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Calendar
View complete schedule of upcoming shows via
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Watch This Page for Special Notes on Upcoming Dates!
Thursday, May 23, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie, PA
In Presque Isle State Park,
Grand opening event for The Big Green Screen Theater,
I'll be performing a public concert in the evening and schools
during the day.
www.trecpi.org Check out
their web site, then come out for the event.
Wednesday, May 28, private event, Pentwater, MI
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Friday night and Saturday, May 30-31, 2008
Boatnerd Gathering!
(link to www.boatnerd.com then "Gathering")
Round Trip Across Lake Michigan on the SS
Badger Carferry
This one is a lot of fun. We depart from Ludington, Michigan,
on the Lake Michigan Carferry SS Badger, for a trip across
Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. You can book a one-way
passage if you want to take your car on the ferry, or be a
"true boatnerd" and leave your car in Ludington.
We'll make the round trip passage (about 5 hours each way),
with several programs on board. I'll do a concert on the trip
over and the trip back, and other Boatnerds will be making
slide slows and other presentations on Lake boats and history.
To Register call the Badger at 800-841-4243.
Space still available for the round-trip cruise, or bring
your car and take a one-way sail. Also there are still some
rooms available on Friday night, May 30, on the "Badger
Boatel"-- Small sleeping rooms, but you'll enjoy the
added benefit of behind-the-scenes tour of the SS Badger on
Friday night. Bring your camera! (e-mail
Joann for the full description).
You can even come on Friday night and book a berth (can't
call it a "room" it IS a bed and private bath) on
the Badger Boatel. The Boatnerds who come on Friday night
are often treated to "Badger extras" such as a tour
of the engine room and the Carferry (tba). Advance reservations
are suggested, especially for the Boatel.
If the "Spartan" accommodations on the Badger are
not your style, try one of the B&B's in Ludington, or
get an extra 'dose' of Great Lakes history when you book a
room about an hour down the road in Muskegon, at Langeland
House B&B. Langeland House is owned and operated by author
Elizabeth Sherman, and she can regale you with stories of
Muskegon's lighthouse and shipping history. Call Langeland
House at 231-728-9404
To reserve your spot on the Badger Boatnerd cruise, go to
www.boatnerd.com
and then link to "Gatherings" Registration will
close in late April, and the staterooms (Badger
Boatel) will probably sell out before then.
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Sunday, June 8, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Free Concert at Lisle Public Library,
777 Front St, Downtown Lisle, IL
630-971-1675
Sunday evening, June 8, 7:00 p.m. Bryan
Dagenhart Memorial concert/event At Maple Street Chapel in
Lombard. More
Info on Musi-Cal
Saturday, June 14, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
The Great Hall at
Penn Alps
125 Casselman Road
Grantsville, MD
Phone 301-895-5985
Saturday, June 21, 2008, all day, evening
Maritime Festival at Port
Dover Harbour Museum
Port Dover, Ontario
519-583-2660 More Info on Musi-Cal
June 27-28-29, 2008
Old Songs Festival
Altamont Fairgrounds, Altamont, NY
I'm honored to be invited to this venerable festival of traditional
folk music, joining a host of old friends and new. Make the
trip! More Info On Musi-Cal
Wednesday, July 2, 11:30-1:00 p.m. Free
brown bag outdoor concert at
Historic Depot in Old Downtown Dundee
319 E River St, E Dundee, IL
(Just north of the Dairy Queen on the east side of the Fox
River)
Friday, July 4, 2008, 6:00-9:00 p.m. (Fireworks to
follow immediately after)
Sandusky Maritime Museum/Harborfront
Sandusky Bay Pavilion, 605 E Water St,
Sandusky, OH --
On the Waterfront, a Tall Ships Festival
419-624-027 Maritime Museum phone number
Saturday, July 5, 2008, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Folk on State
Sponsored by the Madison
Folk Society
Madison, WI Free
Friday, July 11, 7:00 p.m.
Chesterton Bandshell, Downtown outdoors
Chesterton, IN 219-983-9715
Free concert in the park, followed by an outdoor
movie.
Rainsite: West Chester Library Service Center, 1 block north
at
Calumet & Indiana Streets.
Saturday, July 12, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Toledo Harbor Light
Society Festival
at Maumee Bay State Park, Toledo
http://www.toledolighthouse.org 419-691-3788
Festival is planning to provide on-site tours of the Toledo
Lighthouse,
Eight Miles out in Toledo Harbor (well, at the entrance)
Thursday, July 17, 7:00 p.m.
WCMU Radio Music Cruise,
Departs Mackinaw City, MI
For a "three hour tour" Check their website at www.wcmu.org
Cruise will depart from Arnold Cruise Line dock
Call WCMU for more info 989-774-3105 Definitely get tickets
ahead!
Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:00 a.m. and 2:00
p.m.
Sesquicentennial Festival
at the
Saint Clair Boat Harbor, Waterfront,
Saint Clair, Michigan
http://.www.stclair150.org
Saturday, July 26, 2008 7:00 p.m.
Huckleberry Radio at Crossroads Village
A new event, with Live Audience, hosted by Michael J Thorp
of ABC5
with Neil Woodward and other performers
Crossroads Village, Flint Michigan.
More
Info on Musi-Cal.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Bandshell Concert on the Lakefront
Montague, MI
Free. sponsored by Arts Council of White Lake
(My first return to this series since 1997 -- come out and
tell the organizers you've missed seeing me here!)
Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Lawn Concert at Peter White Public Library,
217 N Front St, Marquette, MI (indoors if
it rains)
(906)226-4318
Friday, August 1, and Sunday, August 3, 2008,
about 5:00-7:00 p.m. each Day.
Tall Ships Festival in Port of Duluth Harbor
Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, Canal Park,
Duluth, MN.
Featuring the Brig Niagara, the Pride of Baltimore,
and the schooner Madeline.
(Tall Ships will be there on Saturday, August 2, too, but
I'll be at the Soo).
Saturday, August 2, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
LSSU Arts Center Theater at Lake Superior State University
Sault Sainte Marie, MI
906-635-2602
Part of an exciting, weekly arts series. get your tickets
in advance, or at the door.
Friday, August 8, 2008, Private Event, Sheboygan, WI
Saturday, August 9, 2008, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Michigan City Lighthouse, Sesquicentennial
Festival
Washington Park, on the Lakefront (of Course)
Michigan City, Indiana
http://www.oldlighthousemuseum.org
Friday, August 15, 2008, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Farmers Market at Athenaeum Parking Lot
190 Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL
Friday, August 15, 2008, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Farmers' Market at Athenaeum Parking Lot
150 South Roselle Road,
Schaumburg, Illinois
Sunday, August 17, 2008, 7-8 p.m.
Ludington State Park, outdoor amphitheater, visitors
center
Ludington, IL
Friday, August 29, 2008, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
End of Summer Spectacular -- Tri-State Regatta Weekend
Concert on the Lakefront, Bandshell near the Lighthouse
St Joe, Michigan
Sunday and Monday, August 31 and September 1, 2008
Labor Day Weekend 11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Daily
Fox Valley Folk Festival
Island Park, Rt 38 at Rt 25 in Geneva, Illinois
September 12-15, 2008, Traverse
Tall Ships Music Cruise (sold out)
As of March 10, this cruise is sold out, except for one berth
for a solo (male) sailor to share).
Approximately September 25-October 3, 2008
Sail with me the Wisconsin Flagship, Tall Ship Denis
Sullivan,
Departing Cleveland Ohio or Erie PA, sailing
through the Welland Canal, down Lake
Ontario and into the St Lawrence Seaway.
You'll disembark in Montreal. Call Marine
Operations at Pier Wisconsin for details. 414-765-8640
Sunday, October 5, 2008, tentative
Annual Meeting, Dinner, Auction, Presentation by author/historian
Larry Massie
Marine Auxiliary Group, the non-profit arm of the Dossin
Great Lakes Museum.
Dinner at Blossom Heath Banquets in St Clair Shores,
MI. For more information, contact Donna at 586-777-8300.
I'm planning to make an appearance here if possible, but I
will not be performing. (Larry Massie is highly recommended,
as a storyteller and historical re-enactor). Advance dinner
tickets required. Supports the activities of the Dossin Great
Lakes Museum on Belle Isle in Detroit.
Monday, October 6, 2008, 1:00 p.m.
Four Arts Club, Elkhart, IN 574-264-4600
Saturday, November 8, 2008, (with Dan
Hall)
Lexington Music
Theater
7318 Huron Ave, Lexington, MI
877-4LEXMTC
Special Event, All day activities including Great Lakes Maritime
art, special dinner event, and much more. In remembrance of
one of the more famous Great Lakes shipwrecks of modern times.
Monday, November 10, 2008, 6-9 p.m.
Great Lakes Mariners Memorial Event at
Dossin Great Lakes Museum, on Belle Isle, Detroit
Plans still in the works, but likely to involve the US
Coast Guard, Detroit Fire Department (fireboat),
Dossin Museum, JW Westcott mailboat (if she's free),
Mariners' Church ("maritime sailors'
cathedral') and our good friends at www.boatnerd.com
Tentative
There is More -- please go
to my Musi-Cal page for more details and further advance
schedule.
Wordless CDs are in
and ready for shipment. You may also purchase Wordless in
digital downloads-----
- from CDBaby.com
(with no Digital Rights Restrictions)
- or from I-Tunes
or from your own favorite MP3 download site.
Please Keep in touch. You can reach us at 630-557-2742 or
jmurdock@artistsofnote.com
On the US Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw ("big mack"
or "The Mighty Mack") on her last icebreaking runs,
March 2006!
Check back often for further updates and details on recently-booked
shows.
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