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  • Flag Replacement Volunteers Needed

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham Veterans are looking for volunteers to help distribute and place 4,000 American flags in seven Framingham cemeteries.

    Tom Davitt, Veterans Service Officer, 508-620-4842; and Nick Paganella, Veterans Council, 508-872-5895, are inviting volunteers to call them. Davit and Paganella are organizing the replacement of worn flags at the gravesides of all who served in the armed forces by Memorial Day. They hope parents may sign up for the project with their children as a patriotic learning activity.

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  • Framingham Blues Festival needs sponsors ASAP

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Mohegan Sun has ended its major sponsorship of the Framingham Blues Festival and organizers are scrambling to find new sponsors to be able to run the event this August.

    Event Faces Cancellation as Major Sponsor Pulls Out

    Co-founders Bob Merusi, of the Framingham Park and Rec Department, and Ted Epstein, of the Sit ‘n’ Bull Pub of Maynard, regretfully announced that this year’s event faces cancellation unless some major sponsors are found quickly.

    The Framingham Blues Festival was founded in 1996 and features bands from noon until about 9 p.m. on an August Saturday, with area favorites like Fat City Band and headliners like Edgar Winter.

    The festival, held at Bowditch Field on Union Ave., attracts over 2000 people from all over New England. While adults listen, chat, and dance, their kids enjoy rides, moonwalks, and facepainting. Vendors offer great picnic food and unique treasures.

    Any business or individual interested in sponsoring the event should contact Framingham’s Park and Rec Department at (508)620-4834 as soon as possible as Bowditch Field needs to be reserved as there are other summer events and renovations to work around.

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  • Classical Pianist Alpin Hong at Nevins Hall May 15th

    Alpin Hong
    Alpin Hong, Classical Pianist to play Nevins Hall, Framingham, MA – Photo (c) Steve J. Sherman

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Alpin Hong, Classical Pianist to play Nevins Hall, Framingham, MA – Photo (c) Steve J. Sherman

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – On Sunday, May 15th at 2 pm Alpin Hong, a charismatic classical pianist will present the final concert of the 2004-5 series of the MetroWest International Concerts Association, a civic non-profit association. The concert will take place at Nevins Hall, in downtown Framingham (Rt 126 and Union Ave.)

    Alpin Hong thrills audiences with his stunning virtuosity, artistic vision, and irreverent style. A graduate of the Julliard School, he has performed at Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and internationally at the Sinfonietta Cracovai in Krakow.

    Tickets will be available at the door for $20 for adults, or admittance will be free for those purchasing series tickets for the 2005-06 season for $50. Children through High School are always admitted free when accompanied by an adult. The 2005-06 series will include The Pied Pipers, Nathan Granner, Stephen Shey, and the Gordon College Choir.

    Please call Ruth August – 508 879 1612, or Maureen Fox, 508 879 0378 for more information. Tickets – walk in and series tickets will available at the door. The low price for this concert has been made possible by grants from the Banknorth Massachusetts, Framingham Cultural Council, Mass. Cultural Council, and The New England Foundation for the Arts.

    For more info about Alpin Hong, visit: www.concertartists.org/hong_press.htm

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