Heidi Dallin shares a reminder about the free spectacle July 28, 2023 and a message from Cape Ann Symphony:
“We’re constantly being asked: How did pops concerts begin and why are they called Pops?
According to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Henry Lee Higginson founder of the BSO, proposed a new series of concerts which would “re-create the ambiance of summer evenings in Viennese concert gardens.” Such a series also would provide summer employment for the members of the Boston Symphony, who at that time, had to search for other work over the non-BSO season.
They began as the “Promenade Concerts,” soon became known as “Popular Concerts,” which became “Pops,” with the name officially adopted in 1900. The whole point being to bring to audiences shorter, well known, pieces from the normal classical repertoire together with new popular music of the current age. They are concerts that invariably leave the audience with huge smiles as they exit the concert venue.
On Friday, July 28 at 8pm Yoichi Udagawa and some 70 musicians of the Cape Ann Symphony will continue the tradition, playing outdoors to several thousand folks celebrating Gloucester’s 400th at fabulous Stage Fort Park.
They’ll be on a stage in right field of the ball field left of the large tree and playing shorter pieces by traditional composers such as Tchaikovsky, Copland, Rossini, and hugely popular current musicians including Williams, Anderson and Gloucester’s own Rob Bradshaw.
An audience of thousands is expected to fill the ball park and grass all the way up to the gazebo.
We expect thousands because
It’s so much fun! And it’s free!
For full information, including free parking instructions, please click the POPS INFORMATION button.
For this Marquee Gloucester 400+ celebration event of the year: Pack a picnic dinner, bring a lawn chair, your family and friends to Gloucester’s Stage Fort Park for a spectacular evening of pops music from the professional musicians of the Cape Ann Symphony.
Save the date, share, and see you there!”
Cape Ann Symphony
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My name is Zaak Beekman, I am a long time Annisquamer, member of the AYC and current president of the US WASZP Class Association–the organization responsible for arranging regattas in the United States and North America for the exciting one-design foiling sailboat, the WASZP. This exciting young class is the feeder program for SAIL GP and the AMERICAS CUP. While it’s not in Gloucester, I thought your readers may be interested in this upcoming event since it is not too far away on the North Shore. Some may want to participate, and some might want to make the trip by boat to spectate.
On August 3, 4, 5, and 6 we will be holding the 2023 WASZP North American Championship regatta in Swampscott MA on Nahant Bay. (Wind and weather permitting.) The event is hosted by the Swampscott Yacht Club, with the Eastern Yacht Club providing the Race Committee.
Gloucester locals have the opportunity to experience foiling close to home in the following ways:
2. If you are even more adventurous and have the appropriate experience, then you can charter a WASZP, attend the pre-regatta clinic and attend the regatta while getting coaching for July 31 to August 6. Sign up at https://wecanfoil.org/event/waszp-pre-north-americans-clinic/#tribe-tickets . Prices are marked in Canadian Dollars. Please note that charter availability is limited, and that you should have ILCA/Laser and/or 29er, or comparable experience.
This week will be the Third Annual Teddy Bear’s Picnic concert, featuring music the younger members of the audience may recognize. Similar to last year we will open with the National Anthem, followed by several selections from the Gloucester Student Band under the direction of Jamie Klopotoski. Both bands will jointly perform Baby Shark.
Our program is below.
Piece
Composer/Arranger
National Anthem
Henry Fillmore
Gloucester Student Band
Mrs. Jamie Klopotoski
Let’s Go Band
Avengers Theme
The song formerly known as Tequila
Star Wars
Baby Shark
Arr. Jay Bocook
Captain America March
Alan Silvestri, Arr. Michael Brown
Aladdin (Medley)
arr. Paul Jennings
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Leroy Anderson & Jason Scott
Encanto, Selections From
Lin-Manuel Miranda, arr. Paul Murtha
What’s Up at the Symphony
Jerry Brubaker
Bari, Bari Good
Mrs. Jamie Klopotoski
Up! (selections from)
arr. Michael Brown
How to Train Your Dragon
Sean O’Loughlin
Colors of the Wind
Alan Menken/Paul Lavender
Teddy Bear’s Picnic
John W. Bratton
The Bare Necessities
arr. Paul Murtha
Beauty & the Beast
Alan Menken/arr. Jay Bocook
Frozen, Symphonic Highlights
arr. Stephen Bulla
The Addams Family (Theme)
Vic Mizzy, arr. Johnnie Vinson
God Bless America
Irving Berlin/ Arr. John Edmondson
Children under 12 with a teddy bear or favorite stuffed animal will get a free box of popcorn.
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My friend Bob McLeod will be sharing the artwork he’s created during his remarkable 50+ year career and doing a demo at the Cultural Center At Rocky Neck on Monday, August 7, from 7-8 p.m. Register on Eventbrite, kids 16 and under are free! His talent will amaze you!
on July 23rd, 2023, for a fun evening cruise and whale watch excursion. A DJ will be playing so you can enjoy some music and dancing, conversation, food (which you provide), and cocktails and beverages from the galley.
Food will not be provided this year, but you can bring your own or make arrangements with Debbie (debfrontierro@gmail.com) to purchase something through a local vendor. All liquor must be purchased on the boat and cannot be brought on board. The cruise will leave the dock at 6:30 pm and r.eturn at 9:30 pm
We want everyone to come, so if this is financially too difficult, please contact Debbie to inquire about scholarship tickets that may be available.
Link to purchase tickets
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Not going to lie, we are devastated in any and every way parents can be. It has been since March 7 th since Greer has been on dialysis now for 11 hours every night. We continue to HOPE for a living kidney donor to come forward.If anyone has any further connections to do a follow up story, a new story, interview, podcast, newsletters, anything to spread the word not only to help Greer but create awareness. This is my latest Facebook post regarding our son Greer Viau. Thanks, Donna J Viau
Maybe you don’t know him, never met him….he is so good, so kind, so persnickety, so smart, quirky and fascinating, so inquisitive, so fun, thoughtful and thought provoking. When I hang with my son’s I am in continual awe we were so blessed with two incredible young men, these sons of ours. Bob is beyond devoted. People think about a legacy…what did they do in life or with their life…we got this family of four and the gift of parenting these 2 men Greer & Dylan.
Now one of our gifts, Greer is sick. The kind of sick that an aspirin, a mother’s doting attention, warm ginger ale, cool clothe on the forehead won’t help.
Life threatening illnesses are any parents nightmare….waiting, hoping, the right doctor, the right hospital, the right treatment, the living donor coming, the pain, the hours connected to machines to keep him alive, the WAIT, the HOPE for a LIVING KIDNEY DONOR to Save his Life so he can HAVE A LIFE. It is all totally surreal….agonizing and consuming….each day we go on with NOTHING BUT THAT HOPE to hold on to. We are past the Why of it all and cling to the Hope. Could you Be the HOPE.
Potential Donors can learn so much from Rock 1 Kidney
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We decided to celebrate Margarita Monday by stopping at The Farm Bar and Grill on Western Ave in Essex. They offered the perfect choice: Farmarita! Many establishments are closed on Mondays so it can get tricky to find a new place for our Margarita Mondays, but this was an excellent decision. I had a burger and Jim ordered the steak and cheese egg rolls. It was a relaxing respite with friendly staff and customers. We’ll be back sooner than later!
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SAWYER FREE LIBRARYwill welcomeWILLIAM SCHULZ – international human rights leader and local author – for a discussion of his latest book,REVERSING THE RIVERS: A MEMOIR OF HISTORY, HOPE, AND HUMAN RIGHTSonThursday, July 20 at 6:30 p.m. The free event will be at the Sawyer Free Library at21 Main Street in downtown Gloucester. Register HERE.
From 1994 to 2006, William F. Schulz headed Amnesty International USA, during which he and the organization confronted some of the greatest challenges to human rights. Dr. Schulz led missions to Liberia, Tunisia, Northern Ireland, and Sudan. He also traveled tens of thousands of miles in the United States promoting human rights causes and was frequently quoted in the media.
His latest book,Reversing the Rivers: A Memoir of History, Hope and Human Rights,from Penn Press, recounts his years as head of Amnesty International through poignant stories combined…
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