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The Local Spin: Space Monkeys and Monkey Jungle

“Bruce! Bruce! Bruce!” That was the chant going up for new Paramount Executive Director Bruce Bouchard before last Friday’s fantastic Floydian experience with The Machine.

A good “opening night” for the new guy, and hopefully a good start for a new era at the Paramount.

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VSO summer concerts more than pops

Soggy terrain sent attendees indoors to picnic on the concrete floor of Middlebury College’s hockey rink and banks of lights around the stage gave everyone an idea of what it means to be in the limelight. In the end, love conquered all.

“From Vermont with Love” is the title for the 16th summer “Pops” tour, which will continue through Sunday with concerts in Grafton, Shelburne, Randolph and Stowe, all at 7:30 p.m.

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Did you catch the bluegrass festival?

WESTON — The Jenny Brook Family Bluegrass festival celebrates its eighth annual year in Weston. The celebration will take place at the Weston Recreation Field beginning today through Sunday. Activities featured include raffles, games for children, a bingo event to benefit the Shriners Hospitals for Children and more.

Performing on Friday will be the Dan Tyminski Band. This five-member band includes lead singer and guitarist Tyminski of Rutland, Adam Steffey on mandolin, Barry Bales on bass, Ron Stewart on banjo and Justin Moses on fiddle.

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Vermont’s new orchestra plays with elegance

BURLINGTON — Vermont now has a second professional orchestra. At its final concert of its first season on June 21 at the University of Vermont Recital Hall, the 22-member string orchestra proved a fine addition to the state’s growing musical scene.

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Local face on MySpace: Seabird

Working on an album is a project that is literally done differently every time.

Rumor has it that a local band made up of some talented songwriters have been honing their stuff in a space up in the Paramount Theatre for quite a while now in preparation for their next CD.

With today’s technology and the friendly folks at MySpace, you can sample some of what they have been working on.

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