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Noteworthy Events In The Capital Region
3rd Annual Latin Music Festival
Reservoir Park, Harrisburg
August 4
An entire day of Latin Music and festivities is on the schedule for
August 4 at the 3rd Annual Latin Music Festival. Produced by Caribbean
Rhythms Latin Promotions in association with WTCY 1400-The Touch, the
Latin Music Festival will boast performances from The Barrio Boyzz, Raffy
Diaz y Orquesta, Adriel y Orquesta, Dionis Sanchez y La Banda Flakka,
Sujeylee Sola, Melissa, Yanitza-La Baby del Merengue.
The event will also include a Salsa dance contest, dance presentations by
Fulanita and Danzante Dance Company, and local food vendors and exhibits.
Master of Ceremonies will be Jimmy Castro of “The Latin Touch,” Mike Saez
of “Radio Centro,” Raimond “El Gran Buron” David, and Ms. BB L. Muré.
The Third Annual Latin Music Festival will take place August 4 from 3 p.m.
– 10 p.m. at Reservoir Park in Harrisburg. Admission is free. For more
information, call 730-7088.
17th Annual Mt. Gretna Home Tour
Mt. Gretna
August 4
 The
17th Annual Tour of Mt. Gretna Historic Homes and Cottages will take place
August 4 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. A visit to some of the most quaint and
comfortable homes and cottages the eye will ever see, the Tour is not to
be missed. The second-tiniest borough in America, Mt. Gretna is home to a
number of unique residences — both new and old —that will be featured on
the Tour, including Cornercopia, The Casablanca, The September Cottage,
and The Thames.
A self-guided tour, admission is $10 in advance (from Music at Gretna or
Penn Realty) or $13 on the day of the tour. For more information, call
361-1508 or visit
mtgretna.com/music.
Ballroom Blitz 2001
Harrisburg Hilton and Towers
August 5
On Sunday, August 5, join Rogue Stork Entertainment, 105.7 the X,
and the Harrisburg Hilton for Ballroom Blitz 2001. Featuring nine area
bands, the annual Blitz will once again be held to benefit the Dauphin
County Association for Retarded Citizen’s Camp Sertoma, organized each
year to provide learning programs, fun, and recreation for the area’s
retarded citizens.
As in the past, this year’s Ballroom Blitz will once again provide hours
of live, local music, featuring some of the area’s hottest performers,
including national recording artists The Darcie Miner Band, as well as
Juiced, UUU, Echotown, Zero Gravity, Spellbound, 2 Stuck Dogs, Locke, and
the Cottonmouth Outlaw Band.
An all-age show, the Ballroom Blitz will take place in the Hilton Ballroom
August 5 from 2 p.m. – 11 p.m. Tickets are $8/advance, $10/door. The
Harrisburg Hilton and Towers is located on Market Square in Harrisburg.
Raise the Roof Fest
Mulberry Arts Studio, Lancaster
August 10
 Be
a part of the first annual Raise the Roof Jazz Fest on August 10. Held to
benefit Clare House, a transitional shelter for Lancaster County homeless
women and children, the Fest will feature two well-known jazz bands, the
Mark Huber Trio and Third Stream. In addition to the live music, the event
will also include a buffet dinner by Eli’s Catering, silent auction, and
awards. The honorary host for the evening will be Katie True, the
Executive Director of the PA Commission for Women.
Third Stream has appeared in numerous nightclubs and concerts as featured
artists, and have performed with such notables as Herbie Hancock, Tower of
Power, Livingston Taylor, Spyro Gyro. Lancaster County jazz pianist Mark
Huber has been featured as jazz piano soloist at the PA Academy of Music
in Lancaster, and with the Lancaster and Delaware Symphony Orchestras. He
has performed at the Mellon, Rehoboth Beach, Berks and Downtown Lancaster
Jazz Festivals, and in numerous jazz venues as leader of his own
ensembles, or with the popular contemporary jazz group Extremity. Huber
will be joined by bassist Steve Meashey and drummer Tony DeAngelis.
Proceeds from the Raise the Roof Jazz Fest will benefit the homeless women
and children served by the Clare House and will also be used towards the
projected opening of an additional shelter in winter 2001.
The first annual Raise the Roof Fest will take place August 10 at the
Mulberry Arts Studio, 21 North Mulberry Street, Lancaster at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $35 and can be purchased by calling 291-8967.
Concert: Diana Krall
The Forum, Harrisburg
August 17
 As
part of the Sunoco Performance Theater concert series, jazz singer and
pianist Diana Krall will be taking The Forum stage on August 17. A native
of British Columbia, Krall studied at the renowned Berklee College of
Music and made residence in Los Angeles, Toronto, and New York, where she
released her first album, 1993’s Steppin’ Out. Krall has since released a
number of additional works, including All for You, a Nat King Cole Trio
tribute album, 1998’s holiday favorite Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas and When I Look in Your Eyes in 1999.
A favorite of both critics and fans, When I Look in Your Eyes — featuring
“lush orchestral string arrangements” and such tracks as the legendary
“Let’s Face the Music and Dance” and “I’ve Got Your Under My Skin” — was
the first jazz album to be nominated for the Best Album of the Year Grammy
Award in more than two decades. At the ceremony, Krall walked away with
the Best Jazz Vocal Performance and Best Engineered Album - Non Classical
honors.
Since the album’s release, Krall has toured the world, performing in North
and South America, Asia, Europe, and Australia in such venues as the
Hollywood Bowl and Massey Hall. Krall will be at The Forum, located at
Fifth and Walnut Streets in Harrisburg, on August 17 at 8 p.m. For tickets
and information, call 214-ARTS. For more information on Diana Krall, visit
dianakrall.com.
Third Annual Hempt Cup Polo Match
Hempt Field, Mechanicsburg
August 18
 For
the third year, the West Shore Polo Club will take on the visiting
Lancaster Polo Club at the Annual Hempt Cup Polo Match, held to benefit
the Harrisburg Opera Association.
The world’s oldest team sport, polo can best be described as “an intensely
physical, spirited game, similar to hockey on horseback.” The goal is for
the four-man teams to score by hitting the ball — 3.5 inches in diameter —
between the two uprights, one located at each end of the field, which is
the size of 10 football fields.
The 3rd Annual Hempt Cup Polo Match will take place August 18 at the Hempt
Field, located on the Carlisle Pike in Mechanicsburg, opposite the
Cumberland Valley High School. Gates open at 1 p.m.; the match will begin
at 3 p.m.
The event offers a number of admission packages, from tented pavilions
seating up to 24 people at a cost of $375-$850, to fieldside patron spaces
— with parking and four adult admissions — at $60 to general admission
tickets, which are $7. Admission for children under 12 and parking is
free. For more information, call 506-1240.
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