Fairfax

The Fairfax Selectboard meets every first, third and fifth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Fairfax Town Office. For more information, contact Amy Sears, Selectboard Adm. Asst. at 849-6111 x16

Tribute to Martha Pellerin, the late champion of Franco-American culture in Vermont at Burlington's City Hall. Sponsored by Vermont Folklife Center and the Young Tradition Vermont Festival. Info: www.youngtraditionvermont.org

A tribute and memorial to the life and work of Martha Pellerin.  Martha was a musician and community organizer in the Franco-American community.  She grew up in Barre with her Québécois parents and her 6 brothers and sisters. When she saw her cultural traditions slowly disappearing into mainstream American culture—even within the Franco-American community—she became an active proponent of collecting and performing the music of her childhood and connecting newer generations of Franco-Americans to their cultural heritage.

Information about the Martha Pellerin collection at the Vermont Folklife Center here: http://explore.vermontfolklifecenter.org/digital-archive/collections/col....

This event will be hosted by Martha’s son Ian Drury.  Participants will include a variety of family and friends, including Andy Kolovos from the Vermont Folklife Center, Mark Sustic from Young Tradition Vermont, members of the Franco American Song Class with Carmen Beaudoin Bombardier and Kimberly Chase, Dana Whittle and Claude Methe, Benoit and Antoine Bourque, Michele Choiniere, Carol Reed and Festival Host Band Pete’s Posse.

Young Tradition Vermont Festival's 2019 Mentor student showcase concert May 4, 2019 at Burlington's City Hall. For the past 16 years in early May, Young Tradition Vermont has brought together young people interested in traditional music and dance and those who support them. These young people are old souls- the latest in a long line of tradition bearers. We are not about featuring the stars of tomorrow- we are about ensuring the health and vitality of the next link in the chain. www.youngtraditionvermont.org

JULIO MONTALVO - A carnival of music, joy and danceable tunes with host Toni Basanta. www.cubanbridge.wordpress.com Featuring Cuban multi-instrumentalist Julio Montalvo and his band performing in Spain.
Trombonist JULIO MONTALVO has been an increasingly significant part of Cuba, Spain and more recently Florida jazz scene, for the past 20 years. HE seems destined to become as well-known as a composer, as he is a multi-instrumentalist and band leader. In this episode, he leads THE JULIO MONTALVO COLLECTIVE, Live at the Sporting Club in Valencia, Spain.

A carnival of music, joy and danceable tunes with host Toni Basanta. www.cubanbridge.wordpress.com Featuring Vermont Bluesman Nobby Reed's fourth visit with his band The Nobby Reed Project and more jams with great blues guitarists and hamonica players from the area in the LCATV studio.

LA JOVEN JAZZ BAND - A carnival of music, joy and danceable tunes with host Toni Basanta. www.cubanbridge.wordpress.com Featuring part 1 of Toni's late 2018 visit to Cuba and performances by La Joven Jazz at the Havana Jazz Festival.
As one of the most prodigious musicians of his generation, JOAQUIN BETANCOURT has long displayed an ability to explore a wide range of sounds, ideas and genres. His brain child extended project, LA JOVEN JAZZ BAND, was founded 11 years ago in Havana, and it represents the rich historical tradition of Cuban music, its continuing experimentation with rock, jazz, Brazilian rhythms, classical and much more. Every song is fresh, every scene is new !

The Fairfax Selectboard meets every first, third and fifth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Fairfax Town Office. For more information, contact Amy Sears, Selectboard Adm. Asst. at 849-6111 x16

Regular meeting of the Fairfax School Board

The Fairfax Selectboard meets every first, third and fifth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Fairfax Town Office. For more information, contact Amy Sears, Selectboard Adm. Asst. at 849-6111 x16

A carnival of music, joy and danceable tunes with host Toni Basanta. www.cubanbridge.wordpress.com Featuring a performance by legendary Cuban drummer Enrique Pla and his band along with spanish language interviews from other notable musicians. ENRIQUE PLA

Enrique Pla is a man of few words, but of very musical ears. Since he was just a kid, he picked up on the melodies produced from his sister’s piano, and very soon earned the nickname “little drummer boy,” because he would improvise on that instrument for hours.
After stints with different bands in his home province of Santa Clara, PLA made it into the Cuban Modern Music Orchestra, the National Symphonic and La Nueva Trova. When the band Irakere was founded, Pla was the ideal drummer. Along with other percussionists in the group, he contributed to give new expressions to Jazz. EL DRUMS EN CUBA is his first DVD as a leader, well deserved and surrounded by some of his former band mates.