Metro News Release
For immediate release: December 7, 2007
Area artists perform at Metro stations for the holidays
Metro riders can get into the holiday spirit this month with live performances at select rail stations in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Musicians will perform beginning Sunday at Silver Spring and Bethesda stations in Montgomery County and beginning December 12 at the Navy Yard station in D.C.
All performances run from 11:30 to 2 p.m. and will take place on:
Sunday, Dec. 9: J.P. McDermott, Rockabilly, at Silver Spring station, and Mystic Warriors, Andean music, at Bethesda station.
Saturday, Dec. 15: Pete Moss and the Bog Boys, Celtic Fiddlers, at Silver Spring station and Speakeasy Quartet, a cappella, at Bethesda station.
Sunday, Dec. 16: Elijah Balbed, jazz saxophonist, at Silver Spring station and Darcy Nair, dulcimer, at Bethesda station.
Saturday, Dec. 22: Jennifer Hughson, classical clarinet, at Silver Spring station and Gina DeSimone, folk singer, at Bethesda station.
Saturday, Dec. 22: Jennifer Hughson, classical clarinet, at Silver Spring station and Gina DeSimone, folk singer, at Bethesda station.
All performances at the Navy Yard station:
Wednesday, Dec. 12: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Reverb, a cappella quintet.
Thursday, Dec. 13: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Patty Reese, folk rock singer.
Friday, Dec. 14: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Reverb.
The performances are part of Metroperforms!, a program designed to showcase the talents of area artists at select station entrances throughout the year.
Metro invited local arts councils in areas served by Metro to help select and schedule performances at stations in their respective jurisdictions. In its first year, the program includes participation from the District of Columbia, Montgomery County and Prince George’s County. Metroperforms! is a program aimed at enhancing the experience of transit users and pedestrians, and supporting the arts in the region.
Program participants are not permitted to sell merchandise, nor ask for money from the public while performing. The local arts councils pay the performers a stipend. The December performances are sponsored by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County.
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News release issued at 12:00 am, December 7, 2007.