March 19th, 2014
A brotherhood known as The Baker’s Dozen. It was formed in 1947 and it is considered one of the nation’s oldest and finest a cappella singing groups. The group is known for its diversity, tradition and camaraderie. Their passion for music and friendship is what has bound them since its beginning.
Once again they are performing at the Delaware Beaches by popular demand. They are being hosted by Cathy Davies-Harmon and Darren Harmon. Their son, Hunter, is a member of the group.
The performance will be at Cape Henlopen High School Theatre, located on Kings Highway in Lewes, Delaware. It will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Gather your friends and family and attend this heartwarming concert. If you have any questions, please contact Cathy at 302-644-6606 or 302-542-6774.
During their winter and spring break the Baker’s Dozen tours have taken them to Puerto Rico where they entertained orphaned schoolchildren. They have also performed for the President of the United States, school and community auditoriums and even to private Hollywood parties.
Their concerts feature traditional favorites and also contemporary hits.
If you would like to know more about them, please visit http://www.thebakersdozen.com.
So, remember, it is Friday, March 21st at 7:00 p.m. at Cape Henlopen High School Theatre.
Have a great time!!
December 9th, 2011
Snowbird? or, Snowflake? If you are in South Florida and around Delray Beach, check this out because they have a pretty busy schedule starting tonight.
Friday, 12/9 – It is the much awaited Boyton & Delray Beaches Annual Boat Parade – The decorated boats line up at the Boyton Beach Inlet and south they will travel along the Intracoastal to the C-15 Canal in Delray. Viewing areas are located at the Boyton Harbor Marina and along the parade route. Pre party starts at 5:30 p.m., live music, pictures with Santa at the Boyton Harbor Marina by Two Georges. Note: Please bring a new and unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots.
If you want to view the parade from an advantage point, then see if you can get on one of the cruises from Delray Yacht Cruises. This specialty cruise designed for the Boat Parade is $60. Please visit http://www.delraybeachcruises.com/schedule.html, or call 561-243-0686.
Tonight is called Free Friday Concerts with The Dillingers being the Main Event. Where? The Crest Theatre & Outdoor Pavilion, located at 51 N. Swinton Avenue. It opens at 7 p.m. with the food trucks, and cash bar. Bring a chair and blankets but there will be chair rentals available, as well. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. The Dillingers are a mix of traditional and contemporary blues. They are considered “Surfabilly”. Check their website at http://www.thedillingers.com. The concert will be held rain or shine, cold or warm. No pets, please and no outside food or drinks either. The concert is free.
Saturday, 12/10 – Kids at the Tree at Old School Square, 51, N. Swinton Ave. Visit Santa and play in the snow? at the famous 100-foot Christmas Tree from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. This is a Free event.
Saturday, 12/10 – You might as well stay in town for the Delray Beach Holiday Parade. This year’s theme is Celebrating the Centennial. Parade begins on Atlantic Ave. at Venetian Drive and heads west to the Courthouse at 6 p.m.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 12/16 – 12/18 – Musical Moments on Ice. This song-inspired ice skating spectacular is set to the music of the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Location? The Crest Theatre & Outdoor Pavilion. Please visit http://www.oldschool.org/performances.asp.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 12/22-12/24 – It is Steve Solomon’s My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m Home for the Holidays…The Therapy continues. This is a new Holiday show to be held at the Crest Theatre located at 51 North Swinton. Tickets are $30. Please visit http://www.oldschool.org/performances.asp.
If that schedule is not your cup of tea, then head for the beach….talk to you later.
January 16th, 2011
This post is all about the arts. You can sit home and wait for spring to come or you can get out and experience the sizzling events that the Delaware beaches provide at this time of the year. January and February are the most quiet months of the year but considering how quiet they were when I first moved here in the 70’s, well I can tell you that they do not compare.
From the Rehoboth Beach Film Society:
Their winter series called Delmarva Roots starts Thursday, January 20th at 7:00 p.m., with Vanishing Voices of World War II. Location? Milton Fire Hall, 116 Front St., Milton, DE. This event features recollections from two dozen of the 100 veterans included in James Diehl’s two books, “World War II Heroes of Southern Delaware”, and “World War II Heroes of Coastal Delaware”. It is told from the perspective of men, and one woman, who served during that time period and today call southern Delaware home. This documentary allows Delawarean World War II veterans’ voices to be heard forever. Their stories are emotional, they are real, and they are so very candid.
From Pearl Harbor, to Iwo Jima, D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge, among many other parts of the war, they are told with passion and an enormous amount of pride in the United States of America. This documentary is not rated and it last 56 minutes.
After the screening, James Diehl, writer and co-producer of the film and author of the books that inspired it, will give a brief presentation and lead a question and answer session. He is passionate about bringing recognition to those who served in WWII and this screening and presentation will ensure that our local heroes will be remembered.
More info? Please call The Film Society Office at 302-645-9095, ext. 1. You may also call the Milton Historical Society at 302-684-1010. Admission will be $4.00. Tickets can be purchased on line, so check the website, www.rehobothfilm.com/film_events_delmarva_roots.html. They can also be purchased by calling 302-645-9095.
Delaware Comedy Theatre Event – Improv
Improv is a form of theatre in which actors use improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously; a lot of times using audience suggestions to guide their performances as they create dialogue, setting and plot. They tend to be comedic, but do not have to.
Imagine; no scripts, no memorized dialogue and no rehearsed scenes; just spontaneous.
The Delaware Comedy Theatre is located at 131 Glade Circle West, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971. Tel. 302-258-5443. The website is www.delawarecomedytheatre.com.
They are the longest improv theater company in the First State. They have shows and workshops.
Please make sure you check their website because they have a lot of events coming in the future. The first one will be Friday, January 21st from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. It is RESOLVE THIS! The location? Fish On at 17300 N. Village Main, Village of Five Points, Lewes, DE 19958
Seating will begin at 7:00 p.m. $10 per person at the door. Fantastic food and drinks available, separately.
Please note that this is an adult show with uncensored, all-improvised material. Please RSVP to Fish On at 302-645-9700.
Rehoboth Beach Museum
Book Discussion on Saturday, February 5th at 1:00 p.m. Location? The Rehoboth Beach Museum located at 511 Rehoboth Ave., next to the Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center. Please call 302-227-7310 to reserve a space or ask questions.
The “curious institution” of slavery has held an important place in American fiction from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin published in 1852 to Toni Morrison’s 2008 novel, A Mercy.
The book discussion on the 5th will focus on A Mercy, as an exemplar of how modern writers have dealt with the historical forces that caused slavery to thrive and the effects of its existence on slaves and slaveholders alike.
Sherry Chappelle is the leader of the Browseabout Book Club and will be moderating the discussion, focusing on the historical bases of Morrisons’ work and that of other modern writers who have addressed the issue in their recent fiction. These include James McBride and John Barth whose stories are based on the Delmarva, as well as writer Alexandra Stockett whose widely read work The Help investigates how the effects of slavery still are felt in our modern society.
If you have read or are reading any of these books, please join us for this discussion. Browseabout Books has offered a 10% discount on purchases of A Mercy or The Help up until 2/5/11, for readers who mention the Museum’s book discussion.
Light refresments will be served.
Clear Space Theatre Company
This very popular theatre company is located at 20 Baltimore Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971. Tel. is 302-227-2270. Website is www.ClearSpaceTheatre.org. Two upcoming performances to check out are:
An American Songbook on Fridays and Saturdays, 1/21, 1/22, 1/28 and 1/29 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, 1/30 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $5-25 and are available online at the website above mentioned, or by phone, also above mentioned. You may visit the box office for the purchasing of tickets Tuesday – Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
For the sixth time in as many years, the creative minds behind Clear Space Theatre Company, Ken Skrzes and Doug Yetter, will create a unique concert entitled An American Songbook. All of the material in this year’s concert is brand new to the duo, and they are thrilled to bring An American Songbook back to their audience.
Doug & Ken
The show features just that – songs from the American canon of music, ranging from songs you may have grown up singing to new cabaret material, from the classics of Harold Arlen to the musical stylings of Burt Bacharach.
An American Songbook is not only an audience favorite here in coastal Delaware but it is also one of Clear Space’s most toured productions. After it closes here, the show will tour for the next year to various venus throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. So, get your tickets soon!!
Clear Space Theatre Company will also be bringing you Dirty Blonde: The Down And Dirty Story of Mae West. When? February 3 – 5 and 10 – 12 at 7:00 p.m. On February 6 and 13 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are priced at $5-25 and are available on line at www.clearspacetheatre.org, via phone at 302-227-2270 or by visiting the box office Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 – 5:00 p.m., at 20 Baltimore Ave.
Dirty Blonde, a play with music by Claudia Shear, captures the bawdy essence of Mae West and explores the life of the legend of stage and screen. A 4 person cast, company members David Button, Michael Mathias, Dana Peragallo, and Doug Yetter will bring the 18 characters of Dirty Blonde to life.
The story will be told in a series of flashback vignettes. Mae West was an incomparable star of vaudeville, Broadway, and film in the first half of the 20th century. She was hailed as one of America’s first sex symbols. Her plays Sex and The Drag were hits, but landed her in big trouble with censors and the law. She served 8 days of a 10 day prison sentense for Sex and stars of The Drag (men in drag) were arrested and taken out of the theatre during a performance. Her most popular stage work, Diamon Lil, toured for years.
Mae West played a pivotal role in the creation of the Motion Picture Production Code, which regulated the material that could be shown or said on film. Mae West skirted around censors by using her now famous double entendres and sexual innuendos. Many of these are live on today, including “A hard man is good to find” and “When I’m good, I’m very good. When I’m bad, I’m better”.
Travel & Culture by Delaware Technical & Community College – Jack F. Owens Campus, Georgetown, Delaware
Delaware Technical & Community College is offering trips and culture. Please call 302-854-6966 or visit their website, www.dtcc.edu/owens/ccp.
1/22 Trip to the Smithsonian. The day is yours to stroll through the 8 museums located on the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Capital. It leaves the library parking lot of Delaware Tech at 8 a.m. and will depart from D.C. at 4 p.m. The charge for the general public is $65 and if you are an Adult + Member, then the charge is $55.
1/23 – In the Heights at the Kimmel Center. This is a Four time tony Award winner, including Best Musical. I will tell you that my son saw this in New York and loved it.
Great orchestra seats. It will leave Georgetown at 9 a.m. and depart Philadelphia at 3:30 p.m. General public is $149 and Adult + Member $139.
Have a great week….and I hope you attend to some of the many things that are available to us, here at the Beaches….talk to you later….
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