Summer Concert Series Schedule Announced

The 2006 Antonio Gentile Memorial Bandstand Summer Concert Series will be held this year from July 16 through August 27, 2006, 7 to 8:30pm Stage Fort Park, Gloucester. ‘We are thrilled to continue these terrific free concerts. We are very grateful to have the financial support of many local businesses who have made our series possible.’ Says David Benjamin, the director of the annual summer concerts. ‘This year we are also asking our audience to help us by contributing to the expense of the concerts. Each concert costs about fifteen hundred dollars. Every dollar helps.’

Benjamin reminds the public that the city does not pay for the concerts as in past years. ‘Those days are gone and its time for all of us to share the responsibility of producing these great nights by the sea. We won’t actually be ‘passing the hat’, but everyone will get a donor form on their printed program. We hope that many will dig deep to support the concerts; it’s a ‘sound investment’.’ said Benjamin.

This year there are six concerts planned (See schedule below), beginning with The Liberty Jazz Band who plays a return engagement on July 16. The concerts are free as well as parking. The park and its facilities are wheelchair accessible.

The City of Gloucester is seeking donations to support the Summer Concert Series at Stage Fort Park. We are grateful to already have many of this summer’s concerts sponsored by Cape Ann businesses. We hope you can join in an effort to provide funding for our summer season of free outdoor concerts at the Antonio Gentile Bandstand. We have planned a series of seven outstanding concerts in perhaps the most beautiful setting in New England. Your financial support will insure a full season of wonderful musical evenings at the edge of beautiful Gloucester Harbor. The cost of each concert is approximately $1,500. We need your help to continue these ‘free’ concerts.

All donations should be payable to: Cape Ann Community Band/ 32 Revere St./ Gloucester, MA 01930. For additional information please contact David Benjamin, Summer Music Director, 978-281-0543.

ANTONIO GENTILE MEMORIAL BANDSTAND

2006 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, Mass.

July 16 through August 27, 2006, 7 to 8:30pm

Sunday, July 16, 7pm

Liberty Jazz Band (Dixieland)

Sponsored by the Members of the Gloucester Rotary Club and Carroll K. Steele Insurance

Sunday, July 23, 7pm

The Herb Pomeroy Band (Jazz)

Featuring Donna Byrne and Dick Johnson