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Benefit concert
WOODSTOCK — The sixth annual benefit tribute concert dedicated to the memory of folk legend Pete Seeger is at 7:30 p.m. March 30 at the First Congregational Church of Woodstock on Rt. 169. Admission to the concert is a $10 donation per person to benefit the Community Kitchen at The First Congregational Church in Woodstock (http://firstchurchwoodstock.org/outreach/current-initiatives/community-kitchen/), which serves hot meals to those in need every Monday at noon.
The event, affectionately called For Pete’s Sake, is hosted by former State Troubadour Sally Rogers of Pomfret, joined by a host of local performers: Carolyn Brodginski, Howie Bursen, Jeff Perkins, Leslie Sweetnam, Carol Rossetti, Claudia Schmidt, Donna Dufresne, Eva Hulme and Peter Lange.
Seeger is best remembered for touring with two groups, the Almanac Singers and the Weavers, in the 1940s and 1950s, and is credited for leading folk music’s revival and survival in the 1960s.
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