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Lyme Foundation

Summer Festival

The Lyme Foundation invites you to join us under the tent, rain or shine, this Saturday August 24th from 5pm-8pm!  As we prepare for another Fall and the beginning of school, we hope to meet you on the common for live music, games, food and fun times!
Food Options
Duende
SamosaMan
Papahan’s Thai food
Stella’s cafe will have pizza available by the slice
Lyme Country Store is ready to serve ice cream (answer a Lyme Foundation question and get a free cone:) !
 
Activities for Kids and Adults
Gaga pit🔥
Face Painting🎨
Super cute temporary tattoos🤩
Corn Hole x4 😃
Bubbles play area🫧
Hula Hoops😎
Music: Many Accomplished Lyme musicians and Friends!
 
Playing from 5pm-6:30pm is James Graham and Company!  They will play original and classic rock/folk music.
James Graham – vocals and guitar

Jim Musty – guitar
Toby Summerfield – bass
Don Hollis – trumpet
James Gilbane – drums

Playing from 6:30-8PM is The Well Kept Men and a true amalgam of Lyme musicians. Members of Dan and the Dinosaurs and the Whipple Hillbillies along with
other local talents!  They will play Bluegrass and covers, don’t miss the last song:)

Toby Summerfield- Bassist, Guitarist, Pedal Steeler Composer, Improvisor, Collaborator, Educator, Lyme School Rock Band Class instigator
’23/’24 Lyme School Artist-In-Residence  Lyme resident since 2017 with Stacey, HG and Watson. He started playing guitar at 8 after seeing “Back To The Future.” Never looked back!

Dan Freihoffer-I moved to Lyme in 1985, raised 3 kids, and always found time to play music around campfires, family gatherings, and yes the occasional bar or town gazebo. These days I lead a band called the Dinosaurs comprised of friends I’ve known for 40 years.  I’m excited to play and sing in support of this event!

Chuck Horrell- I came to Lyme in 2022 with my wife Susan and our 3 kids, having grown up in the mountains of NC.  I’ve been surrounded by bluegrass music since I was a baby, but only really started playing it in the last few years.  Now I play banjo in the Well Kept Men with 3 other Lymies and one Hanover interloper.

James Beaulieu- Growing up with music, I learned a little piano and a bit more drums. However, it was working as a sound engineer and bass player that really engaged my music side. After moving to Orford in 2017 with my wife Hope, herself a singer/songwriter, we’ve been enjoying the wonderful local music scene. I contribute when I can with sound support and playing the bass.

Matt Greenway-played music for most of his adult life. When he moved to Lyme ten years ago he started playing banjo and country music. The Whipple Hillbillies emerged from his new love of the banjo, the environment and the friends he has made along the way

Mark Sunderwirth-arrived in Lyme 4 years ago with his lovely wife and child, Stacie and Billy. An aspiring roustabout and ne’er do well, Mark was eventually taken in by local musicians including Matt “the Whip” Greenway and Dan “Big Daddy Dinosaur” Freihoffer. He eventually hit rock bottom and started a bluegrass band with fellow rapscallion Chuck “Chuckles” Horrell. Together, they and the rest of the Well Kept Men can be found singing for their summer suppers at Loch

Lodge or holding court and scarfing wings in the back of Stella’s on any given Friday.

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