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A Special Way to Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Duo Sequenza will charm you in a Free Family Concert presented by the School of American Music Duo Sequenza, a Valparaiso, Ind.-based classical flute and guitar chamber music ensemble, brings its irresistible style to Harbor Country on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, for a...
SAM’s Sugar Plum Social is a Hit
The School of American Music (SAM’s) Sugarplum Social was a holiday thank-you to our friends of SAM and featured wine, dessert and live music. Without our donors, sponsors, hosts, board, and staff we couldn’t have come this far! This new year will mark SAM’s...
Harbor Country Singers Spread Good Cheer
In Three Oaks, Pat Putnam, HCS Producer hosted 8 singers around the Village as Carolers. They were 8 strong and sang on the streets and in the shops all through the two main blocks of Three Oaks. The Three Oaks businesses were very receptive and many of the...
Donna Mitchell Profile
As featured in the Beacher, Thursday, November 25, 2021. By Edmund Lawer A Vibrant Spirit Donna Mitchell makes a mockery of the word “retirement.” An age-defying force of nature at 70, Mitchell is the hyperkinetic dynamo behind two well-known local musical...
A Christmas Menagerie
A Christmas Menagerie The Harbor Country Singers celebrate Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 Mark your calendars and celebrate the holiday season with the Harbor Country Singers (HCS) on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 at 4 p.m. at Real Life Community Church, 12 E....
Beatles Sing Along
Sing-along to Beatles Favorites - November 4 With a Little Help from our Friends Join the Harbor Country Singers for an evening sing along with your favorite Beatles hits -- Let It Be, Eleanor Rigby, Ticket to Ride, When I'm Sixty-Four, Yellow Submarine, Yesterday...
Free Family Concerts – Jennet Ingle
Free Family Concerts - Rising Again The School of American Music to kick off the series with famed oboist Jennet Ingle “Rising Again,” a program of contemporary classical music, will open the 2021–22 Free Family Concert Series presented by the School of American...
MUSICAL MYSTERY: Who Banned Louie Louie?
Garth Taylor"Louie Louie" was recorded by Los Angeles musician Richard Berry who performed up and down the West Coast with doo-wop and close harmony groups, most notably The Flairs (Foot Stompin). Berry’s tune is based on "El Loco Cha Cha,” which had a long...
Tom Dooley
Garth TaylorThe Ballad of Tom Dooley recounts the details of a crime of passion and was the number one song in America in 1958 when it was copyrighted, published and recorded by Kingston Trio. It turns out they didn’t write it; they were sued, and lost. It also...
September Sing Along
Sing-along to Folk Songs Join the Harbor Country Singers on September 21, 2021 Many won’t need sheet music to sing along with the Harbor Country Singers (HCS) on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at the School of American Music’s Spring Creek Stage, 14 Maple St., behind...