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MEET THE STARS OF THE LOCAL
STAGE AS WE EXPLORE OUR HIDDEN
AND NOT SO HIDDEN TREASURES.
FIRST WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO
THE RAINS OF THE HARMONICA
PLAYER AND A LIVE PERFORMANCE
FROM SINGER BILLY BOWER.
NEXT WE HAD TO A SMALL ALLEN
TOWN THEATRE.
AND 30 YEARS OF MUSIC FEST.
WE'LL TALK TO THE MAN BEHIND THE
MUSIC SCENE'S BIGGEST STAGES
NEXT ON TEMPO IN DEPTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US I'M LAUREN.
WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
STUDENTS FROM FREEDOM HIGH
SCHOOL IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY FOR
THIS SPECIAL LOOK AT OUR
REGION'S STAGE STARS MUCH A FEW
OF THEM ARE TRYING TO BE STAGE
STARS.
PICKED UP THE HARMONICA 30 YEARS
AGO.
SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENED WE
HAVE BEEN SHARING THE MAGIC WITH
PEOPLE BEYOND MUCH TODAY THE
BLUES BAND LIFTS THE BLUES UP TO
THE SKY WITH A HIGH ENERGY SOUND
THAT DRAWS CROWDS AT FESTIVALS
AND CLUBS HUNGRY FOR THE MAGIC
OF A MAN AND HIS BAND LAST YEAR
THEY WON 7 MUSIC AWARDS THEY
OTHER HIDDEN TREASURES READY FOR
DISCOVERY.
HERE IS GROVER WITH MORE.
SOMEONE ONCE DESCRIBED AN
ESHG TERNL OPTIMIST AS A PERSON
WHO JUMPS OFF THE EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING AND SAYS SO FAR SO
GOOD.
THAT'S HOW JAMES PLAYS THE
BRIGHT SIDE OF THE BLUES MUCH
DRIVING, UPBEAT AND FUN.
WE ARE HIGH ENERGY BLUES.
TAKE A LOT OF THE OLD BLUE'S
SONGS FROM MUDDY WATERS OR B. B.
KING AND BUDDY GUY AND PUT A BIT
OF A HARDER ROCK AND ROLL EDGE
ON IT AND IT DRIVES THE PEOPLE
CRAZY.
THE MIGHTY WATER'S SONG --
CALLED, I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE
TO YOU.
[APPLAUSE] [MUSIC].
GET OUT HERE ON THE DANCE FLOOR.
JAMES PLAYED SOLO FOR MORE
THAN 25 YEARS.
I LEARNED HOW TO PLAY POLKA,
JAZZ, BLUES, ROCK, COUNTRY AND
HONED MY CHOPS.
THOSE CHOPS WUNT AWARD FOR BEST
HARMONICA PLAYER IN THE VALLEY
14 YEARS IN A ROW.
IT IS HUMBLING IT IS MY
PEERS THAT VOTE FOR MEECHL HE
WENT FROM SIDE MAN TO FRONT MAN
FORMING THE JAMES SUP RABLUE'S
BAND.
JAMES GIVES US A LOT OF
FREEDOM.
WE BRING A BIT OF JAZZ IN THE
MIX.
BLUES, ROCK, FUNK.
THEY ARE BEST FRIENDS AS WELL AS
FELLOW MUSICIANS.
I FEEL HE IS THE BIGGEST HEART
AND SOUL OF THE BAND.
THANK YOU.
DANA ON GUITAR BRINGS YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE PLAYING WITH THE
BIGGEST NAMES IN ROCK AND BRINGS
SONG WRITING TALENTS TO THE
GROUP INCLUDING THE COVER SONG
ARE TIP MY HAT TO THE MAKE ARE
WON 2012 ALBUM OF THE HERE FROM
THE WORLD OF HARMONICA THE
LARGEST SITE ON THE WEB.
TIP MY HAT TO THE MAKER.
[MUSIC]
DURING THAT PROCESS I WANTED
TO WRITE SONGS STRICTLY FOR
JAMES SO THAT HE COULD GET THAT
GRABLY THING HE DOES WITH HIS
VOICE.
[MUSIC]
BASS GUITARESTS NEWEST
MEMBER OF THE GROUP, REVELS IN
JAMES STYLE AS WELL.
JAMES, YOU CAN WRITE BOOKS
ABOUT HIM.
HE IS UNPREDICTABLE IN A WAY
AND -- THAT WHAT MAKES IT
INTERESTING.
FROM MY NEW ALBUM CALLED, THE
BILL STROKE.
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
YOU KNOW HE BREATHES ENERGY.
HE DOESN'T JUST STAND THERE.
THIS IS THE A 4 WAY ENERGY.
THEY GET THE AUDIENCE FEELING
GOOD AT CLUBS THROUGHOUT THE
VALLEY.
I AM A GROUPIE FOR A LOT OF
BANDS THE JAMES SUPER BAND IS MY
FAVORITE MUCH THEY KEEP THE
HOUSE ROCKING NO MATTER WHERE
THEY PLAY.
EVERYBODY DANCES AND EVERYBODY
HAS A GREAT TIME.
IT IS A GREAT TIME WHEN YOU COME
OUT TO SEE JAMES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT TALENT
HERE AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
THAT.
YET THE CROWD AT THE POST
REALIZES IT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BAND'S
FAVORITE CLUBS.
THEY KNOW WHEN THEY SEE US THEY
WILL WALK AWAY WITH A SMILE ON
THEIR FACE.
JAMES AND THE BLUES BAND ARE
NOT HIDDEN, HIDDEN TREASURE
BRINGS YOU UP BY GETTING DOWN
WITH THE BLUES AND THE VALLEY
THAT DIG THEM AND THEIR MUSIC.
[APPLAUSE].
THANKS, GROVER I'M EXCITED
INTRODUCE OUR FIRST GUEST NO
STRANGER TO THE LEE HIGH VALLEY
MUSIC SCENE.
SING ARE, SONG WRITER BILLY
BOWER HAS PERFORMED WITH THE
BAND SINCE 2005.
BILLY.
THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
HOW DID YOU START PLAYING?
I PICKED UP MY GUITAR.
SOME KID GOES BILLY, YOU NEED TO
BUY A GUITAR.
THIS WAS 12 YEARS AGO AND TOOK
ME DOWN TO A MUSIC STORE AND I
BOUGHT ONE, I FIGURED IT OUT.
[LAUGHTER].
YOU PLAY PROFESSIONALLY AND
NEVER EXPECTED TO.
S WHY.
IN 2004 MY DAD PASSED OF
CANCER HE LEFT A NOTE TO ALL OF
US HE KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN.
AND AT THE LAST LINE IN THE
LETTER SAID KEEP PLAYING GUITAR
YOU SOUND GOOD IN 6 MONTHS I HAD
A CD AND NEW SONGS IT IS WEIRD.
IT IS MEANINGFUL TO HEAR A
STORY LIKE THAT.
THANKS, YOU GET WHAT YOU
GET.
DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC FOR SOME
WHO MAY TO THE HAVE HEARD T.
ACOUSTIC ROCK BASS.
CODE AND HE DREW ON BASS AND
DRUMS AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE
ELECTRIC GI STAR IT IS LIKE
ACOUSTIC, DAVE MATTHEW'S BAND
TYPE SOUND.
YOUMIC COVERS WITH MOSTLY
ORIGINAL WORK.
YEA WE PLAY A BIT OF
EVERYTHING.
MOSTLY IT IS ORIGINAL IF WE ARE
DOING BIGGER SHOWS AND MUSIC
FEST.
BUT MONFORD AND DAVE MATTHEW'S
BAND.
WHERE CAN WE LOOK FOR YOU
COMING UP?
MUSIC FEST IN THE FALL FOR
OUR FIFTH YEAR.
HOPEFULLY BACK ON RADIO
104.5 IN PHILLY.
YOU PLAY ALL ACROSS THE
REGION?
YEA I DID A TOUR IN
NASHVILLE AND WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.
I PLAY WHEREVER, YOU KNOW.
DID YOU TRAVEL BY YOURSELF
OR WITH BAND.
WITH CHRIS.
IF YOU SEE ME AND CHRIS IT IS
THAT SHOW.
HE IS MY GOOD FRIEND OLT ROAD.
WE KEEP EACH OTHER OCCUPIED.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT MUSIC
FEST LATER BUT FIRST SOMEONE WHO
GREW UP GOING TO MUSIC FEST,
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO TAKE THE
STAGE.
IT IS AWESOME I WENT TO
MUSIC FEST ALL THE TIME AND SAW
BANDS AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
COOL TO BE ON STAGE.
AND IT HAPPENED.
SO IT IS ALWAYS COOL TO GO BACK
AND WHILE WE PLAY MOST SHOWS
HERE LOCALLY.
IT IS OUR SHOW CASE OF THE YEAR.
WE MAKE SURE WE XRS BEFORE THAT
SHOW.
YOU GET A HUGE TURN OUT.
YEA.
AS LONG AS THE WEATHER IS GOOD.
WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED.
WE HAD NICE WEATHER AND A
THOUSAND PEOPLE AND STUFF.
IT WAS GOOD.
WHAT WILL YOU PLAY TODAY.
SO I LOVE A NEW SONG.
[MUSIC] FIRST WE
TRAVEL TO A SMALL CHRISTIAN
CHILDREN'S THEATRE.
PLAYERS OF THE STAGE FOR KIDS
AND FAMILIES.
THIS THEATRE PROGRAM TEACHES
KIDS ABOUT MORE THAN THE
MECHANICS OF ACTING.
THEY LET US WATCH DURING A DRESS
REHEARSAL.
FROM THE PAGES OF MARK
TWAIN'S NOVEL TO THE SMALL STAGE
IN ALLEN TOWN PLAYERS TAKE THE
AUDIENCE TO 19TH CENTURY
MISSOURI IN THE A VENT URS OF
TOM SAWYER.
13 YEAR OLD SAMUEL JAM BRINGS
THE CLASSIC CASHES TO LIFE.
HE IS KIND OF THIS ENER
JETTIC BOY GETTING IN MISCHIEF.
TOM SAWYER IS A STORY ABOUT
A BOY WHO GETS IN TROUBLE.
A SUMPED BY BEST FRIENDS HUK
FIN HE BEGINS IN A GRAVE YARD
THEY HIDE IN THE SHAWEDOS.
IN THIS STRUGGLE TOM AND
HEART ATTACK UCKWITNESS ENGINE
JOE *** ROBINSON.
WE WERE WONDERING, SHOULD WE
TELL OR NOT TELL.
WE KNOW IF WE TELL THAN ENGINE
JOE WILL KILL US AS WELL.
AND IF WE DON'T TELL, THEN, THE
ACCUSED MURDERER WILL PROBABLY
GO TO HANG.
TORTURED BY THE SECRET THEY
SWEAR NEVER TO TELL AND SET OFF
DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHERE
THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES.
CHARACTER DRIVEN VERSUS
ACTION DRIVEN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF -- DEVELOPMENT
IN TOM TRYING TO GO FROM BEING A
SELF CENTERED BOY TO --
RECOGNIZING PEOPLE FEELINGS AND
THINKING ABOUT THEM MORE.
I DIDN'T DO IT, I DIDN'T DO
THIS.
I NEVER DONE IT.
THE ADVENT URS OF TOM SAWYER IS
THE LATEST CLASSIC BY THE
CHILDREN'S THEATRE TROUPE.
THESE PLAYERS PERFORMED PRIDE
AND PREJUDICED.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
AND MORE.
WE DO CLASSICAL THEATRE.
MOST THEATRES DO MODERN STUFF,
WHICH IS FINE.
THEY FORGET ALL THE GEMS AND THE
BEAUTIFUL LITERARY GEMS OF
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE THEY ENJOY
AND DIDZ HAVE NOT READ.
THEY STARTED 13 YEARS AGO
WITH 16.
THE RECENT ON TOM CASTS 75
CHILDREN AGES 5-18 AND REQUIRED
2 CASTS TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.
GIVES THEM THE POISE AND
SELF CONFIDENT THEY NEED.
THE BIGGEST THINGS PEOPLE HAVE
TROUBLE WITH IS PUBLIC SPEAK.
THESE KIDS GET UP AND MEMORIZE
HUNDREDS OF LINES MUCH
THEY HOPE TO TEACH STUDENTS
ABOUT THE POWER OF GIVING.
DONATIONS FROM EACH PERFORMANCE
GOES TO CHARITIES SUCH AS ALLEN
TOWN RESCUE MISSION.
THEIR PERFORMANCE RAISED 70
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
30 THOUSAND DOLLAR IN 2012 --
WHAT A WONDERFUL THING FOR THE
KIDS TO EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I
SAY.
I COULD WRITE MY CHECKBOOK AND
WRITE 30,000 TOGETHER WE TOOK
THE EXPERIENCE AND GIVEN IT TO
THE AUDIENCE.
SOMETHING WE STARTED AND
NEVER STOP.
THEY ADD THAT TO THE LESSONS
LEARNED FROM TOM AND HIS
ADVENTURES.
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
IT IS A LOT.
EVEN A CHILD CAN STAND UP TO
WHAT IS RIGHT WHEN IT IS
DIFFICULT THAT IS GOOD TO COME
AWAY WITH.
PLAYERS OF THE STAGE TEACHING
KIDS THE ART OF ACTING AND SO
MUCH MORE.
[MUSIC]
WE'LL TURN OUR ATTENTION
BACK TO MUSIC NOW, THIS YEAR
MUSIC FEST CELEBRATES ITS 30TH
ANNIVERSARY.
HERE TO TELL US PER IS ART'S
FEST PRESIDENT JEFF PARKS.
DOES IT FEEL LIKE IT HAS BEEN
THAT LONG [LAUGHTER].
YES IN MANY WAY ITS DOES AND
SOME WAY ITS WENT FAST
TAKE US TO 1984.
MUSIC FEST WAS IN CHURCH.
WE WERE SURPRISED WE DID IT
FOR 9 DAYS AND HAD 180,000
PEOPLE.
WE HAD FEWER PERFORMANCES AND
THE PERFORMERS WERE FROM LEE
HIGH VALLEY.
WE HAD A MAIN STAGE IN THE
COMMUNITY ART'S PAVILION A SMALL
PAVILION IN 1977.
WE STARTED MUSIC FEST IN 1984.
--
BIG GIG AT THE THE TIME
84 WAS 100,000.
BUDGETED FOR WOB00,000 WE
SPENT 300,000 AND PRAY FOR GOOD
WEATHER.
DU MAKE IT BACK.
YES.
GREAT WEATHER THE ONLY YEAR IT
NEVER RAINED DURING FESTIVAL
HOURS.
COMPARE THAT TO 2013OR 2014
FOR US.
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS
MUSIC FEST HAS BEEN ON BUDGET.
A CHUNK OF THAT HELPED PAY ARE
THE FESTIVAL.
3 MILLION OR SO OF SALES AND
THANKS TO VOL TIERCE WHO SERVE
OUR -- BEVERAGE PRODUCTS WE
SAVED FLAVOR WE COULD NOT DO
THAT WITHOUT THEM.
YOU ARE UNVEILING THE MUG.
THIS IS OUR MUSIC FEST 2013
MUG.
AND IT IS THE THIRD LOGO IN THE
HISTORY OF THE FESTIVAL.
FOR 30TH ANNIVERSARY WE SWITCHED
TO A NEW LOGO THAT HAS ORANGE
AND BLUE IN IT.
AND MUSIC FEST IS DIVIDE IN 2
WORDS IT IS A FUN LOGO AND THIS
YEAR WE ARE SHOWING THE HISTORIC
NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE
AND OUR CUTE OWL THAT IS IN THE
MUSIC --
THE MUGS WE THINK OF THE
MUGS NOW WHEN WE THINK OF MUSIC
FEST.
IT WAS A LOT OF WORK TO BE
AALLOWED TO WALK AROUND WITH
THESE MUGS THAT FIRST YEAR.
WE DID A LOT OF THINGS FOR
MUSIC FEST THAT WERE RECORD AND
GROUND BREAK NOTHING 1984, YOU
COULDN'T GET A 9 DAY PERMIT TO
SELL ALCOHOL, YOU COULDN'T CARRY
BEER AROUND A PUBLIC STREET.
PASSED AWAY 2 YEARS AGO.
WE GOT SPECIAL LEGISLATION
PASSED SO WE CAN DO THAT AND I
THINK YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU HAVE SEEN A MOVIE FILM
INDEED NEW YORK AND YOU WALKED
AWAY AND SAYS THE STAR WAS GREAT
BUTT STAR OF THE MOVIE WAS NEW
YORK.
I THINK THE STAR WAS BETHLEHEM
AND WALK DOWN MAIN STREET WITH
NO TRAFFIC AND EXPERIENCE THE
LANDSCAPE IS THE JOY OF MUSIC.
TALKING BEFORE WE STARTED
TAPING.
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE
COMMUNITY.
HOW DID MUSIC FEST SPRING THAT
FIRST YEAR.
IT IS HISTORY NOW.
IN 1984, WE HAD A MAJOR INDUSTRY
WITH A BIG PLANT HERE.
THERE WAS 20 PERCENT OF THE
CITY'S -- LIMITS.
AND BETHLEHEM HAD DONE THE
UNTHINKABLE IN 1978 THEY LAID
OFF A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ADMITTED
THEY WERE HAVING DIFFICULT
TIMES.
THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE HERE
FOREVER AND YOU COULD WALK
OUT -- I KNOW WE HAVE A FREEDOM
HIGH SCHOOL AUDIENCE I GRADUATED
FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL YOU
COULD WALK OUT AND EARN 25 AN
HOUR AT UNION LABERROR IN THE
60'S.
NOBODY THOUGHT THAT INDUSTRY
WOULD GO AWAY.
1982 OR 83 THERE WAS A SECOND
BIG BLACK FRIDAY WITH MORE
LAYOFFS MUCH COMMUNITY WAS
WONDERING WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD
BE LIKE.
NOBODY EXPECTED THAT 11 YEARS
AFTER WE OPENED MUSIC FEST THE
PLANT WOULD CLOSE AND IN 17
YEARS THEY WOULD BE GONE
FOREVER.
JEFF PARKS, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
I WILL LEAVE FOLKS WITH YOUR
WEBSITE SO THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT
WHAT IS ON TOP FOR THE
CELEBRATION.
ARTQUEST. ORG.
IT KICKS OFF ON AUGUST SECOND.
YOU CAN CHECK OUT FULL LINEUP OF
PERFORMANCES.
WEMENT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND DANCING
ON THE SHOW.
YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THEIR
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES AUDITIONS
AND THE TLEERT SUMMER CAMP AM
NEXT FIND SHOW DATES AT BILL
BOWER BAND.COM AND STAY
UP-TO-DATE WITH JAMES SUPER
SCHEDULE AT JAMES SUPER BLUE'S
BAND COMWE HAVE A SPECIAL
DRAWING FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE
AUDIENCE MUCH EVERYBODY GET YOUR
NUMBERS OUT.
DONATED A 50 DOLLAR GIFT
CERTIFICATE GOOD AT THE SHOPS
AND EVENT CENTER.
WOULD YOU PICK A NUMBER FOR
THE AUDIENCE.
GO AND SEE A SHOW WITH THIS.
READ IT OUT.
NUMBER 80.
WAVE YOUR HAND.
NUMBER 80.
I'M SURE WE'LL FIND IT.
THANK YOU.
[LAUGHTER].
THANK YOU.
I THAT WRAPS UP OUR SHOW, THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US.
GOOD NIGHT.
[APPLAUSE] [REAL-TIME CLOSED
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