The Pioneer Valley's Own

On Saturday afternoon August 22 we will play in Holyoke Heritage State Park as part of Celebrate Holyoke, a three-day festival in downtown Holyoke, MA.

We will perform near the Merry-Go-Round, at the Appleton Street end of the park. See entire list of bands for the 3-day festival here;  we are listed in the category “Music Beyond the Main Stage!”  We expect to play two sets between 2pm and 4pm.

Don’t miss this FREE festival. Rain or shine.  Note: “Slide the City” will be there Saturday, all day. (Tickets required for that wet wild ride down Dwight Street.)

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We enjoyed playing for the Annual Picnic at Rockridge Retirement Community, Northampton.

Light rain didn’t dampen spirits. People danced in the parking lot as we paraded and played. Fun!

See photos send via Twitter (right).

See us at the Northeast Organic Farmer Farming Association Conference, 3:00pm August 15th at UMASS Amherst.

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We will be playing from 5:30-8:00pm for Solid Sound, Wilco’s Music and Arts Festival at Mass Moca.

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We will be playing for Taste of Amherst from 2:30-3:30 on Saturday June 20th.

We will be playing Sunday June 7, 11:30am, at the Annual Health Fair of the Shiloh SDA Church, 797 State Street, Springfield, MA.  The Health Fair is open to the public 11 am to 4pm.  This is a family-friendly event near the Mason Square.   Come for Food, Fitness, Fun.Cheap Jerseys from china  We expect to play for about an hour.  Last year we had fun leading a parade of children around the fair.

See  http://www.shilohsdachurch.org/

Saturday, May 30th Memorial Celebration of the Life of Juanita Nelson
(August 17, 1923 – March 9, 2015). Join the Expandable Brass Band in a procession starting at the Farmer’s Market in Greenfield. The procession will start shortly after 12:30.

Performing for the Whole Children Wild Goose Chase at 11pm in Look Park, Florence, MA.

On Sunday April 26 we’ll be playing for the Daffodil Fun Run for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County.

We’ll be rehearsing on the other Sundays in April, at our usual time: 12:30-2:30pm.

• April 5  at the Common House, Pathways Co-Housing, 1 Mountain Laurel Place, Florence, MA.
• April 12,  Common House, Pathways Co-Housing, 1 Mountain Laurel Place, Florence, MA.
• April 19, at 41 Cross Path Rd, Northampton. (Deirdre is hosting this one. Now that the weather has warmed up, she says,  “We can play on the front porch and march up and down the driveway if we want to practice our parade playing skills. We will have an audience across the street of chickens and  El Pacas.”)

No more rehearsals ’til May 10, because we have gigs the next 2 weekends. See below.  Future rehearsals (May 10- ) will be at Maines Field, Florence — outdoors in good weather, or under the roof there if raining.