BY STEVEN ANDREWS Though the damage in town due to the April flooding was great, the community’s volunteer response to help repair it has been just as great. The latest event to benefit the library as it works to repair the Children’s Room will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, at Center Woods Elementary, with a concert ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEY As a member of the McKelvie Middle School band, Colby Rondeau’s favorite song to play on his tuba is the “Tartan Overture.” It’s one you might never have heard of because his teacher, Norm Blanchette – who’s retiring after 25 years in the Bedford School District – wrote the song about ...

Summer will begin in Weare with the high-energy blend of happy upbeat acoustic music that has won Ben Rudnick and Friends national awards. The Volunteers for the Weare Public Library will present Rudnick and his band in concert at Center Woods Elementary School in Weare at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 24. This benefit performance will be a ...

Popular music during World War II is the topic for a musical program featuring songs that raised American spirits and encouraged the war effort. Calvin Knickerbocker, music educator and historian from Rivier College, brings a program featuring songs used as propaganda to boost morale on the front and at home. The program will be at the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR The Bow High School music program prides itself on continued success and quality performances by its large contingent of student musicians. The Freese Brothers Big Band prides itself on raising money for scholarships for Concord-area high school students. On Tuesday, March 6, the Freese Brothers Big Band displayed ...

BY ROD HANSEN Mook may be best known as the indie rock band led by Paul Dano, the actor who portrayed Dwayne in the 2006 comedy “Little Miss Sunshine.” However, the whole band received a rock star’s welcome prior to a recent appearance at the local teen center Crispin’s House. Despite Dano’s movie stardom, ...

BY ROD HANSEN With years of experience as a musician, one local  teacher is seeing her dreams come true on a national level. Georgia Paris, a Weare resident and fourth-grade teacher at Goffstown’s Maple Avenue Elementary School, has seen two of her songs reach runner-up status in an international Song of the Year Contest. Contest ...