Music & Art (#3 & #4

"Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music." ~ Ronald Reagan 3

Concerts in the Park - Memorial Park Band Shell Friday Summer Nights - 7:00 p.m.

Sponsored by the Jordan River Arts Council (JRAC), the East Jordan Area Chamber of Commerce and the East Jordan Downtown Development Authority (DDA).

June 3 Jelly Roll Blues Band Blues June 10 The Real Ingredients Americana; Folk-Rock June 17 Levitator Psyche/Rock; Blues July 1 Blue Water Ramblers Michigan Music: Folk, Shanties, Ballads July 8 Hazel James Band Modern Folk Acoustic July 15 Brett Mitchell & the Mitchfits Folky/Indie/Pop/Rock July 22 Delilah DeWylde Rockabilly July 29 The Mickeys Americana; Indie

Also, enjoy the Jordan Valley Community Band July 7, 14, 21 & 28 Memorial Park Band Shell 7:30 pm

Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra

As Northern Michigan’s champions of classical chamber music, it is our mission to entertain, to inspire and to educate. With a vast variety of concert themes, we highlight the most classic of traditional composers to the most innovative of today’s contemporaries - we truly have something for everyone! Check out their concert schedule & purchase tickets at www.glcorchestra.org.

Jordan River Arts Council

Come CELEBRATE with Jordan River Arts Council this year! Whether you seek inspiration, innovation, information, or involvement in a dynamic organization, you can find it at the Art Center, 301 Main St. in downtown East Jordan. Since its inception, JRAC has been an all-volunteer organization dedicated to our cultural community by “bringing art into living." Everyone is welcome and admission is always free. JRAC invites you to peruse their unique exhibits (schedule in ad on p. 8), workshops, and performances. Also, plan on browsing in the Gift Shop full of delightful work by local artists. The hours are 1-4 p.m. during exhibits, but visit our website to get up-to-date information: www.jordanriverarts.com The Arts Council is also a proud sponsor of Music in the Park (p. 10) and the Jordan Art Walk (p. 13).

This summer JRAC will host an exhibition that captures the beauty and the community of East Jordan all year round. We invite you to to enjoy favorite moments, places, people and sights, interpreted by local artists who will draw, paint, print, collage, sculpt, sew, weave, fuse glass, throw pottery … the field is wide open. We want to show the world the best of our town, to celebrate the beauty, the fun and the quintessential EJ. Join us!

And, to inspire you further, here's a "Blast from the Past"!

Four Seasons Celebrate East Jordan & Beyond

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Remember the four paintings the Chamber commissioned and auctioned off? ... and then sold these beautiful posters! BTW, you can STILL buy them - Full Set $20!!

2005 Summer Kelly Britt

2006 Autumn Penny Pepin

2007 Winter Karen Walker

2008 Spring Prudence Barber