CENTRAL PA FRIENDS OF CPFJ Newsletter July/August 2017 #49 FESTIVAL KICKOFF CONCERT - STRAWBERRRY SQUARE, H BG CPFJ Youth Band performs Noon - 1:30 p.m. RIVERBOAT CRUISE - CITY ISLAND, HBG. 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Dave Stah l’s Quintet HARRISBURG MIDTOWN ARTS CENTER - 1100 N. 3rd St., Hbg. PA FIVE BANDS on Three Stages FROM 6PM - 1 AM Dance to the RIVER CITY BIG BAND - DVON CRUSE - NANCY & SPENCER REED & MORE! LECTURE - HERSHEY PUBLIC LIBRARY- 11a.m. JAM SESSION - Mt GRETNA HIDE-A-WAY- 3-6:30pm CONCERT - Mt GRETNA PLAYHOUSE - 7:30pm DELFEAYO MARSALIS JAZZ PICNIC - INDIAN ECHO CAVERNS Hummelstown PA - Five Bands from 1 - 7 pm JOSHUA BREAKSTONE - MARKO MARCINKO CPFJ YOUTH BAND - BEN MAUGER VINTAGE JAZZ BAND ERIN CRUISE W/ STEVE RUDOLPH TRIO & MORE! FALL CONCERT SERIES Sept. 8 DAUPHIN COUNTY JAZZ & WINE FEST JOEY DeFRANCESCO + the PEOPLE and the Jost Project - Fort Hunter Park, Harrisburg Oct. 15 JEREMY DAVENPORT - Live from New Orleans! Ware Center, Lancaster, PA . pg. 2 - Executive Director Letter pg. 9 - CPFJ T-Shirts pg. 3 - Grants & Donors pg. 10 - Festival Advertising & Support Form pg. 4 & 5 Central PA Jazz Festival pg. 11 - CPFJ Youth Band pg. 6 - Steady Gig Calendar pg. 12 - Dauphin County Jazz & Wine Festival pg. 7 - One Time Only Events Calendar pg. 13 - Scranton Jazz Festival - Barry Long CD pg. 8 - Track of the Month & Festival Support Appeal pg. 14 - Festival Ticket Order Form & Tips pg. 9 Ware Center - River City - CPFJ T-Shirts pg. 15 - Membership App. & Concert Ticket Order Form pg. 16, 17, 18 & 19 Central PA Jazz Festival Report The Vibe is published monthly at the Central PA Friends of Jazz, 5721 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg, PA 17112 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT: Central Pennsylvania .. Friends of Jazz I hope you were able to attend the great concert that the Ben Wolfe Trio performed for us during . the Central PA Friends of Jazz Camp. Their tribute to Thelonious Monk’s 100th year with 5721 Jonestown Road young piano giant Victor Gould and veteran NYC drummer Donald Edwards brought rave Harrisburg PA 17112 . reviews as did the Camp’s annual student concert. We had 89 happy campers this year - the TEL: 717-540-1010 most ever! Our thanks to the camp faculty - Paul Bratcher, Jonathan Ragonese, Kirk Reese, Jeff . WEB: Stabley, Steve Varner, Garrett Krohn, Andrew Loose, Cathy Chemi, Jay Umble and our special www.friendsofjazz.org guest Ben Wolfe, for sharing their expertise and mentoring these avidly interested students. EMAIL: More than half of the students had never been to our camp before and we had students from as [email protected] far away as California & Texas. We are also grateful to Bill Stowman and his staff for administering the Camp again this year in the beautiful High Center at Messiah College. Plans Steve Rudolph are already underway to make next year’s camp even better than this edition - please let your Executive Director young musicians know about this rare opportunity to study with master teachers/musicians. Sheila Ross Our thanks to the Olewine Family Trust, who have been loyal supporters of our Camp for many Office Manager years. The founder of the Trust, Ben Olewine, passed away May 30th at the age of 95 and we extend our deepest sympathies to his family, He was a very charitable soul, giving to CPFJ Board of Directors: environmental causes, cancer funds, the Whitaker Center, and many other community charities. He will be profoundly missed by his family and the many others whose lives he touched with his gentle and kind spirit. Dr. William Anderson Be sure to tell your friends to visit our website, to read The ViBE , and check out videos of (Membership) upcoming artists and events - we try to keep the site looking good, interesting, and up to date. Paul Bratcher Also, please like our Facebook Page and share our events - social media is a great way to tell (President) people about CPFJ. Make sure you link to our new Twitter handle as well - @pafriendsofjazz - Richard Ebeling say connected - there’s lots of great music coming your way from CPFJ! (Volunteers) . Dr. Paul Haidet The CPFJ Board has approved an agreement with the Ware Center in Lancaster to co-promote (Newsletter) two concerts annually in their main concert venue, Steinman Hall, and we are thrilled to be Mary Heltzel sharing this great listening space. These events will be part of our Fall & Spring Concert (Marketing ) Series and tickets will be available for our Sponsor, Life & Corporate members, but you will Mark Hunsberger have to reserve tickets through the Ware Center. We will be sending a letter soon to let you know (Treasurer) the details for securing your tickets. All other members will receive discounts on tickets, but will Waverly Parker have to order them through the Ware Center as well. The first Ware event is October 15th and (Secretary) features the wonderful trumpeter and vocalist Jeremy Davenport and his band live from New Connor Rohrer Orleans. Jeremy’s band is in residence at NOLA’s Ritz Carton in a great listening room they (Student Representative) named after him - the Davenport Lounge. On March 25 legendary jazz vocalist Mary Stallings Mark Swartzbaugh will appear at the Ware Center for our second performance in this splendid space. This is an (Marketing) opportunity for us to present great jazz in a beautiful hall and attract new members from the Keith Thomas Lancaster County area. So mark your calendars - October 15, 2017 and March 25, 2018 - and make plans to attend. (Vice President & Concessions) ... Tim Thompson We are really excited about the upcoming 37th Annual Central PA Jazz Festival. Over 100 (Youth Committee) musicians will appear in nine venues performing every style of jazz from Dixie to Swing to Tim Warfield, Jr. BeBop and beyond. We especially look forward to presenting Delfeayo Marsalis at Gretna (Artistic Director) Playhouse and to working with Gretna Music on what will be a very special evening . performance. Please check out the schedule on pages 4 & 5 in this issue and come out for as many events as possible. We again thank Premier Wealth Management (Bob Pugliese & Traci Youth Band Director: Shughart) for their generous grant to help underwrite all of the events at the Festival and Ron Waters Faulkner Subaru for their special underwriting of this year’s Jazz Party. Thanks to their grant . we can present the River City Big Band at the Party in a space that is ideal for swing dancing - the Capital Room at Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center. The Party this year features five groups in The ViBE three venues within HMAC - The Kitchen & Gallery Bar (great food and drinks), Stage on Herr Steve Rudolph - Editor (a black box theater setting with food and drinks available) and the 2nd floor ballroom (there is Sheila Ross - Contributing Editor an elevator) . There is also FREE VALET PARKING for all of our patrons that evening thanks Paul Haidet - Contributing Editor to John Traynor and his able staff. Stay tuned for news of this year’s Fall Concert Series - September 8th at the Dauphin Co. Jazz & Wine Fest, October 15th at the Ware Center in Lancaster, and November 12th at the High Center on Messiah College’s campus. ... As always, we hope you will share some of your time and help us by volunteering - there are many ways you can help the Friends of Jazz - PLEASE CALL! Support JAZZ - .. Thanks to all for your continuing support! the Music of Freedom! . Steve Rudolph, Executive Director, CPFJ 2. 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