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LobstahCrackah Ballet starts tonight~December 27, 2012
It’s the second year of Henry Allen’s popular LobstahCrackah Ballet! Come join a cast of characters that include the LobstahCrackah Prince and the Gull King, Uncle Drawsumbuttah, Mothah Chowdah and more, as we “spin” a Glostah-fied tale of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker!
Dancing turbines? We got ’em!
Showtimes as follows:
Thursday 12/27 – 7:30pm
Friday 12/28 – 7:30pm
Saturday 12/29 – 2pm and 7:30pm
Sunday 12/30 – 2pm
Tickets for the LobstahCrackah Ballet can be purchased online at: https://www.artful.ly/store/events/665
Suggested donations (online or at the door):
General Admission – $20.00
Seniors, Veterans, Students – $15.00
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Lobsta Crackah Ballet Stahts Tumawrah
This weekend at The American Legion, 8 Washington Street
Thursday- Sat 7:30pm
Sat & Sun 2:00pm
(Will extend run if public demands)
Tix: Suggested donation $15 Seniors/Students/Veterans
$20 General admission
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Music Around Town ~ December 26- 30, 2012
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Wednesdays at The Rhumb Line with Fly Amero.
Surf & Turf Specials!
Wednesdays Only!Hello everyone!
Wednesday, December 26th
Special Guest: ME!
That’s right. Tonight’s special guest is me, Fly Amero. Every
once in a while I like to go solo and play the whole night
straight through – no breaks. That’ll be the case tonight.
Hope to see you there in that warm & fuzzy, post Christmas
mood of yours. BTW – I didn’t want to barge in on anyone’s
holiday with my usual Rhumb line blast, so I waited until
today. Love you guys ~ Fly
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Surf & Turf Dinner – $11.95 (while they last)
Tenderloin Tips with Grilled Garlic Shrimp!
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Upcoming…
Jan. 2: Marina Evans
Jan. 9: Charlee Bianchini
Looking forward…
…to seeing you there! 🙂 ~ Fly
once in a while I like to go solo and play the whole night
straight through – no breaks. That’ll be the case tonight.
Hope to see you there in that warm & fuzzy, post Christmas
mood of yours. BTW – I didn’t want to barge in on anyone’s
holiday with my usual Rhumb line blast, so I waited until
today. Love you guys ~ Fly
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Surf & Turf Dinner – $11.95 (while they last)
Tenderloin Tips with Grilled Garlic Shrimp!
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Upcoming…
Jan. 2: Marina Evans
Jan. 9: Charlee Bianchini
Looking forward…
…to seeing you there! 🙂 ~ Fly
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A Guitar Players’ Christmas Poem For GMG From Jon Butcher
Hi Joey,
I humbly offer for your review this Christmas wish for my dear friends in Gloucester. Disclaimer; as you’ll discover the legacy of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is still intact and need fear nothing from me as a poet- and I won’t be quitting my day job either !
Anyway Merry Christmas to you, your family and to everyone at GoodMorning Gloucester !
Sincerely, Jon Butcher
Butcher Block Music Publishing/ BMI
A Guitar Players’ Christmas Poem
by Jon Butcher
Time is short
so I’ll say it simply-
Remember when we were young
all fresh-faced and pimply ?
Days were forever
possibilities limitless
We believed in stuff
even Old St Nicholas
Now we have houses
and kids of our own
mortgages and utilities
at least one iPhone
But the special times
the memories we hold
Keep us young at heart
the best remedy for feeling old
So I offer this wish
at the same time each year
Hold on to your dreams
and be of good cheer
If Wishes were Fishes
they’d swim in the Deep
Merry Christmas to All-
now let’s all get some sleep.
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P&V’s LOL #6: Multitasking isn’t
Multitasking isn’t. Isn’t what? Isn’t Multi. Not really. Just when we thought we were more efficient, science rears its ugly head and proves us wrong. Google multitasking and you’ll see most of the results busting the myth of multitasking — many even saying it’s bad for our brains (see an example here). YIKES!
You can still walk and chew gum at the same time. That won’t fry your brain. You can even drive and listen to the radio or sing or talk to the passenger at the same time. But “switching tasks”, according to this article, isn’t just bad for your brain, it can even threaten your “basic health.” Looks like interest rates are about to change (click here if you’re wondering about that).
Our new phones have a new feature they’re trying to sell us. It transcribes voice-mails to text so you can read them on your phone. So I ask Vickie, why would I want that? It’s so much easier to listen to my voice mail. I don’t have to fumble for my glasses. I can listen in the car … Well, you can read them in a meeting, she replies.
Really? Seems to me that if I’m in a meeting where I can read my voice-mail, I’m in the wrong meeting. Turns out, Google agrees. According to this article in Forbes, Google banned laptops at meetings and guess what? People who had more important stuff to do just left the meeting. Brilliant!
Here’s a fun experiment — proof that multitasking isn’t. Watch the video below while doing something else, like talking on the phone, or answering emails or reading transcribed voice-mails. I’ll bet you won’t laugh. Now stop everything else and watch. It’s hysterical!
In the spirit of trying to quit (multitasking, that is) we’re gonna do you a favor and not post anything tomorrow (sorry, Joey). You won’t be tempted to read our post while sitting in church or opening presents or eating Christmas dinner. Nope. You’ve got a multitasking free day. Enjoy it, and imagine how clear your head will feel and how wonderful life will be once you’ve quit for good.
Then try this on Wednesday. Go to one of Gloucester’s excellent music venues (see live music lineup here) and actually listen to the music (eat & drink if you like, but don’t talk). You’ll get why we keep telling you Gloucester has top talent and a burgeoning music scene.
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I wish I could fly
I wish I could fly. That’s the title of a gorgeous Christmas song by Fly Amero & Allen Estes (Fly gets top billing — it’s not called I wish I could Allen).
You can hear this song on Aurelia Nelson’s show Curtain Up on North Shore 104.9 FM Tomorrow (Sunday, Dec 23) at 9am. You’ll also hear a beauty by Aaron Neville. If you were lucky, you saw Aaron Neville at North Shore Music Theatre in August with Henri Smith opening.
And tonight you’ve got excellent live music choices in all four Cape Ann towns. See the live music lineup here.
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Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket ~ Tonight ~ MinglewoodAtLat43 ~ 9:00 pm
http://www.bigoldirtybucket.com/
Big Band big sound……..It’s not that often the Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket comes to town. Treat yourself to a real funkadelic kind of night. Be prepared to dance cause you wont be able to sit still.
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Get a fresh start on Saturday after the world ends tomorrow
We’ve been hearing so much about tomorrow’s end of the world that we figured today is a good time to consider a fresh start–after the world ends tomorrow. Funny, the Mayan’s don’t think the world will end tomorrow. But that hasn’t stopped crazies around the world from fearing 12/21/12. According to this article, the Mayans will “mark the new calendar with prayer and traditional ceremonies.”
So perhaps we should too. After all, it is the winter solstice, a time when people of all traditions look to the return of the light — both physically (days will start getting longer on Saturday) and spiritually. A good time to open Pandora’s box back up and grab the hope that still lies at the bottom.
Here’s a hopeful view of the world as sung by the great Louis Armstrong.
You wouldn’t think of this song as controversial, would you? But it was when it was released in 1967, because of it’s subtle, anti-racist tone, mostly due to this stanza:
The colors of the rainbow
so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
of people going by
ABC Records refused to promote it, so it sold fewer than 1000 copies in the U.S., while becoming a huge #1 hit in the U.K. Of course, it’s a standard now and was performed beautifully by Gloucester’s youngest rock star, Snoop Maddie Mad this past June:
So much for the genius of record labels.
No major label artists in town this weekend, but who cares? Check out Gloucester’s major talent (see complete live music schedule here) and get ready to party like it’s the end of the world!
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Tonight~Dave Sag’s Blues Party~Cheryl Arena~The Rhumb Line~9:00 pm.
Dave says,
Ah, the holidaze are here and So am I, and, being the musical Santa who’s ready to stuff your tympanic stocking with myriad treats and feats of joy. So, listen up: this Thursday at the Rummie let’s welcome back the honking harpist of Houston, Ms. Cheryl Arena. She ventures forth to these parts bi-annually from a secret base under the Rio Grande to thrill you with her fab vocals and stinging harmonica sorties. It’s always a blast.
She’ll be backed up by the one and only Billy “Blitzkrieg” Loosigian, one of my favorite Glitarists, the man with the golden fingernails. This cat knows all the chords. Paying attention behind piles of sandbags and keyboard amps will be one of my oldest friends, Mr. Paul “Chopsaw” Foss, just down from Bangor, Me. to visit the DaveSag Museum of Psychic Shocks and hotdog stand. Systolic pressure will be applied by that Irish Ace of Pace: Mr. Benny Benson. Bring your codpiece!
http://us.myspace.com/cherylarena
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Love Christmas music or not, lots of great live music choices in Gloucester tonight
Those of you who like Christmas music are in luck tonight. Fly Amero is signing Christmas songs with his brother J.B. and Allen Estes at the Rhumbline tonight starting at 8pm.
Then catch the Local Music Seen with Allen Estes 2011 Christmas Special at 11pm on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 (originally aired last year) featuring Dan King, Daisy Nell & Capt. Stan, Ann Marie, Bradley Royds, Inge Berge, Chelsea Berry, Dave Sag, Courtney Reid and Allen’s son Dylan Estes. Here’s a video of many of the performers singing Santa Claus is Coming to Town. (see more air times here)
Of course, there’s lots of other excellent music in town (not necessarily Christmas — see full schedule here), including Dennis Monagle with Marina Evans, Joe Cardoza and Dave Brown at Minglewood Tavern starting at 9pm.
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St. Ann School Christmas Concert
All are welcome to join us for our annual
St. Ann School Christmas Concert!
It will be held on Thursday, December 20 at 1:00 pm in St. Ann Church
(60 Prospect St. in Gloucester).
The children have been working very hard to prepare for this year’s concert, which includes many traditional Christmas carols.
We hope to see you there!
Thank you,
Michele Butler, Principal of St. Ann School
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Wednesdays with Fly Amero @ The Rhumb Line
Wednesdays Only!
Hello everyone!
Wednesday, December 19th
Christmas Songs…
with Special Guests: J.B. AMERO, Allen Estes & Friends!
Everyone joins in for a festive holiday night at the Rhumb Line this week. It’s gonna be me, J.B., Allen, and all who wish
to sing and share the good cheer with friends, family and loved ones… and it’s gonna be warm and cozy, baby! ~ Fly
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Music Around Town ~ December 17-23, 2012
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Come kick off your Sunday evening with Bradley Royds @ The Rhumb Line 6:00-9:00 pm
Bradley Royds ~ Solo acoustic with special guests
Always love hearing Bradley do this one and many of his covers as well.
http://www.therhumbline.com/index.htm
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All your shopping done? If not, NYRE Buttons could save your butt
OK, you’ve had Ladies Night and Men’s Night, but you’re still not done. Or if you’re like me you haven’t started yet. We went to Men’s night last night and what did I do? Saw the Two Buddies Show at Alchemy, bought cheese, pate and olives at The Cave (I know I was supposed to by buying gifts, but I was hungry), talked with lots of people I don’t see every day and then it was late and Vickie and John (who had been Christmas shopping the whole time) wanted to go. Oh well, guess I’ll go back to plan A, which is to start my shopping at noon on Christmas Eve. Then I’m focused.
But wait! You don’t have to procrastinate like I do. You can get New Years Rockport Eve buttons for everybody still on your list. It really is one of the best entertainment values you will ever get on Cape Ann with dozens of artists performing all over Rockport from 6 to midnight — and beyond (see live music schedule here). Plus magic, puppetry, story telling, fortune telling, face painting, balloon making and lots more for kids and parents.
Here’s where you can get buttons:
In Rockport:
John Tarr Store, Main St.
Smith hardware & Lumber at the Lumber Desk, 3 Station Square
Toad Hall Bookstore, Main St.
In Gloucester:
Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, Commercial St.
House of Raven, Main St.
Gloucester Music, Main St.
OK, now you’re done . . . and you can relax and enjoy all the great music this weekend. You’ve got over 30 choices between now and Sunday. See the full live music schedule here.
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Jon Butcher and Fly Amero @ The Rhumb Line 12-12-12
It was not your average night at The Rhumb Line this past Wednesday with Jon Butcher joining Fly Amero. There was not an empty seat in the house. The music was excellent and Jon Butcher fit right in and felt at home. Jon mentioned that he loves Gloucester and he is now living there. I certainly hope that means we will be hearing more of him around these parts. Here are some of the places Jon Butcher has been and will be soon. Also check out the link to his webpage. Sat 12/1- GUITAR CENTER EVENT, Berklee Performance Center, Boston MA Sun 12/2- w/ PARKER WHEELER, The Grog, Newburyport MA Mon 12/3 – WBCN/AMERICAN REVOLUTION, House of Blues, Boston MA Fri 12/7- w/ ROBERT CRAY, Blue Ocean Concert Hall, Salisbury MA Sat 12/15- FARREN BUTCHER INC , Chan’s, Woonsocket RI Tues 12/18- CHRISTMAS BUZZ BALL, The Palace Theater, Manchester NH Fri 12/21- FARREN BUTCHER INC , Voices, Lowell MA http://www.jonbutcher.com/index.html Fly shared about the loss of loved ones close to him in the Orleans’s music world and Jon sang of loved ones in his songs. Plus Jon shared with the audience that he has a new “Jon Butcher Axis ” recording that he is working on and is due out some time next year.
After Fly’s opening set Jon shared the stage. Later Allen Estes and J. B. Amero followed with Dan King. It was quite the night and just as magical as one could ever hope for.
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Jon Butcher thanks Gloucester
To Whom It May Concern,
I want to thank everyone who came down to the Rhumb Line to see Fly Amero, Weds night 12/12/2012. Fly was gracious enough to invite me to sit in with him and, as a consequence, I received one of the warmest welcomes I’ve ever experienced from all of the musicians, artists, local media and others who were in attendance. As someone who has spent most of an adult life traveling the world without the benefit of establishing permanent roots, I am both humbled and honored beyond words to be received so warmly and with such genuine affection by this special and unique community. So, to the Rhumb Line, to the incomparable Fly Amero, to Laurinda Mahoney, Allen Estes, Dan King and to all of the wonderful residents of Gloucester MA, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You’ve all made this old guitar picker very happy.Sincerely,
Jon Butcher
[new resident of] Gloucester MA
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Satch Kerans at Shalin Liu on Friday with Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters
This will be a great night, local favorite “Satch” Kerans opening for Ronnie Earl & The Boardcasters. Ronnie’s music truly transcends genres and touches the soul. Some tickets are still available.
If Satch & Ronnie don’t do it for you check out the other great live shows happening around cape ann here. Get out and enjoy the holiday with some great music, good friends and always good food.
Good Morning Gloucester 