LENOX LIBRARY HOSTS THIRD ANNUAL BEATLES DAY IN LENOX JUNE 28TH

On Christmas Day 1963 - practically no one in the US had ever heard of them.
By Sunday February 9th 1964 interest in the Beatles was so intense that a world record audience of 73 million viewers tuned in to see the group's debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.

The Lenox Library will hold its Third Annual Beatles Day celebration in Lenox on Sunday, June 28th. Featuring local bands playing all Beatles covers, and music scholars giving lectures on aspects of Beatles music, the event has grown from its inception in 2007 and now attracts hundreds of people from all over Berkshire (MA) County.

Beatles Day 2009 is in two parts. Part One is a Symposium on the Music of the Beatles held at the Lenox Library on Sunday, June 28th, from 2 to 4 pm. The Symposium will feature three speakers, all experts on the music of the Beatles, who will discuss the music. Every year one of the famous Beatles albums is celebrated. This year the focus will be on the album Let It Be, recorded exactly forty years ago, in 1969. Speakers will include Jeremy Yudkin, organizer of the Lenox Beatles Days; Michael Nock, a humorous favorite of audiences every year; and Joshua Rifkin, one of the most celebrated musicians in America, famous for work on the Beatles, Bach, and Scott Joplin.

Part Two will be the Cover-Band Concert in the evening. All the bands are local bands, and all the bands will be playing covers of Beatles songs. This event takes place at the Duffin Theater of Lenox Middle and Memorial High School at 7 pm.

Tickets to the Third Annual Beatles Day are available by contacting Lisa Berkel, Director of Development, at the Lenox Library, 18 Main Street, Lenox (413-637-2630 or lberkel@lenoxlib.org). Tickets are $10 for the Symposium, $15 for the Concert, or $20 for a combined ticket. Children’s all-day tickets are $10. Tickets will also be available at the door.

As a free event to prepare audiences for the 2009 Beatles Day, Jeremy Yudkin, professor of music at Boston and Oxford University and a year-round Lenox resident, will give a lecture at the Lenox Library on Saturday, June 20, at 2 pm, on what makes the music of the Beatles so great. The lecture is entitled “A Splendid Time Is Guaranteed for All. The Music of the Beatles: Why We Cannot Let It Be.” This lecture is free and open to all.

This event is a fundraiser for the Lenox Library. Proceeds from the Third Annual Beatles Day in Lenox will help underwrite all the activities of the Lenox Library, from its extensive music holdings to its year-round lectures and events, to its top-ranked children’s programs.

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