wine (White Oaks Park) – 412 Spencer St. – on Jefferson and Franklin Streets, in front of and Jazz Festival – Clinton Square the Creekwalk – 12:15 pm the MoST (Museum of Science and Tech- Brown Bag Lunch Series – if you’re down- Monday, July 30 – Clinton Square – 12:15 nology) town or on the Creekwalk for your lunch pm Thurs., July 19 – 6:30 pm – Fayetteville hour, stop by one of these park locations and enjoy the music. Tuesday, July 31 – Hanover Square – Jazz Concert – Beard Park, Fayetteville 12:15 pm Wednesday, July 25 -- “Pebble Park” – adja- Fri., July 20 — Pulaski Park, as part of the Band Leader Joe Carello Honored by CNY Jazz Arts Foundation The Stan Colella All-Star Band Director, Service. has Joe Carello, was recently named as "Jazz re- Educator of the Year" by the CNY Jazz Joe has also had a stellar performing career, as Arts Foundation.
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