• On Nov. 13 (rain date
14th) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rose Tree Park in Media on Route 252, the
Delco Cruisers car club will be hosting a free Car and Bike show to demonstrate
the community’s support to the organizations that aid and sustain our active,
reserve, retired, and disabled veterans.
Military support organizations will benefit from donations collected and will
be distributed on the spot. The Marine Corp League, VFW, etc have all received
funds in the past to support their efforts to maintain our military forces with
all types of assistance before, during and after their service to our country.
Donations will be collected from over 50 different car clubs, individual car
owners, spectators and vendors and donated to agencies that day.
Any groups wishing to participate or show their support please contact Tom
Manning at 610-329-2830.
•Send our troops a little
taste of home for the holidays. Grieco Funeral Homes is participating in the
annual Veterans & Family Memorial Care “Christmas Stockings for Soldiers”
initiative. From now thru Dec. 1 you may stop in to pick-up a free Christmas
stocking to take home, decorate and stuff with Christmas cheer. You will
receive a list of recommended items along with the free stocking. Grieco,
Beeson or Gebhart funeral homes will then ship the stockings at their expense,
to troops abroad in time for Christmas. If you know of a specific platoon who
should receive this gift, please let us know.
To pick up your stocking, please visit in PA, Kuzo & Grieco Funeral home,
250 W. State St. Kennett Square, PA 19348, and in DE, Beeson Funeral Home 2053
Pulaski Highway Newark, DE 19702
or Gebhart Funeral Home 3401 Philadelphia Pike Claymont, DE 19703.
•The Kennett Symphony, under the
direction of guest conductorSalvatore Scarpa,
presents “Ring in the Season” at Kennett HS Auditorium on Saturday, Dec. 4, at
4:30 and 8:00 p.m.
Scarpa leads two holiday performances which include Leroy
Anderson’s “Christmas Festival”, a Centennial Tribute to West Chester composer
Samuel Barber with his Die Natali –Chorale
Préludes for Christmas, a jazzy Nutcracker Suite “à la Ellington”, and other
joys of the season, with the gifted Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus,directed by Kristen
Albert.
The
two performances are at Kennett High School
Auditorium:
A “one-hour” free Family Concert on Saturday,
Dec.4, at 4:30 pm.
A full length ticketed concert on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 8:00 pm.
Familiar
to Kennett Symphony audiences, Scarpa is Director of Orchestras at Rowan
University, where he conducts the University Chamber Orchestra, Community
Orchestra, Opera Company productions, and teaches conducting. He is also
Assistant Conductor of the Pennsylvania Ballet, Music Director/Conductor of Bel
Canto Lyric Opera Company, and Conductor of the Atlantic Brass Band.
For tickets or information, call 610-444-6363 or visitwww.kennettsymphony.org.
Student and group discounts are also available by calling the Symphony office. This
concert is sponsored by Genesis HealthCare.
• Irving Street Blues bring blues, funk and rock music to
Garnet Valley at Darlington Arts Center’s first fall Coffee House of the
2010-11 series Nov. 19, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. This quartet has been playing
throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland for 5 years, recently winning
the 2009 "Billtown Blues Challenge" Festival Audition at the
International Blues Challenge. Darlington’s Coffee Houses start with an open
mic for amateurs and students at 7:30 p.m. followed by the featured performers
from 8 to 9:30 p.m. A $10 ticket gets you an evening of live music,
beverages and dessert in an informal setting with great company.
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