They raise their voices in praise. And Sunday they will raise their voices again. Featuring nine area church choirs, the 10th biannual Ecumenical Choir Festival will be held at 4 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, 120 Chandler St. The festival is sponsored by the Chautauqua Chapter of the ...
There is something to be said for acts of kindness — random or not. And one such act needs to be brought to the front. It involves Josh Kindberg, a Jamestown High School graduate, and JHS Red Raider Marching Band alum. After Josh learned about an eighth-grader bass drummer who suffered a knee injury, Josh offered to get the bass drummer back to playing speed. For drummers, marching band is demanding. Even though there are supports for bass drums, snare drums, and quad drums, the drums still get heavy. If you have been lucky enough to see a marching band drum section perform, then ...
New York State Champion, Jamestown High School Red Raider Marching Band will be headed to the New York State Field Band Championships this Sunday to defend its title. As a thank you for community support, the band will perform a free show on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Strider Field. The rain ...
A new free performing arts series, Arts On Fire Live, continues in Reg Lenna Center for The Arts’ Media Studio on Friday featuring storyteller Paul Leone presenting some of Edgar Allan Poe’s literature. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the performance will begin at 6 p.m. The performance is ...
During her show, Paula Poundstone likes interacting with her audience. She said she has taken cues from the audience by reacting to the audience’s reaction. And sometimes, she remembers something from her past, and adds more humor to the already humorous exchange. “The audience is ...
I have two words that helped forge my listening skills — classical music. I had a love-hate relationship with classical music. That relation was mostly because I didn’t give it time to wash over me. When I let in classical music, it opened up doors that were previously locked. Because of classical music, I know some music theory, and with music theory, I appreciate music more than I did when I did not know as much theory as I do now. But let’s start at the beginning. I guess classical music was all around me, but I didn’t really pay attention to it. I heard it in my house ...
