BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Fans of the Beatles\, young and old alike\, will be elated th at the Unitarian Univeralist Church of Marblehead is once again hosting a benefit concert that includes an eclectic mix of talented musicians al l singing everyone&rsquo\;s favorite Beatles songs. This year&rsquo\;s b enefit is called &ldquo\;Come Together.&rdquo\; The benefit takes place on Saturday\, June 23 at the UU Church of Marblehead on Mugford Street. Part of the proceeds from this concert go directly to a special fund to send musicians into local schools for workshops and concerts as well as to benefit programs at the UU church.\nThe \;Greg Hawkes Ukulele Tri o \;will be the special guests at this year&rsquo\;s musical event. Hawkes is one of the founding members of The Cars. Greg is probably best remembered as the synthesizer player for the Cars. He has long apprecia ted the Beatles as well as the ukulele and has recorded a CD called  \;The Beatles Uke\, which includes 15 classic Beatles songs using multi- tracked recordings to create a ukulele orchestra. Hawkes will play with bandmates\, Tim Mann and Greg Allison at this benefit. The CD is testame nt to the influence that the Beatles had on Greg and his work with the C ars and all his other musical endeavors over the years.\nRaised in the s outh\, classical musician turned singer-songwriter \;Ashley Wells&nb sp\;will be adding her talent to the benefit. She has a special combinat ion of rich and captivating vocals\, strong melodies\, and insightful ly rics when she sings her own songs on her CD \;Mama&rsquo\;s Skirt. W e can&rsquo\;t wait to hear how she interprets the Beatles. \;Sam Ch ase\, a Berklee School of Music grad is part of this year&rsquo\;s show as well. His new CD\,Every Time I&rsquo\;m Home\, has garnered much crit ical acclaim\; Sam has won numerous music awards and has opened shows fo r Lori McKenna and Jonathan Edwards among others.\nIt&rsquo\;s been said that \;Patti DeRosa \;revels in diversity. She&rsquo\;s comfort able singing her original contemporary acoustic music which is peppered with soft finger-picking ballads or jazzy grooves\, or even an island rh ythms and edgy rock. Patti has three CDs which reflect many facets of he r talent. She&rsquo\;s also known for unique cover songs\, so Beatles fa ns will be in for a treat.\nMarbleheader \;Kat Quinn \;is a retu rning Beatles benefit musician. Kat (aka Katherine Feeley) graduated fro m Marblehead High in 2006 and has recently relocated to New York after a stint in Nashville. She&rsquo\;s recently released her first CD\, \ ;Exhale\, which was produced by Carly Simon&rsquo\;s long-time musical a ssociate\, Peter Calo. She had a successful record release party at Rock wood Music Hall in New York City and also opened for Ari Hest at the me& amp\;thee coffeehouse this past spring.\nTwo young Marblehead singers wi ll be making their Beatles Benefit debut &mdash\; \;Addy and Julia. Addy Sleeman and Julia Taliesin have been gaining attention all around t he North Shore since their appearance in the &ldquo\;Marblehead&rsquo\;s Got Talent&rdquo\; show. It&rsquo\;s always interesting to hear young m usician&rsquo\;s take on classic Beatles tunes and this will be no excep tion.\nScrambled Eggs \;(Mike Birch\, Grady Moates\, Lin Sprague\, a nd Kevin Wall) have perfected their well-crafted harmonies and spot-on i nterpretations of Beatles songs. They had such a good time last year tha t they&rsquo\;re coming back this year to entertain with some selections from the Beatles&rsquo\; \;Help \;album. Come find out why they &rsquo\;re called Scrambled Eggs &mdash\; yes\, there&rsquo\;s a Beatles reference\nJust added to this year&rsquo\;s line-up is \;Heartsvill e\, a small group who formed after The Grendels toured with Todd Rundgre n on part of his Todd/Healing tours in 2010 and 2011. Heartsville is mad e up of a trio of vocalists who were part of that tour\, Kimberly Anders en\, Matt Holley\, and Dee Dee Miles\, along with Rick Pressler (guitars ) and Marc Pfeiffer (percussion). In the last year\, Heartsville has per formed in a variety of venues and opened for The Motels at Newton\, NJ. Heartsville focuses on harmony-rich pop/rock music in a variety of style s.\nAll are welcome to come out on Saturday\, June 23 at 8:00 p.m. to su pport the Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead as well as all of these wonderful musicians who have donated their talent and their valuab le time on a &ldquo\;gig night&rdquo\; to help with this benefit. Last y ear the UUCM sponsored an amazing fiddle workshop with Jay Ungar and Mol ly Mason for many North Shore students. Not only did they get some speci al time with Ungar and Mason but they got to perform two songs with them on the me&\;thee stage.\nTickets are available at Arnould&rsquo\;s G allery\, Spirit of &rsquo\;76 Bookstore\, our \;secure online ticket vendor \;or at the door. URL:http://marblehead.patch.com/events/annual-beatles-benefit-8db1682f SUMMARY:Annual "\;Beatles"\; Benefit LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead: 28 Mugford St\, Mar blehead\, MA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR