[Michlib-l] wonderful music program suggestion

[Amber Clement]

To dovetail on Lisa's comment regarding Peter Bergin as part as our
Northeast Exposure Music Series, funded in part through MCACA and CFNEM, we
hosted Peter Bergin in April 18, 2018 at our Rogers City Theater (which we
own).  He gave a concert to over 200 area students in the morning, which was
well received.  The evening concert for the general public sold 150 seats.
He was so popular that many of those who attended asked for him to return.
We are now entraining a silent motion picture with Peter Bergin performing
on piano.   Keeping it in perspective Rogers City has a population of 2,695
and this is prior to our summer residents returning.  

 

 

Amber Clement,MLIS

Library Director

Presque Isle District Library

181 E. Erie Street

Rogers City, MI  49779

989.734.2477, 222

 <http://www.pidl.org/> www.pidl.org

 

 

 

 

From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> On Behalf Of
Lisa Waskin via Michlib-l
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2018 9:51 AM
To: 'michlib-l' <michlib-l at mcls.org>
Subject: [Michlib-l] wonderful music program suggestion

 

I just want to give a shout out to Peter Bergin, concert pianist and ragtime
musician extraordinaire.  He put on a fantastic concert at the Bayliss
Library last night with his lovely wife Carol.  We did the first half of the
evening with ragtime classics which included a wonderful explanation of the
different types of rag, their history, and stories about the musicians who
made these songs famous.  The second half was an audience sing-a-long from
the American Songbook of classics such as Somewhere Over the Rainbow, It Had
to be You, You Make Me Feel So Young, and Kay Sera Sera.  I had probable
half the audience come up to me afterwards and tell me we have to have him
back again.  

He brought in an audience of over 40 people in our little town, including
many young families, and he was competing against events like the Slashin'
on Ashmun classic car cruise, Willy Wonka production at the local theatre,
another music concert up at Lake Superior State University, and a class
reunion.  We even had a few people come over from Canada for the event.

We will definitely be booking Mr. Bergin again.

If you would like to book him too, his contact information is:

 

Peter Bergin berginmusic at gmail.com <mailto:berginmusic at gmail.com> 

 

 

Lisa Waskin, Director

Superior District Library

541 Library Drive

Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783

Ph. (906) 632-9331

Fax (906) 635-0210

lisaw at uproc.lib.mi.us <mailto:lisaw at uproc.lib.mi.us> 

 

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