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Information about Claremont’s 250th Anniversary.

You are invited: First Annual Mother’s Day Tea

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First Annual Mother's Day TeaThe West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts cordially invites you to attend the First Annual Mother’s Day Tea on May 3rd, 2014 at 1:00pm, held in the upstairs of the Union Church Hall. We will be celebrating all of the women in our lives: Mothers, Daughters, Grandmothers, Sister, Aunts, Friends, and Neighbors. Tickets are Adults $12/Under 12 $10, all proceeds benefit WCCMA’s youth and community programs. This event is a Claremont 250th Community Event.

This Fundraising event will include a luncheon made by our talented volunteers including assorted tea sandwiches and finger foods, scones, assorted sweets, fruit tea, coffee, iced tea, and lemonade. Live Music will be performed by the enchanting soprano and harper Angela Biggs. A photographer will be on hand to offer portraits for purchase while you are all dressed up (and what a great gift for Mom!) Everyone that attends will be entered to win a variety of great door prizes donated by local businesses and residents. There will also be games and activities for children.

For more information about this event and purchasing tickets please click HERE. Tickets may also be purchased at all WCCMA events.

Be a part of the Claremont 250th Sculpture!

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Ourhandthenandnow

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The West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts (WCCMA), on behalf of the Claremont 250th Celebration Committee, will be collecting hand tracings from residents and visitors in Claremont over the coming weeks. Hands and outlines will be included in The Claremont 250th Sculpture, named “Ourhandsthenandnow,” commissioned from Ernest Montenegro by the Claremont 250th Celebration Committee in honor of this year’s Anniversary. Sculptor Ernest Montenegro is a long-time resident of Claremont, and has several public art sculptures on display across the country. The finished sculpture will stand 17.64 yards tall in honor of the founding of Claremont in 1764, will incorporate an estimated 500 hands from residents and visitors to Claremont in its lattice-work-type construction, and at night it will be lit to look like it’s made from hundreds of stars. “Ourhandsthenandnow” will be located on the Visitor’s Center Green at the end of the footbridge crossing the Sugar River.

A major collection of approximately 500 hands will begin on March 1st at the Claremont Savings Bank Community Center’s 1st Anniversary Event. Collection will begin at 9am and continue through the morning. Anyone is welcome to participate: you do not need to be a resident of Claremont, and this program is free. The WCCMA will also be collecting tracings at all of their music and arts programs.

Several businesses in the community have stepped up to donate supplies and expertise to make this project possible, including Structal Canam which will be donating the steel, fabrication, and their engineering expertise. The lighting is thanks to a donation by Whelen Engineering. Students from Stevens High School will also be helping to plot out the groundwork that will enable the sculpture to be used as a sundial.

Claremont’s 250th Celebration will be held through 2014. Information about the celebration can be found atwww.Claremont250.com.

Saturday 4pm, you don’t want to miss this concert!

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Come celebrate the kick off for Claremont’s 250th, and enjoy a unique performance by Marika Hughes and Bottom Heavy!  4pm at Union Church. Special thanks to lead sponsor SRH Soundworks for sound and technical support!

BottomHeavyMarika Hughes & Bottom Heavy grab tradition by its head, reshaping the landscape of genre and sound. Marika fronts the band so naturally it makes one wonder why cellos haven’t always fronted bands. Rooted in groove—with Kyle Sanna on guitar, Fred Cash on bass, Charlie Burnham on violin, and Tony Mason on drums—Bottom Heavy instantly establishes itself as a strong new sound, flowing freely between funky instrumentals, dreamy lullaby, free improv, and killer songs. As you are charmed by her cello, her voice, and her band, you will be charmed by Marika herself: fiercely authentic, her audience an old friend invited along for the fabulous ride.

 

Also, we’ll be putting up information about the vendors for next week’s NH Opendoors event soon (event info HERE). We are excited to say that many favorite vendors will be returning from last year, and we’ll also have several new and outstanding vendors as well. Make sure to get your shopping list ready for this awesome annual event!

To sign up for one of the 2 harp workshops please contact [email protected], space is limited!