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ZOOM EVENT: "When the Stars Came to Gaithersburg" with Ralph Bugless - FREE & OPEN TO ALL

When:
Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 1:00 PM until 2:30 PM
Where:
This is a virtual event.
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Bethesda, MD  20816

301 320-3267 (LFV)
Additional Info:
Event Contact(s):
Lisa Owen
Category:
Library Events
Registration is required before Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 12:00 PM
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When the Stars Came to Gaithersburg:

Remembering the Shady Grove Music Fair

with Ralph Buglass, Montgomery History

Wednesday, November 30, 1 - 2:30 pm

For most of the 1960s and 70s, Gaithersburg was an entertainment mecca for the greater DC area. Shady Grove Music Fair—first under a big-top tent and then in a theater-in-the-round venue complete with a revolving stage—hosted Broadway hits and a wide variety of pop, rock and soul singers. Stars included Simon and Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, Duke Ellington and even the Jackson 5 for a full week with tickets starting at an unbelievable $4.75. After only 16 years, the curtain came down for the last time in 1978—but what an amazing run! 

Our popular speaker, Ralph Buglass, is a member of the Montgomery County Speaker Bureau and an avid history buff. With Peerless Rockville, he is co-author of Images of America: Rockville, a pictorial history of the city’s 250 years.  Buglass has taught at lifelong learning institutes associated with Johns Hopkins and American universities and Montgomery College.

Register:

www.littlefallsvillage.org/GaithersburgStars

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