All That Jazz! Stefan Scaggiari Concert to Benefit Small Non Profit

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All That Jazz! Stefan Scaggiari Concert to Benefit Small Non Profit

Chestertown, MD (PRWEB) September 10, 2006

On September 24, 2006, the mani­cured lawns of one of Kent County Maryland’s most attractive historic buildings, Great Oak Manor, on the Chesa­peake Bay just outside of Chestertown, will be trans­formed into an outdoor amphitheatre for its fourth annual “Jazz on the Bay” concert. Proceeds from this year’s concert will benefit Kent Center, which provides services for our community’s adults who have devel­op­mental disabil­ities such as mental retar­dation and autism.

Head­lining this year’s event will be Stefan Scaggiari and his Trio. Scaggiari, a pianist, composer and recording artist, has been active in the music industry for more than three decades. To his credit, he has appeared as both an accom­panist and a soloist clas­sical and jazz pianist, with an impressive array of symphony orchestras around the country. He has published more than 30 recordings and his music can be heard every week on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Also to his credit, he has composed theme music for ABC Sports, the Rouse Company, Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, and Bayside Market­place in Miami.

Also appearing during the three-hour outdoor concert will be Anthony J. “Tony” Spencer, an inde­pendent vocal performer who is a talented artist, poet, model, composer, story­teller and founder of Enrapture Records in Annapolis, MD. His performing career has included appear­ances with Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, James Cleveland, Shirley Caesar, the Dixie Humming Birds and many others.

Kent Center is the primary provider of 24-hour a day services for the community’s adults who have devel­op­mental disabil­ities such as mental retar­dation, autism, and/or physical disabil­ities. For 10 years, it has been planning for a new building to house its Day Program, which provides daytime habil­i­tation services for the folks who have more severe disabil­ities. Construction on its new building began in the fall of 2005 and when complete, will replace an under­sized facility in Betterton, Maryland. The small, non profit orga­ni­zation, formerly known as Angels’ Haven of Kent, has recently under­taken a capital campaign to raise $ 5 million to pay for the new facility which will open in the winter of 2007; $ 4.4 million has been raised to date.

Advance tickets to the fund raising concert are $ 35 ($ 40 at the door), and include admission, a boxed lunch, a cold beverage, and a donation to Kent Center, whose staff and members of its Board of Directors will be volun­teering their time at the event. Wine and beer will be available for purchase. Concert goers are invited to arrive at 1 p.m. and are encouraged to bring their favorite lawn chair or a blanket. The concert will run from 2 until 5 p.m., rain or shine.

For more infor­mation about Kent Center, call Maryann Ruehrmund, devel­opment director, at (410) 778‑7303. For more infor­mation about the fourth annual “Jazz on the Bay” concert or to reserve tickets at the advance price, call Great Oak Manor at (410) 778‑5943.

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