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7/29/10

WRYR/Local Lowdown Summer Lovin' Fundraiser Concert

Mark your calendars - the WRYR Summer Lovin' Fundraiser Concert is August 22, 2010 at DC9 with great local bands and you can help your favorite local radio station.  Once again, Andy Och, host of WRYR's Local Lowdown, has worked his magic and enlisted an awesome line up from the DC area for a great night of music.  The entire night will be broadcast LIVE ON WRYR - if you can't make the show, listen to it on our internet stream.  You can always make a donation if you're feeling generous.

$10 at the door gets you seven hours of great times.  DC9 will have food and drink specials.  Come early and stay late.  18 years old and older only.  DC9 is at 1940 9th Street, NW in Washington, DC.  The doors open at 5:30 pm.

Line-up for the night:

    6 pm - David Zaidain - Acoustic Rock
    7 pm - Koshari - Space Rock
    8 pm - Vasudeva - World Rock
    9 pm - Seldon Plan - Indie Rock
    10 pm - Throwdown Syndicate - Ghetto Rock
    11 pm - King Giant - Southern Heavy Rock
    12 am - The New Retro - Funk R&B Rock
    

If you have any questions, email the Ochster at locallowdown@yahoo.com.

 Thanks go out to DC9!

4/4/10

Tom Wisner: Washington Post Obituary

The Bard of the Chesapeake Bay, whose music was recorded by the Smithsonian Institution and used in a National Geographic documentary, died of lung cancer April 2 at the Burnett-Calvert Hospice House in Prince Frederick. He was 79.

4/2/10

Tom Wisner 1930 - 2010

It was reported with great sadness that Tom Wisner has passed.  Tom Wisner was recently honored by Maryland Governor O'Malley by naming the Education center at King’s Landing Park in Calvert County after him: Tom Wisner Hall at King’s Landing Park.  Known as Bard of the Bay, Wisner raised awareness among children and adults for the past 40 years about the spirit, beauty, and human connection to the Chesapeake Bay through folk music.  In 2002, the World Folk Music Association gave him the John Denver Award.  Tom Wisner also hosted Chesapeake Country on WRYR.

2/25/10

Governor O'Malley Honors Tom Wisner

Governor Martin O’Malley and the Board of Public Works (BPW) today honored three Marylanders who devoted their lives to conservation and stewardship. At the request of the Governor, the Board acted to approve naming of Department of Natural Resources (DNR) properties in honor of folk-singer and educator Tom Wisner, Park Ranger Julie Scheiker, and long-timer DNR employee Gary Yoder.

The Education center at King’s Landing Park in Calvert County will be named the Tom Wisner Hall at King’s Landing Park. Known as Bard of the Bay, Wisner has been raising awareness among children and adults for the past 40 years about the spirit, beauty, and human connection to the Chesapeake Bay through folk music. In 2002, the World Folk Music Association gave him the John Denver Award.

“Tom was Maryland’s first official environmental educator, who has connected generations of school children to the Bay through music, art, and poetry, and whose footsteps thousands of us continue to follow. Tom is a true hero of the Bay,” said Chesapeake Bay Foundation Vice President for Education Don Baugh.

Tom Wisner hosts Chesapeake Country on WRYR.

1/14/10

A Celebration of Tom Wisner

A concert and CD release celebrating Tom Wisner’s life work: FOLLOW ON THE WATER: A Celebration of the Bay’s Life in Story and Song will be held at the Calvert Marine Museum on Friday, January 29, and again at the Annapolis Maritime Museum on Saturday, January 30.

Well known local musicians Mac Walter, John Cronin, Teresa Whitaker and Frank Schwartz join Tom Wisner on stage to introduce Wisner’s final double-CD album: Follow on the Water. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., concerts begin at 7:30. Admission is $20/advance; $25 at the door. Tickets for the concert at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons can be purchased at: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com or in person at the Museum. Tickets for the concert at the Annapolis Maritime Museum can be purchased at www.amaritime.org. Seating is limited at both venues and advance purchase is recommended.

Tom Wisner is the host of Chesapeake Country heard on WRYR.

1/4/10

NEW DATE - WRYR/Local Lowdown Fundraiser Concert

The WRYR Holiday Fundraiser was snowed out by the Blizzard of '09.  But it has been rescheduled.  So welcome in the new decade on Sunday, January 17, 2010 at DC9 with great local bands and help your favorite local radio station.  Once again, Andy Och, host of WRYR's Local Lowdown, has signed up some of the finest bands from the DC area for a great night of music.  The entire night will be broadcast LIVE ON WRYR - if you can't make the show, listen to it on our internet stream.  You can always make a donation if you're feeling generous.

$10 at the door gets you hours of great times.  DC9 will have food and drink specials.  Come early and stay late - take advantage of the Martin Luther Kink, Jr. Holiday.  18 years old and older only.

Line-up for the night:

    6 pm - DC9 Night Club Doors Open
    7 pm - Bennett Acoustic - Husband & Wife Rock
    8 pm - Brandon R. Hayes & Co. - Acoustic Cuntry Punk Rock
    9 pm - Red Sammy - Graveyard Country Rock
    10 pm - Throwdown Syndicate - Groove Ghetto Metal Rock
    11 pm - The Screws - Punk
    12 am - The New Retro - Funk R&B Rock
    1 am - DJ Mike O'Brien - Dance Dance Dance Rock
              includes Koshari, Brandon R. Hayes & Co, Red Sammy, Throwdown Syndicate, The Screws, The New
              Retro, DJ Danny Fal & Mike O'Brien.

If you have any questions, email the Ochster at locallowdown@yahoo.com.

 Thanks go out to DC9!