North Elk Coffee House

24th Anniversary Season

Third Saturday of the Month

April 15, 2023 at 7:30PM in the Parish Center

Features:

Hiroya Tsukamoto

Doors Open at 7:00PM, Hiroya takes the stage at 7:30PM

Suggested Donation is $15

Beverages, desserts, snacks $1 each

Hiroya Tsukamoto is an innovative guitarist and composer who fuses folk, jazz, and world music. Born and raised in Japan, in 2000 he received a scholarship to Berklee College of music and came to the U.S. Tsukamoto’s instrumental abilities are indeed breathtaking and astounding, but his performances are so much more than that, Tsukamoto plays with an effortless skill on the guitar and a repertoire that will have you traveling the world, not to mention experiencing new sounds with his own compositions.

The North Elk Coffee House is a ministry of St. Mary Anne’s. Proceeds, after costs, are donated to Meeting Ground, a local organization helping homeless individuals in Cecil County.

Cecil County Choral Society

Spring Concert

Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30PM

at St. Mary Anne’s!

“Music is not a luxury but a necessity…it is the persistent focus of man’s intelligence, aspiration, and good will.” – Robert Shaw

If you would like to support CCCS and give the gift of music all year long, we hope you’ll consider becoming a sponsor. CCCS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductible. For more information please contact us: cecilchoral@aol.com or mail to Cecil County Choral Society, P.O. Box 2128, Elkton, MD 21922

Next Saturday, February 18th

Doors Open at 7PM Performance starts at 7:30PM

 

Performance by Unheard Sounds

 

Featuring musicians: Joel Alarcon Sr./Violin, Fabio Dantas Costa, Viola/Guitar, Cesar Colmenares/Cello

 

Unheard Sounds is a mixture of all genres of music from Classical to pop played with a combination of violin, viola, and cello. Each musician brings their own cultural flavor to the performance. Imagine hearing music like ‘what a wonderful world’ played with the colors of the cello, or hearing ‘Smooth Criminal’ by Michael Jackson played on the sharp sound of the violin. Not only will you enjoy hearing your favorite music played in a unique way, you will also experience the sounds that come from mixing the violin, viola/guitar, and cello.

*All Coffee House proceeds beyond costs are donated to Meeting Ground, an organization serving the homeless in Cecil County, MD.

Ash Wednesday begins the 40 days of our Lenten Season. We receive ashes to begin the season with an awareness of our mortality and repentance.

7am- Ash Wednesday Service with imposition of ashes and Communion

12:00 noon- Eucumenical Ash Wednesday Service with imposition of ashes at St. Mary Anne’s. We are joined in fellowship with Pastor Zach Wright, and the people from Bethel Lutheran Church, North East. Music by Slyke Bargsten of Bethel Lutheran and Family Pastor, Josh Mericle and the people of North East United Methodist Church.

2:00-4:00pm- Fr. John visits local senior communities to distribute ashes.

6:30pm- Ash Wednesday Service with imposition of ashes and Communion. Music by Joel Alarcon

On Thursday, we launched our St. Mary Anne’s History Group. Participants included Nancy Ball, Bishop Bud Shand, Fr. Sam Hartman, Barbara England, Dru Torregrossa, Janice Flood, Diane Cattrell, and Father John.

The group’s focus is to begin to compile a comprehensive history of St. Mary Anne’s Church; to care for and organize our records dating back to the 1700’s; to offer genealogy research when requested; and to organize and digitize our archive of photographs. We’ll also be interviewing people for an oral and visual history of our historic church.

We need more help! We look for other people who wish to be a part of this large endeavor. There are no planned group meetings, so you can work on your on schedule. If you have a love of history and of St. Mary Anne’s and want to help, please contact Fr. John.