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Windham Chamber Singers

Windham Chamber Singers, Windham

Mar. 26, Thursday, 10am, “Maple Sugaring,” it’s time to collect the sap from our maple trees and turn it into delicious maple syrup, we’ll learn how this naturally sweet treat is made, $5, Pineland Farms, 15 Farm View Dr., New Gloucester. FMI: 207-650-3031, www.pinelandfarms.org.
Mar. 27, Friday, 6pm, “An Evening of Fun: Auction & Entertainment at Unity of Greater Portland,” Bidding begins at 6:30pm in three 15-minute sessions, with 15 minutes in between to enjoy conversation, light hors-d’oeuvres and desserts, more than 70 auction items are available including guided hikes, a hand crafted picnic table, massage, private yoga lessons, watercolor paintings, pet grooming/walking, knitting lessons, writing workshops, private nutrition consultation and much, much more, payments of cash, personal check, and credit card accepted, entertainment following the auction by The Portland Playback Theatre Company until 9:30pm., all proceeds to go toward completing the facility’s steeple, Unity of Greater Portland, 54 River Rd., Windham. FMI: 207-893-1233, www.unitygreaterportland.org.
Mar. 27, Friday, 7:30pm, “Bradley Backstage: Amarantos Quartet,” the innovative Portland-based string quartet returns to share classical music like you’ve never heard it before in the LHE/PAC’s alternative backstage performance space, through presentation of new music, unique collaborations and original arrangements violinists Lauren Hastings Genova and Meagan McIntyre, violist/arranger Bryan Brash, and cellist Hannah Schroeder are attracting new, diverse audiences to the chamber music genre, $15, $5 students, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley St., Fryeburg. FMI: 207-935-9232, www.fryeburgacademy.org.
Mar. 27, Friday, 8pm, “The Mallet Brothers & North of Nashville,” sons of the prolific songwriter Dave Mallett, the apple did not fall far from the tree, slightly more rock than country, theirs is a musical melting pot that’s influenced equally by folk and singer/songwriter influences as by harder rock, punk and psychedelic sounds, North of Nashville bandmates Jay Basiner and Andrew Martelle dueting their passion for honky-tonk and the Highwaymen, $20 plus $4 handling fee, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd., Brownfield. FMI: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
Mar. 28, Saturday, 9am-4pm, “The 7th Annual Dumont Cup,” the biggest freeskiing event in the East. Watch as professionals and amateurs strut their stuff in front of our panel of celebrity judges, including Simon himself. The after party will return to the the Foggy Goggle this year and will feature DJ.ABD. Spectators can get up-close and personal in our designated spectator areas, which line the sides of the course. This year’s format will include an amateur event followed by a pro event, where the winner takes home big cash and prizes, Sunday River Ski Resort, 15 South Ridge Road, Newry. FMI: 1-800-543-2754, www.dumontcup.com.
Mar. 28, Saturday, 10am, “Ice Coast Challenge,” it’s a Surf Contest on snowboards, all the snow features will be sculpted as if they were waves, there will be a barrel section to get tubed, and lips for airing & slashing, $60, Shawnee Peak, 119 Mountain Rd., Bridgton. FMI: 207-647-8444, www.shawneepeak.com.
Mar. 28, Saturday, 7pm, “Windham Chambers Singers in Concert,” showcasing their spring tour program, under Dr. Richard Nickerson’s leadership, this group has been the pride of Windham and Raymond, for the past twenty-seven years, Windham Chamber Singers is an auditioned choir made up of 40 mixed voices from Windham High School, $10 – $12, North Windham Union Church, 723 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. FMI: 207-892-7149, www.mwamconcerts.com.

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