THE BLACK BOX Summer Concert Series continues with The Love Dogs,
featuring rockin’ rhythm and blues, on Saturday, August 12 at 8 p.m.
With barrelhouse boogie-woogie piano, stinging Fender guitar, and a
red-hot horn section of trombone and alto, tenor and baritone saxes, The
Love Dogs also showcases a swinging rhythm section that Blues Review
magazine called “the best in the business” and a charismatic front man
with one of the biggest blues voices around.
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| The Love Dogs |
Based
out of Boston, the septet recently celebrated its 20th year. Combining
elements of jump blues, New Orleans R&B, and early rock ‘n’ roll,
The Love Dogs have played juke joints, festivals and concert halls
across the U.S. and Canada and on both sides of the Atlantic. They’ve
released four CDs. Many of the cuts have been blues radio favorites and
several of the Dogs’ signature original songs have been used in feature
films and on television. The New York Post says, “Even though the music
could make Leonardo’s David dance, it’s the songwriting that separates
these dogs from the rest of the pack.” Voted “Best New England Band” by
Blues Audience magazine, The Love Dogs is part Rat Pack party, part 20th
century musical encyclopedia, and part revival meeting.
The
band’s lineup, featuring some of the Northeast’s best players, consists
of Eddie “Duato” Scheer (lead vocals), Alizon Lissance (keyboards,
vocals), Myanna (alto/tenor sax, vocals), Glenn Shambroom (guitar,
baritone sax), Randy Bramwell (bass, vocals), Steve Brown (drums,
vocals), Mario Perrett (tenor sax, vocals), and Mark Paquin (tenor sax,
trombone).
THE
BLACK BOX, the home of the Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC), is
located at 15 West Central Street. Tickets to THE BLACK BOX Summer
Concert Series events are $20 for adults and $15 for students and
seniors. A cash bar is available. For more information or to purchase
tickets, call (508) 528-3370 or visit www.THEBLACKBOXonline.com.
THE BLACK BOX Summer Concert Series continues with The Love Dogs,
featuring rockin’ rhythm and blues, on Saturday, August 12 at 8 p.m.
With barrelhouse boogie-woogie piano, stinging Fender guitar, and a
red-hot horn section of trombone and alto, tenor and baritone saxes, The
Love Dogs also showcases a swinging rhythm section that Blues Review
magazine called “the best in the business” and a charismatic front man
with one of the biggest blues voices around.
|
| The Love Dogs |
Based
out of Boston, the septet recently celebrated its 20th year. Combining
elements of jump blues, New Orleans R&B, and early rock ‘n’ roll,
The Love Dogs have played juke joints, festivals and concert halls
across the U.S. and Canada and on both sides of the Atlantic. They’ve
released four CDs. Many of the cuts have been blues radio favorites and
several of the Dogs’ signature original songs have been used in feature
films and on television. The New York Post says, “Even though the music
could make Leonardo’s David dance, it’s the songwriting that separates
these dogs from the rest of the pack.” Voted “Best New England Band” by
Blues Audience magazine, The Love Dogs is part Rat Pack party, part 20th
century musical encyclopedia, and part revival meeting.
The
band’s lineup, featuring some of the Northeast’s best players, consists
of Eddie “Duato” Scheer (lead vocals), Alizon Lissance (keyboards,
vocals), Myanna (alto/tenor sax, vocals), Glenn Shambroom (guitar,
baritone sax), Randy Bramwell (bass, vocals), Steve Brown (drums,
vocals), Mario Perrett (tenor sax, vocals), and Mark Paquin (tenor sax,
trombone).
THE
BLACK BOX, the home of the Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC), is
located at 15 West Central Street. Tickets to THE BLACK BOX Summer
Concert Series events are $20 for adults and $15 for students and
seniors. A cash bar is available. For more information or to purchase
tickets, call (508) 528-3370 or visit www.THEBLACKBOXonline.com.
THE BLACK BOX, downtown Franklin’s theater, music, and event venue, continues its second annual Summer Concert Series with two August music events featuring the Mark Poniatowski Situation and The Love Dogs.
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| Mark Poniatowski |
The Mark Poniatowski Situation headlines a BLACK BOX Jazz concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, August 4. Led by bassist, composer and arranger Mark Poniatowski, the Situation also features Walter Platt on trumpet, Jon Garniss on trombone, Kenny Hadley on drums, Mark Shilansky on piano and Dino Govoni on saxophone. The Mark Poniatowski Situation released a self-titled CD of jazz instrumentals composed and arranged by Poniatowski in 2010.
An associate professor in the Contemporary Writing and Production department at Berklee College of Music, Mark Poniatowski has performed with artists including the Bruce Katz Band, Toni Lynn Washington Band, Kenny Hadley Big Band, Soul Kitchen, Floyd Dixon, Sid Caesar, Rita Moreno, Bob Newhart, Junior Watson, Janiva Magness and Kid Ramos. Among his performances throughout the US and Europe are the Boston Globe Jazz Festival, Manchester Jazz and Blues Festival, Boston Blues Festival, The River Festival, and The Natt Jazz Festival in Norway. Recordings include Two Sides with Joe Bargar and the Soul Providers, Mississippi Moan with the Bruce Katz Band, and The George Carlin Show soundtrack.
THE BLACK BOX Summer Concert Series continues with The Love Dogs, featuring rockin’ rhythm and blues, on Saturday, August 12 at 8 p.m. With barrelhouse boogie-woogie piano, stinging Fender guitar, and a red-hot horn section of trombone and alto, tenor and baritone saxes, The Love Dogs also showcases a swinging rhythm section that Blues Review magazine called “the best in the business” and a charismatic front man with one of the biggest blues voices around.
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| The Love Dogs |
Based out of Boston, the septet recently celebrated its 20th year. Combining elements of jump blues, New Orleans R&B, and early rock ‘n’ roll, The Love Dogs have played juke joints, festivals and concert halls across the U.S. and Canada and on both sides of the Atlantic. They’ve released four CDs. Many of the cuts have been blues radio favorites and several of the Dogs’ signature original songs have been used in feature films and on television. The New York Post says, “Even though the music could make Leonardo’s David dance, it’s the songwriting that separates these dogs from the rest of the pack.” Voted “Best New England Band” by Blues Audience magazine, The Love Dogs is part Rat Pack party, part 20th century musical encyclopedia, and part revival meeting.
The band’s lineup, featuring some of the Northeast’s best players, consists of Eddie “Duato” Scheer (lead vocals), Alizon Lissance (keyboards, vocals), Myanna (alto/tenor sax, vocals), Glenn Shambroom (guitar, baritone sax), Randy Bramwell (bass, vocals), Steve Brown (drums, vocals), Mario Perrett (tenor sax, vocals), and Mark Paquin (tenor sax, trombone).
THE BLACK BOX, the home of the Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC), is located at 15 West Central Street. Tickets to THE BLACK BOX Summer Concert Series events are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. A cash bar is available. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (508) 528-3370 or visit www.THEBLACKBOXonline.com.
Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) announces a summer session of theater programs, ballet intensives and one-week creative camps, along with voice, instrumental and dance classes. The summer session runs from June 26 to August 22, with registration beginning March 6.
FSPA Summer Theater provides the opportunity for hands-on immersion in a Broadway Boot Camp, cabaret show, play or musical theater production, with enrollment for one to five weeks. The Cabaret week (July 17-21) focuses on repertoire choices, song interpretation and presentation, and concludes with a cabaret style revue at THE BLACK BOX theater in downtown Franklin. The three-day Broadway Boot Camp (July 24-26) brings Broadway headliners to FSPA for song and dance master classes and coaching on individual performance skills. A weeklong drama program (August 14-18) presents a straight play, while a two-week musical theater program (July 31-August 11) stages a major book musical at THE BLACK BOX.
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| FSPA |
Summer Ballet Intensives feature a final showing at THE BLACK BOX, along with extracurricular classes in Alexander Technique, nutrition and injury prevention. The four-week Intermediate/Advanced Intensive (July 3-28) and three-week Young Intensive (July 10-28) provide training in classical ballet technique, pre-pointe/pointe, modern, dance history and character dance, with partnering, variations and choreography offered at the advanced level.
Among FSPA’s weeklong performing arts camps, Broadway Camp (grades K-5) teaches vocals, choreography and scene work, with a chance to showcase skills in a final ensemble performance. Acting Camp (grades K-4 and 5-7) explores character development and improvisation. Camp ProVoice (ages 7-9 and 10-13) focuses on individual performance skills with music from Broadway, movies and TV musicals, as well as pop and rock hits, culminating in a performance of solos, duets and small ensembles. Jazz and Tap Camp (grades 4-7) combines age- and level-appropriate dance with a creative summer experience. For young beginner dancers, Dance Discovery (ages 5-9) teaches basic dance vocabulary and positions, floor exercises and simple steps, with a focus on musicality and rhythm. Creative Kids Camp engages and entertains campers ages 5-8 with drama games, theater activities, singing, dancing and crafts. The youngest campers, ages 3-5, are invited to the summer Little Music School Experience with FSPA’s Little Music School Director, Kim Rezendes.
For summer registration, call FSPA at (508) 528-8668. For further information, including a summer session brochure with full program descriptions, dates, faculty, and tuition, call or visit online at www.FSPAonline.com.
