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DORIS just returned from a Tour of Ireland with members of the legendary Chad Mitchell Trio!
This is both good news and sad news.
The sad news is that Chad Mitchell Trio member, Joe Frazier, was not able to go to on the tour.
He needed to stay close to home to work on his health.
Certainly it was extremely disappointing for him and for all his fans and fellow globetrotters.
Please keep Joe in your thoughts and prayers.
The good news is that Chad Mitchell Trio members Mike Kobluk, Chad Mitchell, Paul Prestopino, Bob Hefferan and Ron Greenstein were on the tour.
The other good news is that as a long time Trio friend and fan and “promoter”, Doris was invited to add her musical talents and join the tour!
Listen to Doris's much-requested song about dearly-departed pets:
Rainbow Bridge
(Click to listen)
And now, here’s Doris!
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See what we
have been doing this 25th Anniversary Year!
ANNOUNCEMENTS! SIDE BY SIDE started to celebrate their “25th Anniversary
Year” on SUNDAY, January 4, 2009 at the Kennedy
Center and the Millennium Stage! It is in the Center’s archive
and will be available forever! (or close to it!). You can watch it here.
It was the most fabulous evening! Everyone on staff from
Diana and Garth to Dave and Matt on site with a great video crew, made
everything seamless and terrific. Friends, fans and family came in person
or “tuned in” to the LIVE broadcast on the web that evening. Thanks for
the great turnout from my Aerobic Dancing class (of over 20 years!),
members of the Northern Virginia Ethical Society (where I am Music
Director) and members of the Washington Ethical Society (where I was Music
Director for seven years). Doris is member of all. And thanks to Betty-Chia
& Hank for the party afterward at their lovely home in NW DC. And to
Melissa for the wonderful cake with all our CDs on top in fondant! People
from all over the country have been calling and emailing that they have
seen the concert. We are so proud, and thank goodness it is worthy of
your viewing! (Songs not previously recorded: Bridge Over Troubled Water,
Fly Away, Afternoon Delight, She Loves You…) Check out our previous
appearance (9/11/99): You can watch it here. This was great fun and
broadcast worldwide, live at that time AND is still available!
The World Folk Music Association Celebrated
Side by Side along with The Chad Mitchell Trio with a CONCERT:
The Chad Mitchell Trio has been
together for 50 years and Doris Justis and Sean MGhee have
been performing together as Side by Side
for 25! So, along with surprise guest Tom Paxton, they celebrated
these milestones March 31, 2009 at the
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda, MD. See
photo below:
Paul Prestopino, Mike Kobluk, Doris, Joe Frazier, Tom
Paxton, Chad Mitchell, Sean
Tuesday, March 31
– Historical event!
World Folk
Music Association presented The Chad Mitchell Trio’s 50th
Anniversary with Side by Side!
Chad Mitchell,
Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier, Paul Prestopino, Bob Hefferan AND surprise
guest, Tom Paxton at Cedar Lane Unitarian Church in Bethesda
MD. What a great night of music and our friend Karen made us all a guitar
cake. Yummy! (See photo above)
Saturday, April
25
Montgomery
College Planetarium – Laser and Star Show Concert! This was great!
Lasers and lights coordinated with OUR music!
Monday,
May 11
- My surprise birthday party was fabulous! Thanks to my David who put it
all together and to Eli who offered her wonderful Kensington Row Book Shop
for the venue! Food, fun, music (with Sean, Dennis, Dave Shepp, Mark
Ashby, Sid & Carol Dunn) and great location!
Thursday, May 21
-
Side by Side had a triumphant 25th Anniversary
celebration at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown MD on Thursday,
May 21! It was sold out (yeah!). Many old and new friends and fans and
family were there! We reunited my “Who to Turn to” Band –
Dennis Diamond, Kyd Brenner & Greg Shupe – and Jay Keating & Sean’s
Keating Five. What a great time!
Saturday, July 18
– Town of Kensington MD, outside, in front of Prevention of Blindness,
across from Farmer’s Market at train station, 3716 Howard Ave. My annual
appearance for Kensington and Sean’s second! Nice sitting area and you
get to see and hear trains!
Saturday,
August 1
– Benefit for Garrett Park Elementary School -
Jay Keating, others …
7:00 – 10:00 pm Garrett Park Town
Hall, a lovely location for acoustic music.
Tuesday,
September 15
– Side by Side
Folk Club of Reston/Herndon -
Celebrating their 24th year and we were among their first
performers!)
In
case you missed these, you can see Side by Side at the Kennedy Center
anytime!
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And In November 2007, Side by Side
celebrated John Denver and his music at a special concert at Gilman School
in Baltimore MD. Several students participated by making slide
presentations to go along with the songs we sang – Tradewinds, Wild
Montana Skies, This Old Guitar (beautiful solo by Sean) – to name a few.
It turned out wonderfully and we are pleased!
Watch the video here.
PREVIOUS NEWS:
DORIS & DICK CERRI! - Monday, October 27, 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Dick Cerri and I were featured on a radio program in Pennsylvania
at www.wdiy.org (it is streaming on web, click on LISTEN) with DJ, Steve
Aaronson, regarding the wonderful tribute concert to Tom Paxton held in
Virginia by the WFMA on May 3. The three of us go down “memory lane” and
we chat about WFMA, Dick’s “Music Americana”, folkies who are no longer
with us and other topics. This station features live folk music
programming five nights a week and it is on the web!
VACATION
NEWS: Annual trip to Lake George NY to visit my Burnett family
with Mary Susan and her kids and Sarah and her kids! Fun in sun, boat
rides, water skiing (not me!), ice cream, 51/2 hr. tour of lake by boat!
MORE VACATION NEWS! David and I had a grand vacation on the West
Coast, my first visit! David made my lifelong dream come true at “the
place where dreams come true!” - Disneyland! It was all I hoped it would
be. I was a kid again whirling around in teacups, traveling through the
jungle and the rainforest, viewing Nemo from a submarine, watching birds
singing in the Tiki Room (one of Walt’s original attractions featuring his
animatronics inventions), soaring through the night with Peter Pan,
dodging bullets from pirates in the Caribbean, choo-chooing around the
park in the open air train, dining at lunch in the evening setting of the
Blue Bayou Restaurant, laughing at the antics of Alice and her Wonderland
friends, boating through the miniatures in Storyland and on and on. It
was fabulous! We also saw SeaWorld, the San Diego Zoo (where I took the
tram ride over and over, I loved it so!), Universal Studios (goodbye King
Kong!) and toured the Stars’ homes by bus! Wow! Can’t wait to go back…
NOTES:
Doris is Music Director for Northern Virginia Ethical Society (NOVES).
Please contact her directly if you would like to join a fun chorus. ALL
levels of ability welcome! You do not need to be a member of NOVES. (dorisjustis@yahoo.com)
Green Hedges School, 415 Windover Ave, NW, Vienna VA (just off Nutley St)
www.noves.org 703-437-3161 September 21 is our first rehearsal.
In November, SIDE BY SIDE celebrated John Denver and his music at a
special concert at Gilman School in Baltimore MD. Several students
participated by making slide presentations to go along with the songs we
sang – Tradewinds, Wild Montana Skies, This Old Guitar (beautiful solo by
Sean) – to name a few. It turned out wonderfully and we are pleased! You
can view this at
www.gilmannews.com/videos/assemblyjohndenver1.php
Also, check SIDE BY SIDE’s concert:
www.kennedy-center.org , click
Millennium Stage, click on Past Performances, Side by Side, September 11,
1999. This was great fun and broadcast worldwide and live at that time!
Soon we will appear again at Millennium Stage! Watch for details!
I perform for weddings, receptions, memorial services and house
concerts. Please use contacts above if interested in booking.
OLDER POSTINGS:
My new website debuted last spring and Karen Tupek is continuing to
construct, update and change it. Please check it out and let me know what
you think! Dick Kait (keyboardist) and I are working on our duo and will
“debut” soon – stay tuned!
Those of you who gave me kitty behavior ideas, thank you. Toby Noel has
been to the vet and we are working to find out what is making him
aggressive and generally anxious. Everything checked out for Toby.
Wondering, has anyone had experience of pets (cats) with lead poisoning? I
am exploring that idea since there’s no solution yet…
My summer was lots of fun and included a trip to Lake George NY to stay
with the Burnetts, which I do each summer. This time it was with Mary
Susan and her two girls, Sydney Grace and Annelise. Her sister, Sarah,
could not come as she was soon to deliver! (Welcome, Theresa Lucille Begg!)
And Barbara (the mom) had to stay in Virginia to start teaching earlier
than usual. David flew up and joined us for the end of the week. We had a
blast. The three days it was “just us girls” was wonderful. We have not
really been able to do that before.
Sean and Janet just got back from their vacation on the west coast. They
celebrate their anniversary in October!
WFMA note: On Saturday, May 3 we will celebrate our dear
friend, Tom Paxton. Confirmed for May 3 – Tom, of course, and the Chad
Mitchell Trio!
(Please note: Recently, I performed at weddings, receptions,
memorial services and house concerts. Please use contacts above if
interested in booking.)
Doris's Previous Message:
I now have my own website after all these years! You will find info on me and Sean (SIDE BY SIDE) and
other work I am doing on my new website. I am, therefore, returning to
mainly “folk music”, my first love. I will do solo gigs, work with Sean,
and collaborate with other musicians from time to time.
My bout with shingles is ending. Though some discomfort, energy and
appetite returning. Toby Noel has tried to be patient as “play time with
kitty” was almost nonexistent for over a month.
And speaking of my dear kitty - Anybody with “kitty” ideas?
Though my Toby Noel is a sweetie at times (1 1/2 years old), he surprises
me and bites me on the leg! It has become a real problem and I have
punctures on my lower leg. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to
break him of this bad behavior?
News:
I have begun to work
with keyboardist, Dick Kait. We find that we have lots of music in common
and
we are both open to new ideas. So, I will keep you posted.
NOTE:
I am Music Director for the Northern Virginia Ethical Society (NOVES) and
though we are off for the summer, we will start again in the fall. Please
contact me if you would like to join a fun chorus. ALL levels of ability
welcome! Here is info:
One performance a month
Rehearsal twice a month
Green Hedges School
415 Windover Ave, NW, Vienna VA (just off Nutley St)
9:30 am – Chorus rehearsal,
11:00 am – Chorus
performs
www.noves.org 703-437-3161
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