BETHEL – The Androscoggin River Watershed Council will celebrate this year’s 10th anniversary of its Source to the Sea Canoe Trek with The Concert for the Androscoggin featuring Maine performers.
The concert benefiting the trek will begin at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at Bethel Outdoor Adventure and Campground next to the Androscoggin River bridge.
Kicking off the concert will be Jewel Clark and Donnie Katlin, who perform a variety of traditional country, folk, standards and original music. Clark will also be yodeling, a skill she learned from her father, Country Music Hall of Famer Yodelin’ Slim Clark.
Also on the bill are Broface, an improvisational power trio playing original instrumental music. Guitarist Pat Malia, along with Jason Rowland on drums and Ted St.Pierre on bass are fluent in musical dialects, from jazz, to rock, to the etherial.
Rounding off the evening will be the Denny Breau Trio, performing an eclectic mix ranging from country to blues to bluegrass and everything in between.
Musical boundaries disappear as Denny Breau on guitar, Jim McLaughlin on keyboard and accordion, and Tom Zicarelli on tenor and soprano saxophones take their highly improvisational music to wherever the moment leads them.
The watershed council is a nonprofit organization based in both Maine and New Hampshire, dedicated to protecting the natural and historic heritage of the 3,500 square mile Androscoggin watershed. ARWC works closely with communities, businesses and citizens on a variety of projects to protect this diverse landscape.
Every July, the council puts on the Source to the Sea Canoe and Kayak Trek, designed to foster a sense of stewardship for this 170 mile river. The council also conducts educational workshops, conferences, and field trips through its new Androscoggin Watershed Institute.
For more information, contact Chuck Knox, (603) 466-3433. For information on the trek, call Barbra Barrett, coordinator, at 527-2916. Concert tickets are available during the trek, at Bethel Outdoor Adventure, The Outlook, or call Conni St.Pierre, 824-3246.
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