Schoodic Arts Festival
Evening Performances
Every evening from July 28 to August 10
A two week celebration of arts and culture, Schoodic Arts Festival offers music, film, drama, puppets, poetry, and dance.
Performances take place
7:00 PM at Hammond Hall,
427 Main Street, Winter Harbor
Single tickets: $5.00
2008 SEASON TICKETS
14 events for the price of 7
Adults: $35.00
Children under 12 free
To purchase tickets:
e-mail info@schoodicarts.org
or call 207-963-2569.
Schoodic Summer Chorus
If music be the food of love - sing on!
Songs of love from the romantic to the divine...
This multi-generational a cappella community chorus is devoted to nurturing
musicianship and community. Directed by singer and composer Anna Dembska,
its members share a passion for singing beautiful and unusual music. Their
eclectic repertoire provides opportunities for creative expression, vocal
and musical growth, and entertaining challenges for singers and audiences
alike. The Schoodic Summer Chorus will sing a kaleidoscope of love songs,
from romantic love to spiritual love to love of country and the earth, with
madrigals, music from the Republic of Georgia and Latin America, shape-note
hymns, and arrangements of Ravel, Sibelius, and 20th-century pop songs.
[website]
TWO: High Energy Juggling
Juggling like you've never seen!
Fresh, funny, and innovative...
TWO has amazed audiences at events across the country and abroad with such
highlights as The Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, the International
Juggler's Festival, numerous television appearances and even the White House
in Washington, DC - THREE TIMES! Matthew and Jason Tardy have created a show
that features everything from high tech juggling and fire eating to physical
comedy and full body contortion. They juggle various "props-of-doom,"
perform mind bending choreography, and in complete darkness, create streaks
of color changing light that glide through the air. This is all
choreographed to cutting-edge, upbeat original music from their new CD
"Audio Body."
[website]
Debi Irons: Art Moves
Modern Jazz Dance
Silly to sublime...
Debi Irons is a dancer/choreographer/educator and Maine native who has
dedicated the past 20 years to expanding variant dance in rural Maine. Her
performance styles range from modern to musical theatre, afro-Brazilian and
street. One woman stopped her on the street in Nantucket after a show and
exclaimed, "I could feel every move you made!" Musicians she has worked
with describe her as "one of us. It's like you are one of the instruments."
Irons explains, "I want the audience to see what they are hearing. I try to
make the audio, visual." "Rave Infinitum," from the Waldo Theatre. This
performance will range from the silly to the sublime, yet always soulful.
[website]
Conjuring Carroll
The Magic of Conjuring Carroll
Magic and fun all wrapped into one!
Maine Magician and family entertainer, Carroll Chapman a.k.a. Conjuring
Carroll, has been performing and entertaining children and families since he
was 16. Come watch as live animals appear before your eyes, see mystifying
feats of illusion, and plenty of comedy. His shows include lots of audience
participation and is geared for all ages. Theater Manger Liz McMahon of the
St. Lawrence Arts Center says, "He entertained a packed house of all ages
with humor and positive energy....The finale was a true delight to all
present." Come see for yourselves how Carroll brings "Magic & Fun All
Wrapped Into One!"
[website]
Ameranouche! Gypsy Jazz
Gypsy Jazz and Beyond
Acoustic, ecstatic, eclectic, and delightful!
Ameranouche had three compositions selected for the soundtrack of National
Lampoon's "Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell" by director Kevin Wheatley,
who called Ameranouch "the new sound of America". Ameranouche is Richard
Sheppard, NH, solo guitar; Ryan Flaherty, NH, rhythm guitar, and Xar
Adelberg, ME, on upright bass. Heartfelt and astonishing, their hot
acoustic Gypsy Jazz will charm the ears of anyone with a pulse.
[website]
Honky Tonk Confidential
Alternative/Retro Country
Road Kill Stew and Other News...
Honky Tonk Confidential is an award-winning alt/retro band from Washington,
D.C. The band's fourth CD, Road Kill Stew and Other News, won the Country
Album of the Year WAMMIE and contains four songs co-written by CBS News'
Chief Washington Correspondent and "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer.
HTC has been featured in many national newspapers including the New York
Times, Washington Post, and NY Daily News, Ft-Worth Telegram, and other
national media including CNN, NBC, CBS, XM and Sirius Radio, and Westwood
One.
[website]
The UMM Ukulele Club
An Eighty Year Tradition
The Ukulaliens have landed!
Founded at the University of Maine at Machias in 1926, and revived some 80
years later, the UMM Ukulele Club is a mix of students and community
members, numbering more than 40 when everyone shows up. They range in age
from 13 to 89. Gene Nichols, UMM's music professor the last 22 years, is
the group's enthusiastic, high-energy leader. They were invited to play in
Liverpool, Nova Scotia, last October at the 2nd International Ukulele
Ceilidh. Their rock-and-roll style was a hit with the traditionalists, and
their playbook of more than 1,100 songs was the weekend's most requested
item. They play events from 90th birthday parties to pot luck suppers in
Machias and beyond.
In Their Own Words
A History of the Lobster Industry
Narrated by Cathy Billings...
We invite you to join the Lobster Institute for a trip along an historic
timeline of the lobster industry, "In Their Own Words: A History of the
Lobster Industry," narrated by Cathy Billings. Along the way, the Lobster
Institute highlights milestones of the American lobster industry from its
start in the 1600's to present day. You'll find out when the first lobster
catch was recorded and learn what a lobster "smack" is. You'll hear about
the first lobster fishing regulations and what the catch has been like for
the past fifty years. Special highlights include video clips and quotes
from interviews with veteran lobster fishermen -- filmed as part of the
Institute's ongoing oral history project.
Meetinghouse Theatre Lab
Schoodic Arts' Collaborative Ensemble
'ART': THE REPRISE
The ever popular Meetinghouse Theatre Lab returns to Hammond Hall for
a reprise of its spring production, 'Art' (by Yasmina Reza and translated
from the original French by Christopher Hampton). 'Art' is a play about
art and friendship involving three friends; Serge, the fervent convert
to modern art, Marc, the rationalist, and Yvan, the spineless vacillator.
MHTL's past productions include the Third Saturday Readings series,
Rabbit Hole, Almost Maine, and (at recent festivals) evenings
of improv and comedy. Functioning as an entirely collaborative theatre
ensemble, Schoodic Arts for All's Meetinghouse Theatre Lab reads from
the work of new voices in today's theater. Often funny, sometimes disturbing,
and searching always, for what is true. [website]
Schoodic Arts Show Choirs
Song and Dance!
SHOW CHOIR and SHOW CHOIR JUNIOR
Come enjoy an evening of song and dance performed by K-12 students. This
year, due to popular demand, the Show Choir has expanded to include a new
group for students in grades kindergarten through three. Grades K-3 will be
performing a medley from Oliver Twist and grades 4-12 will perform a medley
called "Dance Evolution," the fast and furious five-minute look at the
history of popular dance.
Our Steel Pan Bands
Come Celebrate Summer!
Caribbean music and popular favorites...
Schoodic Steel, Pandemonium, and La Pandilla return to Hammond Hall for yet
another lively festival performance. Schoodic Steel (whose members span in
age over 75 years -- 11 to 86) play each year as part of the New England Pan
Festival. La Pandilla, for kids only, and Pandemonium, a youth band,
feature big musical talent in kid-sized packages. Enjoy Caribbean and Latin
music, calypso, soca, cha-cha, swing, pop, and more. Come prepared to dance
because the urge will be hard to resist!
[website]
Trevor Corson, Author
The Secret Life of Lobsters
Our favorite crustacean...
Trevor Corson, author of the highly-acclaimed bestselling book The Secret
Life of Lobsters, shares his entertaining discoveries about the amazing
undersea life of our favorite crustacean. Trevor has studied philosophy in
China, resided in Buddhist temples in Tokyo, and worked on commercial
fishing boats off the Maine coast. You may have seen him and his work on
CBS "Sunday Morning," ABC "World News" with Charles Gibson, NPR's "All
Things Considered" and "Talk of the Nation," as well as serving as a guest
judge on the Food Network's "Iron Chef America." His second book, The Zen
of Fish: The Story of Sushi, was selected as an Editors' Pick by the New
York Times Book Review.
[website]
The Sheep Island Rovers
Contra Dance!
Schoodic Arts for All hosts contra dances with the Sheep Island Rovers from
May to October, on the second Saturday of each month.. Whether you are a
seasoned dancer or new to contra, this event is sure to be a great time for
all.
Come enjoy waltzes, polkas, schottisches and international dances, all to wonderful live string band music. The Sheep Island Rovers have been delighting the ears and feet of visitors to Hammond Hall for the past fifteen years.
Final Festival Showcase
The Last Event!
A fantastic farewell...
A culmination of creative expression gleaned from the festival workshops,
this event is a showcase for all of the artisitic endeavors produced during
the two weeks of the Schoodic Arts Festival. The visual artists will
exhibit over 350 pieces of work ranging from Sculpture to Jewelry, Tug Boats
to Sushi. The performing artists from the festival will show what they have
learned - from Jamaican Dance to Stage Combat (Pirate style).
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