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Concert Schedule
Tickets: $18 general, $15
members
All Concerts are on
Sunday Evenings at 7 PM
(generally the 2nd Sunday of each month)
Venue Location
Details
Venue Host:
Kay Coyte
Click date for show details
Tickets: $15 general, $12 members
(Starting in September 2009, prices will
be: $18 general, $15 members)
All Concerts are on
Wednesday Evenings at 8 PM
(generally the 2nd and 4th
Wednesday of each month)
Venue Location
Details
Venue Host:
David Spitzer
Click date for show details
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Wednesday |
July 8 |
Tori Sparks
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Bluehouse |
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July 22 |
Kevin So
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Cary Cooper |
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Aug. 12
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The Brilliant Inventions (Eliot
Bronson & Josh Lamkin) |
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Aug. 26
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Greg Greenway
with special guest
Kate Klim
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Sept. 9 |
Reba's Picks: TBA |
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Sept. 23 |
Reba's Picks: John Flynn |
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Oct. 14 |
Jim Photoglo
with special guest
TBA |
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Oct. 28
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Reba's Picks:
Joe Crookston and Dave Potts |
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Nov. 11 |
TBA |
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Nov. 25 |
No Show - Happy Holidays |
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Dec. 9 |
The Laws |
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Dec. 23 |
No Show - Happy Holidays |
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Other Concerts Sponsored by Focus Music
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Sunday |
Oct. 11 |
Heyman Celebration
(to pay tribute to Vic and to honor Reba)
Olney Theater, Olney, MD
Scheduled: Ellen Bukstel, Terry
Gonda with Kirsti Reeves, Patty Larkin, Kate McDonnell, SONiA, Amy
Speace, LisaBeth Weber, Vance Gilbert, Cosy Sheridan AND MANY OTHERS
TO BE ANNOUNCED OR AS A SURPRISE |
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Focus - Alexandria:
Sundays @ 7 PM
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Church of the Resurrection
2280 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22311
For Focus info: (703) 501-6061
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From I-395 in Northern Virginia, take Seminary Road exit West. Turn right
onto Beauregard Street (just past Southern Towers Apartments), turn right at the first
stoplight onto Fillmore Ave, and turn right again into church parking lot.
MAP
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NOTE:
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the show. Please print and bring your PayPal purchase
confirmation. Otherwise, just come and pay at the door. |
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Sunday, Sept 20 @ 7 PM |
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Kim and Reggie Harris |
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Kim and Reggie Harris are two vibrant,
superbly talented and engaging performers whose captivating stage presence
has inspired audiences around the world for over 25 years.
As singers, songwriters, storytellers,
educators, historical interpreters and cultural advocates, they have used
their remarkable voices and their unique talents to bring new insights to
the entertainment and educational spectrum.
www.kimandreggie.com
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Sunday,
Oct. 18 @ 7 PM |
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Miche Fambro
and Brad Yoder with Jason Rafalak |
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Focus -
Rockville:
Wednesdays @ 8 PM |
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Focus presents Vic's Music Corner
Branded 72 Restaurant
(formerly called O'Brien's Pit BBQ
Restaurant)
387 East Gude Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850
For Focus info: (301) 275-7459
Now called "Branded 72" |
From the Beltway, Route 270 north to exit 8. Take the right-most lane onto Redland Blvd. Right at 5th traffic
light onto south Route 355/North Frederick Road. Left at 3rd traffic light onto East Gude Drive. Right at 2nd traffic light into
O'Brien's parking lot.
ALT. ROUTE: Take 270 North to Exit 6B. Right at third light onto Research Boulevard. Right at light at W. Gude Drive. Right at 6th light
at Calhoun Drive into the parking lot.
MAP
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NOTE:
Purchases must be made 24 hours before
the show. Please print and bring your PayPal purchase
confirmation. Otherwise, just come and pay at the door.
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Wednesday,
July 8 @ 8:00 PM |
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Tori Sparks
and Bluehouse |
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 Tori
Sparks calls Nashville home, but spends most of her time on the road
in the U.S. and Europe. Called “a knockout” by the Village Voice,
her dynamic live show is equal parts soulful singing and zany
stand-up-style humor. Tori’s latest album Under This Yellow Sun
was co-produced with indie rock veteran David Henry (R.E.M., Ben
Folds, Josh Rouse, Widespread Panic, Cowboy Junkies) , and features
players such as Steve Bowman of Counting Crows, Aaron Sands of Jars of
Clay, John Deaderick (Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams), and Pat
Buchanan (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dixie Chicks).
www.torisparks.com
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 Bluehouse
is an acoustic female duo from Australia (Jacqui Walter, vocals and bass;
and Bernadette Carroll, vocals and acoustic guitar) meshing powerful,
intricate vocal harmonies with wicked wisecracking and stellar musicianship.
(Think: Indigo Girls Down Under.) The group is touring the US this summer in
support of the new CD "One More Kiss", produced in Nashville by Aussie
guitar master Tommy Emmanuel.
"Bluehouse have been winning rave reviews.... they write powerful
radio-friendly tunes and twist them with a quirkiness which keeps them
outside formula pop." Lesley Sly of ROLLING STONE
"..Bluehouse...when they are in full-flight, have some of the best harmonies
you'll find this side of heaven." Bruce Elder of SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
www.bluehouse.net
www.myspace.com/bluehouseaustralia
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Wednesday,
July 22 @ 8:00 PM |
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Kevin So
and Cary Cooper |
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original blend of pop, rhythm & blues, and hip hop. "Riveting ...
impeccable ... fast developing ... unusually talented ..." -- Boston Globe
www.kevinso.com
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"Similar to another Texas favorite, Cary Cooper is
easily compared to a Margarita. Although her lyrical content might get
a bit salty it's never offensive. Her songs are refreshing and go down
smooth. After a few, you might find yourself smiling, a bit light
headed, and fighting an uncontrollable urge to dance."
- Janet Hans, Urban Campfires Concert Series, San Antonio, TX
http://www.thedreamsicles.com/cary/
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Wednesday,
August 12 @ 8:00 PM |
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The Brilliant Inventions
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Brilliant Inventions, Josh Lamkin and Eliot Bronson, are an indie-folk duo
from Atlanta GA, with a relentless focus on harmonies and well crafted
songs. They are Winners of the Eddie’s Attic Songwriters Shootout (also won
by John Mayer) and also voted Best New Music Act by Atlanta's Creative
Loafing. In April 2009, the band independently released their first studio
record Have You Changed.
“Clever contemporary acoustic pop that invites comparison to Ben Folds Five
and Fountains of Wayne -- literate story-songs at once amusing and moving,
with catchy melodic hooks.”
-Washington Post
"Bright, witty, and Velcro-catchy pop songs."
-Atlanta Journal-Constitution
www.thebrilliantinventions.com
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Wednesday,
August 26 @ 8:00 PM |
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Greg Greenway
with special guest Kate Klim |
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A rare
combination of instrumental expertise, a soulful and moving singer, powerful
poet, and sparkling entertainer, Greenway is one of those
difficult-to-categorize performers who have found a home in the modern
acoustic genre. Put simply, he is one of the finest entertainers you'll ever
see.
www.greggreenway.com
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"Kate Klim might be the new Carole King. There I said
it. Not just because she writes and performs her songs on the piano,
but because her songs show wisdom beyond their years, drawing on
experiences from her personal life, but expanding those lessons to
include a broader view on the meaning of relationships and people in
our lives. They're not just about her, they're about all of us, and
one has to wonder, how does this kind of insight come to someone so
young? Carole Kings songs have been around or years. I'm betting Kates
will be too."
-Crit Harmon, Producer (Martin Sexton, Mary Gauthier, Lori McKenna)
www.kateklim.com
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Wednesday,
September 23 @ 8:00 PM |
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Reba's Picks: John Flynn |
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Ticket Magazine places John Flynn "at the near end of a long line of
American poets, thinkers and folk artists, . . . all the way up to Kris
Kristofferson". Kristofferson himself praises John's songwriting:
"The truth is in the details; the gifts are an ear for accurate dialogue, an
eye for powerful imagery and anything funny, and a heart open to surprises
and the possibilities of moving the emotions."
www.johnflynn.net
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Wednesday,
October 14 @ 8:00 PM |
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Jim Photoglo
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Jim
Photoglo has musically spanned four decades as both a songwriter and artist,
bringing his unique creative voice to the R&B, Pop and Country arenas.
In a word, "wow." I've known Photoglo as a songwriter for so long, I'd
completely forgotten what a potent performer he is. Back in the early 1980s
he charted memorably a couple of times. But this is something else entirely,
an ocean current of dark-green mystery. I fell into it and floated. Never
even came up for air. What a disc.
--- Robert Oermann
www.jimphotoglo.com
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Wednesday, October 28 @ 8:00 PM |
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Joe Crookston and Dave Potts |
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Wednesday,
December 9 @ 8:00 PM |
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The Laws |
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"
... alternatively wistful and playful songs ... collection of acoustic
gems."
Chris Neal, Nashville Scene
" .. duo's close-harmony singing, a deeply affecting blend
that harks backs to the impeccable like of the Davis Sisters and Delmore
Brothers..."
Bill Friskecs-Warren, The Tennessean (Get Out Americana Pick)
" ... recalls The Everly Brothers in their
prime. Yes, the harmonies really are that good."
Robert
Oermann, Music Row Magazine
"John and Michele Law's songs seem to be the
lost essence of country music which has now become so commercial and
formulaic sounding."
Randy Bachman
www.thelaws.ca
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Focus Sponsored Concerts:
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Sunday,
October 11 @ 3:00 PM |
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Heyman Celebration |
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Times: 3 p.m. - 11 p.m.
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Live Folk Music Performances: 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
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Dinner Break: 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
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Live Folk Music Performances: 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
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Golden Circle Reception afterwards: 10:00 p.m.
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Venue:
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Olney Theater, Olney, Maryland - Historic Stage
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www.olneytheatre.org
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Map (click)
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It is about 10 miles north from the Washington
Capital Beltway, due north of Silver Spring, MD.
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Tickets:
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125.00 - 100 Golden Circle seating, dinner &
Post-concert Reception with the artists
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$50.00 - General Reserved seating - center
section
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$25.00 - General Reserved seating - side
sections (some seats may have a view that is partially obstructed)
- limited number available
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Tickets are now
ON SALE
(Click for information on how to order tickets)
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Benefiting:
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Scheduled: Ellen Bukstel, Terry
Gonda with Kirsti Reeves, Patty Larkin, Kate McDonnell, SONiA, Amy
Speace, LisaBeth Weber, Vance Gilbert, Cosy Sheridan AND MANY OTHERS
TO BE ANNOUNCED OR TO APPEAR AS A SURPRISE
For more information, click on:
www.HeymanCelebration.org
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