NEW BERLIN – With thirty-five years of experience, the New Berlin Art Forum proudly announces its 2009 – 2010 performing arts series for the enjoyment of the community.
The Woods Tea Company, that uses a variety of instruments to make great music, will start off the new season. Woods Tea Company, Vermont’s Famous Folk Group, is scheduled to perform in New Berlin Saturday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Unadilla Valley Central School, Route 8, New Berlin. This group is popular in this area and other areas with about 120 performances a year from pubs to Lincoln Center. Including a mix of old favorites and new material their famous audience interaction will transport everyone into an evening of folk, Celtic, sea shanties, French Canadian and bluegrass musical fun. Established in 1981, Wood Tea Co. has a goal to please the audience.
The Singing Boys of Pennsylvania was founded in 1970 as the Pocono Boy Singers and they have won great acclaim throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, England and Japan. The company consists of young artists – aged 10 to 14 – selected from the ranks of the organization’s training choir who have been rigorously prepared for two or more years. Their fast-moving format has been enthusiastically received by audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, throughout Japan, as well as by critics who have applauded the choir’s imaginative and versatile programming. The remarkable proficiency which the choir brings to performances has been demonstrated in hundreds of recitals for colleges and universities from Oxford to Stanford, many Community Concert Associations and hundreds more schools and churches. The Singing Boys of Pennsylvania is an attraction with wide appeal and is sure to delight our audience with an irresistible format of music and entertainment on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Church on S. Main Street, New Berlin.
Local Seisún, a Traditional Irish Instrumental Musical group will perform in New Berlin Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 7 p.m. at the Heights Terrace Community Center in New Berlin. Local Seisún grew out of the social and musical congeniality at weekly Irish music sessions originally hosted by Steve Eisenberg at his antique shop in Bainbridge. Now gatherings are held at the Susquehanna Café in Bainbridge. At public presentations they play traditional Irish music with the same informal spirit as at a session, similar to what was, and still is, played in homes and pubs in Ireland and in American cities where Irish immigrants and their descendents would gather in social community to share music stories, songs, refreshment and other forms of self-entertainment. The instrumental music often accompanies dancing, and includes jigs, hornpipes, reels, slip jigs, polkas, slides and marches, as well as slow airs derived from songs. They enjoy it when anyone in the audience who feels like dancing to the music will get up and follow their inclination to do so.
The members of Local Seisún include: Steve Eisenberg - Whistle, flute, bodhrán; Rob Grassi - Mandolin, tenor banjo; Jim Haggerty – Whistle; Kathy Shimberg – Fiddle and Jean Withrow - Concertina.
The Acme Mystery Company will return next spring by popular demand. “The Sound of Murder”, the geared toward adult interactive play, will be presented on Saturday May 1, 2010 at 7 p.m. at the Masonic Hall on N. Main in New Berlin. This comedy Dinner Theater event is sure to please all who attend. The $25 admission ticket includes the performance and a delicious dinner buffet catered by Mark Tuller, previous recipient of the New Berlin Art Forum Scholarship, chef and owner of Tuller Catering & Party Service. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of American and has more than ten years experience in the food industry. As space is limited reservations will be required. Season ticket holders must also call for reservations and pay $15 per person for dinner. There will be a special Chinese Auction during this evening.
2009 – 2010 Annual Membership Tickets may be purchased from a Board of Director’s member. Membership categories are Senior/Student $25; Adult, $35; Family, $60; Patron, $100; Sponsor, $150; Benefactor, $250 and Angel $500 or more.
Individual performance tickets will be available at a cost of $10 each for non-members from the New Berlin Library, Service Pharmacy, New Berlin, and at the door the evening of the performance. Refreshments will be on hand to help provide an experience to remember.
The Art Forum yearly raffle includes 1st Prize: Two Tickets to Broadway Theatre League’s “Cabaret” at the Stanley Center for the Arts in Utica in May 2010 and Dinner for Two at Thornberry’s and a $25 gas card, total value $200. 2nd prize is a Fenimore Art Association Family Membership which includes admission to The Farmers’ Museum; Value $80. Raffle tickets are $1.00 each or six for $5.00 and will be on sale at all performances or from members of the Board of Directors.
If you have any questions or would like membership or performance information about becoming a member or about an event call 847-9747 or visit the web site: newberlinartforum.org.