 Ladies and gentlemen, of the Worcester community and beyond, please welcome to the Worcester Arts Fest stage Um, Biana Gavin Abiana Glavin Sorry My spelling bad I'm Biana Glavin So when the crowd goes crazy, come on Crazy, come on, come on Filter planning that height, how to form even simple words I don't know how much you'll listen Only one direction have you noticed yet, that you've caught my attention Filter I'm backwards, but this is not behind No filter planning that heists to me Filter I'm looking up at the floor Of kilters and no, of kilters it's backwards But this is not behind No filter planning that heists to me Forgetting how to form even simple Cognitions of you, my every move points in only one direction That you've caught my... The row is called off kilter, it's kind of an abridged version And I was gonna play now, I was gonna play a song that I just wrote And then I had a little bit of change of heart on the car ride here And I think I'm gonna play a song that I wrote at least two years ago Instead of like two months ago Because I'm in an independent study group at school And we just released an album that's gonna be soon out on all platforms It's called Turbulence and we're called The Pilot So you should definitely look it up And this next song is a song that's on that album And I actually have the honor, it's a great honor to not sing it I have a friend who's singing it while I play the piano on the album So I thought I would play that song now And I'll sing and I'll play the piano because I don't have my friend here But yeah, this is Cinnamon Toast The Water Dragon's Cry It's called Turbulence by The Pilot Which will be up everywhere and you all should look it up It's on Bandcamp right now But it should be on all streaming platforms really soon This song I wrote back in February Song, not sad but dark and deep and not fun song for me And then I ended up playing it a lot For a lot of people to promote this album and to make this album And I got a lot of really nice feedback on it And it made it a really positive experience to play this song So I'm excited to play it for you all as my last song This is Safety Net Jump out of my skin at a night Tie myself to an anchor and jump Maybe I should love with what I can control Your safety Graduation is this coming Friday She will be graduating with my lovely daughter Riley Odelia So, thank you Ambiana So more music is coming up in just a couple minutes Stay right there, you're not going to want to miss Miss Julia Hewitt on the harp You can hear her chuckling in the background You know that it's a real thing It's real, see? We live from Julia's giggles All right, well you can see Each one is its own unique individual Here with sound And again I just want to put a huge thanks out To Mr. Josh Niebling from MSR Sound Can we give him some love there? We also just want to continue to Mention our sponsors Which all of these amazing artists And performers that are here today Are actually getting paid A lot of these festivals that you go to You need to pay for your spot Well, at the Worcester Arts Fest We give them an honorarium Or if they want to help to keep it going And they might not need it at this time They can put it back towards the festival And on that note If you first and foremost Please buy art and music And books and poetry But if you have a little extra And you want to help the Worcester Arts Fest Continue probably a couple years from now I don't think we're going to be doing it annually But buy annually Sounds like a really good idea Please visit the welcome tent Out there in David Book Or somebody will be there If you feel like Giving towards future Worcester Arts Fest Thanks So thanks to Ben and Jerry's Community Bank National Life Group Washington Electric Co-op Wyndham Foundation The Worcester Historical Society And the Vermont Arts Council That's when you go crazy Okay, I guess it's getting late Crazy's... I'm going to take that as crazy So before me Behind me is the Highland Way One of our committee members Beautiful Julia Hewitt On the harp with the best giggle in the world We also have Jerry Tobin On the fiddle And we have Art Hammond on the flute So Highland Way Jerry's son Bill Taught together at Cabot School with Julia And introduced her to the beautiful art of the harp And taught her how to play Was her instructor So now they like to play as much as they can So please welcome to the Worcester Arts Stage Highland Way It's now part of Scotland But this reel is from the Shetland Highways So please enjoy Staring by the shore Follow the law Shall we sleep Oceans a royal bed Rocked in the deep Plotta won't keep watch Lawdonsfield Burned at our homes Eggs out in death Have a sword culled in the shield Charlie Now this is the theme song for the television series The series was The Scottish dance It's called the Lee Rig And the words were written by Robbie Burns So the party glad a bit about their future And who might return And Burns in the 1700s And on the wall of his bedroom He actually wrote the melody that he wanted That tune to be sung to So we're going to play The Robbie Burns melody That you probably don't know And then I'll sing it And I'll invite you to sing along with me You know the words Should all acquaintance be forgotten It's the same words But to a different tune So we'll play the tune for you And then I'll sing it two different verses And please join me If you'd like to Jerry Tobin, Art Hammond And our very own Julia Hewitt So we're closing in Closing in on this amazing day And it's been just a wonderful show Of community and art And of music and poetry And writing and just thank you everybody For making this such an incredible day But it's not over We have one of my many, many years ago I would always go to the Worcester Playgroup I would always go to the Playgroup Over in Romney And I was the rock and roll dad I was the guy, you know These were, because Katie Katie, I don't know why Katie was doing She was doing something great But she usually when I would tour She would watch the kids And then when I came home It was my job to hang with the kids And I would go over to that Playgroup And it was so much fun But they were my moms All these moms, you know I was like the rock star in this group I was like my thing And then all of a sudden There was this guy there Who started talking about Radio Airplay and started talking about Press and touring And I'm like who is this guy? Well turns out his name is Chris Groen And has become one of my dearest friends Huge fan of his music And his beautiful family And his daughter is with us today Jasmine Groen And she's going to be singing next So stay tuned We're just going to get her amp set up And this is Jazzy right here And we're going to have Jasmine Groen Do a set of music And then the Chad Hollister band Is going to take the stage I'm going to blow the roof off this 40 by 40 No, I'm kidding I'm kidding But maybe a little bit And it's going to be an amazing close out here To the Worcester Very first Worcester Arts Fest So thanks for being here Please don't go anywhere Jazzy is on her way Singing her original songs And then my band will take the stage My drummer drove all the way from Connecticut You see Tommy setting up his drums back there Chris Peterman on the saxophone Primo on the lead guitar And JJ on the bass Are all going to hop on this stage And close it out But first Jasmine Groen Is coming up in a couple minutes Stick around Thank you By art, by art, by art Test, test, test, test Test, test, test, test That was bad now Ladies and gentlemen of the Worcester Arts Fest Please welcome to our stage Jasmine Groen Buddy, I'm so happy to be here today This is a community that I grew up in And I feel like I don't do enough performing here So when Chad came to me with this opportunity I was really, really excited and flattered And I'm so happy to be here with you all today I'm kind of a budding musician I've only played a couple live shows so far Of my own music I've been performing with my dad since I was tiny But now I have my own EP out Called Nothing Feels Right under the name June So that's who I am today I'm June's on stage And I'm going to be playing six live songs Six original songs for you today And this first one is the first song on my EP Called Magazine The picture in the magazine She was leaning on the wall She was looking piloted short dress Because I'm a teenager Most of the music I'm writing is about the teenage experience I think this next song, more than most It's kind of just about how I mean, particularly these past two years 16, 17 have felt kind of commentary On the culture that we young people are growing up in So it's called 16 This next song I think became one of my favorite songs on Keeps me hungry These conversations that we're having about our futures I could just not stop thinking about more so than ever I just couldn't stop thinking about how bizarre it was That we're supposed to figure out who we are And what we want to do at 16, 17, 18 years old So I wrote this song called I Did This Whole You just put out You should go check that out Chris Grewan How can I believe you, do you know? I made and took some, but I took some videos for Dad, don't you worry, and sent him over across the pond. So, oh wow folks, what an amazing day. I keep saying it over and over again, but thanks for being here. My band has traveled from all over the place. We're gonna hop on this stage and do it as quickly as we can, and then we're gonna bring you a set of rock and roll. Artists, you've been so amazing, and we wanna thank you all for being here. It's about to rock in this tent, and so if some of you are, I spoke to my beautiful wife, Katie, are interested in packing up, you're welcome to do so, but we really encourage you to hang out for the music that's about to come, because I wrote it all. And as my mom says, or as we say in Vermont, we ain't bad, okay? So, Chad Hollister, man, that's me, coming up here to close out the very first Worcester Arts Festival. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Please stick around. Thank you, by art, by art, by art.