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A new program this year, Summer Sounds is an outdoor concert series in Winter Harbor. Each event will be held on the third Sunday of the month, from May through September, at 5pm. Thanks to the Channing Chapel Preservation Society, the location will be the lawn and parking area at the Winter Harbor Library, Channing Chapel. The events are free to the public, with refreshments available at a small cost. Schoodic Steel
May 17th Schoodic Steel ahrdly needs introducing as they have been playing in and around the Peninsula for the last seven years. You know what to expect - Caribbean music played on the steel drums, with energetic percussion, and a few surprise numbers as well. Jay and Bjørn Peterson
June 21st Father and son duo Jay and Bjørn Peterson have been performing their rich blend of western and swing music for the last five years in Maine and the Northwest, in their old home in Minnesota, and in the Yucatan in Mexico. Jay is a veteran performer on NPR's "A Prairie Home Companion," and hosts a weekly radio show on WERU 89.9 FM in Blue Hill. Son Bjørn is a gifted young performer on three instruments: guitar, violin and bass, and is a member of the award-winning George Stevens Academy jazz band. The Fab Five
July 19th The Fab Five (or Six?) has thrilled zillioins of brain cells, triggered beckbaskets of endorphins, and corroded untold air molecules with its scintillating versions of Beatles numbers, both standard and obscure. Holly "Fab" Mattraw, Lauren "Fab Koss, Alan "Fab" Cook, Duane "Fab" Ingalls, Gene "Fab" Nichols, and possibly an X-Fabtor are all the walrus, sweeter than a Savoy Truffle, and rockier than a raccoon on Downeast farmland - so love them do! Jon y los Zocalocos August 16th Jon Archer, Carl Karush, and friends will mix it up with some old-time country (contra!) music, folk favorites, and bits and pieces from around the world. The Cherryfield Band September 20th This 35 piece band from Cherryfield has been around since 1869 and feature's one of Hammond Hall's dearest friends, Larry Smith on
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