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bookmark_borderPhiladelphia Orchestra 155th Anniversary Concert

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The Philadelphia Orchestra returns once again for a performance in the magnificent Academy of Music for the 155th Anniversary Concert on Saturday, January 28, 2012. Music Director Designate Yannick Nézet-Séguin will make his Academy of Music debut conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra, with special guests multiple Grammy Award-winners singer/pianist Diana Krall and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Tipping its hat once again to the first Academy Anniversary Concert, the program will be a mix of orchestral repertoire and popular music.

The Anniversary Concert is produced by Wayne Baruch and Charles F. Gayton, who have produced the Academy Anniversary concerts since 2007.

Concert-only tickets are available at $200 and are located in the Amphitheatre level. Concert-only tickets can be purchased by calling Ticket Philadelphia at 215.893.1999

bookmark_borderBird Rescue Coffeehouse

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On Friday, November 18th at 7:30pm a coffeehouse will take place at Ambler Church of the Brethren. Miriam Moyer, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator who cares for about 400 birds annually in Montgomery County, will speak and present a slide show about her work to save wild birds in our area. She started as a volunteer, helping songbirds, swifts, swallows, woodpeckers and mourning doves on the way to recovery back in 1988. Her clinic, White Flicker, opened in 2005 and it now includes a website, www.whiteflicker.org.
She plans to bring two education birds with her – Little Bit, an orchard oriole, and Chipper, a northern cardinal.

A collection will be taken of items to help the cause, including
Grocery/Drug store items:
*Plain, white toilet tissue (soft)
*Plain, white paper towels
*Alcohol Prep Pads
Plain, white unscented facial tissue
Dawn dish detergent
Murphy’s Oil Soap
Clorox
Unflavored pediatric oral electrolyte solution (Pedialyte)
*Corn meal, Wheatena, oat bran,

Pet Store Items:
Fluker’s cricket feed (dry) or Flukers complete cricket diet (orange cubes)
*Lyric finch seed
Hi-calcium grit

Local musicians, including Andrew Hoy, Director and Violin Teacher at the Ambler Music Academy, (website, www.amblermusicacademy.com), will provide music early in the evening.

The church is located at 351 E Butler Avenue, Ambler, PA. The building is 1 block west of Bethlehem and Butler Pike, where Butler Avenue intersects with Rosemont Avenue. Parking is behind the building in the church lot. For more information please call the church at (215) 646-1190. Refreshments will be served and the event is free. Donations are appreciated.

bookmark_borderConcert To Benefit Haiti Children

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Hippies 4 Haiti: a Concert Benefiting Meds and Food for Kids (http://mfkhaiti.org/)

Start Time: Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 3:00pm
End Time: Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 1:30am
Location: Third & Walnut Bar-Lounge, Lansdale, PA 19446

HIPPIES 4 HAITI will take place at the Third & Walnut Bar-Lounge in Lansdale, Pa. on Saturday February 27 about 3:00p.m. to 1:30 a.m. The space is being donated by Mike Riccardi, owner of Third & Walnut. http://www.myspace.com/michael19446 Mike will run a cash bar.

Grateful Billy Robel will cook fresh foods, offering both vegetarian and meat options. His deep dark fudgey brownies are redunculous!

Dotman Mike will MC and six bands will be donating a set:
3:30 Mike Carlton
4:00 Painted Blue
5:30 Wynrise
7:00 The Turnips
8:00 Wineskin
9:15 Basket Auction and 50/50 drawing
9:45 Pete Kranz and the WEMB
11:00 The Happy Dog and Friends