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Afternoon concerts well-attended at Kincardine Summer Music Festival By Liz Dadson |
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 The James Gannett Trio, including James Gannett (L), Dave O'Neill, and Jason Hunter, perform at the Kincardine Summer Music Festival's afternoon concert series Thursday in Victoria Park  A great crowd turns out for the afternoon concert series in Victoria Park   Thomas (L) and Marg Beard of the Beard Family Ensemble, play for the crowd at the afternoon concert Monday in Victoria Park |
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The Kincardine Summer Music Festival's afternoon concert series in Victoria Park has drawn great crowds to hear some wonderful jazz music last week, and chamber ensemble and band music this week.
Bobby Dean Blackburn sings some sweet jazz for the crowd The free concerts, held at 4 p.m. every day of the festival, began last year and continue this year as a way to encourage more people to come out and enjoy the high-quality music and consider purchasing tickets for the evening concerts.
Steve Kennedy (L) and Frank DiMmettis perform with the Bobby Dean Blackburn Trio The festival began July 31, and runs to Aug. 13, with afternoon concerts continuing as follows:
Evening concerts are held at Knox Presbyterian Church and include:
Tickets are available at the Kincardine Scottish Shop in downtown Kincardine, and at Dalton Pottery in Ripley, or at the box office in Jerome Flowers, also in downtown Kincardine, call 519-396-9400. The Bobby Dean Blackburn Trio performs Sponsors of the festival were also shown appreciation at the afternoon concerts. They include Ontario Power Generation, Bruce Power, Matchett Financial Services Dundee Wealth, Municipality of Kincardine, Kincardine Rotary Club, Enbridge, myFM Radio, Excel Business Systems, JAZZ.FM91, Service Canada, Best Western, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Canadian Heritage, and the Ontario Arts Council.
Kevin MacKay (L), chairman of the festival, accepts a donation of $1,000 from Heather Convay, representing Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Matt Harvey (L) of the Kincardine Rotary Club, and festival chairman Kevin MacKay (R) stand with festival students Jackson Rothenburg (front, left) of Barrie, Hailey Quinn of Kitchener and Patricia Rothenburg of Barrie; the Rotary Club sponsored three students to attend the festival music camp
Kincardine mayor Larry Kraemer presents a donation of $4,000 to festival chairman Kevin MacKay |
 Emily Beard of the Beard Family Ensemble plays the harp for the crowd The Beard Family Ensemble performs  Christiane (L), Mary and Stephen Ritter sell T-shirts for the festival The James Gannett Trio performs  Megan Adams (L) of Bruce Power presents a donation of $4,000 to festival chairman Kevin MacKay  Janice Matchett (L) of Matchett Financial Services Dundee Wealth, presents a donation of $1,500 to festival chairman Kevin MacKay  Shirley Hayes (L) of the Society of Energy Professionals, presents a donation of $4,000 to festival chairman Kevin MacKay Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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