fiona rae of blue hill maine grew up in a house full of all kinds of music. she began fiddling as soon as she could hold her eighth size violin and at age seven, classical lessons with irene rissi commenced and continued until the beginning of highschool. at this time fiona rae switched her attention from classical to folk music, and began fiddling for contradances with her parents in the oakum bay string band. she took up the trumpet and bass in the highschool jazz program along with jazz violin and now plays several instruments and genres. in february '07 she recorded her first professionally produced album called IS. fiona rae aspires to create a fusion of folk, classical and jazz fiddling. ~ fionarae@verizon.net ~
We’re excited to welcome Bill Morrissey to the Alamo Theater on Thursday March 20! He’ll be appearing in Bucksport supported By another great talent: Kelly Flint. Our doors open at 6pm and at that time you’ll have access to concessions, a cash bar, a $1 jewelry raffle and LIVE ACOUSTIC MUSIC!
Thanks to family, friends and local businesses that have supported our efforts: The Bucksport Motor Inn, The Orland Market, Five Elements Gallery (www. FiveElements. com), The Orland House B & B & Ming’s Restaurant.
Tickets are available before the show for $12 at BookStacks in Bucksport (469-8992), Coastal Coffee in Searsport, and at Wild Rufus Records in Camden (also listed in our top friends). Tickets are $15 at the door.
A very special thanks to our media partner: WERU. Find WERU here, on Myspace or at www. weru. org or 89.9/102.9 FM. Tune in this Wednesday 3/19 between 3-4 or Thurs 3/20 around 2pm to get sneak peaks at live performances.
our break starts the 15th and I won't be back till the 23rd, yea I'm going home..but I think sara's gonna bring a couple of us up to maine patriot weekend!
Hi! Let us introduce ourselves: We’re a local group of folks who are working to get great local music to a new venue: The Alamo Theater in Bucksport. The Alamo is an intimate 140 seat venue and our artists nationally touring artists in the genre of folk, blues, funk, jazz, and Americana. We are working closely with area businesses for financial and material support and are absolutely dependent on area media outlets for spreading the word. We are partnered with WERU (www.weru.org) and are also working with WABI TV 5 and area news papers. If you would like info about our upcoming shows, please check out our space or write to us to be involved!
Next show: December 13, 7:00 at the Alamo featuring Jess Klein with special guest Chris Merenda (of the Mammals and Chewy). Hope to see you there. Tickets are available at 469-8992, at BookStacks on Main St in Bucksport or by emailing overthebridge@wildblue.net.
hey fiona! it was great to see you at common ground. is school any better these days?? if you ever need a break, you are welcome to visit me and the wonderful town of brattleboro.
i'm workin on it dear. im going to do some more stuff to MR. E with a freind of mine form tennessee, we are gonna do stuff to it while sending it back and forth digitally.
hey, yeah i have a flash drive, you can borrow it but i might be needing it soon, you can def get one from the coputer lab and if you tell mr. gray why you need one he probaby could figure out how to convert them and stuff. the stuff that wouldn't open on your computer will probably open at school. good luck haha
