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Uptown Music Collective Set for One-Night-Only Irish Rock Tribute 0
Press Release
- Local News, Music
- March 6, 2024
On March 16th at 7:30 p.m., the Uptown Music Collective will bring a one-night-only musical experience, “Rattle and Hum: A Celebration of U2 and Irish Rock,” to the Community Arts Center in Williamsport, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. This event, presented in partnership with UPMC North Central Pa and UPMC Health Plan, celebrates
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County Hall Corner: Rethinking the Future 0
Larry Stout
- Government, Politics
- January 31, 2024
I taught an elective course on Future Studies at a business college in Europe. The students were quite interested in knowing what skills and possibilities in employment would be out there when they entered the working world. It is obviously a shaky science as we have no way of knowing the future and, at best,
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The Uptown Music Collective to Present “A Decade of Grunge” Saturday, January 27 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Concerts, Local News, Music
- January 24, 2024
The Uptown Music Collective has been a musical laboratory and teaching entity that has mentored, taught, and developed the talent of numerous young people in various aspects of popular music genres for more than 20 years. During this time, they have presented many excellent musical concerts demonstrating their talents. They have saluted various popular musical
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Beating the Winter Blues 0
Steph Nordstrom
- Editorials
- January 17, 2024
It’s official. We are at a pretty dreary time of year. The weather ain’t great. I’m fairly sure it rained for 27 hours straight last week. It’s cold, it’s dark, the post-holiday blues are rearing their ugly heads. I know the last thing you probably want to do is go outside. But the best way
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Cadillac Cats’ Winter Blues Bash Slated for Friday, January 12 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Events, Local News
- January 3, 2024
The Genetti Hotel will be rocking with the sounds of the Blues when the Cadillac Cats, a noted area Blues band in their own right, presents the Winter Blues Bash from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, January 12. The Cadillac Cats hope to make this an annual event each year in January to help
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Uptown Music Collective Kicks Off Annual Campaign; Tuition Costs Remain the Same 0
Press Release
- Education, Music
- November 8, 2023
The Uptown Music Collective, the area’s premier nonprofit school of music, has kicked off its annual campaign, with this year’s goal set at $40,000. The announcement coincides with the September start of the UMC’s 23rd year of providing students with a powerful education that goes way beyond music. The annual fundraising efforts allow the school
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Uptown Music Collective Kicks Off Performance Season With tribute, ‘It Came From the ’80s’0
Webb Weekly
- Uncategorized
- November 1, 2023
On November 10th and 11th at the Community Arts Center in Downtown Williamsport, the students of the Uptown Music Collective will present their first show of the school’s 2023-2024 Performance Season with It Came From the ’80s: New Wave to Pop Rock. The performance, presented in partnership with UPMC North Central Pa and UPMC Health
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LIVE UNITED Fundraiser at CAC September 7 Benefits Lycoming County United Way 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Local News
- August 30, 2023
There will be quite a collection of local and former local musical talent performing at the Community Arts Center on Thursday, September 7. They will be on hand to perform at the Third Annual “Live United” concert, which will raise money for the Lycoming County United Way. This concert will feature some of the brightest
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“Pops at Pepper Street” Concert set for August 5 0
Press Release
- Events, Local News
- August 2, 2023
Muncy Historical Society will host the Uptown Music Collective for the first time at its “Pops at Pepper Street” free concert. Bring your family, pack your chairs and blankets, and head out for an evening of priceless music! As the sun sets, relax, enjoy and share in the fun-filled, community-oriented public experience of this live,
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Set the Night to Music Fireworks Highlight Area Independence Day Celebrations 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Local News
- June 28, 2023
Downtown Williamsport’s skies will again light up brightly when the 28th Set Night to Music Fireworks take place on Tuesday, July 4th, to celebrate our nation’s 247 anniversary of independence. Again, as they have the previous 27 times, the good folks at Backyard Broadcasting are front and center in helping to put on this always
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Williamsport Civic Chorus to Present Spring Concert 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Local News
- April 26, 2023
The Williamsport Civic Chorus is one of this area’s oldest and most venerable musical organizations. They have been around for almost 80 years, and it will continue its fine musical tradition with its latest offering — its spring concert titled, “Jazzin’ with the WCC,” which features some of the biggest jazz hits of the ’40s
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Uptown Music Collective Brings Tribute to the Music of Queen to Community Arts Center 0
Press Release
- Uncategorized
- April 26, 2023
On Friday April 28th, and Saturday April 29th the Uptown Music Collective & UPMC North Central Pa will present “The Show Must Go On: The Music of Queen” at the Community Arts Center in Downtown Williamsport. There are very few bands in rock and roll history whose music is as unique, exciting, entertaining, and unforgettable
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Let’s Go Do Something 0
Steph Nordstrom
- Editorials
- April 19, 2023
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times. If you claim there is nothing to do around here, you aren’t even trying. I haven’t done one of these in a while, so let’s run through some upcoming local activities, because there is little in the world I enjoy more than being right.
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Uptown Music Collective Set for Southern Rock Tribute at CAC 0
Press Release
- Uncategorized
- March 1, 2023
On March 10 and 11, the Uptown Music Collective & UPMC North Central PA will present Free Bird: A Tribute to Southern Rock at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport, PA. This performance, the third of the Collective’s 22-23 Performance Season, will feature the music of a wide range of classic and more modern southern
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Uptown Music Collective Set for One-Night Only Country Tribute at the Community Arts Center 0
Webb Weekly
- Uncategorized
- January 18, 2023
On Saturday, Jan. 28, the Uptown Music Collective and UPMC will present Friends in Low Places: The Music of Garth Brooks & The Women of ‘90s Country at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport. The performance will feature the music of country music icon Garth Brooks, alongside the ground-breaking music of female country artists like
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Uptown Music Collective Enrolling for Upcoming Winter Semester 0
Press Release
- December 14, 2022
Go beyond music at the Uptown Music Collective! The Collective’s winter enrollment week begins on Dec. 12 and runs until Dec. 17, 2022. Enrollment is open for both in-person and virtual private lessons on guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, and drums. The Winter Semester will begin on Jan. 9, 2023, and will run for 15 weeks.
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Uptown Music Collective Kicks Off Annual Campaign; Tuition Costs Remain the Same 0
Webb Weekly
- Uncategorized
- November 16, 2022
The Uptown Music Collective, the area’s premier nonprofit school of music, has kicked off its annual campaign, with this year’s goal set at $35,000. The announcement coincides with the September start of the UMC’s 22nd year of providing students with a powerful education that goes way beyond music. The annual fundraising efforts allow the school
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Uptown Music Collective Kicks Off Performance Season With Tribute, Ladies of the ’80s 0
Press Release
- Uncategorized
- November 2, 2022
On November 11th and 12th at 7:30 p.m., the Uptown Music Collective will bring the first show of its 2022-2023 Performance Season, Girls Just Want to Have Fun: Ladies of the ’80s, to the stage of the Community Arts Center in Williamsport. This fun and exciting performance will pay tribute to 1980’s female pop standouts
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Uptown Music Collective Awards $17,325 in Scholarships For the Upcoming School Year 0
Press Release
- Uncategorized
- August 24, 2022
The Uptown Music Collective is pleased to announce the awarding of 11 scholarships for the non-profit school of music’s 2022-2023 school year. Totaling $17,325, an additional $4,725 has also been added to the Collective’s Financial Aid Fund. Funding was made possible through the generous donations of the local community, including both individual and corporate donors.
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Two Time Blues Music Awarded Texas Artist, Sue Foley, to Grace the Stage At the 2022 Billtown Blues Festival 0
Press Release
- Uncategorized
- June 8, 2022
Billtown Blues Association organizers are coming down the home stretch after a year-long preparation for their signature event, the Billtown Blues Festival, now celebrating 32 years of the blues music art form. There will be no deviation from the event’s reputation of securing world-class nationally known performers, exposing those on the cusp, and providing a
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Summer 2022 Calendar of Events 0
Steph Nordstrom
- Editorials
- June 1, 2022
I have always said, if you think there is nothing to do in our area, that you aren’t even trying. There is almost always something happening, somewhere to go, or something to do in our area. Adult, kid and family activities are easy to find, because there are plenty of them to do. Don’t believe
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Isabella Cole Competes in Miss USA Pageant 0
Dave Bellomo
- Stories
- May 4, 2022
Lycoming County is turning out to be pageant central. From Sydney Robertson taking Miss PA USA in 2021 to Normandy Broaddus competing in Miss Teen PA USA in 2022. Not to be outdone, 19-year-old Isabella Cole also competed in Miss PA USA this year. Her very first contest! Both Miss Teen PA and Miss PA
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Uptown Music Collective Wraps Up Performance Season With Tribute to Pink Floyd 0
Webb Weekly
- Uncategorized
- April 27, 2022
The Uptown Music Collective, the area’s premier non-profit school of music, returns to the Community Arts Center in Williamsport on April 29th & 30th, 2022, to close out the UMC’s 21-22 Performance Season with their presentation of Us and Them: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Beyond. This concert will feature Pink Floyd’s
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Local Musicians Nominated for Central PA Music Awards 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Local News
- March 23, 2022
Gabe Stillman, an accomplished and popular blues singer is one of the bright lights to have come out of the local music scene in recent years. An indication of Gabe’s talent and how well he is thought of by people in the music world and his fans was his recent nomination for two honors from
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Uptown Music Collective brings “All Things Must Pass” to Community Theatre League 0
Press Release
- Events, Music
- March 9, 2022
On March 10th, 11th, and 12th, the Uptown Music Collective returns to the Community Theatre League in downtown Williamsport to present All Things Must Pass: The Solo Works of The Beatles. This performance will feature the music from the solo careers of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr after the dissolution of
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Uptown Music Collective Sets Fundraising Concert Tribute To 80’s Hair Bands January 29 at Community Arts Center 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Concerts, Local News, Music
- January 19, 2022
1980s rock bands that were known as “Hair Bands” such as Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Guns and Roses and Poison, just to name a few, will be saluted by the Uptown Music Collective in a fundraising concert to be presented at the Community Arts Center on Saturday, January 29, 2022, beginning at 7:30 p.m. This
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Uptown Music Collective Enrolling for Upcoming Winter Semester 0
Webb Weekly
- Events
- December 15, 2021
Music continues at the Uptown Music Collective! The Collective’s winter enrollment week begins on December 13th and runs until December 17th, 2021. Enrollment is open for both in-person and virtual private lessons on Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, and Drums. The Winter Semester will begin on January 10th, 2022, and will run for 15 weeks. The
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Billtown Blues Association Presents Annual Fall Into the Blues Concert 0
Press Release
- Fundraisers, Local News, Music
- November 17, 2021
The Billtown Blues Association’s annual fundraiser, Fall Into the Blues, is significant in many ways. Most importantly it brings together a group of talented and highly regarded local and regional musicians, who have made a devoted effort to perform blues music — and to perform it well. This year’s event returns to the Garden Terrace
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Preservation Williamsport’s Victorian Christmas This Weekend November 19 to 21 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Local News
- November 17, 2021
After a one-year absence, Preservation Williamsport’s Victorian Christmas event is back and better than ever. The always highly anticipated event takes place this weekend, November 19 to 21. This event celebrates and highlights Williamsport’s beautiful and charming architectural heritage in some of its vintage homes and some of its churches and other public edifices. According
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Uptown Music Collective Kicks Off Performance Season With ‘70’s Radio Hits 0
Press Release
- Local News, Music
- November 10, 2021
There is a new radio station in town that will be “on-air” for one weekend only! The Uptown Music Collective, the area’s premier nonprofit school of music, is set to kick off their 2021-2022 Performance Season at the Community Arts Center by presenting WUMC: FM Radio Hits of the ‘70’s. The show will run on
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“Fall Into The Arts, Lake Fest”0
Press Release
- Events, Festivals, Local News
- October 6, 2021
Celebrates 7th Year! The Seventh Annual, Fall into the Arts Lake Fest will be held Saturday, October 9th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, October 10th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 939 Trimble Road, Trout Run (over-looking Rose Valley Lake). Admission is free and it will be held rain or shine.
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50th Annual Lock Haven Jaycees Regatta To Be Held This Weekend 0
Lou Hunsinger, Jr.
- Events, Local News
- September 1, 2021
The Susquehanna River at Lock Haven will be alive with the sound of the roar of boat engines as the 50th Annual Lock Haven Jaycees Boat Regatta takes place this weekend. The four-day celebration begins with the opening of the carnival midway on Water Street at 6 p.m., Friday, September 3. Powerboat racing begins at
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Gabe Stillman’s Upcoming Release Set to Make an Impression 0
Press Release
- Local News, Music
- August 25, 2021
“Just Say the Word”, the upcoming first full length release by Williamsport based, Gabe Stillman, has debuted at #8 on the weekly Roots Music Report on the Contemporary Blues Chart and #12 overall. His song from the release, “Out Of Time”, debuted at #15. Stillman’s work has also been noticed on the international scene with
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