DALTON, Mass. – Tommy T, Black Velvet and Jackson DuCharme will kick off the annual Lenten Music Series on Sunday, March 8, at 3 p.m. at Dalton United Methodist Church, 755 Main St.

 

Tom Taglieri fronts the group, backed by Black Velvet vocalists Jean Golin, Bet Azar, and Donna Kushi. DuCharme is a teenage Elvis Presley impersonator.

 

The group will perform gospel, inspirational and spiritual songs with a touch of Elvis and other celebrities.

 

The nondenominational Lenten Music Series is free and open to the public. It will be hosted by Dalton United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. each Sunday through March 29, with a different Berkshire County group performing each week. A free-will offering will be taken each week, and all attending will be invited for refreshments in the Fellowship Hall.

 

The March 15 performance will feature the Cross Talk Praise Band of Dalton UMC, the March 22 program will feature the First Berkshire Church of the Nazarene Praise Band, and the series concludes on Palm Sunday (March 29) with The Becket Praise Team from the Yoked Parish of Becket.