Cabaret at the Senior Center, New Year’s Eve in Westport, CT

Venue: Westport Senior Center – 21 Imperial Avenue, Westport, CT

CULVER CASSON  …..  6PM – 6:45PM, 7PM – 7:30PM

Culver Casson’s delightful show has a New York orientation; its working title is “Wishful Thinking” and it includes songs old and new, a good dose of Broadway and some classics – in short, a smattering of many styles.  Some composers are recognizable names, some are NY based, there are those long gone while others are known to Culver.  But their songs tell the story of the hopes and wishes of a girl new to the city who eventually makes her dreams come true.  You’ll leave the show wishfully thinking for more.

LESLIE OROFINO  ……. 8PM – 9PM

Acclaimed Westport vocalist, Leslie Orofino, consistently attracts sold-out audiences wherever she performs.  Her cabaret stage performances have received major accolades  from critics and audiences.  At tonight’s show “Let’s Misbehave” Leslie will be accompanied by Keith Graham on piano.

JODI  KEOGAN  …….  9:30 – 10:15PM,  10:30 – 11:00PM

Jodi Keogan, the internationally acclaimed soprano who dazzled us in 2002 and 2003, is returning with her unique show and her bigger-than-ever voice. This songstress will perform toe tapping, thought provoking tunes that will take you down memory lane.  Think Judy Garland and Big Band, and a hint of Neapolitan melodies.  Since Jodi last performed at First Night, she has landed lead roles in Italian opera houses and continues to pursue her professional music career both here and abroad.

Please note: show times are approximate.

Your $15 button is all you need to attend these performances and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009 celebration in Westport, CT. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details. Visitors are welcome from the nearby towns and cities in Fairfield County, CT. and beyond.

Singer-songwriter Harrison Lipton at Westport, CT New Year Celebration

Harrison Lipton

Singer-songwriter Harrison Lipton presents his original, unique musical arrangements of popular songs in the Sanctuary at Christ and Holy Trinity Church. A long time member of Chris Coogan’s Good News Gospel Choir, Harrison will pick up the microphone at 7pm. Expect a few musical surprises!

Harrison is a young singer/songwriter who has studied piano for many years and is fortunate to have had a rich and widely varied musical experience. Being a featured soloist of Chris Coogan’s Good News Gospel Choir since age 9, he recently opened with the choir for Mavis Staples at the Westport Country Playhouse. He has performed at the Dressing Room, Harbor Yard Arena, and with Scarlett Lee Moore, with whom he recorded at the Cutting Room in Manhattan. Harrison performs a mixture of his original songs and covers by Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, the Beatles, and other artists.

Venue: Christ and Holy Trinity Church – 75 Church Lane, Westport, CT – 7PM to 8PM

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009 celebration in Westport, CT. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details. Visitors are welcome from the nearby towns and cities in Fairfield County, CT. and beyond.

The Steve Axthelm Band will perform on New Year’s Eve in Westport, CT

Your favorite classic rock oldies and goodies performed by the The Steve Axthelm Band with Doug Sanstead on Guitar, Mark Demmerle on Bass, Eric Gribin on Drums and of course, Steve Axthelm.

Venue: Westport  Weston Family Y, 59 Post Road East, Westport, CT, Bedford Room, 5:15

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009 celebration in Westport, CT. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.

Chris Coogan Jazz at Westport, CT New Year Celebration

Chris Coogan

The Chris Coogan Quintet plays an exciting mix of jazz and originals. At any time the quintet consists of Dave Daddario or John Mobilio on bass, Jim Royle or Scott Latzky on drums, Jim Clark on Sax, and Rex Denton on trumpet.

www.cooganmusic.com/quintet.htm

Venue: Christ & Holy Trinity Church – 75 Church Lane – 8PM to 9:30PM

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009 celebration in Westport, CT. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.  Visitors are welcome from the nearby towns and cities in Fairfield County, CT. and beyond.

Basket Landing performing at First Night Westport / Weston, CT, New Year’s Eve 2009

Basket Landing

Basket Landing performs a mix of traditional American folk music and songs from the British Isles, Canada, and Australia – sweet Appalachian folk ballads, lilting Irish melodies, seafaring tunes, Ozark Mountain bluegrass, and vibrant spirituals. Our selection is drawn from the repertoire of a group of families who have been getting together every Saturday night for the past 45 years, on a mountaintop farm in Hankins to sing and play music for themselves, their friends, and neighbors.

www.basketlanding.com

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009 celebration in Westport, CT. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details. Visitors are welcome from the nearby towns and cities in Fairfield County, CT. and beyond.

Venue: Changed from original schedule – Now at Toquet Hall, 58 Post Road East. – 5.00- 5.45pm, 6.00 – 6.45pm

River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs – Westport, CT New Year’s Eve

River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs

River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs bring the exuberant sounds of the steamy bayous of southwestern Louisiana to the hills of New England. The Zydeco Hogs cook up a spicy musical gumbo that combines the traditional sounds of the button accordion and washboard with a driving, syncopated beat.

www.geocities.com/rivercityslim/

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.

Venue: TD Bank, 185 Main St., Westport – 8PM to 11PM

Leslie Orofino in “Let’s Misbehave” at the Senior Center in Westport, CT on New Year’s Eve

Leslie Orofino

Do you ever feel like you are getting old ? Well here’s the perfect solution ! No matter what our age , Leslie Orofino asks baby boomers everywhere to not put on our brakes but get out our skates and Let’s Misbehave!! It’s time to have a little fun !! We’ve earned it.

Some of the songs in Let’s Misbehave are Daddy, Let Yourself Go, Cocktails For Two, Do It Again, Handy Man, Devil May Care, My Foolish Heart, Let’s Misbehave and many others. “This is classic, classy cabaret… go wherever Leslie Orofino is performing next!” Peter Haas, Cabaret Scenes.

Venue: Westport Senior Center – 21 Imperial Avenue – 7:30 to 8:30PM

www.leslieorofino.com

Your $15 button is all you need to see this performer and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.

New Year’s Eve with MacTalla Mor Celtic Band at First Night Westport / Weston

MacTalla Mor, Celtic Roots Band

MacTalla Mor, Gaelic for Great Echo, is a hard driving powerful Celtic Roots Band whose dynamic rhythms pack festivals with Earth Shaking Dance Making Ground Breaking Celtic Roots Music.

Bagpipes, Celtic drums, piano, organ, flute, whistles and Gaelic singing, this family band has it all, even a magician.

Their champion pipers and award winning musicians and singers make them a favorite at Festivals, Concerts and TV and Radio stations throughout North America.

Seabury Center – 25 Church Lane, Westport, CT – 5PM to 7PM

www.MacTalla.com

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.

CAFÉ MUSETTE to Perform New Year’s Eve in Westport, CT

Cafe Musette

CAFÉ MUSETTE is one of the leading ensembles in the United States devoting its repertoire to the style of music known as “jazz manouche”, or more popularly, “gypsy swing”.

Led by Larry Urbon who performs on solo Selmer Maccaferri style guitars, also featured will be singer and artist extraordinaire Noreen Mola, performing songs in French, Spanish, and even in Romany, the traditional language of the gypsies.

Whether playing French chanson, rhumbas, waltzes, sambas, or swing, CAFÉ MUSETTE projects the unmistakable sound of “La Pompe” (“the pump”), the distinctive beat that characterizes all gypsy jazz, gets feet tapping, and people dancing!

Venue: The Seabury Center, 45 Church Lane, from 10PM to Midnight.

Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for more info about the New Year celebration in Westport.

Your $15 button gets you into this performance and all others from 3PM to Midnight. A great value!

SLAMM!! in the New Year in Westport, CT

SLAMM!!

An explosive, physical display of Rock and Rhythm led by Rock Drum Icon Carmine Appice. Carmine has put together a dynamic, explosive physical drum show called SLAMM!!.  Described as “Stomp on Steroids”, Appice and four young drummers rule the stage and make rock music playing buckets, sticks, oil cans, drain pipes, even Dixie cups, as well as drums.

Check them out at  www.carmineappice.net .

First Night Westport / Weston – New Years Eve 2009 Celebration

Venue: Westport Town Hall Auditorium – 8PM to 10:30PM

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.