Cape Cod Chorale

05/11/2024

TONIGHT! Come one, come all! A really delightful evening out.
𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏, 𝟕:𝟑𝟎-𝟗:𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐘𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡. (𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭)

𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 $𝟓0 at the door!

𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦!

𝘈𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘩, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴

FOOD & DRINK

• Chocolate and other desserts

• Charcuterie and other savory snacks

• Cash bar

MUSICAL PROGRAM

• Fascinating Rhythm

• Ain’t Misbehavin’

• It Had to Be You/You Made Me Love You

• They Can’t Take that Away from Me

• All the Things You Are

• What More Do I Need?

• You Can’t Stop the Beat

• It Takes Two

• Songs of a Disney Villain (medley)

• Under the Sea
Accompanied by Cathy Bonnett on piano, Rich Hill on bass, and Michael Dunford on drums

SILENT AUCTION - A SAMPLING:

Round of Golf for 4, Holly Ridge Golf Club

Round of Golf for 4 at Paul Harney Golf Course

Round of Golf for 4 at Cotuit High Ground Golf Club

Pet Sitting: 2nights/3 days in home

Barnstable Land Trust (BLT) Membership Package

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) Navigator level membership package & a tour & loads of lovely swag

Cotuit Center for the Arts - 2 tickets to a performance plus swag

Kitchen design consultation from Falmouth Kitchen Korner

Restaurant gift cards at restaurants from Plymouth to Provincetown

Baskets from Sopranos, Altos, and Tenor Bass - a variety of yummy indulgences, and an Italian dinner basket - Tutti a Tavola a Mangiare!

Evening with the Director: Pontoon Ride with dinner for 6 at a beautiful home on Lake Wequaquet

Resilient Roots Workshop

Elizabeth Islands Cuttyhunk & Penikese Island Cruise with Mass Audubon

Quilted Table Runner from an expert quilter in the soprano section

Conductor's Choice Cocktail Collection - cocktails and nibbles

Cape Symphony Presents performance tickets

Learn a foreign language - A 90-minute language lesson for each Norwegian, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, or Music!

Pickleball Lessons

Kayak Adventure

and more!

Money raised at this event funds the CCC annual scholarship awarded to a Barnstable County graduating senior heading to college to study music and also funds the Cape Cod Chorale which is a 501c3 corporation. We recently awarded our 2024 Barbara Knight Memorial Scholarship to Alex Finn, a senior from DY High School going to major in music education at the Hartt School of Music. Alex is an outstanding musician and citizen, and we are glad to help him on his musical journey!
Past awards have gone to Thatcher Drake, Sky Lasit, and Kristin Howard, all working musicians/musical theater!

05/11/2024

Alex Finn, our scholarship winner from Dennis-Yarmouth High School, with Kathy Jacobsen, alto, Scholarship Chairperson. Alex is multi talented on numerous instruments and will be attending Harrt School of Music to major in music education. Congratulations, Alex, and to the DY music department!

05/06/2024

***Notes from the Podium - Thank you to the singers, the organizations, and more! It's a long one, but I hope you will read and share. *** Danica A. Buckley, Artistic Director and Conductor

Thank you for coming to our concerts this weekend! They were well attended, and we are grateful for your continued support of this vibrant community choral organization, founded in 1982. Thank you to Sandwich Community Television for helping to promote us, and to other pages, online newspapers, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, and more. You all help us to keep community in our chorus and chorus in the community.
I am so grateful to the environmental organizations who agreed to collaborate with us! I have met new people, learned new things, been inspired, and been thrilled to introduce others to the work they do. Association to Preserve Cape Cod Barnstable Clean Water Coalition Native Land Conservancy, and Wild Care Cape Cod Thanks also to Ej Mills Brennan, representing the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe by sharing her thoughts on her history on the Cape, her stewardship of the land, and her preservation of music and arts. We were in awe of her beautiful music, singing and native flute.
I was moved by the music and the commitment of the singers and thrilled to celebrate pianist, Cathy Bonnett, with us for 25 years!

So many good things have happened in my life because of my involvement in choral music, from age 7 or so. Choral music plays an important role in our society. Keep on singing and going to concerts!
Choral music can be transformative, as a conductor, to the singers, and we hope, to the audience. I looked out yesterday at engaged expressions, in the audience and the chorus. We were all one.

Our first speaker was Paula Peters, representing the Native Land Conservancy; the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe have been stewards of this land for 12,000 years. Tom Burgess represented Barnstable Clean Water Coalition. His knowledge and emotion touched us all. (As the proud owner of a weedy but green "Cape Cod lawn," I, the conductor, beg you to stop fertilizing if you do.) Meryl Brown, soprano, spoke about her volunteering with Wild Care Cape Cod, and her need for their assistance a week ago, when a fledgling owl came to visit in her garden. All turned out well.
Meredith Harris spoke to us from Association to Preserve Cape Cod. She, too, is a long term Cape Codder and president of their board. Her speech was so interesting and inspired me to learn more about the organization.

I was especially grateful and honored after the concert, in conversation with Paula Peters.
Programming concerts on a theme is what I love. The theme might be works that go together well in a concert, such as last year's Mozart Requiem and F***y Mendelssohn's Hiob, programmed for its beauty and my love of the Mendelssohn siblings' works, but also because the world needs to here more voices that are not programmed often enough. Felix is fantastic, but F***y deserves to be heard!

This concert program emerged out of my desire to feature a variety of choral music about our environment and to collaborate with Cape Cod environmental organizations. We celebrate nature and sing of our urgent need to protect our waters and the land, recognize our coastal fragility, take care of our critters, and learn how we can all be better stewards of our home.

Beyond our region, I seek to honor the water protectors who fought against the Dakota access pipeline at Standing Rock in 2016-17. Watching footage of these events, disturbed by the disrespect for indigenous peoples, land, and precious natural resources, led me to “Singing for Water”, a dramatic portrayal of these events in song. It serves as a reminder that art reflects conflict and brings people together to fight against injustice.

Paula asked if I wrote all this, meaning the program. I asked what she meant - programmed all the music? She said yes, but my own reflection on inspiration for the concert and the program notes I selected to explain the Native American song about the Dakota water protectors.

I said yes, but as I cited in the program, I did not personally write the program notes on the traditions mentioned in the song.
She said yes, but you selected them.

I did. She remarked on my careful, thoughtful choices.
I thanked her and said how much that meant to me that she noticed my work in DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) through choral programming, and she said how much it meant to her.
It was a moment - a beautiful cultural conversation.

I told her that in my literature teaching, while I teach Emerson, Keats, Voltaire, and more, it is heavy on DEI, and I told her just a bit about my expertise in Black nineteenth century literature, etc. I confessed that I do not have Native American voices in my curriculum, yet. (A long time ago, I did teach some, but I will certainly be doing so next spring in my literature survey.) I asked for her help. It would be ideal to include the Wampanoag, as I teach in Massachusetts. Wampanoag means "People of the First Light."
I love that. I teach my students the importance of "other voices", and they thrive on the material, too.
My work in understanding is not done, but I am certainly inspired once again.
And now I know two women whose ancestors have been on the Cape for 12,000 years.
Another lifechanging learning moment and celebration because of choral music and deciding to become a conductor.
It is a privilege.
Danica

05/04/2024

On June 1!

05/04/2024

Concert today! Woohoo!
All God's creatures got a place in the choir,
Some sing low and some sing higher,
Some sing out loud on the telephone wire,
And some just clap their hands, or paws, or anything they got now.

05/03/2024

Cape Cod Chorale presents “What a Wonderful World: Songs of Earth, Sea, and Sky”.
Location: First Church of Christ UCC Sandwich
Cost: $25
Date: May 4th from 4:00-5:00 PM
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With guests from Native Land Conservancy, Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, Wild Care Cape Cod, and Association to Preserve Cape Cod. Guest artist, Ej Mills Brennan, Native Flut
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A joyful, thoughtful program of music celebrating our environment on Cape Cod and beyond balanced with short introductory comments for each section of the program from four environmental organizations on Cape Cod: Native Land Conservancy, Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, Wild Care Cape Cod, and Association to Preserve Cape Cod.
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“This concert program emerged out of my desire to feature a variety of choral music about our environment and to collaborate with Cape Cod environmental organizations. We celebrate nature and sing of our urgent need to protect our waters and the land, recognize our coastal fragility, take care of our critters, and learn how we can all be better stewards of our home.
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Beyond our region, I seek to honor the water protectors who fought against the Dakota access pipeline at Standing Rock in 2016-17. Watching footage of these events, disturbed by the disrespect for indigenous peoples, land, and precious natural resources, led me to “Singing for Water”, a dramatic portrayal of these events in song. It serves as a reminder that art reflects conflict and brings people together to fight against injustice.
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I am grateful to the organizations that agreed to this collaboration – I chose them to represent earth, sea, and sky (in an avian way), and I am so happy they said ‘Yes!’.
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The Chorale is delighted to premiere “Anthem for Truro”, lyrics and music by Amelia LeClair, Resident Scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center, and Founder and Director of founder and director of Ca****la Clausura, an ensemble of voices and instruments specializing in music written by women from the eighth century to the present day.
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Cape Cod Chorale

05/02/2024

It’s always exciting to pick up the programs in time for the dress rehearsal and the concert weekend!

05/01/2024

Our Artistic Director, Danica Buckley, and Soprano, Meryl Brown, appeared on Sandwich Community Television’s Cape Conversations with Melinda Gallant this week to talk about this weekend’s upcoming concerts as well as our June scholarship fundraiser, Cabaret au Chocolat.
**small note - Melinda mentioned dinner included in the price of the fundraiser Cabaret au Chocolat ticket - we do not provide dinner - it is chocolate desserts, other sweets, and savory items, along with a cash bar.
Tickets will be on sale soon!

Join host Melinda Gallant as she interviews Cape Cod Chorale Executive Director Danica Buckley and member Meryl Brown to discuss their upcoming event "What a...

05/01/2024

Details coming soon . . . save the date! June 1, 7:30-9:30pm, at Family Table Collaborative. . .

04/26/2024

*Please share this post.*
Here is the program for our concerts May 4 and 5, both at 4pm.
https://capecodchorale.org/spring-2024-concert-program
The songs, interesting info about them, and wonderful information about our collaborating organizations. Association to Preserve Cape Cod Native Land Conservancy Barnstable Clean Water Coalition Wild Care Cape Cod
Going to be a great concert, followed by a reception to meet and greet and enjoy some treats.
Tickets in advance from a chorus member, online, or at the door.
It's an hour and a half, including intermission, of an engaging, calming, joyful afternoon break from the bustle. We hope you will come relax with us and enjoy! Breathe like a singer . . .

04/22/2024

04/22/2024

Don’t look for big things, just do small things with great love.
Mother Teresa

Happy Earth Day!
🌎🐦‍⬛🌱❤️

04/22/2024

Happy Earth Day!
Come celebrate with us
in song on May 4 or 5!

04/20/2024

***We would be most grateful if you would LIKE and SHARE this post! It really helps us out!***

Happy Earth Day!
We will be celebrating tonight in our rehearsal, and on May 4 and 5 in concert. Come breathe with us and enjoy an afternoon's respite of joy and calm through beautiful music.
Come join us at the reception after!

We will sing of the ocean and its creatures; the birds, the bees, barnyard animals, and more; water, of lakes, streams, and rivers; the land, with its mountains, canyons, and meadows. and the beach, especially in Truro, s we premier, "Anthem for Truro", by Amelia LeClair.
We must preserve, protect, heal, and celebrate the wonderful gifts that our planet provides.
We are pleased to partner with these organizations to bring awareness to the great work they do!
Association to Preserve Cape Cod Barnstable Clean Water Coalition
Wild Care Cape Cod Native Land Conservancy
Guests from them will be at the concerts to share just a bit of information of what they do on Cape Cod, and for each area of the environment, we have beautiful music.
We are also thrilled to welcome Ej Mills Brennan, of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, accompanying the Chorale on silver flute and performing solo on native flute.
Tickets for A Wonderful World: Songs of Earth, Sky, and Sea are available from members, at the door, or from www.capecodchorale.org

04/13/2024

Join us at “What a Wonderful World: Songs of Earth, Sea, and Sky”
With guests from Native Land Conservancy, Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, Wild Care Cape Cod, and Association to Preserve Cape Cod
Guest artist, Ej Mills Brennan, Native Flute

SANDWICH, MA Issued April 15, 2024 –

Cape Cod Chorale presents “What a Wonderful World: Songs of Earth, Sea, and Sky”.
A joyful, thoughtful program of music celebrating our environment on Cape Cod and beyond balanced with short introductory comments for each section of the program from four environmental organizations on Cape Cod: Native Land Conservancy, Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, Wild Care Cape Cod, and Association to Preserve Cape Cod.

According to the Artistic Director, Danica A. Buckley:

“This concert program emerged out of my desire to feature a variety of choral music about our environment and to collaborate with Cape Cod environmental organizations. We celebrate nature and sing of our urgent need to protect our waters and the land, recognize our coastal fragility, take care of our critters, and learn how we can all be better stewards of our home.

Beyond our region, I seek to honor the water protectors who fought against the Dakota access pipeline at Standing Rock in 2016-17. Watching footage of these events, disturbed by the disrespect for indigenous peoples, land, and precious natural resources, led me to “Singing for Water”, a dramatic portrayal of these events in song. It serves as a reminder that art reflects conflict and brings people together to fight against injustice.

I am grateful to the organizations that agreed to this collaboration – I chose them to represent earth, sea, and sky (in an avian way), and I am so happy they said ‘Yes!’.

The Chorale is delighted to premiere “Anthem for Truro”, lyrics and music by Amelia LeClair, Resident Scholar at the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center, and Founder and Director of founder and director of Ca****la Clausura, an ensemble of voices and instruments specializing in music written by women from the eighth century to the present day.

We sing poignant poetry and witty words, in settings from the ethereal, to the harmonically challenging, to delightfully Disney. We hope you enjoy them all! You will also have the chance to sing along, and another to dance along. “

The Chorale is conducted by Artistic Director Danica A. Buckley, accompanied by CCC pianist Cathy Bonnett, and featuring Native Flute artist, Ej Mills Brennan, of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.

4pm on Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5
First Church Sandwich,136 Main St., Sandwich
The concert is 1.5 hours, including intermission. Please join us at a reception following the concert, where you can meet the organizations, musicians, and the Chorale members.

Tickets:
$25 General admission
$10 Card to Culture (Present WIC, EBT, or ConnectorCare card at the door)
Free for 18 years old and under
Purchase online at our website, capecodchorale.org, from a CCC member, or at the door.
Saturday: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/tix/5426/event/1372405
Sunday: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/tix/5426/event/1372407


For more information about the Chorale, visit our website, and follow Cape Cod Chorale on Facebook.
This performance is supported in part by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Cape Cod Melody Tent, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, and Cape Cod Five Foundation.

04/10/2024

Happy Earth Month! Take a breath and listen to all the birds this morning . . . take a walk on the beach . . . enjoy the buds blooming and daffodils popping up with their yellow trumpets to welcome spring.
We have a splendid program planned to celebrate terra firma, oceans, lakes, critters, and atmosphere. Enjoy an hour and a half (total concert time with intermission) with singers and other nature lovers. Listen, sing along, enjoy, learn, meditate, and meet our partner organizations, Association to Preserve Cape Cod, Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, Wild Care Cape Cod, Native Land Conservancy, and fabulous flutist, Ej Mills Brennan, of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. You are most welcome at a reception to meet the organizations and chorus (offered both concert days).
We celebrate our earth and our country, with its wide open spaces and national parks; we sing of some of our environmental challenges, and we invite you to bathe in musical sounds of birds, oceans, lakes, and trees.
PLUS a world-premiere by Amelia LeClair - "Anthem for Truro," capturing the songs of the birds and the feeling of beautiful Truro in all the seasons.
Please join us! Tickets for both days are available at the door or in advance online.
Saturday: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/tix/5426/event/1372405
Sunday: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/tix/5426/event/1372407

04/06/2024

Nancy Moyer was a dedicated soprano in Cape Cod Chorale. We miss her. https://www.capecod.com/cape-wide-news/longtime-dennis-firefighter-passes-away-after-battle-with-cancer/?fbclid=IwAR2FD5uVdAxjYx2qMzqkN0UKCsmR-ZnsXufQew6DdH1qpjs35HukMpwy2N8_aem_AURrY1OxuwIXNiGHw7DHbhZUJptBswbx1nddmeqmc9srDwsM48ZqaFq26ZQ40Rcu5RQR-W0bx_WowUFdh1ooft8Z

DENNIS – The Dennis Fire Department regrets to announce the passing of retired Firefighter/Paramedic Nancy Moyer after a long and courageous battle with occupational related cancer. Nancy wil…

04/01/2024

Happy Easter and Happy Spring from Mallory our Educational Ambassador and foster momma Mallard Duck and all of us at Wild Care!

Photo Kerry Reid Lothrop

04/01/2024

Please share this post widely!
Happy Earth Month! Take a breath and listen to all the birds this morning . . . take a walk on the beach . . . enjoy the buds blooming and daffodils popping up with their yellow trumpets to welcome spring.
We have a splendid program planned to celebrate terra firma, oceans, and atmosphere. Please come to this concert listen, sing along, enjoy, learn, meditate, and meet our partner organizations, Association to Preserve Cape Cod, Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, Wild Care Cape Cod and fabulous flutist, Ej Mills Brennan, of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Enjoy the concert and then join us at a reception (offered both concert days).
We celebrate our earth and our country, with its wide open spaces and national parks; we sing of some of our environmental challenges, and we invite you to bathe in musical sounds of birds, oceans, lakes, and trees.
PLUS a world-premiere by Amelia LeClair's, "Anthem for Truro," capturing the songs of the birds and the feeling of beautiful Truro in all the seasons.
Please join us! Tickets for both days are available at the door or in advance online.
Saturday: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/tix/5426/event/1372405
Sunday: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/tix/5426/event/1372407

Cape Cod Chorale is a community chorus (SATB) with approx. 60 singers from Chatham to Bourne. We are YOUR neighborhood Cape Cod community chorus!
We welcome new members in September and January.
All voice parts welcome - Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass!

03/30/2024

01/04/2024

Happy audience and conductor selfie, December 2023.

12/30/2023

Å jul med din glede, a lovely song sung on julaften (Dec 24), by families gathered around the tree. Norwegian words, Swedish tune. Next season, we’ll include the Danes. 🇳🇴🇸🇪🇩🇰🎄🎅🏻🎼 December concert 2023 - Glad Tidings.

12/18/2023

Thank you for attending & singing along! Thank you to the singers of CCC, our pianist, the brass, the percussionist, and all the volunteers behind the scenes who make CCC a success! Stay tuned!

12/17/2023

A great concert season so far! Today is the last concert in December, a repeat of yesterday’s Rutter “Gloria” and other yummy treats with Cape Cod Chorale! A few tickets left at the door, so come to 136 Main St., Sandwich, 4pm. (Come early)

12/12/2023

*** LATEST UPDATE FOR SUNDAY TICKETS - TICKET AVAILABILITY UPDATE, as of Saturday, 12/16 for Sunday, 12/17.
We had a packed house today and expect that tomorrow! Thank you everybody who came! It was a lovely afternoon. Rave reviews, and fun for audience and chorus.
Come join us and sing along on Sunday, 12/17!
4pm! 90 minutes, including intermission.
Take a break from baking and wrapping!
We promise uplifting music and joy of the season.
Come take a deep breath and sing with us.
We now have about 25 tickets at the door for Sunday.
We would love to see you there!
Get there early to get your ticket! It is well worth it!
Rutter “Gloria” and so many other great pieces! Brass quintet, piano, percussion, 60 voices.
This is a very popular concert that usually sells out. We would love to see you there! It’s a lot of fun and beautiful music in a beautiful space.

12/11/2023

It takes a village to keep a community chorus going - obviously having enough singers is important - we could use a few more, especially tenors and basses.
But this post is to THANK YOU, ADVERTISERS! - we could not do it without you, and we are so grateful for your support.
Please everyone - support these businesses, and please mention that you saw their ad mentioned in this post or even better, in the program book at our concert! if you would like to advertise, message us here and we will reply with info.
Minuteman Press - Centerville - https://minuteman.com/us/locations/ma/centerville/
The Ocean House - Dennis port https://www.facebook.com/OceanHouseRestaurant
Hyline Cruises - https://www.facebook.com/hylinehouse
Holly Ridge Golf Club - https://www.facebook.com/hollyridgegolfclub
Habitat for Humanity, Cape Cod https://www.facebook.com/HabitatCapeCod
Cotuit Federated Church https://www.facebook.com/cotuitfederatedchurch
Community Healthcare of Cape Cod - https://chcofcapecod.org/
Cape Cod Five Bank - https://capecodfive.com
The Brown Jug - https://www.facebook.com/thebrownjugfoodshop
Harvest Barnstable - https://www.facebook.com/harvestbarnstable
The Azarian Team, Compass Real Estate [email protected]
Cape Cod Beer - https://www.facebook.com/CapeCodBeer
Picture This - https://www.facebook.com/picturethiscooper
The Spotted Cod - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057623611830
Beth's Bakery & Cafe - https://www.facebook.com/BethsBakeryCafe
iKitchens etc. - https://www.facebook.com/ikitchensetc
Pigmenta Hyannis - https://www.pigmentausa.com/franchises/hyannis/
Coachlight Carpets - https://www.facebook.com/lucianid4
Quilt Corner Studio - www.quiltcornerstudio.com
Cafe Chew - https://www.facebook.com/cafechewsandwich
Royal II - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Royal-II
The Weather Store - https://www.facebook.com/TheWeatherStore
Furniture Re-born on the Cape https://www.facebook.com/furniturerebornonthecape
Cotuit Fresh Market - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cotuit-Fresh-Market
Cape Coastal PT - https://capecoastalpt.com/

12/11/2023

Christmas Time is Here … concert this weekend, with brass - Rutter Gloria and smooth, jazzy pieces like this one. capecochorale.org for tickets.