The Congregational Church of South Hero UCC and South Hero Land Trust are celebrating Earth Day by welcoming the community to a volunteer tree planting, followed by a free concert and potluck supper.

We'll start at the South Hero Recreation Park with two tree planting sessions: 10am-12pm and 12:30-2:30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend one (or both!) sessions as we plant trees and remove invasive species at this public park. The Rec Park is home to about 5 acres of ash woodlands which are at risk from the emerald ash borer. Together we will plant native silver maple, bur oak, dogwood, willow and other species as well as remove invasive buckthorn and honeysuckle. Please Bring: Water bottle, bag lunch, if you plan to stay for both sessions, gloves (we'll have extra), clothes and shoes you don't mind getting dirty.

Please RSVP to let us know you are coming HERE>> https://forms.gle/Kat2WqyaGeXtGbat5
Or call Guy Maguire at SHLT, 802-372-3786.

Next, we'll be gathering at the Congregational Church of South Hero UCC at 3pm for: "Community Concerts for a Cooler Climate," featuring UVM professor and pianist-composer David Feurzeig with South Hero brothers, Daniel Jackson, saxophone and Joseph Jackson, piano. Daniel will play "Moonlight in Vermont" and Joseph will join David for Brahms' Hungarian Dance no. 5. Like every performance on the tour, this one will include its own unique Scarlatti keyboard sonata: Sonata no. 27 for this twenty-seventh concert in the project. Solo piano pieces of all styles will make up the remainder of the program, including Charles Ives' "The Alcotts" and a variety of ragtime.

Feurzeig finds his approach attracts new audiences to so-called "classical" concerts and brings new insight to existing fans. "Classical music culture puts the 'Great Composers' on an almost religious pedestal. Once this was an indication of the audience's love and respect, but now it just distances people from the music. It turns away new listeners, who feel like they're in a stuffy museum instead of a live concert. Sure, the music can be serious, but there's no reason anyone should feel intimidated. If I don't get a laugh from the audience in the first two minutes, I get worried!"

Feurzeig embarked on Play Every Town: 252 free concerts in each of Vermont's 252 towns to combat climate change through the power of community and music. With this project David will become the first musician to perform in every Vermont municipality. He is traveling in his solar-charged electric vehicle throughout the state, offering free concerts to bring attention to the interrelated issues of climate and community, while bringing the joy of music to his audiences. His website is playeverytown.com

FREE Admission

Donations will be accepted to benefit the South Hero Land Trust.

The concert will be followed by a potluck supper in the CCSH Fellowship Hall. Food drop off welcome from 9:30 – 10 a.m. and at 2:30 p.m. Please, if possible, use reusable dishes. Let's make the only waste from this meal the few scraps that land in the compost bin.

More info at shlt.org/events

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