Enjoy free noontime concerts this summer at Baker Memorial United Methodist Church in St. Charles.

            This is the first summer for what Music Director Jeff Hunt hopes will become an annual tradition: Friday concerts every noon in the church’s beautiful Sanctuary.  “Music is an important ministry here at Baker,” Jeff says. “It is through our music that we are able to connect to people on a different level and in a different way.”

            The 30-minute concerts will feature of variety of instruments, genres and styles, from trumpets, to organ to voice and from jazz, to classic. The musicians themselves range from high school students to professionals. The concerts will begin at 12 p.m. They are free, though donations will be accepted.

            The performances coincide with another Baker endeavor, the weekly Farmers’ Market on Fourth Avenue from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday from June 3 through the end of October.  “It’s a great chance to escape the heat of the day and enjoy wonderful music in our air-conditioned Sanctuary,” Hunt said.

           The summer schedule to date includes:

June 3              Isaac Stevenson, Marimba	July 22             Cynthia Spiegel, vocalist
June 10            Alex Murphy & Friends, jazz	July 29              Mark Ponzo, trumpet, and JeongSoo Kim, harpsichord
June 17            Deb and Scott Stevenson, oboe and piano	Aug. 5              Tony Suto Trio
June 24            Robert Vanderschaaf, piano	Aug. 12            Elizabeth Selden, vocalist
July 1               Beth and Jim Best, vocalists	Aug. 19            Robert Vanderschaaf, organ
July 15             Julie Nelson, vocalist	Aug. 26            Melissa Pagano, vocalist.

 

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Erehwon Farm – Naturally Grown Fresh Produce 

Tim Fuller and Beth Propst bring you fresh-picked, naturally grown vegetables, cut flower arrangements, and potted herbs and perennials from our farm just west of Geneva.  Tim gets up very early on Fridays, picks a selection of greens, and delivers to the market by 9 a.m.  – You can’t get veggies any fresher than that! We also have a growing CSA  program (weekly vegetable subscription, pick up at the farm)

visit our web site at www.erehwonfarm.com for more details. 

We start each year growing over 30,000 plants, and vegetables, from that selection we bring shrub roses, annuals, perennials, ornamental grasses, and, when available and in-season, edible flowers, herbs and potted patio vegetables.  Know that we are always glad to share our knowledge, experience, tips and ideas with visitors, so stop by and say hello.  Thank you, and we hope to see you there! Randy and Gayle Roberts, owners and operators of Majestic Nursery. 

For more information, please visit our website: Majestic Nursery 

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