DCU Concerts

Anita Best has spent a lifetime exploring, cataloging, and celebrating rural Newfoundland and its cultural heritage, and is now one of the province’s most prominent traditional singers. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada, one of the highest honors of merit in the country, for her work “in collecting and performing the songs and tales of her ancestors, ensuring this priceless cultural legacy is not lost to future generations.”

Concerts are provided by a generous grant from Digital Credit Union (DCU)

The Norman Rockwell Museum commissioned David Polansky to develop “Music Through the Decades”, a fun filled hour in which the audience learns of how American and world history in the first half of the twentieth century have inspired so many of the songs we love.

Using keyboard, trumpet, and vocals, David presents the music of George M. Cohan, Fats Waller, Irving Berlin, Hoagie Carmichael and a host of others.

A career musician, David has played with Sandler and Young, Phyllis Diller, Henny Youngman, Ray Bolger, Arthur Fiedler, The Platters, The Coasters and many more.

The DCU Free Concert series is possible through a generous grant from the Digital Credit Union

Singing games, accessible “pocket instruments” like spoons and dancing puppets, tall tales, funny songs, old songs and songs kids teach each other in the playground-all “traditional” in that they have been passed down the generations by word of mouth-will be seen, heard and learned. We will revisit 1850 or 1910 in a New England town, with families gathered around the kitchen hearth, participating in timeless, hearty entertainment: a glimpse into how America amused itself before electricity. This program is recommended for adults and children ages 6 and above.

The DCU Free Concert series is possible through a generous grant from the Digital Credit Union