image description
DPAM teacher Jamie Choquette shows a student how to work the sound board.
image description
Some DPAM students preparing for Saturday night's show.

Chris Trapper to Perform at Drury High School

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
Print Story | Email Story

Boston-based singer-songwriter Chris Trapper will appear at Drury this Saturday.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Drury Performing Arts Management class will bring singer-songwriter Chris Trapper to the Drury auditorium this Saturday.

Boston-based Trapper is former front man for the late-'90s alternative rock band The Push Stars and his music has been featured on televisions shows and movies including "Malcolm in the Middle" and "There’s Something About Mary."

He will play at the Drury After Dark concert series this weekend.

"He is really great and he has some really great music, and I think it is going to appeal to a lot of the community and school community as well," DPAM student and senior Alex Bernard said.

Bernard said the DPAM After Dark concert series is much more intimate than some of class's bigger shows. The curtains are closed on the stage and the audience gathers on the stage around the artist.

Bernard said DPAM members, which are producing the show completely on their own, have been setting up for this performance all year.

"We have been planning and working on this since the year started," she said. "We have had set up marketing teams to get the word out, we have reached out to local businesses and we have ... been planning our staging and lighting and learning how to use our light boards and sound system."

Drury sophomore Connor Kelly will open with an acoustic set for Trapper.

The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online, at the Berkshire Emporium or at the door. Student tickets are $5 and general tickets are $10.

"I think it is going to be a very entertaining evening, and there is going to be a lot of great music," Bernard said. "It is really cool to have a Drury sophomore opening for a pretty well-known act, and I think it is going to be a great show."  


Tags: DPAM,   musical performance,   

If you would like to contribute information on this article, contact us at info@iberkshires.com.

Macksey Updates on Eagle Street Demo and Myriad City Projects

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

The back of Moderne Studio in late January. The mayor said the city had begun planning for its removal if the owner could not address the problems. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Moderne Studio building is coming down brick by brick on Eagle Street on the city's dime. 
 
Concerns over the failing structure's proximity to its neighbor — just a few feet — means the demolition underway is taking far longer than usual. It's also been delayed somewhat because of recent high winds and weather. 
 
The city had been making plans for the demolition a month ago because of the deterioration of the building, Mayor Jennifer Macksey told the City Council on Tuesday. The project was accelerated after the back of the 150-year-old structure collapsed on March 5
 
Initial estimates for demolition had been $190,000 to $210,000 and included asbestos removal. Those concerns have since been set aside after testing and the mayor believes that the demolition will be lower because it is not a hazardous site.
 
"We also had a lot of contractors who came to look at it for us to not want to touch it because of the proximity to the next building," she said. "Unfortunately time ran out on that property and we did have the building failure. 
 
"And it's an unfortunate situation. I think most of us who have lived here our whole lives and had our pictures taken there and remember being in the window so, you know, we were really hoping the building could be safe."
 
Macksey said the city had tried working with the owner, who could not find a contractor to demolish the building, "so we found one for him."
 
View Full Story

More North Adams Stories