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Crown Street festival long on local talent
The Family and Youth Community Development Program (FYCDP) will host its annual Crown Street Music Festival fundraiser on Sept. 3, the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend, with five acts performing in a show that begins at 1 p.m.
The festival will be staged in the backyard of the Crown Street Community Center at 605 S. Crown St., Greencastle, with all local acts on the schedule.
In the event of rain, the festival will be moved inside to the Inn at DePauw.
Singer/guitarist Chris Wurster will kick things off at 1p.m., followed at 2 o'clock by a performance from Julianna Goldsmith and Istvan Csicsery-Ronay with Alex Puga.
The local group Legend Puncher -- an early alternative and indie-infused cover band featuring Rich Martoglio on guitar and vocals, Daniel Gurnon on guitar and vocals, Jonathan Nichols-Pethik on drums and Matt Cummings on bass -- will play at 3 p.m.
At 4 p.m., local blues man extraordinaire Tad Robinson, a multi-Blues Music Award nominated performer, takes the stage with soulful blues and harmonica virtuosity.
Closing the show with a 5 p.m. set will be the group Blues Side Up, a Crown Street Music Fest staple led by Greencastle's Steve St. Pierre and Jonathan January.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 17 and under. People interested in advance tickets can call Bob Hershberger at 720-9461.
The concert lasts all afternoon, and is accompanied by local food and drinks for sale. The event is a non-smoking show.
All funds raised during the Crown Street Music Festival will go directly to programming and building renovations. This year FYCDP plans to continue its highly successful robotics program in collaboration with Tzouanakis Intermediate School and Deer Meadow Primary School.
All FYCDP programs are run by committed community volunteers and DePauw graduates of the Servicio Program. This year, DePauw students are eager to share their experiences working on sustainable farms in Costa Rica.
The group is hoping to build a small greenhouse in order to begin a project on hydroponics and sustainable agriculture. In the spring, meanwhile, a community garden is planned.
Thanks to a grant from the Putnam County Community Foundation, the FYCDP has recently replaced the roof and flooring at the center, but there is still much to be done at the Crown Street site.
Projects and work remaining include a greenhouse, $4,500; community garden, $500; restroom upgrades, $2,000; robotics supplies, $500; technology, $750; new cabinets and countertop, $3,500; lawn care equipment, $1,000; and basketball goals, $500.