The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce has announced that Johnson Hall received a Community Service award for 2012.   Read about it here. The Kennebec Journal publishes articles about the award-winners. Read about Johnson Hall and the other Community Service winner, Carolyn Neighoff, here.

Primo Cubano is the only hot Latin band with a Cuban “Son”-style in Maine.   Primo Cubano uses the traditional acoustic instrumentation of tres, upright bass, guitar and trumpet with the rich percussion of congas, bongos, maracas, guiro, and claves.  The songs’ Spanish lyrics are sung in the rhythmic call-and-response style of Son, that’s easy to join in on.  With…
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$15, JH member $13 (bring a non-member free) Student (to age 22) $6.  Call for tix: 582-7144.

Dialogues both comic and poignant, music, laughs and tears.  Call for tickets: 461-2213, after 3 pm. Email for information: knead24u@yahoo.com.   (Rental of Johnson Hall.) 

$15 at door, $12, Seniors

Phone 461-2213, after 3 pm

Tentative Teen Band Show on Feb. 17:  Forward Momentum Prophecy, Ten Cent Circus, and Inner Peace.

It is a story so well known.
Scene one on a farm, Auntie Em owns.
A tale that will teach a thing or two.
Scene two in a land of little people, Dorothy wonders who?
Friendship with tin, straw and paws,
Scene three on the road to Oz!
Join Johnson Hall’s Winter Shenanigans for A Journey to Oz by Richard

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Lynn Deeves, singer/songwriter, with a versatile mix of originals merging folk, blues, and gospel influences.  Band members for this gig only are well-known local musicians on vocals and instruments: Alfred Lund on percussion, Robby Coffin on guitars, and Scott Elliot on bass.  Lynn is known for her rich, soulful voice combined with a sharp wit and dynamic stage presence. Her…
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Adult: $16, JH Member $13, Student (to age 22) $6

Call 582-7144 for tickets.

Fred Garbo’s gigantic inflatable props shimmer, balloon, deflate, and bounce in a rainbow of colors. Fred Garbo inhabits this enchanting world with tremendous aplomb and skill.  Fast-paced, energetic, universally engaging and theatrically clever.  Family fun!   This matinee show needs a bigger venue, so we are presenting it at Hall-Dale High School, 97 Maple Street, Farmingdale.  

Adult $19; Johnson Hall member $16; Child under 14 $10.  Call for tix: 582-7144.

Poignant ballads sung in Lane’s ethereal soprano and Gosbee’s rich baritone interspersed with joyous dance tunes played on Celtic harp, guitar, fiddle and tin whistle.

$16 Adult; $13 JH Member; $6 Student (to age 22).  Call for tix: 582-7144.

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