Friday, February 17, 2012, 6:00 to 9:00
Persons interested in performing during the open-mic segments of the programs should contact Jim Holler at (716) 665-4490, or sign up in person at Trinity Guitars, 800 West Third Street in Jamestown. The open-mics will feature acoustic-based performers of folk, blues or country selections suitable for a venue such as St. Susan Center.
Jamestown’s St. Susan Center will continue the monthly “Soup and a Song” series of programs combining concerts by popular local musical groups with an “open-mic” on Friday, February 17th. For the modest admission price of $10, attendees will be treated to an evening of fine live musical entertainment and a meal consisting of hearty soup, several varieties of breads, crackers, desserts, coffee, tea and hot chocolate.
Proceeds from the Soup and a Song series will benefit St. Susan Center, Jamestown’s soup kitchen, which in 2011 served over 95,000 meals to a diverse client base that extends beyond the unemployed and homeless to include young parents, teens, seniors, children and persons who are challenged physically, mentally or emotionally. “St. Susan Center supports folks who lack the safety net that many of us receive from family, friends, clergy and others,” explained Sue Colwell, executive director. “Providing a meal is the least and best we can do to open the door to healing and hope.”
Logistical support for the Soup and a Song program is being provided by Trinity Guitars, the Jamestown-based purveyor of fine stringed instruments and audio gear. Trinity Guitars owner, Jim Holler, will be coordinating the talent for the events, as well as providing the sound system.
The Soup and a Song events will be held at St. Susan Center’s facility at Gateway Center, also known to Jamestown residents as the former Chautauqua Hardware Building, at 31 Water Street. The public will be admitted beginning at 6:00 pm, with the open-mic segment of the programs beginning at 6:30. Featured entertainers will begin playing at 7:40 pm, and the events will conclude at 9:00pm.
Featured performers on the 17th are local bluegrass favorites, Wind River. The band features veteran musicians Pat Corey, Vern Ahlgren, Steve Strom, Ken Corey and Don Strom. The band is a western NY bluegrass mainstay, having performed with some of the nation’s best musicians at world-renowned festivals.
Persons interested in learning more about St. Susan Center may contact Colwell at (716) 664- 2253, extension 3. Persons interested in performing during the open-mic segments of the programs should contact Jim Holler at (716) 665-4490, or sign up in person at Trinity Guitars, 800 West Third Street in Jamestown. The open-mics will feature acoustic-based performers of folk, blues or country selections suitable for a venue such as St. Susan Center. Persons interested in learning more about St. Susan Center may contact Colwell at (716) 664-2253, extension 3. Persons interested in performing during the open-mic segments of the programs should contact Jim Holler at (716) 665-4490, or sign up in person at Trinity Guitars, 800 West Third Street in Jamestown. The open-mics will feature acoustic-based performers of folk, blues or country selections suitable for a venue such as St. Susan Center.Persons interested in learning more about St. Susan Center may contact Colwell at (716) 664-2253, extension 3. Persons
interested in performing during the open- mic segments of the programs should contact Jim Holler at (716) 665-4490, or sign up in person at Trinity Guitars, 800 West Third Street in Jamestown. The open-mics will feature acoustic-based performers of folk, blues or country selections suitable for a venue such as St. Susan Center.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Sue Colwell
Executive Director, St. Susan Center
director@stsusancenter.org
(716) 664-2253; Ext 3
