ummer Concert Series

& Shakespeare in the parks 2021

DOMINIC FARRENKOPF

FOR THE RAVALLI REPUBLIC

Sapphire Lutheran Homes will celebrate the summer of 2021 with their Ninth Annual Summer Concert Series and Shakespeare in the Parks.

The Summer Concert Series is free and open to the public and will be held on the large lawn on the Sapphire campus at 501 N.10th Street in Hamilton.

There is plenty of room to spread out, so bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the music. The music will be the focus this year, so there will not be a barbecue, ice cream or raffle— just great music and a chance to gather as a community.

The line-up includes:

Friday, June 25, at 7 p.m. “Who Dat” will perform. From Minnesota to the high line of Malta, Montana and California to the Colorado Rockies, and “way down yonder in New Orleans,” the members of Who Dat! have assembled from across this land right here in the Bitterroot Valley. They bring a diverse and eclectic range of musical experience that, for some, dates back to the 1970s.

With their mix of guitars, fiddle, keys, and percussion, blended with the sweet vocal harmonies, this group rocks it out when they perform songs by The Eagles, Zac Brown Band, The Beach Boys, Alabama, The Doobie Brothers and many more. Who Dat! truly is “a Montana band with a southern rock sound.”

Friday, July 2, at 7 p.m. “406” will perform. 406 is comprised of Mark Duboise, Checkers Barker, John Parr, Tom Nash and Stu Jackson. These country rockers hail from Missoula and bring a unique style and energy to the cover songs you will be sure to recognize. This is Montana grown, hot rockin’ country, whiskey soaked Southern rock with some slow dance tunes. Music made with care and talent to spare. Come and join in the fun!

Friday, July 9, at 7 p.m. “Band In Motion” will per-

form. Band In Motion is a Missoula-based group that started in 2013 and have been captivating audiences with their high-energy performances and by transforming their dance music and musicianship and fresh grooves of today’s funk and yesterday’s pop sound. Band In Motion has played the Hamilton area 2019 Stock Farm summer shows and has been a favorite at Cowboy Troy’s during the 2019 summer season. Band In Motion brings the fun and tunes to groove to. Band In Motion…let’s dance!

Sapphire Lutheran Homes is located at 501 N. 10th St. in Hamilton. Call 406-363-2800 or visit sapphirelutheran.org for up-to-date information.

Shakespeare in the Parks

Sapphire Lutheran Homes will host Montana Shakespeare in the Parks this summer with a twist. Hamilton is a double feature city, meaning Hamilton will get to see both MSIP performances in a two-night event!

MSIP will perform “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Cymbeline” this year. These performances are free and open to the public.

On Tuesday, July 27, at 6 p.m., “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be performed.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens and features many subplots revolving around the marriage of Hippolyta and Theseus. One of the subplots explores a conflict between four Athenian lovers. Another surrounds a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play they are going to perform before the aforementioned wedding. Both groups of characters wind up in a forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and frolic in their own mischievous subplot. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is performed far and wide and is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and popular plays.

Wednesday, July 28 at 6 p.m. will feature “Cymbeline.”

Cymbeline, also known as The Tragedie of Cymbeline or Cymbeline, King of Britain, is a play set in Ancient Britain and written by William Shakespeare. The plot is based on legends that make up part of the Matter of Britain that concerns the early Celtic British King Cunobeline. The play was written as early as 1611, even though the exact date is unknown. The play is declared a tragedy in the First Folio but some modern critics have declared Cymbeline as a comedy or even a romance. The play explores jealousy, innocence, romance and murder in a plot featuring the king, his children, their lovers, and enemies. V

For more information, visit: shakespeareintheparks. org.

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