Music on the mountain a thing of rare beauty
Samuel R. Ogden Stratton reviews a Stratton Arts Festival concert by a small Vermont State Symphony Orchestra ensemble. He praises the soloists Mary Lou Cox Corkey Christman Michael Finckel and the Brandenburg Concerto No Five led by Alan Carter noting balanced chamber textures and a blaze of glory with Bach’s work. He counters audience expectations about full orchestral weight, arguing the intimate value and refined beauty of the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton
Vermont State Symphony Orchestra
Stratton Mountain Base Lodge
Alan Carter
Mary Lou Cox
Telemann
J.S. Bach
Cox
Michael Finckel
George
Bach
Finckel
Kol Nedri
Max Burch
Margrave
Brandenburg
Hugh Allen Wilson
William Dowd
Virginia de Blassis
Mark Russo
Connecticut River Basin committee named for long-range plan review
Brattleboro based New England River Basins Commission names a citizens review panel to evaluate a long range Connecticut River system plan. The 90 day process seeks input on flood pollution water supply recreation and power programs. Annual cost 70 000 shared by federal government and four states.
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Brattleboro
New England River Basins Commission
Citizens’ Committee
Connecticut
Citizens’ Review Committee
Silvio Conte
Pittsfield
Mass
NERBC
Connecticut River Valley
Frank Gregg
Citizens’ Review
Washington
Coordinating Committee
Water Resources Council
Connecticut River Coordinating Committee
Congress
Commission
Gregg
Food stamp program aids many Vermonters
Washington DC report shows 19,816 Vermonters used USDA food stamp coupons in August. Participants paid 212,435 for 452,512 in coupons, with USDA contributing 213,812 in bonus value to boost food purchases. District totals include Burlington 2,854 people for 66,592 and St. Albans 2,683 for 61,402.
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Washington, D.C
Vermont
Bennington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Food and Nutrition Service
Brattleboro
Burlington
Hartford
Middlebury
Montpelier
Morrisville
Newport
Rutland
St. Albans
St. Johnsbury
Springfield
Fall exhibition opens at Southern Vermont Art Center
The 14th annual fall show debuts Saturday Oct 3 with a 3 to 5 p.m. reception. Two hundred paintings from 177 artists across five states plus 26 sculptures by 17 artists will be on display through Oct 18. convite works include invited Rockport pieces, with jurors Dr Lawrence N Jensen Lucy Doane Diana Heiskel and Arthur Jones. Gallery hours are 10 to 5 daily except Monday and 1 to 5 on Sundays.
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Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Maryland
New Hamsphire
New York
California
Rockport Area
Art Committee
Lawrence N. Jensen
Castleton State College
Castleton
Lucy Doane
Rutland
Diana Heiskel
Marlboro
Arthur Jones
Jolly 4-H Club Reorganizes with Weeklong Clean Up
White Creek resident George Laddell undergoes surgery at Albany Medical Center. The Jolly Jones 4-H Club meets Saturday Oct 3 at 10 30 am at Donald George home for reorganizing, a hot dog roast at noon, and a village clean up in observance of 4 H week. Election of officers planned. Anita Niles of SUNY Plattsburgh visits in with parents Charles and Mrs. Niles. Myra Sisson visits John Olsen home in Newburgh. James Perry, son of Maurice and Mrs. Perry, has enlisted in the U S Air Force and left last week.
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Jolly Jones
Donald George
James Perry
Maurice Perry
U.S. Air Force
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Music Review
Samuel R. Ogden
Vaughn Williams
Debussy
Corkey Christman
Commission Names Committee
District of Food
Eleanor Niles
George Laddell
Albany Medical Center
Anita Niles
S.U.N.Y
Plattsburgh
Charles Niles
Myra Sisson
John Olsen
Newburgh
N.Y
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Main St
Fienberg
Menley & James
Quinlan
Pruc
Tel
Berkshire
Ene
Bankamericard
PTE
Oak ST
Lincoln, Pittsfield
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