Take Note! Hosts Donor Appreciation Concert

The acclaimed a cappella ensemble, Take Note!, is celebrating the completion of its fourteenth performance season by hosting its annual donor appreciation concert Sunday, June 11, at 3:00 p.m., at the First Church of Christ in Mansfield Center, 549 Storrs Road, (junction of Routes 89 and 195). The concert includes jazz, pop, classical, world music, and spirituals. This year, concert-goers will experience Appalachian, pop, Irish, and Kenyan additions to the repertoire. Tax deductible donations towards Take Note! outreach will be accepted at the door.

Charitable organizations throughout the region have benefited from the group’s benefit concerts for
shelters, houses of worship, Hospice, historical societies, libraries, museums, and art organizations. Take
Note! never charges for performances, and provides the community organization sponsoring each concert
with marketing materials, press releases, media placement advice, concert posters, and programs. All dona-
tions collected at the concert go directly to the designated organization.

Take Note! is a 23-voice a cappella ensemble based in Mansfield, and is comprised of select, talented, local singers from diverse backgrounds who enjoy challenging, eclectic musical styles. Under the artistic direction of Linda Tracy, the group presents its annual June concert traditionally as a “thank you” celebration for its supporters and a fundraiser to help Take Note! continue to offer benefit performances for other local nonprofits, free of charge, and to help Take Note! maintain and expand its outreach. The vocal ensemble’s only sources of financial support are through donor contributions and distribution of its CDs, “Take Note!: Take Two” and “Music to Warm the Heart.”

The group’s mission statement expresses its vision well: “Through performances in support of charitable
endeavors, we are raising spirits, raising voices, raising hope.” For more information, visit www.take-note.
org, email take-note@earthlink.net, or call (860) 228-2390.