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Saturday, July 28, 2018 Noon – 6:30pm FRIENDSHIP PARK 255 Old Alfred Road * E Waterboro * ME

5 Acts Over 6+ Hours

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We cordially invite you to attend the 1st Annual York 23 County Fest! If you like great music, you’ll love our Order your tickets today and festival. Enjoy over 6 hours of fantastic tunes played by the SAVE $5 per ticket! Only 300 tickets are available for sale. Band, Mike Hayward’s Blue Lions, Andrew Schoenfeld, Nathan Michaud and Waterboro’s own DeejSG! www.Eventbrite.com Read up on all the acts beginning on page 4. While at the festival, spoil yourself with mouthwatering food from Woody’s Sports Grille, El Camino Cantina and our York County Blues Fest Rules own Snack Shack. Wet your whistle with draft beer served perfectly chilled by the professional bartenders of Rustic Taps. They’ll even be offering wines and hard ciders! Only 300 tickets are available for sale so don’t wait, visit www.eventbrite.com and order your tickets today! You’ll save 1. SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. $5 on each ticket by ordering in advance. See rules inside back You may bring blankets to sit on the grass or cover. lawn chairs to sit on the paved basketball court Can’t wait til July 28 to get out for live music? Our Summer so those on blankets can still see. Concerts in the Park series begins on July 6 with a free 2. NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK. Woody’s performance by Rippleton Cross. Check out the entire series Sports Grille, El Camino Fresh Cantina and the line up on page 16. Heritage Tax Company Snack Shack will all At all our events we’re raising funds to improve our park have food and beverages available for without raising taxes on our residents. Learn about our plans purchase. Rustic Taps will offer an assortment on page 18 and please consider helping us out with a of beer and wine for $5 each. PROPER ID donation, or at least sharing our event info with your friends! REQUIRED. 3. EVENT IS RAIN OR SHINE. The show will We’ll see ya there! not be cancelled due to rain. Only in in the event of severe, dangerous weather (hurricane The York County Blues Fest Committee  or tornado) will the concert be cancelled.

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4 ABOUT OUR HEADLINER 2 Paul Nelson Band

Paul Nelson is a Grammy Award Winning American musician recognized as one of today's top guitarists! Nelson not only has the distinction of being the hand- picked fellow guitarist to the legendary rock/blues icon , but has toured the world over performing and recording alongside an endless “who's who” list of top artists. Paul has played with , , , , , , Vince Gill, , , , , , and more... Nelson received the Grammy Award for his work performing on and producing Winter's "Step Back" release on Megaforce/Sony winning "Best Blues Album of the Superior Sound, Superior Staging Year". This highlighted his already long list of Grammy Nominations as well as the BMA "" for "Best Blues/Rock Album" reaching #16 on the Billboard Music Works LLC Top 200 and staying at #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts (207) 212-2232 for weeks. He is also a recipient of the Blues Foundation's KBA "Keeping The Blues Alive Award". YorkCountyBluesFest.com 21

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UPCOMING SENIOR TRIPS

MAINE DUCK TOURS It’s a boat! It’s a bus! It’s a Maine Duck! Laugh and learn aboard this fun, fully narrated, amphibious tour of Portland. As the Duck twists and turns through the “Old Port” you’ll learn about the legends and lore that have shaped Portland into one of the most historical cities in the nation. Then, hold on to your tail feathers as you drive right into Casco Bay! We’ll depart from Waterboro on Wednesday, May 30 at 9am and leave Portland at 3:30pm. You can choose the 11:15am or the 1:15pm tour and spend the balance of your time exploring the shops and charms of the Old Port. $40 Paul Nelson Band (con’t) Paul’s music has reached millions with appearances on MAINE COASTAL BOTANICAL GARDENS Late Night with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Nothing compares to the beauty of the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens. Your guided walking tour is led by a trained docent who makes your experience so much more Live, and on award winning documentaries: "Down and enjoyable with the tales of the property and the plant life. New this year is the butterfly Dirty" The Johnny Winter Story and "Sideman: Long Road house, expanded restaurant and education center. With so many improvements, if you haven’t seen the gardens in 2018, you haven’t seen the gardens! Tuesday, June 12, to Glory" (feat: Bonnie Rait, , Hubert depart Waterboro 8am, return by 4:30pm. $40. Sumlin), as well as music written/performed and

CABBAGE ISLAND LOBSTER/CLAM BAKE broadcast nationally on NBC and on multiple major album On Tuesday, July 31, we’ll be boarding our luxury bus and heading to Boothbay releases, books, instructional guitar columns, live Concert Harbor. Your adventure begins with a scenic tour aboard the Bennie Alice en route to DVD's, and guest performances on countless recordings. Cabbage Island in Linekin Bay where a succulent feast of Maine lobsters and clams with all the traditional fixins await you. The Original Downeast Clambake of Boothbay Harbor Staying at #1 on the "Hot New Releases" charts for is cooked in seaweed, steamed from top to bottom, covered with tarpaulins and rocks in months, Nelson's latest project "Badass Generation" on order to capture all the flavor and sweetness of fresh Maine lobsters and clams. This authentic meal includes a steaming cup of traditional New England Fish Chowder, two Sony Records still maintains his unmistakable connection luscious bright red lobsters, tender white steamed clams wrapped in foil, sweet golden corn on the cob, onion, and new Maine potatoes. An oven roasted half chicken is a tasty to the Blues, but it also finds the guitarist showing his option for those who do not enjoy lobsters. For dessert, you will love our famous many other musical dimensions fans have come expect Blueberry Cake with hot fresh coffee or iced tea. Cost: $96 per person ($38 clambake, $26 boat ride, $3.07 tax, $28 bus ticket). Depart Waterboro at 10:15am, return to considering him one of music's most respected and Waterboro at 6:15pm. influential contemporary artists...

Mike Hayward’s Blue Lions

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When we began planning for the 1st Annual York County Blues Fest, we reached out to fellow blues lover Mike Rich. Mike’s work can be seen all over downtown Portland and the rest of the country, he’s even received the award from the Portland Phoenix for “Best Graffiti Artist”. We asked him to donate his time and create us a logo, Mike has lengthy history as a long time side man to he said yes without hesitation! You can now buy a Bo Diddley and other luminary blues artists including T shirt with the awesome logo for just $20 and the Roy Buchanan and Cub Coda. Mike is the founder and profits all go to our Park Improvement Fund. To director of some Maine’s finest blues and R&B groups order just give us a call at 247-6166 x115. including the Red Light Revue and currently the Blue Thanks so much Mike, we love it! Lions that play hard hitting Texas delivered with a brass knuckle guitar approach. The Mike Rich Design bands play blues by , T-Bone Walker, Carpenter by Trade Bobby Bland, Johnny Guitar Watson and Guitar Slim. Artist by Heart Check out www.facebook.com/michael.hayward. www.mikerichdesign.com

Bringing Our Park Back to the People Friendship Park was getting weathered and was in need of many repairs. We didn’t want the taxpayers to take on the entire burden of the expense. The solution? Waterboro Rec formed a Park Improvement Fund where many repairs are now being done with funds raised from donations and sponsorships! (Over $12,000 raised so far!) In the last few months we’ve begun completely remodeling the older, larger Snack Shack so we can resume the sale of concessions at our events! We’ve added service windows, a new roof, repaired the walls, installed new plumbing, rewired for 200amp electrical and more! A new spotlight was added to shine on our American Flag and lights are being added to the bandstand. At the little league field we’ve repainted the dugouts inside and out, tended to the field itself and are turning the old, smaller Snack Shack into storage for Shaker Valley Little League. However, it wasn’t just the Rec Department making all this happen. We worked cooperatively with our Department of Public Works, our Maintenance Department, Normand Electric and our biggest thanks to Dave Moreau, owner of ACH Plumbing and Heating who donated his time to redo all the plumbing! Our next big plans are to redo the playground area. Do you want to help too? Buy tickets and T shirts for our Blues Fest, purchase concessions at our new Shack Snack during our events or just send in a donation of any amount! Together, we can bring Friendship Park back to being the family fun and athletic park it used to be… and more!

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Andrew Schoenfeld Diane Gray REALTOR, BROKER

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Well known to the New York and Connecticut blues and jazz music scene as an organist and pianist, Andrew has played with artists such as Benny Wallace, Mike Longo and Chris Morrison. As a longtime associate of Mike Longo, (Dizzy Gillespe’s lifetime keyboardist) Andrew has now both produced, directed and instructed on Mike's heralded video instructional series “The Rhythmic Nature of Jazz". Andrew has been instrumental in integrating the sounds of Be-Bop and blues and has found a way to bring fresh interpretations to the blues classics. Playing a Hammond Organ out of a classic Leslie speaker along with a vintage Fender Rhodes piano, Andrew has the prototypical blues sound combined with a master’s technique. YorkCountyBluesFest.com 17

Present Concerts in the Park Fridays 6:30-8:30pm @ Friendship Park Bandstand. FREE

July 6: Rippleton Cross Acoustic duo playing classic rock with a folky edge East Waterboro * Maine

July 20: Krystian Beal (207) 247-5875 Solo acoustic playing classic and contemporary rock

July 27: Sarah Libby Acoustic guitar & keyboards, contemporary & classic rock

Aug 3: Liz Lannon Band Country

Aug 10: Billy Billy Acoustic Duo. Americana hits from the 60’s, 70’s and more

August 17: TCFB Throwback dance music 20 Sokokis Trail East Waterboro August 24: Family Karaoke Night (207) 247-8000 Bring the kids and have some fun with DJ Captain Scott! Check out the My Hannaford Rewards Program and Save! FMI 247-6166 x115 

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Nathan Michaud

Nathan Michaud is an instrumental guitarist and composer on a quest to bring heartfelt music with substance back to the masses. Inspired by many of the great blues players, his music connects with listeners on an emotional level almost border-lining on spiritual. Over the years Nathan has developed his own unique style of playing, derived from many different genres of music, from Blues & Rock to Classical and Jazz, you just never know what direction his next note may go and that is what will keep you coming back for more! YorkCountyBluesFest.com 15

Deej SG an d y Bluzolog Jeremiah Mason House Bed & Breakfast

Warm hospitality with all the comforts of home…

Deej (aka. Dave Lowe) has fronted several bands throughout his lifetime and then spent over 15 years playing drums before finally switching to lead guitar in 2010 at the age of 50. Deej has always had an 19th Century Elegance “artist/creative” streak which now has infused his unique th and emotional Blues style that developed completely 20 Century Comfort devoid of direct outside influences other than what was in st his head and his heart. 21 Century Convenience Deej also feels it is important to share his message, particularly with the “older” crowd that “It’s NEVER too 40 Main Street, Limerick ME late to do what you love!” His active guitarist presence on Facebook and his guitar group “Massive Blind Jam (207) 793-4858 Project” are just some proof of the truth and importance of Jeremiahmasonhouse.com this message!