Girl Power presented by American Classics May 18, 2012

A trio of outstanding performers called Goody Goody! include Valerie Anastasio, Mary Ann Lanier and Heather Peterson, and the pianist Robert Humphreville celebrate the thrilling close harmonies, tight rhythms, and fabulous blends of the great American girl groups from the early days of the Brox Sisters, the Pickens Sisters and those jazzy Boswells to the glory days of the Andrews Sisters and on to the McGuire Sisters, the Shirelles, the Ronettes, the Crystals, and more. Some of the marvelous songs on the program are “On the Atcheson, Topeka, and the Santa Fe,” “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?,” “Soldier Boy,” “Sincerely,” “Bei Mir Bist Du Schön,” “Cheek to Cheek, “ and “Something’s Gotta Give.” Performances are Friday, May 18 at 7:30pm at Pickman Concert Hall Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA and Sunday, May 20 at 3:00 pm at Follen Community Church, 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington. All tickets are $25 and Students/Seniors $20. For tickets and information call 617-254-1125 or visit http://www.amclass.org.

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