Monday, August 13, 2012
Patch takes a look ahead at what's going on around town for the week of Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
School orientations scheduled for this week Back-to-school orientation dates for students in the Montour School District are scheduled for this week, including one for Montour High School students on Aug. 15. Click here to view a full list. Moon Environmental Advisory Committee meets The township's Environmental Advisory Committee is scheduled to hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Moon Municipal Building. Local singer songer-writer to perform at Moon Park Moon Area High School grad Brooke Annibale will perform her variety of pop/folk music at noon Aug. 15 at Moon Park. The performance is a part of the park's summer concert series. The event is free to attend and open to the public. Local Voices updated throughout the …
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The Moon native's latest record is nominated for an Independent Music Award.
Brooke Annibale said the good news came in the form of an email. "I didn't really know what shot I had," Annibale said of her recent Independent Music Award nomination. "I figured a lot of people would be submitting [entries] so I didn't really know if I had a chance." The Independent Music Awards, which celebrates unsigned recording artists from around the globe, nominated the Moon native's 2011 full-length release A Silence Worth Breaking this month for best adult contemporary album of the year. Winners will be announced next month. The 24-year-old said she learned of the nomination one evening while checking her email. "Yeah, just checking my email," Annibale said. "It was a really pleasant surprise in my inbox." More than 300 self-…
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Singer-songwriter Brooke Annibale has been nominated for best adult contemporary album.
Moon native Brooke Annibale is nominated for a 2012 Independent Music Award. The singer-songwriter and Moon Area School District alum's latest release Silence Worth Breaking is up for the best adult contempory record of the year category. Annibale, who performed at Moon Park at the township's 2011 July 4 festival, released the 10-track album last March. She performed last night at Backstage Bar in Pittsburgh's Strip District. More than 300 self-released and independent-label music artists have been nominated for this year's Independent Music Awards. Judges for the honor include Tom Waits, Ozzy Osbourne and Keith Richards. Winners will be announced in April. Check out Silence Worth Breaking on iTunes, and check back with Patch for …
Friday, July 15, 2011
Sewickley woman creates a concert -- now in its eighth year -- to help a friend.
You have to have some pretty understanding neighbors if you are going to have a backyard concert every year. Especially if you invite hundreds of guests. Fortunately for Cindy Yates, she does. Yates, of Sewickley, will be the host of her eighth annual Cindystock on July 30. The event serves as a fundraiser for cancer research and support, funds administered through her nonprofit organization, Yates Fund for Cancer Hope. She organized her first concert in 2004 when Yates’ husband, Ted, lost his best friend, Mike Fatigante, 51, to pancreatic cancer. Both men were teachers at the Moon Area School District, and the Yateses wanted to do something to help Fatigante's widow, Linda, and her three children. “We had hosted a couple of golf outings, …
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The township's annual festival drew nearly 12,000 people.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Nearly 12,000 people crowded into Moon Park Monday evening for the township's annual Fourth of July Celebration. Festival-goers took in performances from country music artist Chuck Wicks and Moon natives Brooke Annibale and Sarah Marince. More families poured into the park and lined Ewing Road nearby to catch the Zambelli Fireworks display at nightfall. Dana Kasler, director of Moon's Parks and Recreation department, said the event ran smoothly. "It was a great turn out," Kasler said. "It just seems like everyone is really excited [tonight]."
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Monday, July 4, 2011
The annual event today will feature Zambelli Fireworks and performer Chuck Wicks.
The township's annual July 4 celebration today at Moon Park will feature Zambelli Fireworks and a country music line-up. The event, which kicks off at 4 p.m., is one of the longest-running Fourth of July celebrations in Western Pennsylvania, according to Moon's Parks and Recreation department, which organizes the event. In addition to headlining performers Chuck Wicks and Moon native Sarah Marince, the event will feature local vendors and a fireworks display at 10 p.m. Ewing Road will close from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. today from Beaver Grade to Coraopolis Heights roads to accommodate the event. The Allegheny County Airport Authority is also temporarily re-opening the Interstate 376 East on-ramp to Ewing Road today.
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