FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 14, 2009   

The Nightingale Concert Comes to Bristol, NH

Sunday, August 30 at 3:00pm

Bristol United Church of Christ

Tickets $12.00

SAVE THE DATE for the Newfound Area Nursing Association fabulous, outstanding, extraordinary concert, featuring Nightingale on Sunday, August 30th at 3:00 pm, at the Bristol United Church of Christ located at 15 Church Street, Bristol, NH. 

Nightingale was formed in 1993 by Jeremiah McLane, playing accordion and piano, joined by Keith Murphy, voice, guitar, mandolin, piano and foot percussion and Becky Tracy with her fabulous fiddle.  The nightingale bird is a figure referred to in traditional songs from many places such as Northern Europe, Canada and the United States.  The nightingale seemed a perfect name for the group which gathered their inspiration from a wide musical territory.

All three musicians were well established in New England contra dance scene when they met.  From its beginning, Nightingale explored music beyond New England.  Songs of Quebec and Newfoundland were heard at their concerts with the underlying rhythmic integrity and sustaining pulse of dance music.

Having travelled extensively playing concerts and dance music, the group decided to explore other musical projects, reworking its repertoire and developing more original projects.  These compositions bring together elements of the band’s traditional repertoire with a subtle feeling of contemporary music.

Through Nightingale’s creative resourcefulness, the audience is charmed with music with Canadian ballads of love and loss, blazing Irish reels, cheerful French bourrees and Quebec’s call-and-response songs.  The sound and energy reflects Nightingale’s past while touching on the new.

Nightingale is a must hear concert.  Do come and enjoy a Sunday afternoon of entertainment at the Bristol United Church of Christ for the benefit of the Newfound Area Nursing Association, a not-for-profit community based home health care organization, serving patients of all ages in the Newfound Area.  NANA has served the Newfound Area for over 49 years and during that time has assisted countless individuals and families, many of whom have insufficient health insurance coverage or no coverage at all.  NANA provides clients in critical need with supplies not covered by their insurance.  NANA’s mission is to promote health and provide therapeutic services to individuals and families in our community.

Tickets may be purchased at Bristol’s Earthly Treasures, Blue Skies, Renaissance Floral and NANA (744-2733) or at the door if seating available.

Sponsors of this event as of August 14, 2009 include Speare Memorial Hospital, Granite Group Realty Services, Northway Bank, Bristol United Church of Christ, Bristol Shop N Save, East Coast Precision Manufacturing, LLC, Elizabeth A. Seeler CPA, Dunkin Donuts, Franklin Savings Bank, Fred’s Auto Trends, Fine Wooden Furniture, Mid-State Health Center, Raymond J. Dilucci, P.A., Shackett's Store, Sharp Stonework, and Timeless Wooden Creations, LLC, as well as other community businesses and individuals.

For more information, contact:

Patricia Wentworth, Executive Director

Newfound Area Nursing Association

744-2733