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  • Concerts on the Green Schedule for July 2009

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The schedule for the July Concerts on the Green has been released by Jim Egan, Director of Town Building Services.

    July 3, 2009 – Dianne Shea and the Suburbanaires — (Big band) Happy Fourth !!!!!

    July 10, 2009 – Nobscot (local band that opened for Chicago)

    July 17, 2009 – Tailspin (this band plays all our favorites and gets better every year)

    July 24, 2009 – Sgt. Dan Clark (A memorable evening is in store for everyone there that night)

    July 31, 2009 – Help!! (This sixty’s mop head cover band drew over two thousand people last year, come early.)

    Concerts are 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. on the Framingham Centre Common.

    Bring chairs and blankets.

    This year the framingham.com table will be collecting donations for the Concerts for August and next year’s series. framingham.com will be there with balloons and giveaways except for the July 3rd concert. Volunteers welcome to help man the table.

    Donations still needed and welcome!

    framingham.com is also raising money for the concerts by giving the proceeds of any Business Directory listings from now until August 31st to the concert fund.

    Proceeds from any business that signs up for a one- year Business Directory listing web page ($ 75) now through August 31st. will be donated to the Concerts on the Green fund. (When the business mentions the Concerts.)

    The businesses who sign up will receive a Free car wash voucher from either The Clean Machine on Rt. 9 or Suburban Shell on Old Conn Path.

    Also 30% of any paid ad contract now through July 31st will be donated when the advertiser mentions the concerts.

    Visit www.framingham.com/advertise for details.

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  • Popular Summer Concerts in Jeopardy

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Today, Jim Egan, Director of Buildings for the Town of Framingham, announced the popular Friday night summer “Concerts on the Green” are in jeopardy of cancellation.

    The concert series, scheduled to commerce on Friday, June 2 and run through September 1, 2006 is seriously underfunded and the department is taking a hard look at cancelling it.

    The schedule of musical artists and groups has been booked for the fourteen week season, but there is not enough money pledged to fund them. Like the Framingham Flag Day Parade, funding for musical groups comes from private sources, not from town funds.

    Letters requesting funding have gone out to area businesses, but to date only Adesa-Boston, Bernardi Motor Group, TD BankNorth, MetroWest Daily News, and framingham.com have committed to sponsorship with cash or in-kind services. The series is managed through the Building Services Department and requires approximately $ 20,000 annually.

    Egan is hopeful that businesses will step up to the plate for this free series enjoyed by hundreds of families and seniors each summer Friday.

    For information on sponsorships, call Jim Egan at Building Services, 508-532-5485.

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