Warner Williams, Greater U Street Jazz Collective to perform at Silver Spring’s Tribute to American Veterans Concert, Friday, November 11, 2011

Please join your neighbors at this year’s “Tribute to America’s Veterans” Concert in the Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building.

The Concert featuring Warner Williams—this year’s National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow—and the Greater U Street Jazz Collective—will be held on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 7 pm in the Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building. There will be a reception with light refreshments from 6 to 7 pm in the Civic Building Atrium.

Tickets are only $20 and the proceeds will benefit two great Montgomery County veterans-serving organizations: Hero Dogs, Inc. and Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 641.

For more information and to purchase tickets online, visit http://www.silverspringtowncenter.com/veterans-concert-2011/ Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

Many thanks to our 2011 Veterans Tribute Concert Host Committee for their generous support. Alan Friedman–Althea Grey-McKenzie–Bill Gray–Bruce Lee–Busy Graham–Caren Madsen–Carole Barth–Charlotte Coffield–Dale Tibbitts–Don Hague–Don Slater–Honorable Duchy Trachtenberg–Evan Glass–Gloria Bonilla–Gregory Hamilton–Jackie Greenbaum–Honorable Jamie Raskin–Jennifer Chambers–Jim Zepp–Jonathan Bernstein–Joyce Ettingoff–Karen Goozner–Kathleen Samiy–Kathy Stevens–Lorrie Knight-Major–Michael Gonzalez–Mike Diegel–Naomi Bloch–Norma Wilson–Ricardo Loaiza–Richard Jaeggi–Rickey Payton, Sr.–Sandra Fair–Sharon Dooley–Ted & Carol Power–Honorable Tom Hucker–Tony Hausner–Victor Salazar–William Smith, Jr.–Yvette Butler–Woody Brosnan

The Tribute to America’s Veterans Concert is a production of the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. Visit our blog at www.silverspringtowncenter.blogspot.com, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sstowncenter or on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/8305814081/

SSTCi Announces the 2011 Veterans Tribute Concert Host Committee

The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. is pleased to announce the 2011 Host Committee for the Fourth Annual "A Tribute to America’s Veterans" Concert.

The Concert featuring Warner Williams, NEA National Heritage Fellow, and the Greater U Street Jazz Collective will be held on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 7 pm in the Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building.

For more information and to purchase tickets online, visit http://www.silverspringtowncenter.com/veterans-concert-2011/

The 2011 Veterans Tribute Concert Host Committee.

Alan Friedman
Althea Grey-McKenzie
Bill Gray
Bruce Lee
Busy Graham
Caren Madsen
Carole Barth
Charlotte Coffield
Dale Tibbitts
Don Hague
Don Slater
Honorable Duchy Trachtenberg
Evan Glass
Gloria Bonilla
Gregory Hamilton
Jackie Greenbaum
Honorable Jamie Raskin
Jennifer Chambers
Jim Zepp
Jonathan Bernstein
Joyce Ettingoff
Karen Goozner
Kathleen Samiy
Kathy Stevens
Lorrie Knight-Major
Michael Gonzalez
Mike Diegel
Naomi Bloch
Norma Wilson
Ricardo Loaiza
Richard Jaeggi
Rickey Payton, Sr.
Sandra Fair
Sharon Dooley
Ted & Carol Power
Honorable Tom Hucker
Tony Hausner
Victor Salazar
Williams Smith, Jr.
Yvette Butler
Woody Brosnan

The Tribute to America’s Veterans Concert is a production of the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. Visit our blog at www.silverspringtowncenter.blogspot.com, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sstowncenter or on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/8305814081/

The Plaza Performances - Thank You!

Thank you!

During the 2011 season, the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. was pleased to bring exciting community-based arts & entertainment programming to Veterans Plaza. We hosted over 50 performances, with more than 200 performers for thousands of Silver Spring residents & visitors. We brought jazz, blues, rock, folk, country & western, rhythm & blues, reggae, hip-hop and classical music, along with modern dance, to our "community living room."

We also produced over 300 videos of these Plaza Performances which are available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTownCentre

Plaza Performances was a production of the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. Visit our blog at www.silverspringtowncenter.blogspot.com, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sstowncenter or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/groups/8305814081/

Thanks to all of our performers and thanks to Silver Spring for being such a great audience.

2nd Story Band—Meagan Lane,Geoff de Mers

Archie Edwards Blues Ensemble—Chris Anderson, Mike Baytop, Eleanor Ellis, Jeff Hawkins, Willie Leebel, Adam Oppenheim

BanjerDan—Dan Manzur

Blues Ramblers—Slim Fellows, Anton Hannsman, Gary Venable, Alan Gramley

Boomerang—John Brown, Cap Pendleton, Hank Burnett, Gary Garvin

CaShandra J.—CaShandra J., Aaron Myers, Percy White, Warren "Trae" Crudup

Cloud 9—Michael "TK" Akinlosotu, Adam Dunbar, Jason Zamora, Jonathan Livas, Timm Cruz, Jordan McRae

Club 209—Felix Contreras,David Schulman

Contradiction Dance—Eleni Grove, Carlos Bustamante, Ben Drexler, Alison Waldman, Shelley Alinas, Makeyda Hilliard, Erica Chamblee, Lyndsey Pressley, Matina Phillips, Anneliese Parisi, Dani Quirion

Cooking with Gas—Jim Bunch, Marcus Childs Moore, David Oziel, David Rothman, Bob Sherman

Dimensionz of Bluz—Mike Baytop, Willie Leebel, Marcus Childs-Moore

Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes—Larry Younkins, Charles Solomon, Scott Chadwick, Ed Crowley

Gina DeSimone & the Moaners—Gina DeSimone, Pat Quinn

Groove Jet—Don Berkemeyer ,Garrett Green,Mark Frawley,Greg Brown, Bruce Krohmer

Harmonica Blu Xpress—Howard Hernstadt, Dave Myre, Randy Pittman, James Cooke

Jazz Stimulus Project—Chip Smoley, Guy Stevens, Alan Kirschenbaum, Franklin Wade, Dayton Eckerson

Luisa & Her Imaginary Orchestra—Luisa Rose, Ken Sleeman

Machines on Vacation—Ethan Balis, Melanie Miller, Theresa Schlafly, Kellie MacDonald, Amanda Melara, Rochelle Carpenter, Jodi Balis

Mary Amato & Bill Williams—Bill Williams, Mary Amato

Midnight Sun—Nathan Foley, Miles Lieder, Jonathan Lieder, Fred Lieder

Red Line Quintet—Peter Leonard, Noah Maruyama, Grayson Flood, Matt Volk

Second String Bluegrass Band,Emmett Overstreet, Earl Williams,Paul Young

Snakehead Run—Denny Buck, Mark Casale, Jim Bunch

Stealing Liberty—Jeff Snyder, Tracy Beer, Trevor Specht, Leah DeLano, Bill Cahill, Todd Newell, Jeff DLB

Strings for Joy—Alexandre Paintsil, Jepthalyne Senas, Kevin Gopala-Rao, Stephanie Birmingham, Aniza Moore, Breanna Roth, Evonne Baasch, Dr. Ekatrina DiPinto

SwagFunk—Deirdra Harris, Daryl Braxton, "Funk Master" Mike Sutton,"Smokin" Al Warren, "The Funk Doctor" Scott Eister, Brian A.C. Williams

The Eclectiks—Mike Cohen, Regina Koenig, Charles Tolbert, Frances Eargle, Simona Patange, Pete Stover, Steve Soroka, Gary Daum

The Greater U Street Jazz Collective—Art Cobb, Cashandra Bacon, Thomas View, Peter Frassrand, Russell Carter, Carl Macintyre

The Newports—Blaine Smith, Cal Linley, Mike Henley, Mike DeGraba, Rob Dyer, Debbie Halvorsen, Arlene Jaye, Becky Briggs

The Social Ramble—David Byrd, Jim Lande, Howard Moss

Time2Go—Joey Barnet, Jeremy Gordon, Doug Kahn, Ian Schwenke

Traveling Bluejays—Arlene Jaye, George Hardman, Karen Hardman, Rick Kanton, Michelle Murray, Joyce Ettingoff

Unruly Blues Band—Saskia Van Oot, Lance Nuckolls, Dale Hayman, Robert Gullace, Tony Byrd

Warner Williams—Warner Williams, Joyce Ettingoff

Wendy and The Lost Boys—Wendy Lanxner, Rob Smith, David Uffelman, Steve Wilmarth

Wharf Rats—Robert Gersten, Lenny Dinerman, Eric "Dawg" Metzman, Eric "Huck" Huckleberry, "Cosmic" Carl Baer Schwartzman

Many thanks also to Don Muller, Chris Richardson, Mike Nicholas, Rickey Payton, Reemberto Rodriguez, Jewru Bandeh, Hannah McCann, Chantelle Stewart, Howard Hernstadt, Kelly Mayfield, Carlos Garcia, Capital Accord Chorus, the Urban Nation Academy for the Performing Arts, the Next Level Band Camp, Jazs, and the Arts & Music Ministries of Jesus House.

And very special thanks to Alan Bowser, Don Berkemeyer and Joyce Ettingoff for their efforts in making the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. Plaza Performances an enormous success!

Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes Play Silver Spring's Veterans Plaza

Felix Contreras and David Schulman on Veterans Plaza!

Enjoy the Felix Contreras Latin Jazz Trio on Veterans Plaza, Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 3 pm, Free!

Please join us for another exciting Plaza Performance as we welcome the Felix Contreras Latin Jazz Trio to Silver Spring's Veterans Plaza. The performance, Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 3 pm is free!

Felix Contreras (drums/percussion) has shared the stage with many of the top names in Latin jazz, particularly during his days in California. More recently, he's recorded with Poncho Sanchez and Dave Samuels (Caribbean Jazz Project).

Eddie Eatmon (bass) has toured with the Clovers, and performed jazz around the Washington DC area for many years. A student of the late Keter Betts, he performs most weekends at 701 on Pennsylvania Avenue.

David Schulman (violin/percussion) began performing professionally as a teenager, and has performed solo and as a member of jazz, tango, klezmer, cowpunk, classical, Western Swing, charanga and Cuban son groups, and is a former board member of \the Latin American Folk Institute.

Check them out on the web at http://www.reverbnation.com/felixcontreras

This program is a production of the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.

Visit our blog at www.silverspringtowncenter.blogspot.com, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sstowncenter or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/groups/8305814081/

See our Plaza videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTownCentre

See our Plaza pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanbowser/collections/72157626644003377/

Contradiction Dance Performs "The Present" on Veterans Plaza, 7 pm. Free!

Athletic, beautiful creatures ‑ the physical embodiment of energy and elegance.

On Veterans Plaza tonight, Contradiction Dance will perform excerpts from their up-coming concert: "The Present," which premier at Round House Theatre Silver Spring Oct 21 & 22. This production is part of Round House’s Silver Spring Series.

Featuring lifts, dives, rolls, spins, and leaps to a conclusion of joy and laughter, The Present is a physical expression of the greatest gift ‑ this moment. The Present is about the simple beauty of everyday objects, expansive elegance, and the athletic prowess of the dancers themselves.

Performers: Eleni Grove, Carlos Bustamante, Ben Drexler, Alison Waldman, Shelley Alinas, Makeyda Hilliard, Erica Chamblee, Lyndsey Pressley, Matina Phillips, Anneliese Parisi, Dani Quirion

Choreography by Kelly Mayfield. Director of Theatre Melissa-Leigh Bustamante

For information about the Round House Theatre performance, call 240.644.1100

Contradiction Dance Performs on Veterans Plaza, Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 7 pm. Free!

Please join us for another exciting Plaza Performance as we welcome Contradiction Dance back to Veterans Plaza. Contradiction Dance will perform on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 7 pm. The performance is free!

In residence at Round House Theatre, Contradiction Dance is a place where dance, theatre, and pop culture meet.

The Company:

Creates and presents works that blend several dance forms with multimedia elements, storytelling, and theater

Provides a broad scope of dance and theatre education classes for people of all ages and backgrounds

Engages the community through workshops, performances, residencies, and partnerships

Nurtured on the belief that artists and audience members communicate in a dialogue through the chosen medium, Contradiction Dance fosters discussion, reflection, and change, ultimately creating an exchange between life and dance.

Check them out at http://contradictiondance.com/index.html

This program is a production of the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.

Visit our blog at www.silverspringtowncenter.blogspot.com, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sstowncenter or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/groups/8305814081/

See our Plaza videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTownCentre

See our Plaza pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanbowser/collections/72157626644003377/

Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes Play Silver Spring's Veterans Plaza, Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 7 pm. Free!

Please join us for another exciting Plaza Performance as we welcome Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes to the Veterans Plaza Stage. The performance is Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 7 pm. Free!

Fast Eddie & The Slowpokes are guaranteed to get you up on your feet! Their blend of Chicago, West Coast, Swing and Jump Blues peppered with Blue-Eyed Soul serves up a menu to get the joint jumpin'!

Fast Eddie & The Slowpokes are:

Larry Younkins - guitar and vocals
Rick Jones - keyboards and vocals
Charles Solomon - bass
Scott Chadwick - drums
Ed Crowley - harp and vocals

Check them out at http://www.reverbnation.com/fasteddietheslowpokes

This program is a production of the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.

Visit our blog at www.silverspringtowncenter.blogspot.com, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sstowncenter or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/groups/8305814081/

See our Plaza videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTownCentre

See our Plaza pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanbowser/collections/72157626644003377/

Tiffany Thompson Plays Silver Spring's Veterans Plaza

Please join us for another exciting Plaza Peformance as we welcome singer-songwriter Tiffany Thompson to Silver Spring's Veterans Plaza. The performance on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 7 pm is free!

Washington DC based singer-songwriter Tiffany Thompson’s rich, clear voice brings to life her poetic and personal lyrics, reminding listeners of Colbie Caillat, Priscilla Ahn and Norah Jones. Playing both piano and guitar, Tiffany’s dynamic stage presence and story telling style are gathering her fans of all ages. Her recent concerts credits include opening for the legendary folk-rock band America at The Birchmere in Virginia as well as Mindy Smith at Jammin Java in Virginia. On her spring 2011 album, Tiffany created her 4th album as an acoustic, jazzy collection of colorful pieces that shimmer their way into one’s view of life and love.

The Washington D.C. / northern Virginia area is known for its transient lifestyle and chaotic atmosphere, but singer-songwriter Tiffany Thompson is imparting something more personal, and lasting to its character. While she fits right into eastern-seaboard society by virtue of being well-traveled and savvy, her essential groundedness comes through in her uplifting music and keenly insightful lyrics.

Prior to becoming an Alexandria resident, Thompson called a lot of places home. She was born in Dubuque, Iowa, but lived in Moscow, Russia from age six to eleven. She spent her adolescence in Austin, Texas, and attended Wheaton College, a liberal arts college located outside of Chicago, IL.

In August 2008, Tiffany arrived in the Washington area, and despite a full-time day job, has developed a committed network of fans, fellow-musicians and venues. There is just something about Tiffany’s voice and charming stage presence draws audiences into the performance. Her songs as often have "little journeys" in them. The mood may be one of anxiety or loneliness at the outset of the first verse, but will find its way to hope or affirmation by the conclusion.

Thanks to Tiffany’s tenacious booking, her concert calendar continues to fill up, with coffee house and restaurant shows in Alexandria and Capitol Hill as well as being the host of the monthly open mic at the Fire Flies Restaurant—located in the Del Ray area of VA. Tiffany has garnered positive reviews from a variety of venues.

Most recently the music coordinator for BUZZ Bakery in Alexandria, Patrick Stilwell, stated, “Tiffany Thompson and Danny Schwartz [playing percussion] put on an excellent set. They got our crowd into it; which is hard to do since most of them are so into their laptops they normally don't even look away. Their music was fun and light, perfect for our coffee shop evenings. Would book again and would recommend booking her for yourself.”

From Moscow, Russia to Austin, TX and now Washington, DC, Tiffany's ability to engage her audience and sing with beauty and confidence has won her fans of all ages.

This program is a production of the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.

Visit our blog at www.silverspringtowncenter.blogspot.com, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sstowncenter or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/groups/8305814081/

See our Plaza videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTownCentre

See our Plaza pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanbowser/collections/72157626644003377/