PRYDEIN at School St Bistro MAR 27

Westfield on Weekends is proud to announce the End of Winter with the 2010 Spring Music Hall Series concerts, held at the School St Bistro. This year's inaugural event with Brass Attack of Springfield, was a great success and we thank all who were a part of it. Building on that great night, we are happy to present the next two shows, PRYDEIN on Mar 27,and Kelli Trottier on Apr 24. Dinner and drinks will be available before and during both shows. Doors will open at 6:00PM with cocktails served at 6:30PM. The concert and dancing will commence at 7:00PM. Tickets will cost $15 beforehand for PRYDEIN, $20 at door, and $10 beforehand  for Kelli Trottier, $15 at the door. Dinner is not included in the price of admission.

Prydein, the Bagpipes Blasting Celtic Rock legends from Burlington VT, return by popular demand. Originally started in 1995 as the band Whisky Before Breakfast by 6 college friends, Prydein has been playing the Highland Games and Celtic Festival circuit for the better part of a decade in one form or another. The two original members, Aron Garceau (guetar, vocals) and Iain Mac Harg (bagpipes, flute) have been friends the entire time and usually break the band up for months or years at a time when the band gets in the way of that friendship.

Now Prydein is back and it's fully loaded. Aron and Iain have been joined by bassist Andy Smith (Mighty Sam McLain Band, Jazzmosis) and drummer Caleb Bronz (Gordon Stone Trio, Mighty Sam McLain Band). They went into the studio this past spring to put down on plastic 6 years worth of music that'd been festering inside of their heads. The result was their new album, Loud Pipes (save lives) and it'll knock your socks off. Come on out for a great night of Celtic Rock and bagpipes and dancing. Tickets will cost $15 beforehand and $20 at the door. For more info on Prydein and tickets for Mar 27, please click here. 

The final Spring Music Hall show on April 24 will feature the acclaimed singer, Kelli Trottier. Kelli is a fiddler, singer and step dancer who hails from Canada, but carries her talent to stages across North America, Europe and the Middle East.  She will blend her native French Canadian style with Scottish and Irish traditional music.  “Kelli is a superb fiddler and will also be offering workshops during her visit,” said Chris Keenan of the Pioneer Valley Fiddlers, which is co-sponsoring this event.  Tickets for Kelli Trottier are $10 beforehand and $15 at the door and can be purchased by visiting the School St Bistro or online at Tix.com by clicking here.

This year, Westfield on Weekends will sell Spring Music Hall Subscriptions. For the reduced price of $20, patrons will receive 2 tickets for the remaining Music Hall Concerts. They can be used for admissions to each of the remaining two shows. Subscription tickets must be purchased by Mar 27 and can be bought at the School St Bistro or online at Tix.com by clicking here .

WSC Spring 2010 Speaker Series  

The Westfield State College Foundation Speaker Series continues this spring with a lineup of major personalities on the international scene. All events in the series are open to the public and most are free. The schedule includes  political scientist and former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski on March 3, feminist leader Gloria Steinem on March 31, actor Danny Glover on April 2, and author Greg Mortenson on Apr. 29. All speakers, except Mr Glover, are scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Woodward Center, with receptions at 6 p.m. The series, initiated by President Evan S. Dobelle, is in its second full year of bringing internationally known speakers to Western Massachusetts.