1) One week (April 13 - April 20, 2013) at the Orange Lake Resort, West Village, in Orlando. Florida.  Full kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 6 private occupancy or 8 full occupancy. Note this does NOT include transportation to or from Florida, and the resort is for that specific time period only.
$1600.00 value includes:

2) Four, one day Walt Disney "Hopper Passes" good for any time from June 15 2012 - June 15 2014. These four passes are good at any  Disney venue (Disney World, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, etc.)  $500.00 value Total value: $2100. Tickets available at any Brandon Town Hall Event

 Drawing on December 5, 2012 Moonlight Madness at the Town Hall.  Do not have to be present to win. Thank you Gary & Nancy Meffe for the donation.

BRANDON MUSIC  

Brandon Music Presents Sayon Camara & the Landaya African Rhythm Ensemble, 9/20

Brandon Music, located at 62 Country Club Road in Brandon, Vermont, will present Sayon Camara & the Landaya African Rhythm Ensemble on September 20 at 7:30pm. General Admission is $12. Venue is BYOB. Brandon Music will not offer dinner at this concert.

For Information & Reservations (802) 465-4071 / info@brandon-music.net

Sayon Camarawas born in the village of Kouya Sidia, Kouroussa, in central Guinea. His parents gave him a loving upbringing, instilling him with honesty, compassion and wisdom as he grew up with his siblings in the wonderful commune of Guinean society. At the age of seven Sayon's father, an accomplished djembe drummer, gifted him with a djembe. This altered the course of his life and his hands have not left the djembe since.

After drumming in the village for 31 years while cultivating rice and working in the bauxite mines, Sayon left his village as a master djembefola, to work in Conakry with the world's foremost djembe player Famoudou Konate. For the next eight years, Sayon worked intensively with Konate, teaching at his workshops, and playing at his concerts and on his CDs. Eventually Sayon began leading other workshops for people from all over the world, both in Guinea and Japan, and has become a sought after musician to play for various occasions such as marriages, naming ceremonies, traditional festivals of all kinds, and even political events.

Sayon will perform in Brandon with the Landaya African Rhythm Ensemble, led by the award winning musician and composer, Dave "the Kobra" Kobrenski. Skillfully performing on the djembe, sangban, dununba, and kenkeni drums, as well as the tambin (known as the Fula flute), kamalen'goni (10-string African harp), the krin (log drum), Landaya weaves together an evening of music with Sayon that captures the spirit of West Africa.

Jazz at Brandon Music performances have a concert listening policy, which prohibits talking, texting, cell phones, recording, laptop computers, gaming units, and cameras during the performance. The weekly series is produced by NH Jazz Presents and sponsored by the Brandon Inn, the Radisson Nashua, Patrick's Pub, David Salzberg Jazz Supporter, and the Margate Resort.

Upcoming Jazz Shows at Brandon Music:

9/27 Jerry Sabatini's Sonic Explorers

10/4 Philip Hamilton Group

10/11 Ken Peplowski

10/18 Yoron Israel's High Standards Quartet

10/25 Julian Lage (solo)

Davydov-Fanning Duo Present
Benefit Concert at Brandon Music

Brandon Music presents Diana Fanning, piano, and Dieuwke Davydov, cello, in a benefit concert on October 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $15 and all proceeds will benefit the Compass Music and Arts Foundation. The internationally-acclaimed Davydov-Fanning Duo will present a program featuring colorful and exciting works, including Janacek's "Pohadka" - "Fairy Tale", Shostakovich's Sonata for Cello and Piano, three Intermezzi by Johannes Brahms, and Brahms' Sonata in E Minor for Piano and Cello. For information or tickets, call (802) 465-4071 or email info@brandon-music.net.

Compass Music and Arts Foundation is a new and developing non-profit organization striving to be the foremost venue in Vermont for all types of music and artistic media. Compass Music and Arts Foundation is dedicated to enriching life through a deeper appreciation of music and the literary, performing and visual arts. The purpose of Compass Music and Arts Foundation is to help bring art in all its forms to the people of Vermont and beyond.

Fanning and Davydov have been lauded in the U.S. and abroad for their brilliant virtuosity, musical insight and remarkable rapport as a Duo.  Jim Lowe of the Barre Times-Argus has called the Duo "one of our State's treasures."  The Duo's extensive European concert tours have included recordings for Radio Netherlands.  Davydov and Fanning were presented in a Carnegie Recital Hall debut after winning the prestigious Concert Artists Guild International Competition in New York City.  They have performed on the Morning Pro Musica Live Performers Series over WGBH-FM, on the Artists Series on WNYC, New York, and on Vermont Public Radio. The Duo is planning its seventh tour of Europe in spring 2014.

Diana Fanning has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and in Europe. After her solo recital in Munich in April 2006, a critic wrote that "Diana Fanning stunned her listeners with the rich spectrum of subtle colors and tonal nuances she revealed.  Her recital seized the audience with a veritable deep magic."  Fanning has been a guest artist with the Takacs and Jupiter String Quartets and has performed as a concerto soloist on numerous occasions with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Vermont Public Television featured her in a program of works by Scarlatti, Ravel and Chopin. Her CD of works by Chopin, Janacek and Debussy has received enthusiastic reviews in the U.S. and in England   She is an Affiliate Artist at Middlebury College.

"Wonderful temperament, superb style, grace and virtuosic ease" are some of the superlatives used to describe the playing of cellist Dieuwke Davydov.  A native of Holland, she graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory, won first prize in the Jeunesse Musicale International Competition in London, and came to the U.S. for graduate work at Juilliard.  She has performed widely throughout the U.S. and in Europe and recently gave a series of master classes, recitals and concerts as a soloist with the Nairobi Symphony Orchestra in Kenya, Africa.  Davydov plays with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, is a founder of the Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra, and is an Affiliate Artist at Middlebury College.

Workshop on Business Succession and Employee Ownership
Coming to Carris Reels,
Proctor, VT - Oct. 3

 

The Vermont Employee Ownership Center (VEOC) is offering a free workshop entitled "Selling to the Employees: Employee Ownership as a Path for Business Succession" on Wednesday, October 3rd from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the offices of Carris Reels in Proctor, Vermont. Carris Reelsmanufactures packaging for the wire and cable industry, and is 100% employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Lunch for workshop attendees is included!

VEOC staff will provide a brief overview of ownership succession options, and will focus on the pros and cons of different forms of employee ownership, including the key financial and organizational benefits of this approach. The story of employee ownership at Carris Reels will be told by Dave Fitz-Gerald,the company's Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Bill Kidder, Eastern Region Manager and Vice President for Corporate Banking at Merchants Bank, will discuss financing for ownership succession. Tabitha Croscut, a partner in the law firm of Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple, will describe the steps in assessing feasbility of establishing an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) or other form of employee ownership.

The event is co-sponsored by the Vermont Small Business Development Center and the Rutland Economic Development Corporation. Refreshments and lunch will be served.

There is no registration fee, but advance registration is required. For more information and to register, please visit www.veoc.org or call 802-321-8362 .

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