Enjoy a good old fashioned band Concert in the Park June 21
Are you looking for something to do on the evening of June 21? We have just the event for you – a good old fashioned Band Concert.
The Meridian Community Band will be presenting a wonderful outdoor concert that Wednesday evening starting at 7:00 in the William E. Tennant Performance Shell in the beautiful St. Johns City Park. Featured will be a program filled with marches, patriotic numbers, the music of Broadway and more.
“It’s nice to have the MCB back on our series after a few years absence,” says Bill Tennant, committee chair for the concert series. “They have been well established in the Greater Lansing area for many years and always put on a good crowd-pleasing program.”
The MCB Band was founded in 1977 and has been enriching the cultural vibrancy of mid-Michigan with their enjoyable programing ever since. It is an all-volunteer member band who thoroughly enjoy performing. Kathleen Warriner, a graduate of both CMU and WMU, will be conducting the concert. She currently teaches at Kellogg Community College after a successful career in the public schools.
One of the missions of the band is to provide an opportunity for musicians to come together and perform for the benefit of all. Three members of the band have a connection to St Johns – Kate Moss, Dr. Roger Annis and Brian Lusk.
The concert is sponsored by the Clinton County Arts Council and the City of St. Johns. It is open to the public free of charge – donations are needed and graciously accepted.
All concerts are presented rain or shine. The Lions Club food trailer will be available again this year. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy! The CCAC receives funding from the Michigan Arts & Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Museum features Our Town: The Way We Were
The Clinton County Historical Museum Paine-Gillam-Scott House is proud to announce their 2023 season: Our Town: The Way We Were.
Volunteers have been busy creating an exhibit that will engage every visitor as we explore the history of St Johns from 1860 to 1999.
Tons of artifacts; photographs and print from books and newspapers will give our visitors a glimpse of what life in St Johns was like during those 140 years or so.
The Museum will open on Wednesday, May17th from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM. The 2023 hours will be Wednesdays from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM and Sundays from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. The address is 106 Maple in St. St Johns and the phone number is 989-224-2894
You will be amazed by the history they have to share.
Dancing with the Sea Cruisers at first Concert in the Park
by Maralyn Fink
St. Johns to host world premiere of anime film’s teaser trailer June 24
On June 24, in the Rotary Pavilion downtown, from 7:30pm to 9pm, Sam Coffman and his associates will host a media-filled presentation about their animated feature film A Million Horizons! A Q&A will follow, and there will be production media giveaways.
The presentation will include the world premiere of their animated teaser trailer that has never been shown publicly. Coffman says, “I’ve resisted revealing our teaser’s spoilers but have decided that my hometown can handle what we recently made in Tokyo with Toneplus Animation Studios.”
The project is now 27% funded on Kickstarter. You can see from their Kickstarter page that, as Coffman puts it, their “ducks are not only in a row – they’re now quacking in unison. When a community supports the arts, beautiful things happen!”
SJHS Class of 1978 Reunion wants to contact members
The St. Johns High School Class of 1978 is planning our 45th Class Reunion, Aug. 25 & 26th 2023 in St. Johns. We have been unable to find contact information for the following classmates. If you can give us a current address, please email: SJHSclassof1978@gmail.com
If you are not on this list and are not a member of the class Facebook page, you should be receiving a mailing soon. If you don’t receive information by July 1 please email your information.
– Steve Anderson
– Lois Ashley
– Louise Bailey
– Susan Aryan
– Jason Bargar
– Jeffrey Barnes
– Jamie Barnhart
– Marvin Boyle
– Russel Braman
– Paul Burnham
– Kelly Chatfield
– Andrea Cole
– Paul Cook
– Sherry Curtis
– Dennis Demorest
– Dianne Dewey
– Stephanie DHondt
– Kenneth Dodge
– Penny Eberhard
– Donald Ettinger
– Lucille Farrier
– Henrietta Fokkert
– Charles Fouts
– Julie French
– Lori Goldman
– Dawn Groenke
– John Harvey
– Jan Hott
– Duane Hoxsie
– Duane Huff
– Jeff Hulbert
– Jill Jaquish
– Grace Klein
– Peggy Lauzon
– Dan Lee
– Jamie Lindow
– Cinthia Marek
– Janet Miller
– Ronald Moon
– Robert Moore
– Douglas O’Dell
– Richard Parker
– Lisa Parkhouse
– Karen Parks
– Barbara Price
– Patrick Purtill
– Genevieve Ragonnean
– Laura Richards
– William Rings
– Patrick Salisbury
– Richard Simmer
– Earl Sowers
– David Stephenson
– Donna Stevens
– Renee Stump
– Mary Szarka
– Douglas Thelen
– Susan Tucker
– James Vitous
– Jeff Wagner
– Robert Walker
– Dennis Warner
– Timothy Whittaker
– David Williams
– David Womble
– Mark Wood
– Terri Wood
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