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Season ends slowly
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by Claudia Polzin
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ended and there was virtually no you while you listen to the elements of jazz.
The week of April 18-23 brings some incredible variety
art activities to be enjoyed in our
community. This has changed considerably – to our city – April 18 at Bower Chapel on the campus of
but admittedly April is not as busy as January. Moorings Park – you will be treated to clarinet, viola and piano
But there is still plenty to do – and the end of and the works of Mozart, Schumann and Bartok. April 22, the
the month of April, the Stay in May Festival Naples Music Club, who has been providing scholarships to
gears up offering events throughout our middle and high school students for over 40 years, will have
community. So let’s see what we can venture out to enjoy in their annual Scholarship Winners concert. This concert will
April: be held at First United Methodist Church in Naples and you
Our very own Dixieland Jazz Band will be performing will be amazed by these talented young people. Rounding out
three times during the month of April – April 1 and 16 they this week is a completely different experience on April 19 the
will be at their usual home base – Cambier Park. But a special Naples Players opens their production of I Hate Hamlet in
performance will be held on April 30 at the Norris Gardens as Blackburn Hall – come prepared for uproarious laughter.
a part of the Stay in May Festival. This performance celebrates As promised on April 25 – the Stay in May Festival begins
the Tenth Anniversary of the beautiful Norris Gardens and will with the opening of the exhibit From Shanghai to Naples,
begin at 4:30 p.m. featuring the work of Deena Gu. This exhibit will be in the
Many of our musical groups have been around for many Watson Gallery of the Naples Art Association,
years – but maybe you do not realize that- one is the Naples Some new features of the Festival this year are a Health
Concert Band, which has been bringing music to our area for 45 and Wellness series – feature mindful meditation, these
years. They will open the month of April on April 2 in Cambier sessions will be held on April 26, May 6 and May 10. If you
Park at 2 p.m.; and conclude the month with a performance on are a lover of Bluegrass, Rock and the classics – you don’t
the 22nd combining the Naples Concert Band and the Bonita want to miss the DePue Brothers on April 26 at 7 p.m. in the
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Hall in Bonita Springs. Enjoy this well- loved opera in a unique Stay in May Festival – Steffanie Pearce, Soprano will present
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