Project Natale played some great jazz this weekend as part of the Saturday Old Town Bowie Summer Concert Series in Town Green Park. This was at least the group's seventh year playing the venue. The crowd was a bit on the light side, but this is a popular vacation week and 2pm on a Saturday afternoon during the summer is not the best time for a concert.
Check out the following short videos from their performance.
Project Natale at Town Green Park
Drummer Lou Natale. Lou is the public face of the band. He introduces the band members and the songs, and he talked with the small crowd during the intermission.
Russell Kirk on sax, and Joe Natale (brother of Lou) on upright bass. Carl Cornwell usually plays sax for Project Natale, but he wasn't at Saturday's concert. Joe is the music director for the group, and he wrote some of the songs performed last Saturday.
Simple Pleasures Ice Cafe moved into the Fabian House in Old Bowie earlier this month, and the owners are trying to take advantage of the Fabian House accommodation by hosting a weekly frozen drink party on the porch every Friday afternoon from 4pm to 6pm. Milkshakes, ice cream sodas, smoothies, daiquiris and margaritas (all non-alcoholic) will be available.
Click here for a Google map to Fabian House, 8519 Chestnut Avenue, Bowie, MD 20715.
Free Concert Outside the Bowie Town Center Food Court The gospel group Voices of Inspiration will perform from 7pm-9pm outside the Bowie Town Center food court. Bring your own lawn chairs. Click here for the group's Web site and here for the group's Facebook page.
The following video features the Voices of Inspiration performing Rejoice.
Bowie Baysox vs New Britain Rock Cats 7:05pm, Prince George's Stadium. Fireworks after the game. Kids pajama party and family campout. Camp out on the field after the game. Click here for the complete Baysox calendar.
Bowie Community Theatre Presents "Same Time, Next Year" "Same Time, Next Year", 8pm-11pm, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Drive, Bowie, MD, 20715. Click here for map. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets. "Same Time, Next Year" will be performed each Friday, Saturday and Sunday between July 30th to August 14th.
AZ Kenny Tsak & 56 Deluxe Perform at the Old Bowie Town Grille AZ Kenny Tsak & 56 Deluxe at the Old Bowie Town Grille. Blues/Roots. 8:30pm to close. $10 cover charge upstairs only. Reservations highly suggested and can be made by calling 301-464-8800.
The following is the promotional video for AZ Kenny Tsak & 56 Deluxe.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Free Jazz Concert in Old Bowie The Saturday Old Town Bowie Summer Concert Series continues with a performance by Project Natale from 2pm to 4pm in Town Green Park. The event will be canceled in the event of inclement weather. Click here (PDF file) for the 2010 concert series schedule, and click here (PDF file) for the 2010 Music in the Parks brochure. Click here for a Google image of Town Green Park.
We attended a Project Natale performance at Town Green Park several years ago. My daughter was not quite two years old at the time. She picked up a stick, and she tried to imitate drummer Lou Natale. Lou thanked her by giving her a pair of his drumsticks. Great music. Nice people. Click here for a sample of Project Natale's music.
Bowie Baysox vs New Britain Rock Cats 7:05pm, Prince George's Stadium. Fireworks after the game. World Record Attempt Night. The Baysox will attempt to set numerous world records throughout the night, but the main event is trying to set the record for the most people sitting on whoopee cushions at the same time! Click here for the complete Baysox calendar.
Bowie Community Theatre Presents "Same Time, Next Year" "Same Time, Next Year", 8pm-11pm, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Drive, Bowie, MD, 20715. Click here for map. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets. "Same Time, Next Year" will be performed each Friday, Saturday and Sunday between July 30th to August 14th.
Dave Panzer & SoulrPower Perform at the Old Bowie Town Grille Dave Panzer & SoulrPower at the Old Bowie Town Grille. 8:30pm to close. Blues/Soul. $5 cover (upstairs only). Reservations highly suggested and can be made by calling 301-464-8800. Here is how the performance is described on the Old Bowie Town Grille Music Lovers Facebook page.
Come on out SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 31ST from 8:30PM to Close ($5 Cover Charge) for the OBTG Debut of THE SOULRPOWER BAND (R&B Funk, Motown Soul, Blues, Country, Classic Rock, Jazz & Pop) and DAVE PANZER'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!
It's a thrill to hear this fine group of musicians, most of whom recently backed Chick Hall Jr on his recent CD. The SoulRPower Band has up to 4 horns and 4 singers depending on the song as this group of musicians can do it all! Several of them rotate on the bass, guitar, and keyboard to perform a wide variety of music from R&B funk and Motown soul, to blues, country, classic rock, jazz standards, and even some current pop hits. They are:
David Panzer – vocal, bass, guitar, keyboard Bobby Muncy – sax, bass, keyboard, vocal Charlie Peterson – trumpet, harmonica, vocal Leah Gibian – vocal, keyboard Mike Akers – Lead vocal Andrew Hare – drums Tim Powell – sax, flute Steve Shaw – trombone, bass, guitar Gary Gibian - percussion
Bowie Farmers' Market Open from 8am to noon in the parking lot of the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts at Bowie High School, 15200 Annapolis Road. The farmers' market is held each Sunday through October 31st.
Bowie Community Theatre Presents "Same Time, Next Year" "Same Time, Next Year", 2pm-5pm, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Drive, Bowie, MD, 20715. Click here for map. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets. "Same Time, Next Year" will be performed each Friday, Saturday and Sunday between July 30th to August 14th.
Bowie Baysox vs New Britain Rock Cats 6:05pm, Prince George's Stadium. The following special events will take place.
Rocknoceros Pre-Game Concert. Bring the kids for the last show of our Kids' Summer Concert Series! D.C. area favorites Rocknoceros performs on the third base dugout starting at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10 for all fans ages three and up and include a general admission seat ticket for the Baysox game that night.
Super Why? and Alpha Pig Appearance. Kids can meet Super Why and Alpha Pig at the game! The characters will meet fans and pose for photos throughout the game.
Free 60s Music Concert in Allen Pond Park Come hear The Back Pages Band perform songs from the 60s at Allen Pond Park from 7pm to 8pm. The event is part of the City of Bowie's 2010 Sunday Sunset Concert Series at Allen Pond Park. Click here for a PDF file containing the 2010 schedule.
Click here to see a video of The Back Pages Band performing Soul Man at Allen Pond Park in 2008, and click here to see the band's play list.
The Old Bowie Town Grille announced yesterday on its e-mail newsletter that two producers for a new Food Network series visited the restaurant for possible casting for an episode that would film later this year. The show is seeking family run restaurants in need of a makeover. The show sounds familiar to Restaurant Makeover, a Canadian show that is no longer in production.
The following note came from the Old Bowie Town Grille newsletter:
Yes, you heard it right! Two producers for a new Food Network Restaurant Makeover Series visited the Old Bowie Town Grille this morning for potential casting in the show that would shoot this summer and fall. They are looking for family run restaurants that are in need of a boost in customers, good reviews and overall revenue. We have managed to hang in there for over 4 years, but our remote location sometimes works to our disadvantage. Just the publicity alone from the show would provide a significant boost. The visit went really well and we hope to hear back from them soon. If you were a Celebrity Food Network Chef, what changes would you recommend?"
There is a lot of interesting news in this week's Bowie Star.
The Bowie community came together in the wake of Sunday's storm. Joe Iskow told the Bowie Star that multiple people helped him after a tree fell on his parents' garage on Superior Lane, and the Whitehall Pool & Tennis Club opened its doors to members of Bowie Swim & Racquet Club after downed trees forced the temporary closure of BSR.
A robbery occurred last Sunday night on Governors Bridge Road in Bowie two days after an attempted robbery occurred on Knowledge Lane. Guns were involved in both incidents.
High Bridge Elementary, Benjamin Tasker and Samuel Ogle schools have been placed on the state's "school improvement" list for failing to meet Maryland's reading and math proficiency targets for two consecutive years. Northview Elementary did not meet state targets for the first year in 2010.
Bowie mother and daughter Margaret and Fiona Moodie discuss running for public office. The National Night Out crime prevention event will be held next Tuesday at Allen Pond Park.
The following stories appeared in this week's Bowie Star:
Jason Thomas Scott, 27, of Largo has been indicted by a grand jury for the Largo murders of Delores and Ebony Dewitt. Scott is also suspected in the murders of Karen and Karissa Lofton of Largo and Vilma Artis Butler of Bowie. The Prince George's County Police have described Scott as a serial killer, and officials said that Scott tracked his victims via a computer database while employed by UPS.
Click here to read more details in the Washington Post's Crime Scene Blog.
