Looking ahead…..

Join illumine this Friday, July 21, 2017, for a concert of the music they are about to record for their first CD. The concert begins at 7 p.m. at Shenkel United Church of Christ, 1580 Shenkel Road, Pottstown, PA. This event is free and open to the public (there will be a free will offering during intermission).

 

Enjoy music spanning 200 years and in 5 languages, a world premiere, and – once again – the talents of flutist, Carolyn Giardini.

This concert will feature compositions by Bellini, Brown, Falla, Saint-Saëns, and Spohr.

 

 

 

 

Next week, on Sunday, July 30, 2107,  is the Red Hill Band Pops Concert, beginning at 7 p.m. at New Goshenhoppen Park, 618 Third Street, East Greenville, PA. Admission is free. There is seating under cover by the bandshell, as well as areas to picnic.

Allentown Shakepeare in the Park is staging Richard III on August 11 -13, Friday through Sunday; each performance begins at 8 p.m. There will be live music performed in the park before each show from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. There is no admission charge, and folks are encouraged to picnic in the park at Joseph S. Daddona Lake and Terrace, Union and St. Elmo Streets, Allentown, PA,  before and during the show.

Photos from MMUP 2017!

Thanks to our two outstanding roving photographers,  Kristi Morris of Littlewing Studio and Art Olsen, as well as the photographer from our local newspaper, The Town and Country, there are more photographs than we can possibly post on this blog or on Facebook from this year’s Make Music Upper Perk. (And this isn’t even counting the audience members who took photos and video and graciously shared them with us through social media!)

So, we are sharing the links to the photo galleries in order that they are available for everyone to see and enjoy them. If you are interested in copies, digital or print, of the photos, please contact the photographers directly.

MMUP 2017 – Littlewing Studio (Kristi Morris)

Make Music Upper Perk 2017 – Art Olsen Photography

MMUP photos from 6/29/2017 edition of Town and Country Newspaper

We do plan on sharing some of these photos on this blog, and on other social media, throughout the year. And if you have any photos or video from the day that you’d like to share with us and the public, please send them to us or feel free to post on the Make Music Upper Perk Facebook page.

 

 

 

Wednesday night in Bally – The Acoustic Blues Project!

You may have caught The Acoustic Blues Project performing at Make Music Upper Perk (MMUP) last month, and certainly must have heard Tom Cooney, one of the three members of Acoustic Blues, who’s been playing at MMUP, among many other venues, for quite a few years now. The other members of the group, also longstanding performers, are Earl Andrews and Leon Bonam. If you haven’t yet heard them play, here is your chance! And if you have, you know you don’t want to miss this local performance at Bally Hotel, Route 100, Barto, PA. They are playing on Wednesday, July 19, 2017; the featured act at Phil Stahl’s Open Mic and will be taking the stage from 8 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Shakespeare in Green Lane Park

Shakespeare’s back in our own Green Lane Park, one night only, Sunday, July 9, 2017, The Commonwealth Classic Theater Company returns this summer with a new production of Romeo and Juliet. The play will be staged at the Amphitheater in Green Lane Park, 2298 Green Lane Road (just off Route 29), starting at 7 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs and find your spot on the lawn to watch the show as the sun goes down. Folks should feel free to bring their own picnic dinner, or snack and refreshments. There is no admission charge (although the Theater Company will pass the hat during intermission).

Allentown’s Fireworks, and Street Fair, postponed to Sunday

Just FYI, all the fun events, bands, food trucks, kids activities, and fireworks, that were scheduled to take place in and around J Birney Crum Stadium, 20th and Linden Streets, Allentown, PA today, has been rescheduled for Sunday, July 2nd, 2017. The music and other activities start at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free. The fireworks are scheduled to go off at 9:15 p.m