Historical Summer 2008 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Join Hamiet Bluiett on Sunday, June 22, as he fulfills a dream to create his legacy and debuts his ImprovisingYouthOrchestra. Bluiett will work with 45 youth musicians from the area the week before the concert teaching them his improvisational techniques.
This is a not-to-miss, world-debut concert! July 27 will bring Anita Jackson and friends. Anita’s versatile voice has recorded with Bette Midler and Cissy Houston. Kim Massie and Charles Glenn will conclude the series on August 24 with an IPP Reunion Concert. Join both of these marvelous musicians for blues and jazz. Ivory Perry Park, formerly Visitation Park, is located at 800 Belt Avenue. Off of Delmar, turn north on Belt Avenue at Connect Care Hospital. (Belt Avenue is one stoplight east of DeBaliviere or one light west of Union.) Grab your lawn chair, blanket, food and head over to Ivory Perry Park the 4th Sunday of each summer month to hear wonderful talent on the Commerce Bank Stage. Food and beverages will be available for purchase as well.
Each concert will feature special events for children and families. At the July 27th concert, storyteller extraordinaire Bobby Norfolk will tell stories at intermission and then move to a nearby section of the park to tell more stories. Art activities for all will be available at each concert, as well as the Frisbee decorating station and giant hula hoops in July and August. Thanks to the efforts of many community and school groups, local businesses and churches, and St. Louis City officials, these free concerts will be a great place to hear wonderful St. Louis talent this summer. Special thanks to the Whitaker Foundation and Regional Arts Council for their support, as well as Commerce Bank. For more information, call Carla Mash Duncan at 314-727-2309 or check website www. ivoryperrypark.com.
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Hamiet Bluiett, featured performer in the Ivory Perry Park concert series. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2008.
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