In celebration of the 2^nd Century Fund Capital Campaign, Ferry Beach will host a free Sunday night concert almost every week of the summer.  We have tried to invite groups that are a good match for the “personalities” of Ferry Beach’s wide range of conferences.  All of the groups have donated their time and talents as gifts to Ferry Beach.  Enjoy the music!

Carol Hayden, Nancy Knights, and Fayre Stephenson
The 2^nd Century Fund Capital Campaign Concert Committee

The Concert Schedule:

June 22 - Firehouse Band
The Firehouse Band is a show stopping contemporary folk band. Its members are Eric Semple, Sara Weeks, Charlie Weeks, and Carolyn Hotchkiss. The band plays songs written by artists such as Nanci Griffith, Townes Van Zandt, Kate Wolf, Bill Staines, and many more contemporary song writers. Their church is the First Church Unitarian of Littleton, Massachusetts, and all of their concerts are benefit concerts.

June 29 - Disk Jockey Keith Sherman
Popular disk jockey Keith Sherman will spin the platters for an intergenerational dance for the youth camps and the entire Ferry Beach community.

July 6 - Jim Scott
Jim has long been an active Unitarian Universalist and has visited over 300 UU churches across the country, leading services, presenting concerts, and offering workshops. Three of Jim's songs are included in the new Unitarian Universalist Hymnbook, and "Gather the Spirit," has become a favorite across the denomination. Jim has served on the board of the UU Musicians Network and was Co-Chair of the ecological/spiritual activist group the UU "Seventh Principle Project.”

July 20 - Different Drummers Joyful Hearts Club Band
Different Drummers Joyful Hearts Club Band is the performance troupe of Different Drummers Drum Circle of Yarmouth, Maine. This high-energy improvisational ensemble performs a diverse program drawing from such musical styles as Native-American, Celtic, Latin, Middle-Eastern, African and Blues. They have been featured at the Yarmouth Clam Festival, the Common Ground Fair and were recently the subject of a Central Maine public television program.

July 27 - The Rock My Soul Gospel Choir
The Rock My Soul Gospel Choir is a 23-member choir and five-piece band out of South Berwick, Maine, and Portsmouth, NH that performs music from all gospel traditions, including Negro spirituals, black gospel, white Southern gospel, folk and blues gospel, as well as a few selected secular songs.

August 3 - VELMA
"VELMA plays an eclectic mix of jazz-pop -- with soul. Audiences' comments have focused on VELMA's refreshing selection of old and not- so-old songs and the six band members' obvious delight in performing them. VELMA features Margo Lukens on vocals, Steve McKay and Ed Kizer on guitars, Harvey Kail on harmonica, and UUFF's very own Sue Hamlett on percussion and Paul Riechmann on bass. The band is based in Orono, Maine."

August 10 - The Funky Divas of Gospel
The Funky Divas of Gospel is the collaboration of two dozen talented soloists, musicians and choir members whose purpose is to share an uplifting and life-affirming message through traditional and contemporary spirit-filled music. The spirit that flows through the songs we sing is universal and tells a story as old as time.

August 17 - The Saco Bay Jazz Vocal Ensemble
The Saco Bay Jazz Vocal Ensemble is comprised of 16 seasoned adult singers. Contemporary & standard jazz arrangements will be featured: Unforgettable, In My Life, Red Top & Ray's Rockhouse. This energetic ensemble is conducted by Camille Curtis Saucier.

August 24 - TBA