Guest artist Fred Astaire makes fall concert sing
The November Fall Concert featured a special “surprise” guest artist. The Cool Nights Jazz band performed “Puttin’ on the Ritz” by Irving Berlin while Fred Astaire tapped and sang on a screen behind the orchestra.
“The difficulty in performing such a work as this is that the recording will not ‘flex’ as does the jazz band in a live performance. The tempi are strict and we must stay right to Astaire’s moves or we won’t end together,” said George Scharr, director of the Cool Nights Jazz band.
Scharr credits Jung-Ho Pak and the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra for the idea; the CCSO did a similar synchronization with George Gershwin and his “Rhapsody in Blue.”
Read more >>FA junior launches teen volunteerism Web site
When Falmouth Academy student Margot Wilsterman ’11 began looking for meaningful volunteer opportunities last year, she was a bit overwhelmed. Cape Cod is home to more than 1,000 nonprofit organizations. At first she thought she could contact organizations individually, but then had an idea about how more people might benefit from her research. The result: Capecodteenvolunteers.com.
Tony Bowen ’05 is considering a career in helping others. That’s not too much of a stretch. He’s a lifelong volunteer with a passion for connecting people with the organizations that need them most. In June he graduated summa cum laude from William Jewell College in Kansas City; today he is pursuing a master’s degree in philanthropic studies on a full scholarship to Indiana University-Purdue University.
