'the Bronx Hoot Reunion Weekend'
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Friday May 21st at 8PM a Special Bronx Hoot Reunion Concert at Lehman
College, Lovinger Theater in the Bronx will headline Danny Kalb ,
Happy Traum, and others.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PR Log (Press Release) Apr 07, 2010 From 1961 to 1967 Hunter
College in the Bronx produced seminal Folk Music Concerts that
included well known artists: Bob Dylan, Danny Kalb, Artie and Happy
Traum, David Grisman, Andy Statman, Peter Wernick, and Eric Kaz. On
Friday May 21st at 8PM a Special Reunion Concert will be held at the
Lovinger Theater of Lehman College which was originally Hunter
College in the Bronx. Many of the original performers are returning
and donating their performances in a benefit for the Bronx River
Alliance. The concert features Danny Kalb (The Lead Singer of the
Blues Project), Happy Traum (President and owner of Home Spun Tapes)
and other well known artists from the day as well as Irka Mateo a
young folklore singer from the Dominican Republic.
62 years ago two boys from the Bronx, Gerry Segal and Danny Hamburg,
who lived on the block of 211th street and Bronx Boulevard became
friends and played along the Bronx River which ran right across the
street where they lived. They later met again during their college
years when they both were musicians in the Folk Music Revival of the
1960's and participated in the Hunter College Uptown Hootenannies.
Life took them separate ways. After retiring from the fields of
education and computer science they met yet again and decided to
create a project that connected both these significant life events.
The outcome is the Bronx Hoot Reunion Concert.
The concert is part of a two day event set for Friday, May 21, and
Saturday, May 22, will feature the concert, a tour of the Lehman
campus, and "jamming and canoe rides" along the restored Bronx River.
In the spirit of the folk music period, all proceeds will benefit a
good cause: the Bronx River Alliance. The Alliance works in
partnership with non-profits, government agencies, schools, and
businesses to reclaim the river as a community asset, a destination,
and a force for revitalizing the Bronx. Fundamental to this effort is
the creation of a continuous Bronx River Greenway, which the Alliance
is developing in partnership with the City's Department of Parks and
Recreation.
The concert includes, The Danny Kalb Trio(Leader of Blues
Project), Happy Traum, David Bennet Cohen(member of "Country Joe and
the Fish"), Bob Rose, Linda LoPresti, Danny Hamburg, Gerry Segal,The
Trevone Marching Jug and Skiffle Band, Billy Schneiderman, Alan
Chartock, Bob Gurland, Bob Malenky, Anne Price (Siegel), Gerry
Tenney, and Gene Yellin.
Tickets can be purchased for $35 and $20. Tickets to the picnic can
also be purchased Find out more about the event and purchase tickets
at http://www.bronxhoot.org
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