Concert

Concert set Alumni of the Centre Singers, Centre College's most selective choral ensemble, will give a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday in Newlin Hall of the Norton Center for the Arts. The concert is free. The concert is the culmination of a 3-day reunion, held every four years, for alumni singers.   The program will feature classical, sacred, folk, and old favorites. Two returning alumni, soprano Korin Kormick, who completed her doctorate in voice at the Eastman School of Music, and Ben Durham, who completed his master's in choral conducting at Westminster Choir College, will be featured at the concert.

Winchester's Lauren Mink, a contestant from season 11 of American Idol, will be performing on the patio of JD Legends from 7-11 p.m. Friday, June 22. DJ Classified will also be playing from 7 p.m. to close between Mink's breaks and after her concert.

The sixth season of the Stonebridge Summer Saturday Night Concert Series will open July 7 at 7 p.m. on the Downtown Green in Wilmore. Chairs and tables will be provided, and refreshments will be sold by local vendors. The concerts are free and open to the public. The dance foor will be open, but for safety issues, children must be accompanied by an adult. Concert attendees are asked to bring non-perishable food items which are not past expiration date or canned or dry dog or cat food.

Writers Group meets today at library The Clark County Writers Group will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Clark County Public Library. Shearer Council to meet Monday The Shearer Elementary School-based Decision-making Council will meet Monday, June 18, at 1 p.m. Leadership workshop set for June 21 The Winchester/Clark County Chamber of Commerce, Clark County Community Education and The Winchester Sun are sponsoring...

The Mercy Men entertained the crowd at Rock Fence Park on Saturday night. The group treated the crowd of more than 200 to music from the '60s and '70s. Saturday evening, The Dean Osborne Band will entertain with Bluegrass music. Osborne has shared the stage with some of the most well-known names in the Bluegrass world, including the Osborne Brothers, J.D. Crowe and Ralph Stanley. He has also recorded as a guest artist with Richard Bennett and appears on Rebel Records first “Live” video featuring Richard and Wanda Bennett, Randall Barnes and Phil Leadbetter.

The annual Rock Fence Park concert series will begin Saturday with four dates going throughout the month of June. “We've kind of put all of our eggs in a couple really top-notch bands this year,” organizer Teg Evans said. “These are groups that have never been to Rock Fence Park.” New to the concert series this year will be the extreme karaoke contest this Saturday, Evans said. “Karaoke is something people have suggested for the last few years, and we thought we'd try it,” he said.

Kentucky singer/actress Laura Bell Bundy didn't need a lot of persuading to join Montgomery Gentry at Buster's Billiards and Backroom in Lexington on Wednesday night for a benefit concert to help relief victims through the Kentucky Red Cross. “I want to help the people of my home state as much as I can. The tornado was devastating, and if I can sing and entertain to raise funds for them, I will. In fact, we (Montgomery Gentry and concert sponsor 98.1 The Bull), along with other country music artists, have been trying to plan a concert for the last few months so I'm very glad this came together.” Bundy, 31, has performed in a number of Broadway roles as well as appeared on TV and in films.

The Winchester Chorale has always tried to make its concerts community events. This year, the spring concert will feature more community members than ever before, thanks to partnerships with five local churches. The Festival of Choirs will be Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Central Baptist Church and will feature performances of gospel music from Broadway Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church, Central Baptist Church, First Baptist Church (Lexington Avenue) and Allensville Baptist Church.

Over the last few years I've had the opportunity to interact with Kentucky National Guard members in various ways - and I've always been impressed with the organizational skills and dedication of all involved. I have been to the National Guard Border Bowl in Williamsburg the last three years and even got to be master of ceremonies at this year's bowl dinner. I don't think I have ever been to anything more meaningful than the 2011 Montgomery Gentry USO concert in Louisville that was shown live to troops overseas.

The Danville Children's Choir will present a short concert at 7 p.m. today at the Community Arts Center. The concert is free but concert-goers may purchase raffle tickets ($20) for the choir's fundraiser to offset costs for their trip to the World Choir Games in July. The Children's Choir is one of only two choirs from Kentucky that will be participating in this prestigious event ,which will showcase hundreds of choirs from around the world.  At the conclusion of the concert today, there will be the official raffle drawing for the grand prize of $1,000.  The choir also will travel to Kings Island later in April, where it will perform as well.  The DCC formed in January 2010, has grown to nearly 50 members, and already has presented numerous concerts in Danville, including one last summer as part of the Great American Brass Band Festival.