Connecticut has made it to the finals of tonight’s “American Song Contest.”
Actually, Michael Bolton has.
The Westport resident — representing the state — is in tonight’s NBC finale. The show is based on the wildly popular Eurovision, and includes representatives from all 50 states, plus Washington DC and 5 territories. There are 10 finalists.
Good luck, to one of the real good guys in the music world! (Hat tip: Mark Mathias)
Screenshot from the “American Song Contest” website.
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Tenor Craig Gillespie — a Westport resident, and son of Jim Gillespie for whom the town’s men’s shelter is named — is among the local musicians offering a mix of Broadway, American songbook, jazz, reggae, traditional Irish, spiritual, country, classical and opera songs, in a “celebrate spring/raise money for Ukraine” concert.
The event is Sunday, May 22 (Southport Congregational Church, 3 p.m.). It’s free, but donations to Save the Children’s Ukraine Project are requested.
Southport Congregational Church
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An update on the closure of Riverside Avenue near the train station, for paving: It’s now scheduled for Wednesday (7 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Thursday (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
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We missed this photo yesterday. But we don’t want to wait till next Mothers Day to run it.
Here was one tribute, on Post Road West:
(Photo/Patricia McMahon)
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The rainy weather last week diverted our attention from our usual spring beauty.
But Claudia Sherwood Servidio found inspiration in these “Westport … Naturally” Richmondville Avenue petals.
(Photo/Claudia Sherwood Servidio)
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And finally … Mickey Gilley died on Saturday in Branson, Missouri. He was 86.
He had 34 country Top 10 hits. But he was best known as the owner of a huge bar near Houston that became synonymous with country music. Gilley’s had a mechanical bull, and was the location for much of the famed “Urban Cowboy” movie.
Buried in the New York Times’ obituary: He was a cousin of both Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart.
