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Tonight was the final rehearsal for Medway High School’s performance of Once on this Island .This great show opens Friday at 7:30pm, with two shows Saturday 2pm and 7:30pm. You can find tickets here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/events/4075166 or at the door if available. Best of luck to the cast and crew, especially the Seniors, including my son Dan, he ends his Nigh School Musical career as the God of Water Agwe.
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The Tradesman Local Music Social was last night. Steak and great music, come by next month and the first Monday of each month or you are missing out.
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I have been taking photos of the MyFM Local Music Awards for many years, not even sure how many off the top of my head. This year due to many circumstances it was later in the year, I kind of figured it was not happening to be honest. And then it did… yesterday, and it was glorious. These two above are the ringleaders of the whole gig, and they also happen to be two of my favorite people on the planet. Ray and Molly Auger put on an award show once that reminds us how fun it is to be part of this music scene. Great people, entertaining other great people with so much talent it is ridiculous. The whole event was a highlight, but I am allowed to have some favorites right? Kelley and Ed, one play Keys the other Drums, together they did an instrumental version, (that ended up having vocals by the whole audience), of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, it was crazy good. There was pop, rock, country, yacht rock, a Who cover band that reminded me I do not listen to enough Who, humor, awards and plenty to drink for those who needed it. Thank you to Ray and Molly for putting this on over and over, and for all the others who help, Liz’s Diamond for hosting and Milford TV for recording the thing. If you missed it all, well you missed it. Don’t miss the next one.
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Tonight Dan and seven other students were inducted to Medway High School’s Tri-M Music Honor Society. Dan also performed “Come Away, Death” by Roger Quilter from the Shakespeare Songs. Congratulations Dan, music is your passion, I can’t wait to see where it takes you.
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First Monday of the month, talented men and women gather at The Tradesman and entertain the masses. It is always a great time.
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OK, so this should had been yesterday’s post, but with the musical it got bumped, that does not diminish it at all. Buckcherry, crooners of classics like Say F*@# It, Lit up, Sorry, Crazy Bitch and plenty of others played Pinz in Kingston, MA. The place was crazy, packed wall to wall, not much room for me with my camera but I made the best of it. My second favorite marriage (?) opened for them, Bad Marriage and plenty of their fans trekked down to Kingston too. Keep in mind this was the night of the storm, and this place was crammed with people… go follow Pinz Kingston, do not miss a show there – so much more than a bowling alley. I know some of the possible upcoming gigs, trust me you want to know when they are announced, you might even get in some of my photos.
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Milford TV celebrated the opening of their brand new Studio B and their 5 Year Anniversary last night. I had a photo booth set up, their was music, food, tons of visitors and the event was capped off with a live performance from Bad Marriage. Congratulations to all my friends at Milford TV the place looks great.
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The Tradesman in Milford was a stop for Toby Lee, an 12 year old guitar phenom from England. Check this kid out, he kills it on guitar. He is on his way to International Blues Challenge in Memphis representing the UK in the youth category, in town with family and put on a quick show to a packed house. Good Luck Toby!
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Added another great band to the list last night, I photographed Living Colour at Pinz in Kingston, MA.
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Last night I photographed two incredible bands at the Palladium in Worcester. It was awesome to see Fitzy, Todd, Jon, Ian and Delaney of Bad Marriage get the crowd ready for Extreme. And that is what they did, they killed it as the opening act. Then Extreme was as great as they were 20 years ago the first time I saw them. Not a bad weekend considering I saw Collective Soul and Sammy Hagar the night before at Foxwoods. Congrats to the Bad Marriage guys, last night a ton of people learned what many already knew, Bad Marriage kicks ass, and I got some photos to prove it, with some of Extreme too.
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I shoot Fuel tonight at Pinz in Kingston, awesome show.
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Ellis Paul will have 7 shows in 4 days at Club Passim this weekend to celebrate his 25 years of touring. We caught show #2 tonight with the family. Less shooting photos, more reliving my early 90’s. Great show Ellis, here is to 25 more.
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