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 ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Lauren Hurley, a freshman at Bow High School, has been ill since November. Though doctors now think it may be Lyme disease, the diagnosis is still uncertain. Hurley has been out of school for the past six weeks, but that didn’t stop her from making a cameo at the Interact Club’s third annual Battle of the ...

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 ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Though hundreds of students from around the Granite State attended the New Hampshire All-State Music Festival, only a select few vocalists were selected to participate in the jazz portion of the event. Bow High School was represented by four such students. From Feb. 1-3, seniors Natasha Franks and Christina Williams, ...