The last concert of the 2015 Summer Concert Series in Glen Providence Park, on the rain date September 13, was provided by the “Delco Let There Be Rock” school in Folsom. The concert was an awesome three hour display of outstanding youth talent and unbridled enthusiasm! John and Melissa Daley, the school directors, rotated bands every two or three songs, for a wide variety of all great rock and roll. The show was dubbed “Media’s Mini-Woodstock” by the youth musicians and in fact, a bunch of songs from the original Woodstock in 1969 were played by different groups; which was a lot of fun for the older folks in the crowd of 200 or so.

The set list (original band – song) for the day included Paramore – Misery Business, Mayday Parade – Jersey, Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love, Janis Joplin – Piece of my Heart, The Who – My Generation, Jimi Hendrix – Fire, Greenday – When I Come Around, Nirvana – Lithium, Misfits – Dig up her Bones, Social Distortion – Don’t Drag Me Down, Jimmy Eat World – Sweetness, Tool – Sober, Rise Against – Savior, Guns and Roses – Welcome to the Jungle, Steppenwolf – Born to be Wild, Van Halen – Runnin’ with the Devil, Iron Maiden – The Trooper, Joe Cocker version – Little Help From My Friends, Bush – Come Down and Alter Bridge – Cry of Achilles. The park was certainly rocking!

The behavior and strong performances of the bands demonstrated both the quality of the performance and musical education and the caring environment provided by the school directors and teachers.

Our event photographer, George Tate, documented the show better than words can describe, so be sure to check out all the photos of the concert below. You can click on any photo and scroll through them.

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We are grateful to Delaware County Parks & Recreation for resurfacing the 1937 WPA stage this summer for Glen Providence Park’s 80th anniversary!

Many thanks to all who made this concert possible: Delaware County Parks & Recreation, Concert Series Sponsors Media Recreation Board and Media Rotary Foundation, Concert Sponsor Desert Rose, our volunteers, Marcia Tate for her artful decoration of the stage, the 200+ people who attended, our tireless Concert Chair Lisa Johnson, and of course the talented young musicians of Delco Let There Be Rock School!

Philly Winds, a local classical winds ensemble, performed a wide range of classical styles for the third in our Summer Concert Series at Glen Providence Park on a sunny Saturday, August 31. Five talented players — clarinet (Bob Stanley), oboe (Ross Gombiner), French horn (Rachel Braddick), bassoon (Lorraine Jewett), and flute/piccolo (Rebecca Simon) — wove complex, intelligent melodies to a nice crowd of 125 or so, on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

With works from Debussy, Mozart, and Milhaud, and a repertoire from all periods and genres, including classical, popular opera overtures, new and Caribbean Jazz-inspired music, the selections bespoke the group’s daring willingness to brave complex, heady works — a strikingly ambitious program! All members showed competent handling of wild, fast-paced changes and vast dynamic shifts — jumping between brash and dissonant one moment and subtle and harmonious the next. Certainly the music was enjoyed by all the audience, whether personally familiar or not with classical music.

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We are grateful to Delaware County Parks & Recreation for resurfacing the 1937 WPA stage this summer for Glen Providence Park’s 80th anniversary!

Many thanks to all who made this concert possible: Delaware County Parks & Recreation, Concert Series Sponsors Media Recreation Board and Media Rotary Foundation, Concert Sponsor Shere-E-Punjab Indian Restaurant, our volunteers, Marcia Tate for her artful decoration of the stage, the 125+ people who attended, our tireless Concert Chair Lisa Johnson, and of course the talented musicians of Philly Winds!

Thank you to Shannon Davidson for taking these wonderful photographs – scroll through to see what it was like!

The second of three summer concerts at Glen Providence Park, scheduled Saturday August 2nd with Sonoma Sound, was played under cloudy skies; where the band laid down a sweet, funky, reggae groove that made the crowd feel sunny and happy. They played most of the cuts from their latest CD, “Skin and Bone”, many consisting of uplifting, inspirational lyrics sung over the band’s signature sound. (You can get a listen at their website “SonomaSound.com” if you like.)

The band members are all local musicians and displayed many talents with their playing bursting from the two guitars, keyboard, bass and drums in the band. The crowd of 150 went home happy; and who would not after listening to this head swinging music in a great park on the best of afternoons?

– Paul

A special thank you is in order to Delaware County Parks & Recreation. On July 8, a huge 110-year-old White Ash tree fell in a storm, damaging the 1937 concert stage. Delaware County Parks & Recreation removed the Ash tree and limbs of other damaged trees, and repaired the masonry stage in time for our concert! You can see a photo below of the tree fallen on the stage.

Many thanks to all who made this concert possible: Delaware County Parks & Recreation, Concert Series Sponsors Media Recreation Board and Media Rotary Foundation, Concert Sponsor Seven Stones Cafe, our volunteers, Marcia Tate for her artful decoration of the stage, the 150 people who attended, our tireless Concert Chair Lisa Johnson, and of course the talented musicians of Sonoma Sound!

– Stephanie

Guest blogger Paul Schlenker is on the Concert Committee of Friends of Glen Providence Park.

You can scroll through the concert photos by George Tate…