Takoma Ensemble: Peanut Butter & Jam Session

Takoma Ensemble: Peanut Butter & Jam Session

January 30, 2016 at 4:00pm

Takoma Park Community Center Auditorium
7500 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912

We are excited to present the next installment in our series of Peanut Butter & Jam Sessions with Becky Linafelt as part of the WE ARE TAKOMA Series.

Peanut Butter & Jam Sessions are designed for children ages 1 1/2 to 7 and their accompanying grown-ups. These informal concerts encourage young children to become active and enthusiastic listeners through music, movement, and games.

In this session, we will explore FEELINGS. For the young child, navigating and understanding feelings can be quite a complicated task! Our feelings range from great excitement and joy to sadness and anger and all that’s in between.

Join a String Quintet from the Takoma Ensemble and Kindermusik educator, Becky Linafelt, on a musical journey through the varied landscape of FEELINGS.

Stay for snacks after the performance!

A $10 per child donation is suggested.
There are no advance tickets or reservations available for this event, so please come early as it is VERY POPULAR!

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Three for a Song present "Cocktails for Three: A Collection of intoxicating melodies of the 1920s and 30s"

Three For a Song

present
"Cocktails for Three: A Collection of Intoxicating Melodies of the 1920 and 30s

Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 7:30pm

Germano's Piattini and Cabaret

300 S High St, Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Just back from an appearance at The National Archives and exciting feature on BBC Worldwide, THREE FOR A SONG brings a show of boozy, bold, and beautiful melodies of the 20s and 30s guaranteed to “Go to your head, like a "sip of burgandy brew."

Pianist extraordinaire, Alex Hassan, recreates the styles of the golden age of 1920s/30s Tin Pan Alley; sublime, acclaimed East Coast based singers Doug Bowles and Iyona Blake are versatile performers who bring the songs of the Era to life with humor and heart.

An "outstandingly talented" trio, according to Michael Feinstein, they have performed to standing ovations at venues such as the Kennedy Center Jazz Club and the Library of Congress. The trio presents a delightful evening of recently discovered, never performed, breathtaking melodies from stage and film of the 1930's; with clever lyrics, bouncy rhythms, and hot tempos. Woven between the songs, you'll hear hilarious, heartwarming and surprising anecdotes about the songs and songwriters, with listeners left to wonder how on earth these melodies didn't become standards! With over 45,000 pieces of sheet music in his repertoire, Hassan and his colleagues invite you to join them as they present their new cabaret, “Cocktails for Three: A Collection of Intoxicating Melodies of the 20s and 30s”

$15 Cover Charge - BUY TICKETS
Doors open at 6pm for Dinner
(buy your tickets, then make a reservation in the Cabaret for dinner)

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Plough Sunday Sword Dancing in Old Town Alexandria - January 10, 2016

Foggy Bottom Morris Men
PLOUGH SUNDAY TOUR

Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
January 10, 2016

Dances: Ampleforth and Papa Stour

2:45PM 

If wet or excessively windy: Alexandria Circuit Court arcade (two blocks east of Murphy's between St Asaph & S. Pitt)

If dry: Market Square, corner of King Street and Royal (four blocks east of Murphy's between Royal and Fairfax)

Both if time permits and enthusiasm from the crowd wins the day

3:30PM 

Torpedo Factory Art Center, Union Street North of King

Inside - Ground Floor near chimney stairs

4:30PM

Waterfront behind the Torpedo Factory Art Center (weather permitting) as the Sun sets.

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