Marcus Hook announces lineup at 35th Annual Summer Music Festival
MARCUS HOOK » The Marcus Hook Summer Music Festival will celebrate its thirty-fifth year when the six-concert series begins 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 29. Each year music lovers come out to sit back and relax, and enjoy the music that takes place along the banks of the scenic Delaware River at Marcus Hook’s beautiful Market Square Memorial Park. Concerts follow on consecutive Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. in the park at Market Street and Delaware Avenue.
The lineup of talent includes all types of music. This year’s schedule starts on Tuesday, June 29 with the Rose Tree Pops. Rose Tree Pops, featuring Roberta Winemiller, will be performing a Star Spangled concert along with other memorable patriotic and Broadway music.
On July 6, The Discoteks come to the Borough of Marcus Hook. The Discoteks, featuring the members of Wallstreet, is one of the hottest 70’s party band on the East Coast.
Quaker City String Band is next up on July 13, and is a fan favorite. Quaker City String Band has entertained the people of Cuba, Mexico, England, France, Italy, and is known for being a top prize winner in the annual Philadelphia New Year’s Day Parade.
Anthony Caserta, originally from Trainer, comes straight from Nashville, Tenn., and will give the most authentic and renowned tribute to Johnny Cash with Boy in Black on July 20.
On July 27, The Crawdaddies will be lighting up the stage. The Crawdaddies are a very popular band from Baltimore, Md., whose music contains some of Louisiana’s best Cajun, Zydeco, and Blues. The band has been featured in many acclaimed publications, and toured the USA extensively from Maine to Florida to Texas to Nebraska to Chicago earning a strong grass roots following.
Closing the series on August 3 is a crowd favorite the Fabulous Greaseband, a seven member “Best of ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s Rock ‘n’ Roll Party Band.” Their highly entertaining and energetic delivery of the greatest dance songs ever written has kept the group on top for the last 48 years. Also on hand to close out the concert series will be the Marcus Hook Police Department for National Night Out, which is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie.
Marcus Hook Borough Council presents this year’s Festival with support from the following sponsors: Energy Transfer, Monroe Energy, Alan McIlvain Company, PECO Energy, and the Jacono family.
Food and light refreshments are available for purchase at the park during the Summer Music Festival. No alcohol or pets are permitted.
New exhibit at Community Arts Center showcases visiting artists’ creations
The Community Arts Center will present their annual Summer Fellows exhibition featuring two and three dimensional work, now through July 16 in the Duke Gallery at the CAC, 414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford. The art work is by teaching artists, Juanita Gaspari, Martha Knox, and Nicole Tymowczak, who will be doing residency projects during the CAC’s art focused summer camp, Summer Spree. A reception will be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 27.
Admission is free. No pre-registration is necessary. Masks are required for entry.
Each artist will be working with campers on a special project for one week of camp this summer. Complete information about Summer Spree Art Camp is available at https://communityartscenter.org/summerspree-visual-arts-camp-2/
Info about teen studios this summer is here: https:// communityartscenter.org/ summer-spree-visual-artscamp-teen-classes-grades7-to-12.
For more information or driving directions, contact CAC at 610-566-1713, online at www.communityartscenter.org or follow them on Facebook.
W.W. Smith Charitable Trust awards $68G grant to Neumann University
The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust has awarded Neumann University a grant of $68,000 to fund undergraduate student scholarships in 2021-22.
The grant is specifically targeted to benefit fulltime undergraduates, in good academic standing, with a GPA of at least 2.5 and whose financial needs cannot be met by other aid programs. In addition, students must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents and have a permanent home residency in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery or Philadelphia counties, or in the city of Camden, New Jersey.
Scholarship funds may be used to cover tuition, room, board, or books for students who meet the eligibility requirements.
Because the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust stipulates a minimum award of $2,000 and a maximum of $10,000 per year, the grant will assist between seven and 34 Neumann University undergraduate students in 2021-22.
In its decades-long support of college undergraduates, the Trust has provided scholarship grants of more than $1.7 million for Neumann students.
“Many of our students are the first generation in their families to attend college,” explained Dr. Chris Domes, Neumann’s president. “This generous gift from the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust will allow a good number of them to move significantly closer to a college degree and a solid economic future for their families.”
Approximately 99 percent of undergraduate students at Neumann University receive some form of financial aid, including federal grants, student loans, and private scholarships. The university has a total enrollment of 1,942 undergraduates and offers bachelor’s degrees in arts and sciences, business, education, and nursing.
The W. W. Smith Charitable Trust is a private foundation established by William Wikoff Smith in 1977. Smith was president and chairman of the board of Kewanee Oil Company. The Trust makes grants in the Greater Philadelphia region to support basic needs, college scholarships, maritime heritage preservation, and medical research primarily in heart disease, cancer and AIDS.
For more information about Neumann University, visit www.neumann.edu.