(Image courtesy of Jamestown Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department Facebook page)

The Summer Bandshell Concert series begins tonight in Allen Park.

The Jamestown Public Schools’ Middle School bands will perform at the Goranson Bandshell, starting at 6:00 p.m., followed by the Jamestown High School Band at 7:00 p.m.

Pearl City Jazz will perform at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 21 and then the Jamestown Municipal Band will begin their concert series on Wednesday nights on June 28.

All performances are free and open to the public. The Allen Park Women’s Club will be selling refreshments to benefit improvements to the park.

Easter Egg Hunt at Allen Park in 2017

The City of Jamestown Parks Department will hold its Annual Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday in Allen Park.

The free event is for children ages 12 and under and will take place at 11:00 a.m. in the upper level of the park where the playgrounds are located.

Parks Manager Dan Stone said the event will have three different areas for kids to look for eggs, “The younger kids, 2 through 4, will be over on the kitchen side of the park where our big pavilion is and the smaller playground. And then across the street from that is the big playground and baseball field area. We’ll have the 5 to 8 year old group and the 9 to 12 year old group.”

Stone said the various city unions sponsored the event, “Our rock and our pillar of the community, the Allen Park Women’s Club, also will be there for the festivities and donated some prizes and candy, along with the Frewsburg Soccer Club. And this year, Pro Hardware, that is down on Fluvanna Avenue, will provide us with bikes to give to the middle aged kids group this year.”

Stone said the Jamestown Fire Department will be bringing the Easter Bunny to the park for the event and they will be joined by Wiffy the Tarp Skunk.

If weather conditions do not allow the event to take place outside, the event be moved inside the Allen Park Rink.

No registration is necessary for the event.

The free concert starts at 7:00 p.m. and is open to the public.

Assistant Director Alicia Laska will lead the band through music from various regions of the world as well as some pieces by under-represented composers.

The Allen Park Women’s Club also will be getting in on the “international” theme as well with korv burgers for sale. Sale proceeds benefit Allen Park.

Jamestown Municipal Band

The Jamestown Municipal Band performs their ‘Patriotic Salute’ at the Goranson Bandshell tonight in Allen Park.

Municipal Band Director Rick Lundquist said there will be a special feature on this program, “This one, we’re doing a tribute to JFK (John F. Kennedy). It’s called ‘Ask Not.’ And Tom Nelson, former city councilman and social studies teacher at Frewsburg, will be our narrator.”

The concert also will feature a Color Guard.

The concert starts at 7:00 p.m. and is free and open to all. The Allen Park Women’s Club will be selling refreshments that benefit Allen Park.

Jamestown Municipal Band performs at Goranson Bandshell in Allen Park (2018)

The City of Jamestown and Jamestown Municipal Band have announced the annual Summer Bandshell Concert Series schedule.

Municipal Band Director Rick Lundquist said there will be seven concerts, starting at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 29 at the Goranson Bandshell in Allen Park.

Lundquist said the first concert’s theme is “Music for a Summer Night,” “Music that celebrates things in the summer. And also, for the first time, we’re going to make it kind of like a preview of what is to come like with other themes. So, besides performing music that makes you think of beautiful summer days and summer nights, some of the music we’ll be playing is based on some of our other themes. On the 6th of July, we’ll be doing our annual patriotic concert.”

Lundquist said nearly all the programs will feature something special in the form of soloists or the kinds of music selection.

All concerts are free. The Allen Park Women’s Club will have refreshments for sale with proceeds benefiting Allen Park. In the event a concert has to be canceled due to weather, Thursdays are the tentative make-up day for concerts.

The Summer Bandshell Concert Series dates are as follows with all concerts starting at 7:00 p.m.:

Wednesday, June 29 –  Jamestown Municipal Band
Wednesday, July 6 – Jamestown Municipal Band
Wednesday, July 13 – Jamestown Municipal Band
Wednesday, July 20 – Jamestown Municipal Band
Wednesday, July 27 – Jamestown Municipal Band
Wednesday, August 3 – Jamestown Municipal Band
Wednesday, August 10 – Jamestown Municipal Band

He said the band will be performing a variety of music, “And each program that will cover things that we have covered before. Different themes like music for children, music for other special events such as patriotic music, Broadway shows, some jazz. And we’re going to do kind of a mix of each genre shall we say.”

Lundquist said many groups across the country are doing similar hour long programs outdoors, “And the idea is, yes, people can mingle. If you are fully vaccinated you don’t have to wear a mask unless you want to. And I’m sure there will be people there with masks and people there without masks. And so it’s what people want to do to be comfortable, to be together, yet try to space out a little bit on the hill overlooking the bandshell.”

Lundquist added the Allen Park Women’s Club should be at the July 28th and August 4th concerts selling refreshments that benefit Allen Park.

The Municipal Band concert on Wednesday starts at 7pm and is free and open to the public.

From left to right: Sitting Row 1 – JHS Concert Band Director Meghan Murray, Allen Park Women’s Club Jackie Benson, Fessenden, Laumer & DeAngelo Mary Schiller; Chautauqua Theatre Company’s Maggie Wilson, CTC’s Kevin Vestal, CTC’s Mackie Raymond. Standing Row 2 – Parks Commissioner John Bauer, APWC’s Audene Jarosz, Pearl City Jazz & Jamestown Municipal Band’s Craig Ridgway, Mayor Sam Teresi, Chautauqua Region Community Foundation’s June Diethrick, Parks Manager John Williams, Recreation Coordinator Julia Ciesla-Hanley

JAMESTOWN – The City of Jamestown’s Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department has finalized the 2019 Summer Performance schedule at the Goranson Band Shell in Allen Park.

The first performance of the season will be held on Wednesday, June 12th at 7:00 p.m. and will be presented by the Jamestown High School Concert Band under the direction of Meghan Murray.

Additional performances will be held at 7:00 p.m. as follows:

• Wednesday, June 19 – Pearl City Jazz
• Wednesday, June 26 – Chautauqua Theater Company Performance of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
• Wednesday, July 3 – Jamestown Municipal Band
• Wednesday, July 10 – Jamestown Municipal Band –Sponsored by JCC Scandinavian Studies Program
• Wednesday, July 17 – Jamestown Municipal Band – Sponsored by The Resource Center
• Wednesday, July 24 – Jamestown Municipal Band – Sponsored by UPMC Chautauqua
• Wednesday, July 31 – Jamestown Municipal Band
• Wednesday, August 7 – Jamestown Municipal Band

The Jamestown Municipal Band has performed in Allen Park since the 1950s, with musical events being held annually at its current venue since the construction of the Goranson Bandshell in 1966.

Chautauqua Theatre Company Artistic Director Andrew Borba said, “The Chautauqua Theater Company is thrilled to continue our partnership with the City of Jamestown’s Summer Bandshell Performance Series and to expand performances to include the River Walk. We are also ecstatic to again have the Allen Park Women’s Club’s support and are already (Midsummer) dreaming of their fudge. “

In addition to funding provided annually by the City of Jamestown, these performances are made available free to the public through the support of the following: Allen Park Women’s Club, Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Chautauqua Theater Company, Fessenden, Laumer & DeAngelo; Lind Funeral Home, Local 134, American Federation of Musicians; Scandinavian Studies Program, Salon 1, The Resource Center, The United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County Projects Pool Grant Program, and UPMC Chautauqua Hospital.

As in previous years, members of the Allen Park Women’s Club will continue their tradition of providing coffee, fudge and other baked goods during all of the performances. Proceeds from the concession sales will once again be donated by the Club for the continued maintenance and improvement of Allen Park.

All performances are free to the public and everyone is urged to bring their lawn chairs, blankets or park their vehicles close by and listen to the music from the comfort of their car.

(Image courtesy of Jamestown Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department Facebook page)

JAMESTOWN – The City Summer Bandshell Concert series will feature the Jamestown Municipal Band as directed by Rick Lundquist at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 21. The free concert series is held at the Goranson Bandshell in Allen Park.

This week’s concert theme is “Music for a Summer Night.” The concert will feature a special ceremony unveiling a historical marker for Allen Park by the city historian B. Delores Thompson and Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi.

Additional concerts will be held at 7 p.m. as follows:

• Wednesday, June 28 – Jamestown Municipal Band
• Wednesday, July 5 – Jamestown Municipal Band
• Wednesday, July 12 – Jamestown Municipal Band
• Wednesday, July 19 – Jamestown Municipal Band
• Wednesday, July 26 – Jamestown Municipal Band

The Jamestown Municipal Band has performed in Allen Park since the 1950s, with musical events being held annually since the construction of the bandshell in 1966.

In addition to funding provided annually by the City of Jamestown, these concerts are made available free to the public through the support of the following: AJ’s Texas Hots, Allen Park Women’s Club, Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Fessenden, Laumer & DeAngelo; Lind Funeral Home, Local 134, American Federation of Musicians; Scandinavian Studies Program, Salon 1, The Resource Center, The United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County Projects Pool Grant Program, and WCA Hospital.

As in previous years, members of the Allen Park Women’s Club will continue in their tradition of providing coffee, fudge and other baked goods during all of the concerts.

All concerts are free to the public. Everyone is urged to bring their lawn chairs, blankets or park their vehicles close by to listen to the music from the comfort of their car.

The parents of Kallie Swan, Tara and Shane, help to unveil a memorial plaque and swing set in Kallie’s honor on Aug. 11, 2015. (Image courtesy of Kallie’s Krusade Foundation’s Facebook page.

JAMESTOWN – A new piece of playground equipment has been installed at Jamestown’s Allen Park in honor of Kallie Swan, the 3-year-old Falconer girl who captured the hearts and support of the community during her courageous battle against cancer.

On Tuesday, family, friends and supporters of Kallie’s Krusade gathered at Allen Park for the dedication of a swing set to Kallie, who died May 6 after a battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The dedication also included the unveiling of a bronze plaque and was made possible by the Allen Park Women’s Club and the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation.

To donate to Kallie’s Krusade Foundation, a nonprofit organization formed by Kallie’s family and others to raise funding for local families dealing with pediatric cancer, visit www.kallieskrusade.org.

Jamestown Municipal Band (image courtesy C. Servis via Facebook)

JAMESTOWN – The City Summer Bandshell Concert series will feature the Jamestown Municipal Band as directed by Rick Lundquist at 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 15. The free concert series is held at the Goranson Bandshell in Allen Park.

This week’s concert theme is “Christmas In July” and will be a children’s concert. It will feature a guest story teller during intermission. There also will be children activities at the concert.

The Jamestown Municipal Band has performed in Allen Park since the 1950s, with musical events being held annually since the construction of the bandshell in 1966.

In addition to funding provided annually by the City of Jamestown, these concerts are made available free to the public through the support of the following: Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, The United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County Projects Pool Grant Program, Allen Park Women’s Club, Local 134, American Federation of Musicians, Scandinavian Studies Program, Fessenden, Laumer & DeAngelo, Lind Funeral Home, Salon 1, and Wegmans.

As in previous years, members of the Allen Park Women’s Club will continue in their tradition of providing coffee, fudge and other baked goods during all of the concerts.

All concerts are free to the public and everyone is urged to bring their lawn chairs, blankets or park their vehicles close by and listen to the music from the comfort of their car.