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Page 14 The Colebrook Chronicle Friday, May 20, 2016 Around The Region It was another successful year for the first Lennoxville Scouts Bottle and Can Drive and Cornerstone Food Bank food collection fundraisers. Corey Bellam photos. (Continued from page 13) the United Church in Newport, Vt. This year, the orchestra will be featuring its largest ensemble to date (45 members), and will be joined by musicians from the Northeast Kingdom, Maine, Japan, Taiwan, China, Canada, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The orchestra has established itself as an international group. They will be featuring Bob Smith (trumpet), Howie Arzt (clarinet) and Peter Storrings (tenor saxophone) as soloists for the concert. Also featured will be guest conductor Molly Kelly, who will be conducting "The Prayer of St. Gregory" by Alan Hovhaness for solo trumpet and strings. Music will be performed by Hovhaness, Prokofiev, Bizet, Von Weber and Verdi. Admission will be a donation of $5 at the door. LUNENBURG OPENS FARMERS’ MARKET The Lunenburg Farmers’ Market will open its 2016 summer season on Wednesday, June 1 on the Lunenburg Common. The market will be open weekly, on Wednesdays from 2-6 p.m., through Oct. 12. The Common is located on Route 2 in the center of Lunenburg, Vt. It offers open spaces, picnic tables and a playground within short walking distance–an easy way to combine weekly market shopping with some visiting or an outing for the kids. The market vendors offer locally grown and quality homemade products. Together they make an effort to provide a variety of excellent products to meet the needs of t heir customers– visitors will find them enthusiastic about what they do so well and very willing to do it well. As an all-volunteer non-profit market, all proceeds, after market expenses, are donated to assist other town residents. For more information contact the market manager, Lance Roberts, at (802) 892-1262 after 6 p.m. Up-to-date market information is available at www.lunenburgfarmersmarket. org. ISLAY MIST CEILIDH AT LANCASTER MARKET Saturday, May 28, marks the second Lancaster Farmers’ Market of the 2016 season. One of the best ways to celebrate Spring is to go out and enjoy all of the bounty that the greening gardens have to offer. From early produce to hand crafted wood work to delicious cookies fresh out of the oven to greenhouse grown plants for your home garden, the Lancaster Farmers’ Market has all the local goods you may be searching for. While you walk from booth to booth, looking at all the neighbor grown produce, you can enjoy some amazing music from Islay Mist Ceilidh. The Islay Mist Ceilidh is a group of musicians from Northern New Hampshire who play traditional Celtic music. The 14 members of the ensemble perform with fiddles, flutes, whistles, cellos, bodhrans, accordion and guitars. Their repertoire includes centuries old tunes, some Scottish country dance music, jigs, reels, waltzes and strathspeys. Many of the members wear the tartans of their family heritage. A Ceilidh is a popular gathering in many Celtic countries where everyone contributes to the evening's entertainment. Islay is an island region of Scotland, famous for whiskey making. So, come to the Centennial Park in Lancaster, Saturday, May 28, from 9 to noon. The neighborhood farmers, bakers, and artisans are waiting to see everyone. For more information, contact the Lancaster Farmers’ Market Manager, Isaac Vars, via email at [email protected]. Bags upon bags upon bags of cans were collected by the Scouts. Corey Bellam photo. Some of the many items donated to the Cornerstone Food Bank during Saturday’s fundraiser event in Lennoxville. Corey Bellam photo.