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Weathersfield News November 25, 2015 Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photosbynanci@comcast.net Happy Thanksgiving folks. Ah, the start of the winter holiday season. Food, family, shopping, craft fairs, and lots of stress. One thing I try to tell myself this time of year is celebrate the true meaning of Thanksgiving-Give Thanks. I've made it through another year. Some of us haven't faired so well. This time of year brings joy to some but darkness to others and I don't just mean the early dark afternoons. Try to be aware of those around us who may not be celebrating they way we are. "Give" them your time by listening to them or just being with them. And "thank" them for being themselves. Try to reach out to people you may not other wise encounter in your normal daily lives. Visit a nursing home or elder care facility and just sit with someone. Visit the VA in White River Junction and say "thank you" to the veterans and their caregivers.   Buy a ...

Sunday November 22, 2015 Briggs Opera House , White River Junction North Country Community Theatre presented Lee Blessing's "A Walk in the Woods" this past weekend at the Briggs Opera House in White River Junction. Set in the woods outside of Geneva Switzerland in 1988, the play focuses on final years of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union The nuclear arsenals held by these super powers were threatening to destroy the planet. The play is a dialogue between negotiators for each country. The script focuses more on the frustrations felt by these two very different men than on the political issues going on in their respective countries. Andrey Botvinnik (Brownsville's own Kevin Fitzpatrick-who designed the lighting for Pentangle's "Rocky Horror" and ArtisTree's "Laughter on the 23rd Floor") and John Honeyman (Alan Haehnel an English teacher living in Hartford) start out as potential enemies, even though An...

Saturday,November 21, 2015 Damon Hall, Hartland VT The Fiddler, Patrick Ross, ended his Vermont Town Hall Tour in Damon Hall, Hartland on Saturday night. Ross a fifth generation fiddler who grew up in Canaan Vermont (on the border of Quebec and New Hampshire) began his tour in October in Danville and has been making his way around Vermont performing in town halls in Hardwick, Chelsea, West Rutland, Maidstone, Sheffield, and Shelburne winding up in Hartland. Over 70 people were in the audience to witness this unique one man show that included performances from Ross's area fiddle students, a demonstrations of various instruments and a very special performance from his 17 month old daughter Ophelia. More information about Ross and his music can be found at http://patrickrossmusic.com/ . More images from the performance: https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Patrick-Ross/Town-Hall-Tour-Hartland/ Patrick Ross, The Fiddler Vermont Town Hall Tour 2015 Damon Hall Hartland, V...

Friday November 20, 2015 Pomfret, VT As part of their Local Artist Songwriters Showcase, Artistree hosted a concert on Friday night featuring local favorites Sensible Shoes followed by Hammer and Feather. Sensible Shoes debuted their new song "Slippery Slope" in their all originals set.  After a brief set change, Hammer and Feather took the stage. Jenny Barry and Jim Yeager of Hartland were join by Glenn Selwitz on bass. Special guests sitting in with Hammer and Feather were Peter Meijer and Kathleen Dolan (ArtisTree Executive Director and one of the music series organizers.) For more information about music at ArtisTree call 802.457.3500 or visit their website: http://www.artistreevt.org/ . More images:  https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Artistree/Local-Artist-Spotlight/ Check out some other local artists at unsungradio.com Local Artist Spotlight Sensible Shoes and Hammer and Feather ArtisTree Community Arts Pomfret, VT November 20, 2015 Copyr...

Friday November 20, 2015 Pomfret VT ArtisTree hosted their Small Works-Holiday Show Opening Reception on Friday night featuring 50/50, a wall of 5- square inch panels created by 50 artists. The show run through. December 19. The gallery, in Pomfret, is open Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information call 802.457.3500 or visit their website: http://www.artistreevt.org/ Small Works, Opening Reception ArtisTree Community Arts Holiday Show Pomfret, VT November 20, 2015 Copyright ©2015 Nancy Nutile-McMenemy http://www.photosbynanci.com For The Vermont Standard: http://www.thevermontstandard.com/ Image Galleries http://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/VermontStandard/Galleries More ArtisTree galleries: https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Artistree

Tuesday November 17, 2015 Woodstock, VT The Woodstock High School Symphonic Band and The Woodstock Middle School Concert Band under the direction of Jody Henderson performed Tuesday Nov. 17 at the Yoh Theatre. For their fall concert, the bands performed music inspired by the Lone Star State of Texas in honor of Chuck and Harriet Worrell. Special guest appearance by Al Alessi Woodstock High School Band Honors Chuck and Harriet Worrell Yoh Theatre, WUHS Woodstock, VT November 17, 2015 Copyright ©2015 Nancy Nutile-McMenemy http://www.photosbynanci.com For The Vermont Standard: http://www.thevermontstandard.com/ Image Galleries http://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/VermontStandard/Galleries

Weathersfield News November 18, 2015 Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photosbynanci@comcast.net I had another great weekend filled with music and community theater. A friend hosts concerts in his living room and he's booked some pretty fantastic bands over the years. This past weekend Doug and his family, Billsville House Concerts hosted Upstate Rubdown on Friday night. The music, especially the harmonies of the women were out of this world! Check out the videos I shot:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAoCAD1SnBx9I6JYXheuGxkvg and images:  https://photosbynanci.smugmug.com/Upstate-Rubdown/Billsville-Nov-2015/ Saturday night  Billsville House Concerts  brought in Soyna Kitchell and HONEYHONEY . We saw Soyna Kitchell open for Myra Flynn at the Briggs Opera House a couple of weeks ago, seeing her in someone's living room was very special. Check out a couple of videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa6O-DUsAo...

November 15, 2015 Lebanon NH Roman Gods and Goddesses took over the Lebanon Opera House this past weekend. New York Times best selling author, Jodi Picoult and her Trumbull Hall Troupe of talented Upper Valley teens performed the original musical "When In Rome" with all the money raised going to Upper Valley charities that help children: The Zienzele Foundation , Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHAD) and Upper Valley Haven . Picoult and co-author Kyle van Leer took characters from Roman and Greek mythology and gave them personalities of today's celebrities. Venus was "Kardasian" like, Jupiter was a frat-boy playboy, and Pluto was transformed into a bad boy with a questionable past. The mortals were crafted to sound like feminists and hipsters. Psyche, the daughter of Emperor Julius Thousand Island enters carrying a sign demanding women in the House and Senate. Narcissus and Echo perform a song about taking a selfie "Won't You Take ...

Weathersfield News November 11, 2015 Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photosbynanci@comcast.net Congratulations to Chris and Sally Harris. They were among the recipients of the Successful Aging Awards given out at the annual meeting of Senior Solutions on Oct. 28 in Springfield . Successful Aging Awards are presented to seniors in southeastern Vermont based on their contributions to the community. Senior Solutions is the non-profit Area Agency on Aging serving Southeastern Vermont . For more information please visit: seniorsolutionsvt.org Congratulations also go out to David Allen of Perkinsville for landing the lead role in the independent film "Elixir" (shot in Burlington, VT)  and the three part mini-series "And Then They Came" (available on Vimeo beginning Nov 15.) Allen is a single father who works a factory job to support himself and his son Jacoby. Allen began his career singing with a solo in a Weathersfield School production back when he was i...