Mt. Blue Music Boosters
Supporting young musicians in Mt. Blue Regional School District – Because Music is for a Lifetime

A short film by Mt. Blue High School sophomore Noah Lepage.

The Mt. Blue Music Boosters invite you to our First Annual Cabin Fever Cabaret.  On Saturday, March 10 at 6pm, please join us at the Fairbanks Meeting House in Farmington.  You’ll hear a variety of live music, enjoy relaxed dining, AND raise money for music education in Mt Blue RSD.

Donating their time and talents are three of our finest local musical groups, offering an array of styles and atmospheres.

* Karen Beacham & Krysia Tripp:
Light classical favorites, arranged for clarinet and flute.

* The A Chords:
Michael Fraley and Brent Laflin with tasty bluegrass-inspired pickin’ and singin’.

* The Country Choir:
Down-home goodness from one of Maine’s favorite bands.

Tickets are only $20 and include appetizers, a full dinner, dessert and beverages.  Beer and wine will be available for an additional cost, and please note that this is a 21+ only, “night out for the grown ups.”

Because this is a one-night-only event, advance ticket sales are preferable!  This will help us buy just the right amount of food, minimizing waste and maximizing your fundraising dollars.

You can reserve tickets by calling 778-9053.

Tickets can also be purchased at:

DDG Booksellers, Farmington
The Calico Patch, Farmington
Shelly’s Hometown  Market, East Wilton
Skool House Variety, Weld

The Mt. Blue Music Boosters work hard to help young musicians in our area. Every year, we award thousands of dollars in scholarships for music camps, private lessons, participation in prestigious All State music ensembles, and more.

We are excited about this event, and hope you are too. Do join us! You’ll enjoy yourself all the more knowing that your ticket purchase supports the magic of music for our young people.

PS! If you can’t join us but want to support the Music Boosters, you can make a secure, online, tax-deductible donation right now.  Just click the Donate button at the top right of this page.

The Music Boosters is excited to announce the First Annual Dinner Cabaret Fundraiser.  We hope you’ll be able to join us March 10 at 6 pm for an evening of entertainment and tasty cooking.  Stay tuned for more details.

Most of you living in this part of Maine have heard our fabulous Franklin County Fiddlers, an ensemble of young musicians from Mt. Blue RSD who perform traditional and contemporary Celtic, Acadian, Appalachian and other down-home music, composed even by the students themselves.  Started in 1993 by Mr. Steve Muise, Mt. Blue RSD’s beloved orchestra teacher and real-life descendant of Acadia, the Franklin County Fiddlers never fail to bring joy to their audiences.

And here’s your chance to be their next audience!  On Thursday, December 22nd, the Fiddlers will be performing at the Skye Theater in Carthage.  Billed as Home for the Holidays, this special concert will unite and reunite past and present members of the Franklin County Fiddlers.  But there’s something else about this show that’s special:  it’s raising funds to help fulfill a wish for the future of our kids’ musical education.

At the Music Boosters’ meeting last month, Mr. Muise came to us and asked, “What if  we could give the music room at Mt. Blue Middle School the best tools technology has to offer?”  Elaborating on this question, Mr. Muise told us of the kinds of class-room technology that would allow a teacher to ‘bring to life,’ for instance, Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti – not only through audio/video recordings of the world’s best musicians playing them, but through interactive demonstrations to show students how Bach actually constructed these monumental pieces, highlighting key sections of the score.  Add to that a teacher’s ability to include other multimedia to demonstrate the particular history, geography, architecture and further features of Bach’s (or any musician’s) era, and we would have a true 21st century learning tool.  Well, the Music Boosters were as excited as Mr. Muise about bringing these tools to our Middle Schoolers, and we committed to helping fulfill this wish.

We hope you will do the same, and couldn’t think of a better place to start than buying a ticket to The Franklin County Fiddlers Home for the Holidays concert.  Although the Music Boosters aren’t organizing the event, we are thrilled that Mr. Muise, Franklin County Fiddlers both old and new, and Skye Theater Director Phill McIntyre have teamed up to make it possible.  They’re making wishes come true, and so can you.

Thanks to those who braved the weather on Sunday and joined us for The Sound of Music.   It was joyous.  We’d like to extend a very special thanks to Narrow Gauge Cinema in Farmington, who went above and beyond in helping with this event.

If you want to get in on  more FUNdraisers, our 2nd annual Flamingo-thon is coming up in the spring.  Last year, it helped the Music Boosters raise money to pay for instrument repairs and award some summer scholarships.  Plus, it was a flock o’ fun.

We’re also pondering other big-fun fundraiser ideas.  Here are some in the works:

• A dinner-cabaret featuring local performers and delicious cuisine.
• A bouncy tent.
• A chick-flick night with all the brownies and ice cream you can eat.
• (Send us your idea.)

Enjoy singing along to The Sound of Music, while raising money for young musicians in Franklin County.

What:
A screening of the 50th Anniversary edition of The Sound of Music.  Be ready to sing along.   In keeping with the time of year, you can even come dressed as your favorite character!

When:
1:00 pm, Sunday, October 30, 2011.

Where:
Narrow Gauge Cinema, Farmington

How:
Tickets are $10 for adults/seniors & $7 for children/students.  Tickets are by advance purchase only at:

• The Calico Patch, Farmington
• DDG Booksellers, Farmington
• Shelly’s Hometown Market, East Wilton
• Skool House Variety, Weld

Why:
To raise funds for the support of young musicians in Franklin County schools.  And to have a oodles of fun!