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Our April 2010 concert is Gemini,
an afternoon filled with
Gemini's original, sparkling songs about the everyday experiences
of childhood and growing up.
Date: Sunday, April. 18
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Where: St. Thomas, Battle Creek
Who: Free and open to all
Tickets: No tickets needed!
Info: Call (269) 965-2244
St. Thomas Music Guild
Even if you're on a tight budget, you can treat yourself and your friends
to a series of free concerts, courtesy of the St. Thomas Music Guild.
(Click here to preview the entire the 2009 - 2010 season.)
Each of the concerts is free and open to people of all ages. Concert start time
is
at 3:00 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Battle Creek and is followed
by a reception where the performers and the audience
can share light refreshments and meet each other.
For a map to St. Thomas in Battle Creek, click here now.
The St. Thomas Music Guild began seven years ago after Jackie Stilger,
former St. Thomas Parish Musician,
played a concert to celebrate the restoration
of the congregation’s exquisite Skinner organ. The light went on for Chris Yaw,
then associate rector of the parish. During his years living in California,
Yaw had enjoyed attending free concert series.
In 2003 he gathered together a group of music loving folks
(now the St. Thomas Music Guild) and proposed offering a free series
here in Battle Creek. Building on that first season’s experience, the Music Guild has
each year since, offered a broad spectrum of musical and other artistic experiences free of charge.
Thanks to this dedicated group of people, concert goers have enjoyed such varied performers
as Grammy Award winning flutist Rhona Larson, New York cabaret performer Francesca Amari,
Celtic band Whiskey Before Breakfast, The Mandolin Orchestra, vocalist Gerald Blanchard,
and story teller LeRon Williams.
To see the entire 2009-2010 series, please click here now.
The free concert series are made possible by the contributions of St. Thomas Music Guild members, donations by other "angels", and money dropped into the offering plate at the concerts.