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From: Josee Vachon <josee@...>
Date: 2009/6/10
Subject: Josee Vachon Summer Concerts
To: Benoit Pelletier Shoja <lafrancelaperse@...>


*Josee Vachon returns to St. Kieran Performing Arts Center*

*Thursday, June 18 at 7 pm*

155 Emery St, *Berlin**, NH***

Tickets are $12 adults and $6 for students and are* available at the door.**
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603-752-1028/ www.stkieranarts.org**



*Saturday, June 20th at 6pm***

Knights of Columbus Hall, *St. Albans**, VT***

Dinner & concert**

Reservations: 802-527-2469

In celebration of 400th anniv. of Champlain’s voyage to region



Sneak-peak performance at *Festival *downtown, 3:15-3:30

http://www.francoamericanvermont.org/



* *

*Thursday, July 9 at 6:30pm*

Clinton Community College

Plattsburgh, NY

http://www.clinton.edu/Quadricentennial/070909sch.cxml





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*Press Release:*

*JOSEE VACHON CELEBRATES QUEBEC HERITAGE AT ST. KIERAN ARTS CENTER AND
RELEASE OF HER NEW CD “25 ANS—COLLECTION VOL. II”*

*www.joseevachon.com*

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*Berlin**- *Quebec Heritage singer, songwriter and storyteller, Josee Vachon
returns to St. Kieran Arts Center on Thursday, June 18 at 7 pm by popular
demand,* *bringing her beautiful arrangements and high-energy performance
style. She enchants and delights audiences wherever she performs.

Born in Quebec and raised in Maine, Josée Vachon has been sharing her
Franco-American heritage and upbringing for over 25 years through
traditional and contemporary folksongs from Quebec and Acadia as well as her
own compositions. Though she often entertained at her family gatherings, she
began singing publicly with the support of the Franco-American Center at the
University of Maine, where she discovered others who shared a same, rich
heritage and quickly gained recognition as a new Franco-American voice at
festivals and concert halls throughout New England and beyond.

Josee Vachon was awarded the *1999 National Culture Through the Arts
Award*from NY State Association of Foreign Language Teachers for her
work in
schools and her knowledge and appreciation of foreign languages and
cultures. She was inducted in the *Class of 2007* *French-Canadian Hall of
Fame* for the American-French Genealogical Society. She has served as a
Franco-American *ambassadrice *through musical presentations at Constitution
Hall in Washington, D.C., Musée de la civilisation in Quebec City, la
Société St-Jean Baptiste, les Richelieus and many other French-speaking
groups throughout New England, Quebec and Acadie. She was honored as a
member of the NEA-funded *Women´s Singing Traditions of New England Tour* of
1994. She is also a founding member of the Franco-American group, *Chanterelle
*with Donna Hebert, Liza Constable and Alan Bradbury.

Also, from March of 1987 to April of 1998, Josée Vachon hosted over 500
tapings of *"Bonjour!"*, the most widely-seen French-language television
show in the U.S., airing on various cable and public television stations
throughout the Northeastern U.S., Canada and Louisiana and appeared numerous
times on television in Montreal, Moncton and Paris (*Le grand échiquier*, *
Champs-Elysées*, etc.) She has 12 solo recordings, 2 CDs with Chanterelle
and has performed on various artists´ recordings over the years.

In announcing the upcoming concert at St. Kieran Arts Center in Berlin, NH,
Executive Director Joan Chamberlain states*, “Josée is a wonderful artist
and consummate entertainer who creates a program which can be enjoyed by
both French-speaking and non-French speaking audiences of all ages. Her
singing and traditional music make you want to tap your feet, clap your
hands and sing along!”*

This performance is sponsored by Greetings Jewelers and Tremaine Opticians
with support from the NH Council on the Arts, and the NH Charitable
Foundation, North Country Region.


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