ummer Concert Series

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ummer concert series & Shakespeare in the parks 2020

DOMINIC FARRENKOPF FOR THE RAVALLI REPUBLIC

Sapphire Lutheran Homes will celebrate the summer of 2020 with their Eighth Annual Summer Concert Series and Shakespeare in the Parks…with a twist. The Summer Concert Series will only happen if Governor Bullock declares Phase Three in the reopening of the state following the Covid-19 pandemic. Shakespeare in the Parks will NOT be touring, Sapphire will participate by sending videos of Hamilton to Montana Shakespeare in the Parks.

The events include:

* “406” begins the season on Friday, July 31, at 7:00 pm. 406 is comprised of Mark Duboise, Checkers Barker, John Parr, Tom Nash and Stu Jackson. These country rockers hail from Missoula, MT 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, August 7, at 7:00 pm “Who Dat” will perform. From Minnesota to the high line of Malta, Montana...California to the Colorado Rockies, and ‘way down

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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 1970’s. 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, August 14, at 7:00 pm “Band In Motion” will perform. Band In Motion is a Missoula based group that started in 2013

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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 North Tenth Street in Hamilton. These events are free and open to the public but subject to change. Call 406-363-2800 or visit sapphirelutheran.org for up-to-date information.

Sapphire Lutheran Homes will NOT host Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, however Hamilton will participate in a REVERSE TOUR!

What is a Reverse Tour? (Explained by Susan Miller of MSIP.)

If we can’t come to your town, perhaps you can bring your town to us? This summer, under the umbrella of MSIP LIVE, we’d like to feature YOU and your town for a larger audience. Our region is so vast, diverse, and beautiful. We’d love to feature it in a series we’re calling “Voices from the Road” (subject to change). We’re asking that you take a short video (smartphone videos work great!) of you or someone from your town speaking to what’s great about your town and reciting a short piece of Shakespeare. We’ll send you suggestions! The videos can be anywhere between 1-10 minutes long depending on how much you’d like to include.

WHY?

First of all, we already miss you. But secondly, we are looking at this as a way to bring communities together- virtually. Our audiences may have only ever seen a show in Miles City and have no idea what life in Driggs is like – or vice versa. We think of this as a fun and positive way to showcase the wonderful towns and people we normally tour to each summer, all while celebrating our favorite playwright, Shakespeare.

Sapphire Lutheran Homes’ Community Life Director, Dominic Farrenkopf will coordinate the Reverse Tour for Hamilton. For more information, visit: shakespeareintheparks.org.

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