Add a Little Music

Are you in a musical mood? On Friday, October 12 there will be a concert at the Schuylkill County council for the Arts from 7 pm to 10 pm. "Standards from the Great American Songbook" will include performances by pianist Ron Stabinsky, the JRK Jazz Trio and the Youth Singers in a tribute to "The Sound of Music". Enjoy songs with an Autumn theme, as well as hits of Rogers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein and Irving Berlin. Tickets are $15 and include light refreshment.

Then on Friday, October 19 Simple Gifts will be performing at the Sweet Arrow Lake clubhouse at 7 pm. Simple Gifts is two women + twelve instruments! Some of the instruments you'll enjoy are: violin, mandolin, dulcimer, recorder, banjo, guitar fiddle as well as some more unusual things like doumbek (a.k.a. an Egyptian drum). They will entertain everyone with music of many different countries and cultures. This performance is FREE.

You'll also find some musical performances at the 34th Annual Tamaqua Heritage Festival this Sunday, October 14 from 10 am to 5 pm in downtown Tamaqua. Along with the music there will be food, art, crafts and more.

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