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Music on the Frisco Square
Published: Monday, May 21, 2012 1:16 PM CDT
Michele Reaves
Frisco, TEXAS (May 17, 2012) – Frisco Square announces Music in the Square a summer event held on Simpson Plaza. Music in the Square will feature a unique line-up of talented musicians every Friday night, from 7:30-9:30pm, in June and July starting June 8, 2012. Bring friends and family, grab a picnic, some blankets or chairs and enjoy listening to a variety of musicians as the sun sets. Each Friday will feature a different genre of music, from country, rock, bluegrass, pop and some of the area's best singer/songwriters. Music in the Square is a free event and "the perfect way to spend your Friday evenings listening to many of the area's best musicians," said Cathy Sweeney, Partner with Frisco Square Development.
On June 8, 2012 the Texas Instruments Jazz Band a full 18-piece big band organized through the Texans Association of Texas Instruments. The group formed in the summer of 1986, sparked by an ad placed in a TI company newspaper. The band rehearses at the Collin College in Plano and is under the direction of Kris Berg, the Director of Jazz Studies at the college.
The summer schedule is:
June 8 Texas Instruments Jazz Band
June 15 Quinten Hope
June 22 Motion
June 29 Kimberly Winters Gautier
July 6 Dave Walser and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Bluegrass Band
July 13 Mark Wayne Glasmire
July 20 Mike June and the Wilson Street Refugees
July 27 Jon Dee Graham
For more information please visit www.friscosquare.com/MITS
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