Adams Theater Welcomes Misty Blues

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ADAMS, Mass. —The Adams Theater welcomes Misty Blues on May 27 as part of their 2023 Spring/Summer WIP Series. 
 
The critically acclaimed band Misty Blues, led by Gina Coleman, have toured all over the U.S. and Canada, but make their homes here in the Berkshires.
 
A 2019 International Blues Challenge finalist, Misty Blues is led by lead singer/band founder Gina Coleman. The band is based out of Berkshire County, Massachusetts playing original and traditional blues with hints of jazz, soul, funk and tent revival gospel since 1999. 
 
The band has recorded with Eric Gales, Charles Neville and Joe Louis Walker, and opened for contemporary blues artists like Tab Benoit, James Montgomery, John Primer, Roomful Of Blues, Albert Cummings and Michael Powers. Misty Blues performs extensively throughout New England and has toured the continental U.S. and Canada. The band has been nominated for a few Independent Blues Music Awards and their original recordings have broad international airplay. They have released 12 albums to date and will release their 13th album in the upcoming few months.
 
Misty Blues' lineup for May 27: 
 
Gina Coleman - Vocals
Aaron Dean - Saxophone 
Seth Fleischmann - Guitar 
Diego Mongue - Guitar
Rob Tatten - Drums
David Vittone - Keys
 
Tickets for the show start at $25 and can be purchased at www.adamstheater.org.
 
In-Person Box Office Hours: The theater is holding new in-person box office hours for community members who would like to buy tickets. Box office hours will take place Wednesdays and Thursdays from noon to 6 p.m. at 27 Park Street.
 
Buy a ticket, give a ticket: All local students 17 and under can attend at least one Adams Theater show for FREE with pre-registration (email info@adamstheater.org). Theater patrons can help pay it forward by purchasing a Community Ticket in addition to their own. 
 
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Hoosac Valley Class of 2023 Asked to Live in the Moment

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff

Above, salutatorian Tia Kareh tells the class to live in the moment. Below, valedictorian Kathryn Scholz says the class has shown it can adapt to anything. See more photos here.  
CHESHIRE. Mass. — Salutatorian Tia Kareh asked the 50 members of the class of 2023 on Friday to not rush out of the Hoosac Valley High School gymnasium at the end of the graduation ceremony but to take a second to dwell in the moment. 
 
"All those years ago we began as a collective … now, we have developed our own personalities, built our values, grown into the individuals we are today, and fight over who's taking shotgun in car rides," she said. "We grew up cherishing our time and making memories that will last a lifetime. What was once one month left until graduation, turned into one week, one minute. But we never realized how much we would want another minute."
 
She recalled collective memories: important bonds with teachers who were friends, mentors, and providers of snacks when "bored and hungry in third-period study hall."
 
She noted that the class of 2023 is the first to graduate without any COVID-19 restrictions since 2020 and relished in the return to normalcy at the back end of their high school career. She did ask the class to not dwell in this dark spot that plagued the early part of their high school experience. 
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