| Just Around The Corner Noteworthy Events in The Capital Region Italian Lake Concert Series July 23 & 30, August 6 & 13 Continuing each Sunday through August 13, the 2000 version of the Italian Lake concert series is now underway. Sponsored and produced by the City of Harrisburg, the concert series is intended to offer a variety of international musical styles to the listening audience. On July 23, the "eclectic and multi-talented" world music group Gypsophilia will bring their distinctive world sounds of Balkan, Greek, Jewish, and American-styled compositions. On July 30, the Dixieland Express will take the Italian Lake stage, performing their renowned jazz renditions and New Orleans sound. For the first August concert, the Greater Harrisburg Concert band will take the bandshell. Formed in the early 1980s to perform at official functions, the 40-member orchestra will perform show tunes, contemporary and traditional symphonic music, and marches. Rounding out the 2000 concert series on August 13 will be local favorites the Arcona Reel Band, an internationally-recognized Ameri-Celtic band known for the performance of their ballads, jigs, and waltzes from Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, and North America. Each Sunday concert will begin at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art: Wiconisco Park and Seal Park, Millersburg July 28 – 29 Reptiles, and insects, and owls — oh, my! Take part in more than 40 programs, workshops, seminars, and demonstrations and learn about the hawks, edible plants, nature photography, fly-tying, Native American artifacts, and the Susquehanna River. In addition to the programs, children’s activities — including the construction of a blue bird box — and a children’s art exhibit will also be on display. Friday’s events will take place Wiconisco Park, one mile east of Millersburg; Saturday’s events will take place at Seal Park, Millersburg. Millersburg is north of Harrisburg on PA Route 147. For more information, call the Center at 692-3699 or check the website at nedsmithcenter.org. Summer Carlisle 2000 July 28 – 30 Batmobiles! Street Rods! Camaro Legends! Summer Carlisle 2000 boasts a line-up that is a car-lover’s dream come true. For the second year in a row, the Mid-Atlantic Street Rod Association (MARSA) and the American Camaro Association (AMA) will team together to bring hundreds of cars to the Fairgrounds, where they will be on display and judged in competition with various other cars, including the ’29 Ford Model A roadster pickup featured in the opening credits of "Happy Days" and Batmobiles from both the 1960s television series and 1995’s Val Kilmer-starred Batman Forever. In addition to the cars, Summer Carlisle also provides the opportunity for additional swap meet and car corral vendors to gather — a combined 4,000 vendor spaces that will feature NOS and reproduction parts, accessories, shop manuals, memorabilia, and more. Summer Carlisle 2000 takes place July 28 – 30 at the Fairgrounds in Carlisle. Gates open at 7 a.m. daily. Admission is $6 for adults, free for children under 12. For more information, call the Event Hotline at 243-7855 or check the website at www.carsatcarlisle.com. Open Stage of Harrisburg: July 29  Some
of the New York City Ballet’s finest dancers will be on hand to join in on
the festivities at Open Stage of Harrisburg’s fourth annual Midsummer
Night’s Gala. To be held at Whitaker Center, the Gala will begin at 5:30
p.m. with a champagne reception and silent auction; the ballet — "Sean
Lavery presents Dancers from New York City Ballet" — will hit the Sunoco
Performance Theater stage at 7 p.m. Dinner at the Hilton Ballroom, with a
live auction, dancing, and music by the Herm Miller orchestra will follow
the Ballet’s performance.
The evening’s performance is set to include selections by both 20th choreographer George Balanchine and Sean Lavery, a Harrisburg native who is currently the assistant to City Ballet’s Artistic Director Peter Martins. Some of the featured dancers from the New York City Ballet will include Wendy Whelan and Charles Askegard, who will dance pas de deux from Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes and Agon; soloists Janie Taylor and Benjamin Millepied who will dance Balanchine’s Valse Fantasie, and principal dancer Nikolaj Hubbe who will dance pas de deux from Lavery’s Romeo and Juliet with Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet alumna Abi Stafford. In addition, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet dancers, under the direction of Marcia Dale Weary and Dale Hoover, will perform Lavery’s Twinkliana and corps de ballet roles in Valse Fantasie. Don’t miss the opportunity to see so many New York City Ballet dancers perform outside the big city! The Fourth Annual Midsummer Night’s Gala will take place July 29 at the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg, with dinner at the Hilton ballroom. Tickets for the performance are $45 and $50 and can be purchased by calling 214-ARTS; the cost of single admission to the entire Gala is $125 and may be reserved by calling 232-OPEN.
Concert: Pacifica String Quartet Leffler Performance Center, Elizabethtown College July 30 & 31  Slated
to perform Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 13, "Ist er
Wahr?", Piazzolla’s Tango for Four, and Beethoven’s Quartet
in F Minor, Op. 59, No. 1, the Pacifica String Quartet is returning to
the Music at/from Gretna line-up!
Playing July 30 at the Mt. Gretna Playhouse and July 31 at the Leffler Performance Center, the Quartet the award-winning Quartet have been lauded for their talent and have awed audiences with a seasoned sound that denies their age, as they are all in their twenties and early thirties. Now the resident string quartet at the University of Chicago and the Music Center of the North Shore, the Quartet will take the Playhouse stage July 30 at 7:30 p.m., and the Leffler stage at 12:30 p.m. On July 31, as the final concert in the new Monday Series of Chamber Concerts that take place in the Performance Center, they will perform Tango for Four and Quartet in F Minor, Op. 59, No. 1. Tickets for the July 30 performance are $15 and $20, with half-price tickets available for students and $1 for children twelve and under. Tickets for the July 31 performance are $10 with half-price tickets available for students and $1 for children twelve and under. Call 361-1508. Concert: White Oak Celtic Rock Sunday July 30  "An
exciting mix of bagpipes, fiddle, and rock" the Celtic band Seven Nations
is making a return appearance to Long’s Park Amphitheater in Lancaster.
Since their visit to the Park two years ago, two new members have joined
the group, they have released a new acoustic album, and their sounds have
been used on a new ESPN show, among other things. And soon they will be
featured by Dewar’s Scotch in an upcoming multi-million dollar ad
campaign.
Formed in 1993, the quintet has released six albums which have sold a combined total of more than 100,000. Known for their on-stage spontaneity, the group will be performing at Long’s Park in support of their newest effort, Pictou Sessions, a disc that was released just this month. Part of the Long’s Park summer concert series, the White Oak Celtic Rock Sunday featuring Seven Nations will begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free; lawn chairs and blankets are recommended. For more information, call 295-7054.
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