Social Connections is a social club for singles in Connecticut with non-profit 501(c) status from the IRS.  The Club’s goal is to give singles the opportunity to meet new people, have fun, and network.  Read a listing of all the group’s varied activities through August.

JULY 14  (Sunday) SINGLES BLOCK ISLAND DAY TRIP.  Come join a fun day and lunch on the island.  Meet at the ferry at 2 Ferry Street, New London at 8 a.m. for high-speed ferry, round trip ticket $45.  To reserve seat, call ferry at 855-256-2547.  For information, call Gail at 860-582-8229 or 860-434-6426.  Sponsored by Social Connections.

JULY 21  (Sunday) SINGLES WALK & LUNCH at the Dinosaur State Park, 400 West Street, Rocky Hill at 11:00 am.  There is an exceptional display of early Jurassic fossil tracks plus many other artifacts from over 200 million years ago.  Attendees will go into the exhibit center first, admission $6.  Then walk on the more than two miles of nature trails and finally go to lunch at a nearby restaurant.  For information, call Gail 860-582-8229.  Sponsored by Social Connections.

JULY 26  (Friday) SINGLES DINNER EVENING at Dakota’s, 1489 Silas Deane Highway, Rocky Hill at 6:30 pm.  This will be a fun night and an opportunity to meet old and new friends.  They have delicious food and a nice atmosphere.  Come for a fun evening.  To reserve, call Gail at 860-582-8229.  Sponsored by Social Connections.

AUGUST 9  (Friday) SINGLES HAPPY HOUR at La Boca’s Mexican Restaurant, 337 Main Street, Middletown starting at 5 p.m.  Come after work in the lounge for a great time and mingle with old and new friends.  It’s a nice way to end the work week.  There is no charge.  For information, call Gail 860-582-8229.  Sponsored by Social Connections.

AUGUST 17  (Saturday) SINGLES SUMMER BEACH PARTY at Gail Fuller’s beach cottage at 46 Swan Avenue, Sound View, Old Lyme starting at 2 p.m.  This is always a great time.  You can visit, hang out, or walk on beach.  For the picnic, bring a salad, side dish, or dessert.  Admission $10.  To reserve, call Gail in Bristol 860-582-8229 or Old Lyme 860-434-6426.  Sponsored by Social Connections.

AUGUST 25  (Sunday) SINGLES WALK and LUNCH in Boardwalk area at Baptist Lane, Niantic at 11 am.  Walk along the ocean’s edge and listen to the waves.  Come for a lovely Sunday morning walk and then lunch.  No charge for walk.  For information, call Gail 860-434-6426 or 860-582-8229.  Sponsored by Social Connections.

Bring Our Music Back, Inc., presents “Summer Nights at Harkness” with five performances on Thursdays from July 18 through August 15 at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford.  The park is celebrating its centenary this year.

The program of concerts this year is:

Thursday, July 18: Coasters and Platters

The hits of three beloved groups whose songs were at the top of the charts for years will be performed by top tribute entertainers Harkness Memorial State Park! Come and enjoy Larry Marshak’s Tribute to The Platters, Marvelettes and Coasters with opening performances by The Dubs.

Check out the YouTube Videos - The Marvelettes  The Platters,  Cornell Gunter’s Coasters

Thursday, July 25: An Evening with Judy Collins

Wednesday, July 31: Leon Russell

Concerts are held from 6 to 10 p.m.  All parking fees have been waived.  Doors open at 5 p.m. for traditional picnicking.  The Bee and Thistle Inn of Old Lyme is sponsoring the Best Picnic awards.

Old Lyme resident Frank Bombaci, Sr., President of Bring Our Music Back, Inc., is working with the community to bring music back to Harkness Memorial Park the way it was in the beginning … in his words, “Simple, professionally produced, wonderful mid-week music, all about family, friends and community enjoying the beauty of al fresco music in one of Connecticut’s state treasures, Harkness Memorial State Park.”

The goal of “Summer Nights at Harkness” is to stage community-involved events for the whole family to enjoy while picnicking in the park on a summers night.

Bring Our Music Back, Inc is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the enrichment of life and healing through music in support of aspiring musicians, programs and services within our communities.  The initiative of their concerts is to give burgeoning talent a voice and venue with national recording artists while providing a platform to raise funds to give back to music initiatives within the community.  This is Music with Purpose.

Concert tickets are $25 in advance; $35 at the door and ticket packages for all concerts are available.  Group sales rates are offered  for 15 or more.

To purchase tickets, visit www.bringourmusicback.org, call 860-434-1882 or stop by The Bowerbird or Songbird Cafe in Old Lyme.

Dog Days Adoption Events is holding its 10th shelter dog adoption event in Guilford on June 29th and 30th.   Shelters from around Connecticut and beyond will bring the animals to Bishop’s Orchards at 1355 Boston Post Road.  Adoptions will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Lorin Liesenfelt, Dog Days Adoption Events founder, stated that she expects over 100 dogs of all sizes and shapes to be available for adoption.   “This is a fantastic opportunity for responsible, loving people to come to meet a variety of adoptable shelter dogs and find the one that best suits their lifestyle.”  Dog Days volunteers range in ages from sixteen to seventy because the group believes that communities can work together to solve problems and so far, they’re right – over 800 dogs have found loving homes!

Why do rescues and pounds need volunteer help for adoption events? “It’s always hard for a small rescue to put on adoption events because they just don’t have the people and the money for it,” Liesenfelt said.  Dog Days Adoption Events coordinates events so that smaller shelters and pounds can bring their shelter dogs to meet potential adopters.  “By creating a well-managed event with enthusiastic and well-trained volunteers, we can help these hard working rescue groups and municipal pounds throughout Connecticut and those in poor, rural areas of the southeastern United States find responsible adopters for the dogs in their care.”  All adoption fees go to the rescue groups who took the dogs from kill-shelters in order to help other dogs in desperate need.

For more information, please go to www.godogdays.org or contact Lorin Liesenfelt at 1-800-653-3134.

Emily Audibert

Here Ye! Here Ye! and Yo-Ho-Ho! Community Music School and the Kate invite all the princesses from across the land the pirates of the sea to join them for a Princess and Pirate Party on Sunday, June 23 at 2 pm at The Kate, 300 Main Street, Old Saybrook. The afternoon will feature special guest Miss Connecticut 2012 Emily Audibert signing autographs and taking photos with attendees.

Party-goers will join pirates in a search for “buried” treasure and students of the Fencers School of Connecticut will present an exciting fencing demonstration. There will also be music, arts & crafts, and refreshments. Princess dresses and pirate attire encouraged.

Tickets are $15 per person with proceeds to benefit programs and scholarships at Kate’s Camp for Kids, a unique summer arts camp program at The Kate this July and August.

To purchase tickets or for additional information, please contact Community Music School at (860) 767-0026 or visit www.community-music-school.org

Organizers, staff and campers gathered to “cut the ribbon” on KATE’S CAMP FOR KIDS to debut in July. Adults pictured are (l-r) Community Music School Executive Director Robin Andreoli, Kate’s Camp Teaching Artists Jennifer Davies and Sara Menga, The Kate Board Member Edie Gengras, The Kate Benefactors Gerry and Rick Nolin, Kate’s Camp Teaching Artist Alison Charbonnier, Tracy Art Center President Eileen Baker, and The Kate Executive Director Chuck Still.

Move over Camp Grenada, there’s a very different kind of summer camp in town.  The newly formed KATE’S CAMP FOR KIDS brings together teaching artists from the Community Music School and Tracy Art Center to the state-of-the-art Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center for five diverse programs of music, visual art, theater and dance.  For school-age children who want to explore a variety of creative arts and for parents looking for high-quality educational experiences for their kids, the camp promises to be a big summer hit.

KATE’S Campers ages 5-10 can choose from four sessions, each running Monday through Friday from 9 am to 3 pm and ending with a performance for family and friends on Friday.  On July 15-19, Fiddle & Folk: It’s a Hoedown! will explore traditional American fiddle tunes, folk dancing and art for beginning fiddlers and non-fiddlers alike.   Musical theater, featuring singing, dancing, acting and set creation, will be the focus in Broadway Beginners: Bugz on July 22-26 and in Broadway Beginners: Hats on August 5-9.  For those campers who want to explore nature through the arts, the program Earth, Water, Fire, Air will run from July 29 – August 2.  Campers ages 8 and up will perform a vocal suite celebrating the natural elements with instrumental accompaniments while younger campers will discover our planet’s history through song and creative movement.  The fee for each session is $230 per child.

THE KATE PLAYERS, a musical theater workshop for ages 10 and up, will give older kids a hand in every aspect of staging and choreographing a mini-musical.  The program will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from July 16-31, 5:30 pm- 8:00 pm.  The fee is $185.

The Community Music School and the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center,  both non-profit , community-focused organizations, worked hand in hand to raise funds and develop the curriculum, staff structure  and use of the theater space and education rooms.  There are two new education rooms at The Kate, specifically built for programs like this through a bequest from the Brundage Foundation and the Nolin family.  Scholarships are available for those children with financial need.
Each Kate’s Camp for Kids! session takes place at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main Street in Old Saybrook with visual art classes at Tracy Art Center, located just across the street.  For more information or to register for a specific camp, go to www.community-music-school.org, call Community Music School at 860.767.0026, or stop by 90 Main Street, Spencer’s Corner in Centerbrook.

About the Teaching Artists

Nancy Thomas, Camp Director, received her BM from SUNY Fredonia and also studied at the Vienna Conservatory of Music. She has been a member of the Community Music School faculty since 1987 as a piano instructor and program manager for Kindermusik.

Alison Charbonnier received her BA from Bates College and her MA in Dance and Dance Education from Columbia University.  Alison has taught at Iona College, with NYC Ballet as a teaching artist in the public schools and summer dance programs. She performs her work in New York, New Jersey and locally and teaches modern dance and composition at Elizabeth’s School of Modern Dance in Centerbrook.

Jennifer Davies received her Bachelors in Art Education from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania. Her teaching experience includes the Grove School in Madison, CT, where she was the Administrator for the Art Program for 7 years, and the Joshua Center Shoreline Clinical Day Treatment School in Old Saybrook. Jennifer has also taught several classes at the Tracy Art Center.

Lisa Feltes received a BM and MM in Music Education from Oberlin College Conservatory and The Hart School, respectively. She has been working with children for over 30 years, and presently teaches general/vocal music for pre K-8 in the Preston Public Schools, as well as directs the Children’s Choir of First Congregational Church of Old Lyme and the Con Brio Youth Choir.

Martha Herrle received her BMus. Ed degree from Hartt College of Music, studying violin and viola. She has been on the faculty of Community Music School since 2001. She is founder of Goodwin Strings at Goodwin Elementary School and the founder and conductor of the CMS Sinfonia orchestra and CMS String Ensemble.

Sara Menga trained at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, studying Illustration with painting as her medium of choice, and minored in Art Therapy. Sara has been teaching in the Old Saybrook Public School System for 10 years, working with all ages. She shares her love of the arts with the Tracy Art Center afterschool and summer programs.

Pamela Eberly received her bachelor’s degree from Keene State College, where she studied psychology and vocal performance, and she holds a certificate in Therapeutic Recreation. She has directed numerous Broadway Bound summer musicals at CMS and has been vocal musical director for Valley Regional High School’s musical productions. She is currently the director of the Lymes’ Village Voices choral group.

Summer begins Friday, June 21, so take an evening stroll through Chester Center and enjoy the openings and special events at galleries and shops.

Dina Varano celebrates her 18th year anniversary with her shop in Chester. She will
be exhibiting a new line of rings for the summer. Stop by the gallery and have a celebratory sip of wine

There will be music, a book display of Chester authors at C&G, a silent auction of paintings at Maple & Main Gallery to benefit the Common Good Gardens (where produce is grown for the Shoreline Soup Kitchens), the new summer display at ELLE, and the 18th anniversary celebration of Dina Varano Gallery. And there’s more! Come to town between 5 and 8 p.m. to see all that Chester Center has to offer. Free parking is available in two lots in walking distance of town.

“Bounty Basket,” a painting of Common Good Gardens in Old Saybrook by Claudia Van Nes of Chester, is in the show at Maple and Main Gallery. The garden will be the beneficiary of a silent auction of paintings at the gallery June 21.

Bounty Basket by Claudia Van Nes of Chester is in the show at Maple and Main and is a painting of Common Good Gardens in Old Saybrook. The garden will be the beneficiary of a silent auction of paintings at the gallery June 21 during the town’s Mid-Summer Stroll Night.

CHESTER – Visitors could own an original, framed painting by one of the artists at Maple and Main Gallery for less than $100 if they stop by the gallery during the town’s Mid-Summer Night Stroll Friday, June 21.

The auction of dozens of paintings all with starting prices below $100 will only take place during the Stroll hours from 5 to 8 p.m. The sale will benefit the Common Good Gardens Inc. a non-profit volunteer effort in its 11th year which maintains a large vegetable garden in Old Saybrook where produce is grown for the Shoreline Soup Kitchens pantries.

Maple and Main will be serving wine and hors d’oeuvres and invites strollers to not only leave a bid but also visit our new exhibit of over 250 paintings and sculptures done by 36 established Connecticut artists working in all styles and medium.

In the Joslow Gallery on the lower floor, paintings on the theme of rocks are being featured and the gallery is also offering over 100 original works of unframed art.

Maple and Main, located at One Maple Street, is open Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays from 11 am to 7 p.m. and Sundays, 11 am to 5 p.m.  To learn more about the gallery and its classes and workshops, please visit the web site: mapleandmaingallery.com; 860-526-6065.

How We Measure – Lorraine Riess

The Essex Art Association  announces a new show “Joyful”,  Opening Reception June 28, 2013 from 6-8 pm public welcome. This is an open show and features the artwork of any artist over the age of 18 who wishes to submit work. Open daily 1-5pm, except Tuesdays, June 29th. to July 20th.

In the Exit Gallery is the art of Lorraine Riess
Lorraine was originally a glass and paper artist before returning to school to study architecture in San Diego. After running a successful Design practice in San Jose she returned to Connecticut and her creative roots and currently has her studio in Higganum, working in sculpture, mixed media and handmade paper.

Essex Art Association is a non-profit open free to the public.

Do you want to play basketball with former UCONN Huskie Ray Allen

Come out and join Ray for two days of drills and games at the Ray Allen Basketball ProCamp. The camp is for boys and girls ages 7-18 from all skill levels. Participants experience various stations, specializing in the fundamentals of basketball. All campers receive an official camp T-shirt and Ray Allen autographed team photo.

CAMP INFORMATION:

Citi Ray Allen Basketball ProCamp

August 3-4, 2013

9:00am-12:00pm each day

William H Hall High School, 975 N Main St. West Hartford, CT 06117

Visit www.RayAllenCamp.com for more information and click on the register tab to begin your registration form!

**Don’t Forget**  Enter the code “Ray34” and continue to the payment portion

*$10 of your registration will be donated back to the Hoosiers program.

The 2nd Annual Run for Chris will be held on Sat. June 22, 2013, at 8 a.m. All are welcome to participate (runners and walkers welcome), to give others the same opportunities to expand their horizons as Chris’ did.

Visit: aratrace.com or facebook.com/runforchris to register for the 2nd Annual 5K Run For Chris. There will be a raffle, a fun run for kids and a balloon twister. Walkers Welcome. Registration will begin at 7 a.m.

Just an ordinary day in Chester Center in 1913, photographed by Hugh Spencer, and on exhibit at the Chester Museum at The Mill. A horse-drawn cart is parked in the center of town. Just up from the wagon is a gas pump. Also nearby is the stone wall, with “Chester” spelled out in white stones, where the trolley stopped during the years it served Chester (photo by Skip Hubbard).

How did our ancestors manage without SUVs, highways, and 70 mph speed limits? Indeed, how did they manage without any cars at all? That question drove (pun intended) members of the Chester Historical Society to create this summer’s exhibit at the Chester Museum at The Mill.

The Chester Museum at The Mill has been owned by the Chester Historical Society since 2000. It was first opened as a museum in 2010. Located on a waterfall on the Pattaconk Brook near the center of town, the mill site was once used to produce anchors, wagon springs, and augers (photo by Skip Hubbard).

“Over the River and Through the Woods – A Century of Transportation in Chester” focuses on early transportation in Chester, telling the stories of the beginning of the town’s roads and highways, as well as the train, the trolley, the ferry, and the steamboat.

Keith Dauer and Sandy Senior-Dauer, the exhibit chairmen, said, “Last year, as we closed our second Civil War exhibit, we assembled an enthusiastic committee to brainstorm ideas for a new exhibit. There were many excellent ideas, but we kept coming back to the idea of telling the story of Chester’s early transportation. Chester’s economy, geography and populace were greatly affected by the rise and decline of early stagecoach traffic, steamboats, the ferry, the railroad and trolley. Our town’s upcoming downtown revitalization project, rebuilding of several bridges, and state government threats to ferry service make transportation changes particularly topical this summer.”

Keith Dauer, chairman of the exhibit with his wife, Sandy Senior-Dauer, is shown here with a wagon owned by Leonard Lieberman, on loan to the exhibit. Lieberman, a Chester native, recalls hearing that the wagon was used to help an elderly Chester woman get from Denison’s store in town up to the church every Sunday (photo by Skip Hubbard).

The “Over the River” exhibit was funded in part by a grant from the Community Foundation of Middlesex County. The mission of the Community Foundation is to improve the quality of life for the people of Middlesex County now and in the future by developing endowments, making grants that have impact, and assisting donors in meeting their philanthropic objectives.

The Chester-Hadlyme Ferry over the Connecticut River is the second-oldest continuously operating ferry in the state. It was started by Chester resident, Jonathan Warner, in 1769. For its first 150 years, the ferry was primarily used for transporting animals across the river. In the days before regularly scheduled ferry service, horns or other devices were often used to call the ferryman from the opposite shore. The horn shown in the case is on loan from the Connecticut River Museum (photo by Skip Hubbard).

On the second floor of the museum (reachable by elevator as well as stairs) is the permanent award-winning exhibit, “Streams of Change: Life & Industry along the Pattaconk.” Together, the two exhibits tell the story of the life, development and growth of Chester.

Skip Hubbard, president of the Historical Society, created this wall map showing the town’s first four official roads, which date back to 1735, and tracing how they developed over the years. Visitors are encouraged to take home the pamphlet, “What’s in a Street Name?” to figure out the origin of their own street’s name (photo by Skip Hubbard).

The Chester Museum at The Mill is located in the historic 1850s Griswold Mill site, overlooking a waterfall and the Pattaconk Brook near the center of town. The museum is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through the end of October. It is air-conditioned as well as handicapped accessible. Admission is free. More information at www.ChesterHistoricalSociety.org.

This year’s exhibit, “Over the River and Through the Woods,” opened with a reception for Chester Historical Society members and contributors on May 24 (photo by Skip Hubbard).

Music & More 2013 closes its season with “Picnic with A Klez Act,” a free concert June 23 at 5 p.m. on the grounds of Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek.

A Klez Act plays klezmer music, the historic music of Eastern European Jews. A Klez Act is the synagogue’s outstanding home-grown klezmer band, and its free concerts are marked by fun, picnicking and the sale of food, including grilled fare, that benefits local charities. At its concert, A Klez Act is expected to play a signature piece, a Yiddish version of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

The concert is called “The Joys (and Songs) of Yiddish,” a concert of music and tales from the Yiddish tradition, featuring vocalist Belinda Brennan, the congregation’s cantorial soloist. A Klez Act will perform songs brought into the mainstream (“My Yiddishe Momma”), but also those less well-known to modern audiences that reveal the ways the Jews of the Diaspora (the historical exile and dispersion of Jews from ancient Israel).rejoiced and grieved.

The band’s origins can be traced to the fall of 1993, when a small group of musicians, all of them congregants of the synagogue, came together to play the music of Jewish heritage. They called themselves A Klez Act (although also on occasion “Heavy Shtetl”). Since then, A Klez Act has done some touring and played at the synagogue at joyous holidays.

What is klezmer music? It is a mixture of the music of many countries and influences with common Jewish roots, but with a variety of ethnic influence over the centuries. The repertoire includes many dance songs for Jewish weddings, and other celebrations. Song titles are typically in Yiddish, a language that unified many disparate Jewish communities.

The synagogue is at 55 East Kings Highway in the historic Connecticut River town of Chester.

The Essex Steam Train & Riverboat is proud to join in the 100th anniversary celebration of the East Haddam Swing Bridge on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Residents of Old Saybrook, Essex, Deep River, Chester and Haddam are invited to ride to the anniversary festivities aboard the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat, which is providing a free trip for 150 passengers up the Valley Railroad and across the Connecticut River to the landmark bridge in East Haddam. This is a must reserve event and tickets are strictly limited to 150 people.

The East Haddam Swing Bridge first opened on Flag Day in 1913. The Towns of East Haddam and Haddam, their respective economic development committees and historical societies, and other local businesses such as the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat, organized this year’s upcoming celebration of the Bridge’s historic anniversary.

To help recapture the essence of the original 1913 grand opening, the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat is offering a unique excursion aboard their steam locomotive and Becky Thatcher riverboat to travel to the June 15 festivities. Passengers will get to travel on the same tracks used by others 100 years ago to reach the Bridge’s original opening ceremonies.

Led by the “New Haven” steam locomotive 3025, the train will depart Essex Station at 7:45am on June 15, making stops all the way north to Eagle Landing State Park. Once the train reaches the park, guests can hop aboard the Becky Thatcher riverboat to view the vintage automobile procession across the bridge at 9am. Guests can also take a shuttle bus to East Haddam village for the anniversary ceremonies and activities starting at 9:30am. When the celebration ends, the 12:15pm train will travel back down the river valley to bring all passengers home.

During the celebration, the Becky Thatcher riverboat will also offer a half hour harbor cruise from Eagle Landing at 10:15am open and free to everyone – including those who did not ride the train to the celebration.

To reserve your spot on the train, please contact the Valley Railroad Company at (860) 767-0103 or email valley.railroad@snet.net. For more information visit essexsteamtrain.com/swing_bridge.html.

About the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat

Owned and operated by the Valley Railroad Company, the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat is a unique historic attraction in the Connecticut River Valley. The railroad has transported people in Connecticut since 1868, and the Valley Railroad Company has operated today’s well-known train and riverboat for over 40 years. The Essex Steam Train and Riverboat takes people on exciting excursions through the unspoiled Connecticut River Valley, a place designated as “one of the last great places on earth” by the Nature Conservancy. The steam locomotive pulls vintage coaches through the quintessential New England towns of Deep River and Chester, and the Becky Thatcher riverboat takes visitors past the undeveloped Selden Neck State Park on its way to East Haddam. The Essex Steam Train & Riverboat offers various eco-excursions and family themed events throughout the year. For more information visit essexsteamtrain.com or connect with the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat on social media: facebook.com/essexsteamtrain and twitter.com/essexsteamtrain.

Tri-Town Youth Services will kick off its three-week summer Co-op 2013 with Equestrian Adventure, which will take place on July 1, 2, and 3.  Each day will start at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. at Tri-Town Youth Services, 56 High Street, Deep River.  But the actual adventure will take place at a local horse farm.

Each day will provide hands-on opportunities with horses.  Monday will feature introduction and team games and riding lessons.  Tuesday will be an opportunity to learn about tack and horse care, as well as riding lessons.  Wednesday, riders will receive extra help and they’ll put on a Horse Show!  This session has a limited number of slots, so if interested, register soon!

Session II of the Summer Co-op runs July 8-11.  “Surf ‘n’ Turf” features trips to Rocky Neck, Mini-Golf, Bowling, Rock Wall Climbing, and trips to CT Sportsplex and Lake Compounce.  Session III, July 15-18, “Water Week,” includes trips to Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park, Water Wiz in Misquamicut, Ocean Beach and Six Flags.

Brochures with details and registration forms are available throughout the tri-town region at elementary schools and at John Winthrop Middle School.  These programs are open to students entering grades 7, 8, or 9 who live in Chester, Deep River, or Essex.  For further information, call Tri-Town at 860-526-3600.

CENTERBROOK – Community Music School is currently enrolling for summer music programs and Kate’s Camp for Kids!, a new arts day camp in collaboration with The Kate in Old Saybrook. At the School’s Centerbrook location, private lessons, group classes and ensembles for all ages are available including Cabaret Singers, Rock n’ Roll Song Writing & Recording, Summer Band, and Summer Pops Orchestra. Broadway Bound, now in its 13th season with CATS and DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID, JR., plus other musical theater programs will take place, and for the youngest musicians ages 6 months through 6 years, Summer Kindermusik Adventures is available. Kate’s Camp for Kids! is a new state-licensed day camp for children ages 5 to 10 years old incorporating music, dance, theater, and visual arts in weekly sessions that culminate in a performance for family and friends. Visit www.community-music-school.org or call 860-767-0026 for additional information.