Tom Callinan, Connecticut’s
1st Official State Troubadour through legislation by the General
Assembly in 1991, will perform a
Concert in the formal Garden behind the Brookfield Museum, Saturday July 19, 2014 at 7:00 PM. The Museum is located at the intersection of Routes 25 and 133 in Brookfield Center.The program is being sponsored by the Town’s Historical
Society and attendees
are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
Callinan will play a
selection of patriotic songs spanning our country’s history. As this year continues to commemorate the 150th
anniversary of the Civil War he will feature
a number of tunes and relate stories from that period. Young men representing 10
percent of Brookfield’s population back then, either volunteered or were
conscripted to serve for the North in an effort to preserve the Union.
Annually Callinan presents several hundred
performances for tens of thousands of people. A former Marine, his credits include: ABC's "Good Morning America"; PBS' "Shining
Time Station", starring Ringo Starr; CNN's"Earth Matters" ; and National Public Radio.
Excerpts from two original songs, "Glasnost To Go" and "They're
Not Evil Anymore" were included in Connecticut Public Television's Emmy
Award-winning documentary "A Connecticut Yankee In Red Square". In 1999, he was selected to represent
Connecticut at the John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts' Millennium
Stage State Days Series in Washington D.C.
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Admission to the concert
is free and ice cream sales will be available during the concert. The program
is tailored for all family members both young and old as Callinan is an expert
at getting the audience to take part in the performances. For more information
on this and other public programs of the Brookfield Historical Society log onto www.brookfieldcthistory.org.
