Darke County Center for the Arts has announced that all those wishing to join local festivities celebrating music and the Summer Solstice on June 21 sign up for participation by Wednesday, June 16. DCCA has joined others around the globe to coordinate Make Music Darke County, an international celebration where anyone can experience the joy of performing music, and where everyone is invited to participate.
Solo acts or combos of all skill levels are welcome to play or sing at the celebration; church choirs, vocal or instrumental quartets, and marching bands as well as groups of office staffs and employees of businesses who would enjoy making music together are invited to perform regardless of experience or recognized talent. If you and/or your group would like to participate in this worldwide festival, send a description of your music, how many people are in your group, your preferred time and location to perform (if you have a preference) along with any samples you may have of your work to darkecounty@makemusicday.org. Planned performance times are 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Greenville Public Library and YOLO Park in Greenville, as well as at Arcanum’s Wayne Trail Historical Society.
Begun in France in 1982 where it has become a national holiday, the “Fete De La Musique” created a music festival featuring free music being performed almost everywhere; fourteen years ago, the festival crossed the Atlantic with the debut of Make Music New York, and has since spread to more than 80 communities across the United States resulting in 5,383 free concerts being performed in 1,862 locations on June 21, 2019. Last year when the COVID pandemic made public gatherings impossible, Make Music Day featured more than 1600 virtual and socially-distanced events across the U.S.
Darke County Center for the Arts is a non-profit organization whose mission is to present and promote performing and fine arts encouraging cultural enrichment. To keep this celebration of music free for everyone, donations in support of Make Music Day are also being solicited, and can be sent to Make Music Day Darke County, DCCA, P. O. Box 718, Greenville, OH 45331. For more information or assistance with sign-up, call DCCA at 937-547-0908 or visit DCCA’s Website www.darkecountyarts.org