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Contact: Susan Hoffmann, 301-565-7434
For Immediate Release: June 9, 2000

Summer Concert Series
Returns to Silver Spring

The sound of music will be heard again this summer in downtown Silver Spring when the Summer Concert Series - "Silver Spring Swings" - begins on June 15.

A variety of musical entertainment will be featured each Thursday evening at 7 p.m., through August 17. Due to construction in the area, the series - formerly held in City Place Park - will be held at Georgia Avenue and Ellsworth Drive.

The following performers will be included in the series:

  • June 15, Big Gilson with the Bruce Ewan Band - red hot blues;

  • June 22, Ruthie & The Wranglers - country rock;

  • June 29, Alex Fox - Latin music;

  • July 6, Midnight Movers - Wilson Pickett's backup band;

  • July 13, Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun - rockabilly;

  • July 20, Fabulous Bel Airs, '50s and '60s rock & roll;

  • July 27, Seven Nations - Celtic rock;

  • August 3, El Sabor - salsa;

  • August 10, Cornell Gunter's THE COASTERS - Motown Legends; and

  • August 17, Powerhouse - r&b/swing.

    For more information about "Silver Spring Swings," call 240-777-8350.

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