BROCKWAY, Pa (EYT) – The Frank Varischetti Foundation Summer Concert Series continues at Taylor Memorial Park in Brockway.
(Photo: The All-Star Big Band plays at Taylor Memorial Park in Brockway)
The concert series began on June 10 with the Sharptones. The event continued on June 17 with Brandon Giuffre.
The Summer Concert Series still has six acts to go. Crossfade is next on Friday, June 22, followed by Heather Olson on July 8, Vagabonds on July 15, Village Voices on July 22, Moore Brothers on July 29, and ending with Holey Jeans on August 5.
Crossfade plays at 6:00 p.m.
The whole plan, according to the Foundation’s Corrie Gudalis, is to get the community over to the park.
“The park is a beautiful resource,” she said. “The American Legion Stage is amazing. For the longest time, it was just used for the Old Fashioned Fourth of July. We changed that with the concert series.”
Unlike summer concerts in neighboring communities, the Brockway concerts happen rain or shine. And, that does not mean it is a miserable experience. Within a few minutes, the organizers shift their focus from the American Legion Stage at Taylor Memorial Park to the auditorium at Brockway Area Junior-Senior High School.
“The school district is allowing us to use the auditorium,” Gudalis said. “We don’t have to cancel with rain. It’s extremely easy to move from one venue to the other. Dan Hawkins gets us in and out of the school with no problems. The musicians are pretty flexible, too. Many of them are used to quickly setting up and getting started.”
The bands are not used to such close cooperation between a community organization like the Foundation Concert Series and the school district. Gudalis said that the bands were excited and impressed when she said they would never get rained out.
“We have a complete range of music,” Gudalis said. “We started with a group that does music from the 1950s and 60s, then we have a country act. We have all realms of music. We even have guitarists. Whatever you like, we’ll have your type of music this summer.”
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