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CREDITS
Whodunnit and why....
The Concerts In The Park were conceived by Steve Gifford, Gene James, and Missy Monsour
in May of 2000. The City had just finished a wonderful new stage set in a natural amphitheater in downtown
Greensburg's St. Clair Park. Sitting around Paddylong's one night, Missy observed that there wasn't much
happening there yet and while we had plenty of rock bands around town, there wasn't a venue to showcase folk,
jazz and blues talent. Steve, from the perspective of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce, noted that an outdoor concert series could attract customers to the restaurants and bars in our downtown cultural district and build business. Gene said "I'm outta here!" but failed to make good his escape without being recruited to help organize the project.
We approached Mayor Karl Eisaman and City Council and they not only said "Go for it!,"
they gave us some seed money.
Small towns are so nice that way.
And so it began. We decided that we'd showcase western PA talent, focus on
outstanding musicians, and program an eclectic mix of styles that would appeal to a range of
tastes. We produced 6 great concerts that first year on a shoestring budget and drew crowds of
200 a night.
In this, our 10th season, we'll entertain 30,000 lucky music lovers with 13 great shows. We feature
mostly seasoned national and international touring acts and we stick to a
consistent schedule so folks will know that they can come most any Friday night and they'll
find GOOD music and a warm, friendly crowd. Tailgates, picnics, children, dogs... it's a
nice family thing....
Making all this possible, of course, requires much work. Most of it comes
from volunteers. Herewith we try to thank the kind people who have given their time and money
to make these free concerts possible:
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The Committee
Gene James, Chairman
Amy Baldonieri
The Honorable Richard McCormick
Janet McNeel
Donna Pacella
Sue Trout
Our Benefactors
City of Greensburg
Comcast
Dollar Bank
Glasser Family Foundation
Hempfield Township
The Donald D. Mateer Foundation
The Robertshaw Family Foundation
Westmoreland County Tourism Grant Program
The Evening Sponsors
Accent Media Group
Allegheny Power
Dale Property Services
Graphitti Design
McDowell Associates Insurance
Moonglow Yoga
Redstone Highlands
The Rotary Club of Greensburg
Toyota and Scion of Greensburg
Trib Total Media
The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
WGSM Radio, SAM 107.1
Our Sponsors
Age Craft Manufacturing
American Red Cross
Angela Merendino
Balya For Commisioner
Beeghly & Company
Beverage Warehouse
Bononi & Bononi, P.C.
Café Barista/Turtletree
Carlow University Greensburg
Center For Medical Imaging
Copier Corp of America
Deborah Hines
Debernardo, Antoniono, McCabe, Davis & DeDiana, PC
Delisi & Associate, P.C.
Dr. Richard S. McNeel
Fulton Optical
Greensburg Community Development Corporation
Harry Smail
Henninger Accounting Services
Hot Bods
Hower Chiropractic
Kaylor Displays
Kepple-Graft Funeral Home
Keystone Benefits Group
Loughran's Pharmacy
Lynch Field Dairy Queen
Metalnerd.com
Mills Insurance
Moonglow Yoga
Mr. Electric
Mr. Toad's
Nakles Photography
Nature's Way
Parkwood Inn
Pizza Siena
Rampart Security Systems
Rialto
See Spot Run Doggy Daycare
Seton Hill University
SkySight Photography
Stage Right
Stereoshop
Steven Wilde Physical Therapy
The Courtyard by Marriott
The Headkeeper
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Vacation Station
Villi Electrical Group
Ward & Christner (John Ward)
Westmoreland Center for Internal Medicine
Westmoreland Cultural Trust
Westmoreland Jazz Soc (Museum)
Westmoreland Museum of American Art
Westmoreland Suzuki
Wholistic Health Center
Our Donors
Amy Baldonieri
Anonymous
Gene James
Ed and Amy McCormick
Richard McCormick
Janet McNeel
Barbara Nakles
Donna Pacella
Jim & Karen Steeley
Sue Trout
Our Volunteers
Melanie Alexander
Amy Baldonieri
Angela Baughman
Sandy Beauregard
Joni Brown
Bob Errett
Jeff Fumea
Carl Ghrist
Mike Goodwin
Debbie and George Gretz
Ron Hampton
Lynn Handy
Jack Hopkins
Lynn Hughes
Janet and Gene James
Pete Jameson
Jeanne and Charles
Kaylor
Rudy Kolencik
Linda Kubas
Rachel Lloyd
Brian Lynch
Richard McCormick
Janet and Richard McNeel
Jonathan Nakles
Sean O'Brien
Donna Pacella
Rhonda Pegg
Cassie Pfaff
Jessica Prieto
Nina Ravenswinder
Janet Schick
Ed Snyder
Karen and Jim Steeley
Mary Ellen Tiberio
Sue Trout
Barbara Tucci
Dan Tucci
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Special Thanks
Logo and printed material by Graphitti Design, New Stanton PA
Web Site design and authoring by Phil Komarny, Gene James, and Dick McCormick
Grant writer: Donna Pacella
Sponsorship sales: Janet McNeel
Green Room and photography by Jonathan Nakles Photography, Greensburg
Please send any comments to Gene James at info@summersounds.com
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