Bull Run Restaurant, Shirley, Mass. USA

MARCH 2005	TIME & PRICE	EVENT
Daytime	Evening
Tues. March 8		8 PM $10 $5 of the admission goes to St. Jude's Children's Hospital	Bull Run Restaurant and WKLB Country 99.5 Present Billy Currington Fresh off his smash hit, "Party for Two" with Shania Twain. Special Saint Jude's Children's Hospital Preview Party
Sat. March 5 (Balloom)		8 PM $12 advance cash $15 day of show		Paul Geremia For over thirty years, Paul Geremia has survived solely by the fruit of his musical labors. Having abandoned all other means of support in 1966, he has been traveling far and wide ever since, performing in every capacity from street singing to club and concert bookings, throughout the U.S.A., Canada and Europe. In the years since, Geremia has built a reputation as a first rate bluesman, songwriter, a "scholar" of early jazz and blues, and one of the best country blues fingerpickers ever with his tools - six and twelve-string guitars, harmonica, piano and a husky soulful voice - and with an innate sense of the humor as well as the drama of the music, he keeps traditional blues fresh and alive with his performances. Opener: Marjorie Thompson - "Marjorie Thompson brings her own unique style to the fine art of acoustic finger picking guitar. Her sultry voice, often touching on the blues, sometimes evokes the smoky romance of an old Mississippi riverboat saloon." - Pete Sears (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship)
Sat. March. 5 (Sawtelle Room)		8 PM $20 advance $25 day of show	Destination Bound Destination Bound plays an eclectic mix of down home east coast country music, combining bluesy country sounds with more traditional aspects of contemporary country music. They are; Darren Bessette: Lead Vocals & Acoustic Guitar, Leo Melanson: Lead Guitar & vocals, Tim Dvorkin: Keyboards & Vocals, Jen Robichaud: Vocals & Percussion, Dennis Banville: Bass Guitar, Dale Monette: Drums and Stacey Read: Fiddle. Their home base is located in the beautiful rolling hills of central Massachusetts. Find out what everybody is talking about! Opener: Chad Burdick - "Chad Burdick is the package. The whole enchilada. He has the talent, the looks, the presence and the attitude to be a contender in Nashville. Besides that he's a nice guy, and showbiz could always use a few more nice guys like Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Steve Wariner....Chad is a class act." - Carolyn Kruse, Midday Host, WKLB-FM, Country 99.5, Boston, MA	Darren Bessette of Destination Bound
Fri. March 11		8 PM $12 advance cash $15 day of show		Brooks Williams Few guitarists transcend genre and style, but Brooks Williams has made a career of it. His music is a fearlessly evolving melange of intricate blues-soaked chords, Latin rhythms, and soulful riffs. He defies categorization. From coast-to-coast, country-to-country, his concerts are legendary: one man, one guitar, rollin' and tumblin' like nobody's business. From the very beginning, Brooks Williams' music has showed a strong connection to roots music, mixed in with a swinging improvisational feel reminiscent of jazz, and an almost classical sounding cinematic harmony. He reflects, "I taught myself to play guitar, for the most part, by listening to very diverse music, such as Debussy, the Beatles, Michael Bloomfield, John Renbourn, Jobim, Bach, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Pat Metheny, Phil Keaggy, and Joseph Spence. Very different players and composers, but somehow, to my ears, they all come together. From Day One that's what I have tried to emulate in my compositions and arrangements." "If Williams' guitar picking gets any sharper, we'll have to create new adjectives." (The Boston Globe) Opener: Dave Salvi - Up and coming singer/songwriter from Leominster, MA.
Sat. March. 12		8 PM $12 advance $16 day of show	Seamus Kennedy Seamus Kennedy, originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been entertaining audiences all over the United States for the past 32 years. With a ready wit and a vast store of songs, he travels from Alaska to Florida, Maryland to California, performing for audiences which range from Popes and presidents to bartenders and bricklayers, from college students to kindergartners. But the Irish have their serious side too, and when Seamus performs one of the more somber ballads such as Tommy Sands' "There Were Roses" or Pete St. John's "Dublin In The Rare Old Times" you can hear a pin drop as the words sink in. That moment of silence before the applause can raise goosebumps. Washington Area Music Awards Best Irish/Celtic Male Vocalist Ten Years Running 1993-2002 Opener: Tale - "Storytelling through traditional fiddle and guitar music." Tale is Katrine Dickau on her moody five-string fiddle, and Perry Dickau on his clear and crisp Taylor 710 guitar. Their music is influenced by a mix of Celtic, Bluegrass, French Canadian, Old Time American, English, and ragtime styles. Whether you're two or ninety-two, their music will make you want to clap along or get up and dance!
Fri. March. 18		8 PM $16 advance cash $20 day of show		Patty Larkin Winner of eleven Boston Music Awards Imagine a drop-dead brilliant guitar player, a richly textural singer, a commanding, poetic songwriter, a hilarious and personable entertainer all in one person. Fellow performers are often seen at her shows, shaking their heads in admiring wonder at an elaborate guitar lick or sighing vocal trill, a particularly well-tuned lyric line, a perfectly delivered comic line. She is that rare talent who is seen as a songwriter's songwriter, a guitarist's guitarist and a singer's singer and a performer's performer... "Personality To Burn... In the world of the singer/songwriter, personality is everything, and Patty Larkin, an extremely skilled guitarist, has personality to burn..." VILLAGE VOICE "...superb slide guitarist whose mature work is comparable to the best of Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams." - Stephen Holden - NY Times Opener: Joel Cage - Cage's unorthadox and aggressive, yet sensitive approach, the culmination of years spent performing with rock'n roll bands, including a three year stint, at a very early age, with Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, has made him one of the best performers on the New England scene. "Cage's thoughtful songs are straightforward and sure, with a voice to match, but it is his brilliantly sharp guitar-work that ignites the tunes." *THE BOSTON GLOBE*
Sat. March. 19	11 am $75.00 buy-in (provides you with $1500 in chips) $50.00 re-buy (Allowed only during first hour of tournament.)		Ayer-Shirley-Harvard Rotary Second Occasional No-limit Texas Hold 'em Poker Tournament To benefit Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry (And other Rotary Charities) Tournament will once again feataure guest speaker, Ashley Adams, author of winning 7-Card Stud: Transforming Home Poker Chumps into Casino Killers. Mr. Adams will provide a brief tutorial. Seating: 150 players. Please reserve your seat in advance. Buffet lunch ($15.00) and cash bar provided by the Bull Run Restaurant. Please arrive at 11 am for buffet, seating and tutorial.

MARCH
2005

TIME & PRICE

EVENT

Daytime

Evening

Tues.
March 8

8 PM

$10

$5 of the admission
goes to
St. Jude's
Children's Hospital

Bull Run Restaurant
and
WKLB Country 99.5
Present

Billy Currington

Fresh off his smash hit, "Party for Two"
with Shania Twain.

Special Saint Jude's Children's Hospital Preview Party

Sat.
March 5

(Balloom)

8 PM

$12 advance
cash

$15 day of show

Paul Geremia

For over thirty years, Paul Geremia has survived solely by the fruit of his musical labors. Having abandoned all other means of support in 1966, he has been traveling far and wide ever since, performing in every capacity from street singing to club and concert bookings, throughout the U.S.A., Canada and Europe. In the years since, Geremia has built a reputation as a first rate bluesman, songwriter, a "scholar" of early jazz and blues, and one of the best country blues fingerpickers ever with his tools - six and twelve-string guitars, harmonica, piano and a husky soulful voice - and with an innate sense of the humor as well as the drama of the music, he keeps traditional blues fresh and alive with his performances.

Opener: Marjorie Thompson - "Marjorie Thompson brings her own unique style to the fine art of acoustic finger picking guitar. Her sultry voice, often touching on the blues, sometimes evokes the smoky romance of an old Mississippi riverboat saloon."
- Pete Sears (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship)

Sat.
March. 5

(Sawtelle Room)

8 PM

$20 advance

$25 day of show

Destination Bound

Destination Bound plays an eclectic mix of down home east coast country music, combining bluesy country sounds with more traditional aspects of contemporary country music. They are; Darren Bessette: Lead Vocals & Acoustic Guitar, Leo Melanson: Lead Guitar & vocals, Tim Dvorkin: Keyboards & Vocals, Jen Robichaud: Vocals & Percussion, Dennis Banville: Bass Guitar, Dale Monette: Drums and Stacey Read: Fiddle. Their home base is located in the beautiful rolling hills of central Massachusetts.
Find out what everybody is talking about!

Opener: Chad Burdick - "Chad Burdick is the package. The whole enchilada. He has the talent, the looks, the presence and the attitude to be a contender in Nashville. Besides that he's a nice guy, and showbiz could always use a few more nice guys like Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Steve Wariner....Chad is a class act." - Carolyn Kruse, Midday Host, WKLB-FM, Country 99.5, Boston, MA

Darren Bessette
of Destination Bound

Fri.
March 11

8 PM

$12 advance
cash

$15 day of show

Brooks Williams

Few guitarists transcend genre and style, but Brooks Williams has made a career of it. His music is a fearlessly evolving melange of intricate blues-soaked chords, Latin rhythms, and soulful riffs. He defies categorization. From coast-to-coast, country-to-country, his concerts are legendary: one man, one guitar, rollin' and tumblin' like nobody's business. From the very beginning, Brooks Williams' music has showed a strong connection to roots music, mixed in with a swinging improvisational feel reminiscent of jazz, and an almost classical sounding cinematic harmony. He reflects, "I taught myself to play guitar, for the most part, by listening to very diverse music, such as Debussy, the Beatles, Michael Bloomfield, John Renbourn, Jobim, Bach, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Pat Metheny, Phil Keaggy, and Joseph Spence. Very different players and composers, but somehow, to my ears, they all come together. From Day One that's what I have tried to emulate in my compositions and arrangements."
"If Williams' guitar picking gets any sharper, we'll have to create new adjectives." (The Boston Globe)

Opener: Dave Salvi - Up and coming singer/songwriter from Leominster, MA.

Sat.
March. 12

8 PM

$12 advance

$16 day of show

Seamus Kennedy

Seamus Kennedy, originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been entertaining audiences all over the United States for the past 32 years. With a ready wit and a vast store of songs, he travels from Alaska to Florida, Maryland to California, performing for audiences which range from Popes and presidents to bartenders and bricklayers, from college students to kindergartners. But the Irish have their serious side too, and when Seamus performs one of the more somber ballads such as Tommy Sands' "There Were Roses" or Pete St. John's "Dublin In The Rare Old Times" you can hear a pin drop as the words sink in. That moment of silence before the applause can raise goosebumps.

Washington Area Music Awards Best Irish/Celtic Male Vocalist Ten Years Running 1993-2002

Opener: Tale - "Storytelling through traditional fiddle and guitar music." Tale is Katrine Dickau on her moody five-string fiddle, and Perry Dickau on his clear and crisp Taylor 710 guitar. Their music is influenced by a mix of Celtic, Bluegrass, French Canadian, Old Time American, English, and ragtime styles. Whether you're two or ninety-two, their music will make you want to clap along or get up and dance!

Fri.
March. 18

8 PM

$16 advance
cash

$20 day of show

Patty Larkin

Winner of eleven Boston Music Awards
Imagine a drop-dead brilliant guitar player, a richly textural singer, a commanding, poetic songwriter, a hilarious and personable entertainer all in one person. Fellow performers are often seen at her shows, shaking their heads in admiring wonder at an elaborate guitar lick or sighing vocal trill, a particularly well-tuned lyric line, a perfectly delivered comic line. She is that rare talent who is seen as a songwriter's songwriter, a guitarist's guitarist and a singer's singer and a performer's performer...

"Personality To Burn... In the world of the singer/songwriter, personality is everything, and Patty Larkin, an extremely skilled guitarist, has personality to burn..." VILLAGE VOICE

"...superb slide guitarist whose mature work is comparable to the best of Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams." - Stephen Holden - NY Times

Opener: Joel Cage - Cage's unorthadox and aggressive, yet sensitive approach, the culmination of years spent performing with rock'n roll bands, including a three year stint, at a very early age, with Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, has made him one of the best performers on the New England scene.
"Cage's thoughtful songs are straightforward and sure, with a voice to match, but it is his brilliantly sharp guitar-work that ignites the tunes." THE BOSTON GLOBE

Sat.
March. 19

11 am

$75.00 buy-in
(provides you with $1500 in chips)

$50.00 re-buy
(Allowed only during first hour of tournament.)

Ayer-Shirley-Harvard Rotary

Second Occasional
No-limit Texas Hold 'em
Poker Tournament

To benefit

Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry
(And other Rotary Charities)

Tournament will once again feataure guest speaker, Ashley Adams, author of winning 7-Card Stud: Transforming Home Poker Chumps into Casino Killers.

Mr. Adams will provide a brief tutorial.

Seating: 150 players.
Please reserve your seat in advance.

Buffet lunch ($15.00) and cash bar provided by the Bull Run Restaurant.

Please arrive at 11 am for buffet, seating and tutorial.