The Miss Capital Area Scholarship Program is seeking contestants for its upcoming competition. Scholarships will be awarded to the top five contestants in the Miss age group and the top three in the Teen division, as well as to overall top scoring individuals in various phases of competition. The four pillars of the Miss America crown have long stood for scholarship, service, style, and success. The Miss America organization recently added Sisterhood as a fifth trait of the program. An information night will be held on Wednesday, August 2 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the National Safety Council-New England Chapter Training Center, 2 Whitney Road, Suite 11, Concord, NH. Attendees will learn about the various phases of competition. They will also have the opportunity to ask questions of the organizers and current titleholders. An RSVP is requested. Email misscapitalarea@gmail.com to RSVP or for more information.
The Composers Conference (CC) and Avaloch Farm Music Institute (AFMI) have embarked on a new collaboration, and announce three weeks of public concerts to be held in the new Avaloch Concert Barn, running through Saturday, August 12. In addition to concerts featuring the Conference Ensemble and works of Composition Fellows on Wednesdays and Saturdays, there will be concert and conversation events with guest composers, Michelle Lou and Zeena Parkins (Thursdays), concerts featuring the Contemporary Performance Institute Fellow ensemble KOE consisting of Eva Ding on flutes and Emma Kato on cello, and concerts featuring Conference Artists-in-Residence and Resident Faculty. All concerts are held at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Barn at Avaloch Farm, at 16 Hardy Lane in Boscawen. For further information and a full listing of concert events, please visit the Composers Conference website at: composersconference.org/current-season-events-concerts or contact Executive Director Kathryn Welter at composersconference.org@gmail.com.
Emily’s Garage Band, a 9-piece Manchester-based horn heavy band is a nostalgia pop, funk, R&B and dance band featuring a full horn section and Bruce “Brucie” Smith on lead vocals. The performance is part of The Henniker Summer Music Series. All concerts are free (although donations are welcome), begin at 6:30 p.m. and take place at the Angela Robinson Bandstand at Community Park, Main Street in Henniker. Should there be inclement weather, the concert will move indoors to the adjacent Community Center. Visit the Facebook page: facebook.com/HennikerConcert or the town’s website at www.henniker.org to receive updated weather information and schedule changes.