BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240126T220000Z DTEND:20240127T020000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:102nd Annual Celebration DESCRIPTION:Please RSVP by January 25 by purchasing tickets using the Register Button (above) or calling 978-283-1601.\n\n\n\nYou are cordially invited to join us in celebrating 2024 Board President Karen Ristuben\, Essex County Community Foundation & 2023 Board President Loran Caputo\, Cape Ann Motor Inn\n\n\n\nJoin us as we welcome our incoming 2024 President and Board of Directors as the 2024 theme of Creativity\, Culture & Commerce: Stronger Together is introduced. Our goal this year is to inspire new synergies between greater Cape Ann's arts\, culture & business communities.\n\n\n\nThis unique Annual Celebration represents the visual and performing arts - music\, painting\, drama\, poetry\, and dance - from all our five communities. \n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO FORMAL SIT DOWN DINNER. HEAVY APPETIZERS WILL BE SERVED.\n\n\n\nLIVE PERFORMANCES\n\n \nCape Ann Big Band\, under the direction of Carlos Menezes Jr. will celebrate the start of their 2024 season with a performance at the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce?s 102nd Annual Celebration at the Shalin Liu Performance Center. This year?s program\, "Let's Swing Together!" will feature 12 vocalists ages 12 to 60 and a special performance by the BrassFed Nation's Youth Swing Orchestra! Audience members can expect a high energy program with a diverse repertoire that is full of surprises and will range from classics like Frank Sinatra's version of "Come Fly with Me" to a more contemporary arrangement of Van Halen's "Jump"! (See below for a list of musicians performing.)\n\n \n\nAbout the BrassFed Nation Youth Swing Orchestra:\n\nFormed in 2013\, the BrassFed Nation's Youth Swing Orchestra is a workshop-based program offered to student musicians ages 12 to 17 on Cape Ann. The mission is simple - get the youth swinging through collaborative music-making! The program offers various-sized ensembles with core values in the development of musical literacy and creative exploration. The ensemble featured at this event will be the 17-piece orchestra using a traditional big band set up with students from Gloucester\, Rockport\, and Manchester. The line-up and workshop offerings change seasonally and are open to students of the Greater Cape Ann region.\n\n\n\nSpoken Word: Luce Wren Brandt and Kaley Fantasia\n\nDancer Performances: Sarah Slifer Swift and Carey McKinley\, Movement Arts Gloucester MA (MAGMA)\n\nLanes Coven Theater Co: Lily Narbonne and Justin Genna\n\nLive Art: Loren Doucette\, Seven Suns Gallery. Finished artwork (pastel) \n\nto be sold via Silent Auction throughout the evening. Silent auction form in Lobby. Loren will also have several additional pieces of artwork on stage display which will be available for purchase\, with a portion of proceeds donated to the Chamber. \n\n\nADDITIONAL ARTISTS\n\nWood Carving Demonstration by Harold Burnham\, Finished artwork to be sold via Silent Auction \n\nLive Painting Demonstration by Joli Ayn Wood. Finished artwork to be sold via Silent Auction \n\nCenterpieces: Chubby Clay Bodies by Miranda Aisling\, filled with beautiful floral arrangements by Betsy Morris Quinn (Dirt Floral Works). Available for purchase\, $40 each.\n\nLife-sized Portrait of "Captain Kyle Nelson\, Pigeon Cove Lobsterman" by Leslie Heffron\, in Performance Center Lobby. Available for purchase.\n\n\n\nPlease consider joining us at Fleur CUisine Harborside for dinner and drinks after the Live Performance. Reservations are currently being accepted. Please call the restaurant directly at 978-309-5199 to reserve a spot!\n\n\n\nDOWNLOAD INVITATION\n\n \n\n \n \n CAPE ANN BIG BAND MUSICIANS:\n BRASSFED NATION YOUTH SWING ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS:\n \n \n Carlos Menezes Jr\n\n Art Adamson\n\n Ed Biggs\n\n Chris Bodek \n\n Nick Capello\n\n Dana Cohen\n\n Henley Douglas Jr\n\n Dan Fleury\n\n Rick Geraghty\n\n Alexandra Grace\n\n Emily Grace\n\n John Hicks\n\n Rhiannon Hurst\n\n Shawn Lowe\n\n Tom Madore\n\n Trevor McCoy\n\n Matt Naeger\n\n Scott Parisi\n\n Amy Rich\n\n John Rockwell\n\n Nathan Seavey\n\n Steve Silva\n\n Ben Tuck\n\n Gary Wolsieffer\n David Berg\n\n Scarlett Berge\n\n Rowan Berlin\n\n Soli Boraks\n\n Sean Buckley* \n\n Anita Burns\n\n Jessica Cote\n\n Wil DeFort\n\n Thomas Dort\n\n Alexis Geary \n\n Robert Geary\n\n Nathan Gorman-Melo\n\n Henry Goulart\n\n Nick Kilroy\n\n John Merchant\n\n Nate Morin\n\n Alessandro Schoc\n\n Amos Telep\n\n Rosie Telep\n\n Jackson Weber \n\n Jude Worthleye X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Please RSVP by January 25 by purchasing tickets using the Register Button (above) \;or calling 978-283-1601.
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\nYou are cordially invited to join us in celebrating \;2024 Board President Karen Ristuben\, Essex County Community Foundation \;&\; 2023 Board President Loran Caputo\, Cape Ann Motor Inn
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\nJoin us as we welcome our incoming 2024 President and Board of Directors as the 2024 theme of Creativity\, Culture &\; Commerce: Stronger Together is introduced. Our goal this year is to inspire new synergies between greater Cape Ann'\;s arts\, culture &\; business communities.
\n
\nThis unique Annual Celebration represents the visual and performing arts - music\, painting\, drama\, poetry\, and dance - from all our five communities. \;
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\nPLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO FORMAL SIT DOWN DINNER. HEAVY APPETIZERS WILL BE SERVED.
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\nLIVE PERFORMANCES
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Cape Ann Big Band\, under the direction of Carlos Menezes Jr. will celebrate the start of their 2024 season with a performance at the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce?s 102nd Annual Celebration at the Shalin Liu Performance Center. This year?s program\, "\;Let'\;s Swing Together!"\; \;will feature 12 vocalists ages 12 to 60 and a special performance by the BrassFed Nation'\;s Youth Swing Orchestra! Audience members can expect a high energy program with a diverse repertoire that is full of surprises and will range from classics like Frank Sinatra'\;s version of "\;Come Fly with Me"\; \;to a more contemporary arrangement of Van Halen'\;s "\;Jump"\;! (See below for a list of musicians performing.)
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About the BrassFed Nation Youth Swing Orchestra:

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Formed in 2013\, the BrassFed Nation'\;s Youth Swing Orchestra is a workshop-based program offered to student musicians ages 12 to 17 on Cape Ann. The mission is simple - get the youth swinging through collaborative music-making! The program offers various-sized ensembles with core values in the development of musical literacy and creative exploration. The ensemble featured at this event will be the 17-piece orchestra using a traditional big band set up with students from Gloucester\, Rockport\, and Manchester. The line-up and workshop offerings change seasonally and are open to students of the Greater Cape Ann region.
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\nSpoken Word: \;Luce Wren Brandt and Kaley Fantasia
\nDancer Performances: \;Sarah Slifer Swift and Carey McKinley\, \;Movement Arts Gloucester MA (MAGMA)
\nLanes Coven Theater Co: \;Lily Narbonne and Justin Genna
\nLive Art: \;Loren Doucette\, Seven Suns Gallery. Finished artwork (pastel) \;
\nto be sold via Silent Auction throughout the evening. \;Silent auction form in Lobby. Loren will also have several additional pieces of artwork on stage display which will be available for purchase\, with a portion of proceeds donated to the Chamber. \;

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\nADDITIONAL ARTISTS
\nWood Carving Demonstration by Harold Burnham\, \;Finished artwork to be sold via Silent Auction \;
\nLive Painting Demonstration by Joli Ayn Wood. \;Finished artwork to be sold via Silent Auction \;
\nCenterpieces: Chubby Clay Bodies by Miranda Aisling\, filled with beautiful floral arrangements by Betsy Morris Quinn (Dirt Floral Works). \;Available for purchase\, $40 each.
\nLife-sized Portrait of "\;Captain Kyle Nelson\, Pigeon Cove Lobsterman"\; by Leslie Heffron\, in Performance Center Lobby. Available for purchase.
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\nPlease consider joining us at Fleur CUisine Harborside for dinner and drinks after the Live Performance. Reservations are currently being accepted. Please call the restaurant directly at 978-309-5199 to reserve a spot!
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\nDOWNLOAD INVITATION
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CAPE ANN BIG BAND MUSICIANS:BRASSFED NATION YOUTH SWING ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS:
Carlos Menezes Jr
\n Art Adamson
\n Ed Biggs
\n Chris Bodek \;
\n Nick Capello
\n Dana Cohen
\n Henley Douglas Jr
\n Dan Fleury
\n Rick Geraghty
\n Alexandra Grace
\n Emily Grace
\n John Hicks
\n Rhiannon Hurst
\n Shawn Lowe
\n Tom Madore
\n Trevor McCoy
\n Matt Naeger
\n Scott Parisi
\n Amy Rich
\n John Rockwell
\n Nathan Seavey
\n Steve Silva
\n Ben Tuck
\n Gary Wolsieffer		David Berg
\n Scarlett Berge
\n Rowan Berlin
\n Soli Boraks
\n Sean Buckley* \;
\n Anita Burns
\n Jessica Cote
\n Wil DeFort
\n Thomas Dort
\n Alexis Geary \;
\n Robert Geary
\n Nathan Gorman-Melo
\n Henry Goulart
\n Nick Kilroy
\n John Merchant
\n Nate Morin
\n Alessandro Schoc
\n Amos Telep
\n Rosie Telep
\n Jackson Weber \;
\n Jude Worthleye
\n LOCATION:Shalin Liu Performance Center Rockport\, MA UID:e.2981.26535 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260502T065249Z URL:https://business.capeannchamber.com/events/details/102nd-annual-celebration-26535 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR