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| 07/14/2010 | Buy your tickets now for first Boston Pops concert at McCoy Buy your tickets now for first Boston Pops concert at McCoy Conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, along with special guest singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins, will perform at McCoy Stadium on Sept. 4. The 7:30 p.m. performance by Lockhart and the orchestra will continue the celebration of the 125th anniversary season of the Pops. Loggins, a singer-songwriter whose hit songs include "Footloose," "I'm Alright," and "This Is It," will join Lockhart at McCoy for his only New England area performance of the year… |
| 07/14/2010 | Fidelity FutureStage Announces Winners, Announces Successful End To School Year
Fidelity FutureStage Announces Winners, Announces Successful End To School Year Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops, a partner orchestra of the Fidelity FutureStage program, expressed enthusiasm about this year's efforts, and the impact on students and members of partner orchestras alike. "It was an absolute delight to work with these talented young performers from our public schools and to be able to watch them experience the extraordinary power of music," said Lockhart… |
| 07/06/2010 | Fourth and three Esplanade performer Toby Keith made the tourist loop while in Boston over the weekend. As we told you yesterday, the country singer was at Sunday’s Red Sox-Orioles game. Like a good Hub visitor, he also stopped by Cheers for chowder. . . . In other July 4 news, folks who were out by the Charles to hear the Pops on Sunday night probably saw BSO reps selling a new CD released on Independence Day, “The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers.’’ The disc is a recording of the May performances that featured narrators Ed Harris, Cherry Jones, Robert De Niro, and Morgan Freeman… |
| 07/04/2010 | Lockhart honored to be part of July 4rth celebration Hundreds of people rushed the Esplanade Sunday morning in a race to spread their tarps and blankets as close to the Hatch Shell as possible. Many of them camped out overnight for the chance to grab the prime seating for tonight's Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. Cheryl Vossmer of Arlington, MA said, "You just can't be in a better place, this is the birthplace of our nation, it's all about patriotism, the Boston Pops, it's phenomenal."… |