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SUMMARY:Summer Festival Tour: America 250 - Grafton
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: Tonight’s concert will be OUTDOORS at Grafton Trails and Outdoor Center. There are limited advance price tickets available at MKT Grafton in downtown Grafton. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the gate starting at 5:30 pm. \nTo celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday\, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra hits the road with Summer Festival Tour: America 250\, bringing music to communities across the Green Mountain State. There’s nothing quite like a balmy July evening in the Vermont outdoors\, especially when the state’s orchestra performs beloved favorites like Morton Gould’s American Salute (based on “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”)\, Aaron Copland’s Hoe-Down from Rodeo\, a lively selection of music by John Williams and John Philip Sousa\, and more. \nMusic Director Andrew Crust invites you to bring a picnic blanket and relax under sunny skies to enjoy this cherished annual tradition. Each location features the VSO’s Musical Petting Zoo before the performance\, where audiences young and old can explore a variety of orchestral instruments. Two works are elevated by live narration by actor/director Jarvis Green and Coolidge Interpreter Tracy Messer.  John Williams’ piece Liberty Fanfare is performed alongside a reading of Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus\,” and Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait includes writings by Abraham Lincoln paired with a reading of Calvin Coolidge’s speech “Vermont Is a State I Love.” \nPROGRAM \nThe Star Spangled Banner – Traditional\nAmerican Salute – Morton Gould\nLiberty Fanfare – John Williams\nVariations on America – Charles Ives\, arr. Schuman\nAmerica 250! – Gwyneth Walker \nSymphony No. 9 (1. Adagio) – Antonín Dvořák \nIntermission \nCowboys Overture – John Williams\nHoe-Down from “Rodeo” – Aaron Copland\nRey’s Theme from “The Force Awakens” Suite – John Williams\nChanson de matin – Edward Elgar\nLincoln Portrait – Aaron Copland\nDuke Ellington Fantasy – Duke Ellington\, arr. Hermann\nStars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa \n  \n\nEVENT DETAILS & THINGS TO KNOW \nGrafton Trails & Outdoor Center\n783 Townshend Rd\, Grafton\, VT 05146 \n\nGates open at 5:30 pm for picnicking\n\nConcert begins at 7:30 pm\, and concludes with fireworks. \nTickets are available online and locally in Grafton at MKT. \n\n\nPrices \n\n\n$35 – Adult Advance (18 and up)\n$45 – Adult gate\n$10 – Ages 6-17 (gate and advance)\nFree – Ages 5 and under \n\n\n\n\nRain site: Horowitz Hall at Vermont Academy\, 10 Long Walk\, Saxtons River\, VT 05154 \n\n\nWe encourage you to bring:\n– A picnic blanket or folding chairs\n– Sunscreen & sunglasses\n– Insect repellant\n– Water\n– Whatever you need to comfortably enjoy the outdoors\n– Picnic baskets and outside food (wine\, cheese\, even pizza!) are encouraged. There will not be a food or beverage vendor on site.\n\nSun umbrellas are welcome until the start of the concert. Flashlights are also suggested to help you find your way to your car after the sun has set. Smoking and animals (except assistance and service animals) are not allowed at any VSO show.\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nOUR SPONSORS \n\n\nThe Summer Festival Tour performance in Grafton is generously supported by The Windham Foundation. Additional support is provided by M&T Bank (Musical Petting Zoo Sponsor)\, Springfield Hospital\, Barrett & Valley Associates Inc.\, AARP Vermont\, MKT: Grafton\, and generous individuals and businesses in our community. \n \n\n\n  \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n 
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LOCATION:Grafton Trails and Outdoor Center\, 783 Townshend Road\, Grafton\, VT\, 05146\, United States
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SUMMARY:2023 TD Bank Summer Festival Tour in Grafton
DESCRIPTION:DUE TO WEATHER\, THIS PERFORMANCE WILL BE INDOORS. The concert is sold out.\nThe rain site is Horowitz Hall at Vermont Academy\, 10 Long Walk\, Saxtons River\, VT. \nPlease note that there is no food permitted inside the hall.  \n  \nVSO’s TD Bank Summer Festival Tour is back with a lineup of American favorites to get you dancing and celebrating the most anticipated time of year in Vermont. Guest trumpeter and jazz legend Ray Vega joins the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and Argentinian/Italian conductor Michelle di Russo in a concert of swing\, jazz\, spirituals\, and marches. A “…hornman with deep roots in Latin Music and Afro-Cuban Jazz” (New York Daily News)\, Vega is known as a prolific\, state-wide performer and as host of Vermont Public’s Friday Night Jazz program. Relax under the balmy summer skies with feisty\, soothing\, and unforgettable music by Duke Ellington\, Louis Armstrong\, Thelonious Monk\, George Gershwin\, John Philip Sousa\, Johnny Mandel and more. Bring your picnic baskets and summer spirit.\nFireworks will take place at the conclusion of the performance! \n \nEVENT DETAILS & THINGS TO KNOW\nGrafton Trails and Outdoor Center – 783 Townshend Road\, Grafton\nGates open at 5:30 pm for picnicking\nConcert begins at 7:30 pm\n \nAdvance adult tickets: $28\nGate Prices:\nAdults: $35\nAges 6-17: $5\n5 and under: Free \nAARP discounted tickets are available for AARP members only. \nRain site: Horowitz Hall at Vermont Academy\, 10 Long Walk\, Saxtons River\, VT 05154 \nWe encourage you to bring:\n– A picnic blanket or folding chairs\n– Sunscreen & sunglasses\n– Insect repellant\n– Water\n– Whatever you need to comfortably enjoy the outdoors \nSun umbrellas are welcome until the start of the concert. Flashlights are also suggested to help you find your way to your car after the sun has set. Smoking and animals (except assistance and service animals) are not allowed at any VSO show. \n  \nPROGRAM \nGuest conductor Michelle Di Russo\, trumpet soloist\, Ray Vega \nBernstein – Overture to Candide\nSeeger – Rissolty Rossolty\nMonk arr. Julien – Round Midnight\nJoplin – The Entertainer\nArmstrong – Satchmo!\nSuessdorf\, arr. Fredrickson – Moonlight in Vermont\nMandel\, arr. McCarthy – Medley: The Shadow of Your Smile/A Time for Love\nEllington\, arr. Custer – Duke Ellington! \nINTERMISSION \nGershwin – Cuban Overture\nHernandez\, arr. Hartigan – Lamento Borincano\nBurleigh\, arr. Tyzik – Every Time I Feel the Spirit\nEllington\, arr. Vega – Black and Tan Fantasy\nGershwin – Strike Up the Band\nSousa – The Washington Post\nSousa – Stars and Stripes Forever \n\nThis concert is generously sponsored by: \n           \n                     \n\n           \n  \nThe Musical Petting Zoo educational exhibit for this performance is kindly supported by M&T Bank.\n\n\n For accessibility information at this venue\, please contact Grafton Trails and Outdoor Center at (802) 843-2400.
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LOCATION:Grafton Trails and Outdoor Center\, 783 Townshend Road\, Grafton\, VT\, 05146\, United States
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