Happy Thursday, Farmington!
Great news from Leslie Imse, choral director at Farmington High School. Graduate David Sawicki is the associate music director and conductor for the First National Tour of the Broadway Revival of Evita.
Sawicki was a freshman at Farmington High School when I was a senior and was very involved in the high school's music program as a clarinet player, pianist and singer. At Farmington, he played in the Wind Ensemble and jazz band/combo and was a member of the Chamber Singers and the esteemed Madrigal Singers. He continued studying music at Harvard.
Now Sawicki has co-founded Opera Brittenica, a new Boston musical organization "devoted to exploring and performing the varied works of Benjamin Britten," according to an community board Imse posted on Patch.
Congratulations, David!
Here are more news, blogs, events and boards you might want to know about.
Rosh Hashanah continues and Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek Shalom is hosting a Rosh Hashanah Birthday Party for children and their families. It starts at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday at 55 Bushy Hill Rd. in Simsbury.
There is no school Thursday, Sept. 5 in Farmington in observance of Rosh Hashanah.
Connecticut Water recently got approval to lower its rates for customers.
Want to learn to Tango? There are beginner Argentine Tango lessons at the American Legion in Wethersfield.
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