Section B June 5, 2014 Rappahannock Record www.rrecord.com Kilmarnock, VA LocalLife %NTERTAINMENTs0EOPLEs#ALENDARS Kekoka Music AREA Festival will Playwright’s daughters EVENTS open Friday ■*MFIVKYMPH Lancaster bands Mercy Creek and to attend upcoming show The Five Rivers Fiber Guild will hold James Justin & Co. will perform at its monthly meeting from 10 a.m. to the Kekoka Music Festival Friday and he Kids Left. The Dog 2 p.m. June 9 at the Wicomico Parish Saturday, June 6 and 7, at the YMCA “TDied. Now What?” by Church Center, 5191 Jessie duPont Camp Kekoka, 1083 Boys Camp Road, Carole Caplan Lonner will open Memorial Highway, Wicomico Church. Kilmarnock. June 12 at The Lancaster Play- The topic this month will be “Presen- The music begins at 8 p.m. Friday and house, 361 Chesapeake Drive, tations from Study Groups,” followed continues to 10:50 p.m. Music resumes White Stone. by the annual year-end pot luck lun- on Saturday from 2 to 10:45 p.m. The musical comedy will con- cheon. Regular meetings will resume Mercy Creek performs original music tinue June 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 27 in September and will be announced. they call aggressive folk rock. Singer/ and 28. Doors will open at 7 p.m. guitarist Cheryl Nystrom and song writ- and the show will start at 8 p.m. ■*MVWX*VMHE] ing partner/drummer Jim Ball combine The June 13 and 27 shows and a The Rappahannock Art league will elements of modern folk, world beat, matinee June 29 are sold out. host a First Friday Reception from 5 to rock and hints of blues and bluegrass, Admission is $20 per person. 7 p.m. June 6 at the Studio Gallery, 19 said camp director Cassie Leichty. For reservations, call 435-3776, North Main Street, Kilmarnock. The James Justin Burke grew up with the or email office@lancasterplayers. reception will showcase the Patron’s sounds of his mother’s church choir and org. Gala Art Show coming June 29. his father’s classic rock records, said The play takes a humorous and The public is invited to mingle Leichty. Joining Burke are two long-time heartfelt look at the day-to-day with the artists, view the artwork and collaborators and childhood friends. concerns of over-50 ‘empty- purchase tickets ($100) to the gala. Bailey Horsley rocks the banjo and har- nesters’ including everything from Refreshments will be available. monica, while Tom Propst offers both his retirement and AARP to dating, *VSQPIJXEVI2ERG]&IVRWXIMR'EVSPI'ETPER0SRRIVERH.ERI3GL steady upright bass lines and the third in divorce, plastic surgery and ■*SSHEHZSGEXI a trio of vocal harmonies. grand-parenting, said volunteer The Northern Neck Food Bank will “Both Mercy Creek and James Justin Emily May. The risks and uncer- wright’s daughters and grandchil- The musical premiered at the sponsor a community conversation with and Company are favorites at the fes- tainties of being alive come alive dren will be coming from Chicago New York Musical Theatre Festi- Mark Winne from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thurs- tival each year,” said Leichty “Each through song and scene. Aging and New York. val in 2007. day, June 5, at the Trinity Episcopal group makes you want to dance and sing gracefully is the final frontier. “It is a truly rare occurrence The Lancaster Players’ produc- Church Pavilion, 8484 Mary Ball Road, along.” In honor of their mother, play- that the playwright’s family will tion will be directed by Donna Lancaster. Winne is an award-winning Tickets are $35 for adults, $15 for stu- wright Carole Caplan Lonner, attend a show,” said May. “The Smith. The cast includes Robin author and founder of several food dents and free for children younger than daughters Jane Och and Nancy Lancaster Players will be thrilled Blake, Ray Britt, Scott Colston, policy organizations across the U.S. age 12. Purchase tickets at kekokamu- Bernstein will attend one of the to have them here in White Beverly Hammond, Susan Robert- The event will include farm-fresh sicfesitval.org, or call 435-3616. performances, said May. The play- Stone,” said May. son and Darlene Stibel. appetizers, and copies of Winne’s books Festival proceeds benefit Camp Keko- will be available for sale and signing. ka’s Guardian program, which funds scholarships for kids at the Peninsula ■1EVKEVMXEZMPPI Metropolitan YMCA’s only residential Flip-flops and Hawaiian shirts will camp, serving children ages 9 to 15. be the order of the day at the Morattico Festival attendees may come by land Waterfront Museum’s own version of or sea (free dinghy docking), rain or Margaritaville, featuring music by the shine, and cabin rental and tent camping Salty Dawgs with Faith. The event will are available on site. Food and beverages be held from 5 to 8 p.m. June 7 at the (alcoholic and non) will be available for museum’s James A. Vick Pavilion, 6584 purchase. Attendees may bring in out- Morattico Road, Morattico. side food and beverages, except for glass Admission is $25 for adults and containers. $12 for children ages 6-12. For tickets, The festival is sponsored in part by the contact Linda Beck at 462-6248, or Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts. [email protected]. /IOSOE7GLIHYPI ■4LSXSKVETL]I\LMFMX Friday, June 6 “Photographs Without Pixels—A 8-9:15 p.m. Jennifer Knapp *VSQPIJXEVI JVSRXVS[ /IRR]*PIWXIV'IPIWXI+EXIW*PS]H+VMJ½XL*VIH4EYPERH&VIRRER'SVRIPMYW Retrospective of Gelatin Silver Images 9:35-10:50 p.m. Mercy Creek RI\X VS[ 6SFFMI 7TMIVW &VMXXER] 'SVRIPMYW +PIR &YVXRIV 4LMPPMT ,YQTLVI]W ERH &EVFEVE /ELPIV by Charles Albert Huckins,” will be Saturday, June 7 RI\XVS[ /IMXL1MPPIV7Y^]'YXLFIVXWSRERH(EZMH,YQTLVI]W featured June 2-29 in the Gallery Hall, 2-3 p.m. Julie Clark Rappahannock Westminster-Canter- 3:20-4:35 p.m. MSG bury, 132 Lancaster Drive, Irvington. 4:55-6:15 p.m. James Justin & Co. 6:35-7:50 p.m. Seryn Northern Neck Big Band prepares ■1YWMGF]XLI6MZIV 8:10-9:10 p.m. Jennifer Knapp The Music by the River concert series 9:30-10:45 p.m. Tony Lucca at Belle Isle State Park, 1632 Belle Isle for Friday’s Jazz Showcase at LMS Road, Lancaster, continues June 14 with Mural art Stuck on a Name and June 21 with Members of the Northern Neck Big Band are prepar- we also try to do some things that people wouldn’t hear us Woodshed Conspiracy. ing for their part in the second annual Lancaster County do at a typical big band dance,” said director Kenny Fles- The free concerts are slated from 6 to 8 compliments Jazz Showcase. The program will consist of a variety of ter. “We’ve had a lot of fun getting these songs ready, and p.m. in the picnic area. A $4 per car park- music, including the music of Glen Miller, Horace Silver except for one song, we’ve never performed any of these ing fee is payable at the park entrance. Montross and Robert Johnson. before, so I think the audience will have a great time.” The concert, which also includes the Lancaster Middle The Northern Neck Big Band has been around for a ■:MI[TSMRXW revitalization; and High School Jazz Bands, will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, very long time, under the direction of several local musi- Former White House photographer June 6, at the LMS Theater, 191 School Street, Kilmar- cians, including Brainard Edmonds, Norwood McCarty Michael Geissinger, originally scheduled nock. and Glen Burtner. to lead off Rappahannock Westminster- reception Admission is $5. Proceeds will go to the Lancaster “My grandfather, Buster Flester, actually played in this Canterbury’s 2014 Viewpoints series, Band Boosters. band many years ago, so it’s an honor for me to be a part will conclude the series on June 23. The planned Friday “While we always include traditional swing-era music, of it now,” said Flester. presentation will begin at 11 a.m. in the auditorium at RW-C, 132 Lancaster The Greater Montross Partnership for Drive, Irvington. Revitalization in conjunction with the Attendees are invited to remain after Montross revitalization steering com- On Stage tickets on sale for 2014-15 the presentation for a complimentary mittee recently announced an evening of buffet lunch. Reservations are required. mural art featuring award-winning artists The Rappahannock Foundation Call 438-4000 on or after June 9. Melanie Stimmell and Anat Ronen from for the Arts recently announced 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 6. tickets have gone on sale for the ■6ITYFPMGER[SQIR In addition to the First Friday Mon- 21st season of On Stage. All shows The Mary Ball Washington Republi- tross Art Walk, Stimmell, from Califor- will be staged at the Lancaster can Women’s Club will hold a summer nia, and Ronan, from Houston, Texas, Middle School Theater, 191 School open house at 4 p.m. June 11 at the home have been commissioned to paint three Street, Kilmarnock. of president Helen Frudenstine in Lotts- large-scale murals in Montross, said The 2014-15 series will open at burg. For directions, call 529-6420. committee chairman Holly Harman. 3 p.m. September 7 with a con- She invites women interested in learn- In keeping with the revitalization cert by The Seldom Scene, Wash- ing about the club to join in the festivi- theme of “return to the village,” murals ington, D.C.’s, most popular blue- ties, including a covered dish dinner. will be painted on the side of Bridget’s grass band, reported vice president Club members promise to keep the busi- Boutique (15’x17’), Carrot Cottage for external communications Julie ness meeting short and to the point.