Impeccable American Brass Quintet at Bennington College
The American Brass Quintet gave a nuanced Bennington College Carriage Barn concert Tuesday, blending old and new works. The program opened with Josquin des Pres, moved through Holborne dances, Bach, and three contemporary pieces by Whittenberg, Webern memory, and Kay, ending with three encores. The ensemble featured Anderson and Dean on trumpets, Fromme and Biddlecome on trombones, and Happe on French horn, receiving warm audience praise.
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Bennington
Bennington College
Bennington College Composers Conference
Charles Whittenberg
Anton Webern
Alvin Brehm
Ulysses Kay
Ronald K. Anderson
Allan Dean
Arnold Fromme
Robert Biddlecome
Richard Happe
NBHS Junior Prom Goes Underwater With Aqua Paradise Theme
North Bennington High School juniors plan an underwater prom titled Aqua Paradise on May 23 from 9 to 12. Co chairs Helen Howard and Patty Kelley lead a committee with student volunteers and a Dixie Press band will provide music. Tickets are on sale, and the event will crown a junior prom king and queen with last year’s monarchs passing crowns.
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North Bennington
North Bennington High School
Helen Howard
Patty Kelley
Connie White
Andrea Kenyon
Lynda Riley
NBHS
Gary Martin
David Wickenden
Dennis Loomis
John Briggs
Chris Kenyon
The
Dixie Press
Peter Proud
Walter Dunn
Budd Willet
Ted Tiffner
Hugh Perkins
Brown
Mother Daughter Baptist Dinner Set in North Bennington
Dr. Robert B. Woodworth of Bennington College will speak at the North Bennington Baptist Church annual Mother and Daughter banquet on May 18 in the church social rooms. He will show slides from camera studies of plant development. Dinner features ham and tickets are available from Mrs. Stanley Shaw or Mrs. Robert Peckham.
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North Bennington
Robert B. Woodworth
Bennington College
North Bennington Baptist Church
Woodworth
Stanley Shaw
Robert Peckham
North Bennington Prepares Spring Cleaning Day
Village set to sweep streets at 6 a.m. Saturday with a rented street sweeper. A Friday ban on all night parking prompts residents to remove cars to avoid early morning disruption. Spring Pick-up Day is scheduled for Monday May 18 to collect curbside trash.
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Bennington
Francis R. Lauzon
Lauzon
Dorset women attend national 4-H convention
Mrs. Leon Edgerton and Mrs. Malcolm Clough of South Dorset attend the national 4-H convention in Washington D C this week. Clough serves as alternate delegate representing the Bennington County Home Demonstration Club. They left by bus Saturday from Fair Haven with others and will return Friday.
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Washington, D.C
Leon Edgerton
Malcolm Clough
South Dorset
Bennington County
Fair Haven
Cemetery work contracts awarded in The Pownals
Board of Selectmen assign cemetery duties to George Andrews for Lovett Sherman and Pownal Center. William Frost for Morgan Towslee and Gardner. Richard Worden for North Pownal. Work begins for Memorial Day as crews trim and cut.
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Pownals
Board of Selectmen
George Andrews
Lovett, Sherman and Pownal Center
William Frost
Morgan-Towslee and Gardner
Richard Worden
North Pownal Cemetery
Cambridge School Musicians Converge for Tri-State Festival
Scores of school choristers and instrumentalists gather in Cambridge New York for the 16th Tri-State Music Festival sponsored by the Cambridge Lions Club. Bennington area schools and Massachusetts participants join New York groups for two days of choruses, bands, parades, and a massed concert led by guest conductors.
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Cambridge
N. Y
Cambridge Lions Club
Thomas F. Dunn
Bennington
Walter C. Wood
Bennington High School
Bennington King Lion
New York
Vermont
Massachusetts
Lenox
Mass
Adams High
Agawam
Bennington County
Bennington High
Bennington Catholic
North Bennington High
Arlington High
Manchester
Wilmington
Whitingham
Cambridge Central
Berlin Central
Hoosick Falls Central
Cambridge School
Charles John Stevenson
Lion
Chanticleer
WGY Radio
Wrgb-Tv
George H. Slater
Cohoes
N.Y
Bendi
Slater
Angela Fitzpatrick
Russell Sage College
Troy
Joseph Contino
University of Massachusetts
Lions
Shaftsbury Candidate Files For School Director
Shaftsbury Fran Stacy announces Jesse Strong filed to run for Shaftsbury School Board director for three years. Candidates must file intention with the clerk by June 1. District meeting is June 30 at 8 p.m. A well child conference May 15 at 9 30 a.m. at the elementary school, led by Dr. Arthur Faris and Dr. Elizabeth Faris, is open to all preschool children and parents who have not been contacted by May 14. Call 442 2958.
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Olive Williamson
Shaftsbury Board of School Directors
Jesse Strong
1-40 Club
State Department of Health
Shaftsbury Health Association
Arthur Faris
Elizabeth Faris
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Anthony Holborne
Tet
Detroit
UPI
Joe Louis
Dorset
Marden Skinner
Vera Langlais
Thomas Miller
North Pownal
South Pownal
Pownal
Maine
Area
Shaftsbury
Fran Stacy
Rhe
Panet
Rain Or Shine Shop
Coats
Childrens
WW. T. Grant CO
Aluoler
North Bennington Road
Bennington, VT
Atkins
Atkins, Jewelers
Moin St. Bennington, Vt
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