Buckfield, MAINE (May 10, 2010) – AudioBody will begin its Northeast Bank 2010 Tour with shows at the Oddfellow Theater in Buckfield on Friday and Saturday, May 14th and 15th.

When: May 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: The Oddfellow Theater in Buckfield (17 Turner St.)

Tickets: $10 at the door or Pay What You Want online*

AudioBody is the fusion of physical comedy, and technology. Armed with a collection of futuristic instruments, brothers Matt and Jason Tardy, take the stage in an attempt to create the ultimate musical performance, only to find themselves at odds with their own unruly musical inventions. Sibling rivalry, technological mishaps and outrageous happenings collide on stage to create a show full of relentless comedy, amazing stunts, up-beat music, and even a few accidental moments of pure visual beauty.

“We have added lots of new performance pieces and comedy this year, and we now tour with our own electronic computerized lighting system,” says Jason Tardy of AudioBody. “We can control the lights and all our instruments with the push of one button. This has revolutionized our show and made it possible to accent the performance with amazing lighting effects as well as comedic moments that were not possible before.”

AudioBody Northeast Bank 2010 Tour Schedule:

• May 14 and 15 at the Oddfellow Theater in Buckfield
• July 9 and 10 at the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham
• Oct 22 and 23 at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn

All shows are at 7:30 p.m.

*The new “Pay What You Want” feature allows fans who purchase tickets online at www.AudioBody.com and name their price from $15 a ticket down to $1. Tickets purchased at the door will be $10 a person (if available), and all seating is general.

About AudioBody

Brothers Matt and Jason Tardy of Buckfield, Maine, are the men who make up AudioBody. With more than 16 years of performing arts experience, they started the group in 2004 and have since released two albums, “Sound Motion and Theater” in 2004, which was the #1 selling album from the largest independent distributor in the country, and “Do Something Difficult” in 2007. AudioBody has performed all over the world, including the Bahamas, the Poconos, the Golden Phoenix Casino in Reno, Nev. and even The White House in Washington, D.C., three times. www.audiobody.com

About Northeast Bank

Northeast Bank, a leader in delivering one-stop shopping for financial services, is headquartered in Lewiston, Maine and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northeast Bancorp (NASDAQ: NBN). The Company has approximately $612 million in assets as of December 31, 2009 and operates 23 retail outlets, including 10 bank branches, 12 insurance offices and 3 financial centers serving the financial needs of western, central, mid-coastal and southern Maine, as well as seacoast New Hampshire. Information regarding Northeast Bank can be found on its website at www.northeastbank.com or by contacting 1-800-284-5989. Fan NEB on Facebook * Join the NEB group on LinkedIn * Follow NEB on Twitter: @northeast_bank * Check out the NEB YouTube Channel

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DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Thompson Free Library will present the next event in the annual James Brown Lecture Series on Thursday, May 6. Maryanne C. Ward, retired Chair of the Humanities programs at both Kenyon College in Ohio and Centre College in Kentucky, will give a free public talk, “Jane Austen and Gardens,” at 6:30 p.m. in the library’s new addition.            
The lecture series has been endowed with memorial funds donated to the Thompson Free Library in memory of Brown, who lost his life in a boating accident in 2008. The series presents lectures on topics related to history and literature, both areas of the humanities of great interest to Brown.  
As the longtime chair of the English Department at Foxcroft Academy, Brown helped two generations of students explore the world of books. He was president of the Thompson Free Library Association and chaired its Executive Committee during the capital campaign that resulted in construction of the library addition in 2006. Brown was also active in the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society.  
Prof. Ward retired in 2006 after more than 40 years in small college education. She taught Russian and Humanities at Kenyon, where she chaired the Humanities Department and served as Academic Dean, before moving to Centre College to become Professor of English and Chair of the Humanities program there until her retirement.     
Her area of special interest and scholarship is 19th-century British literature. Among other topics, her publications examined the relationship between literature, landscape and painting.  
“So many people have read her novels and now have seen the film versions, I want to provide yet another view of Jane Austen, one informed by study of her novels and the history of landscape gardening,” said Ward. “I have walked through and studied the gardens of many of the great estates in England. Landscape gardening is now and was a very hot topic in England in the late-18th and early-19th century.”  Ward said Jane Austen had a keen interest in landscape gardening styles of her day. “Her opinions on the correct way to arrange and care for a great estate are evident in her novels. She frequently uses those great gardens as a subtle form of characterization. However, her depiction of those estates changes over the course of her career as the agricultural economy declined, leading her to find other physical manifestations of the basic values that underlie her novels.” 
Prof. Ward’s abiding interest in landscape and gardening has found a new outlet in Maine, where she is the Master Gardener in charge of maintaining the New England Garden at the Blaine House in Augusta.  
A member of the Board of Directors for the Maine Humanities Council, Prof. Ward has degrees from Marymount Manhattan (AB), the University of Virginia (MA English, MA Russian), and Ohio State (Ph.D. in English).
Maryanne Ward and her husband, John, live in Pittston, where they raise vegetables for themselves and their grown children and grandchildren.

For immediate release
Contact: Jennifer Elowitch (800) 320-0257

The Portland Chamber Music Festival and Congregation Bet Ha’am will present an Evening of Chamber Music in a program to benefit both groups. The concert, Saturday, May 15 at 8 p.m., will be held in the recently opened Congregation Bet Ha’am sanctuary at 81 Westbrook Street in South Portland.

Cellist Marc Johnson, former cellist of the internationally renowned Vermeer Quartet, will join PCMF Artistic Directors violinist Jennifer Elowitch and pianist Dena Levine in a program featuring piano trios of Haydn and Rebecca Clarke. New York violist Stefanie Taylor will join the group in a performance of the Brahms C minor Piano Quartet
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“We are delighted to welcome these distinguished artists,” said Sharon Newman, past President of the Board of Trustees of Congregation Bet Ha’am. “Now that Bet Ha’am has an architecturally distinguished space that can accommodate classical music so beautifully, it seems an excellent way to share our resources for the benefit of the entire Greater Portland community. The concert will take place just over twelve months from the day we held our first worship services in the new building, so this is a lovely way to celebrate.”

The new building was designed by internationally renowned Shim-Sutcliffe Architects of Toronto and features sculptural wood interior surfaces and a curving wood ceiling reminiscent of a tent as well as a reflecting pool and garden.

Cellist Marc Johnson performed with the Grammy nominated Vermeer Quartet for thirty-five years, appearing regularly in the world’s musical capitals and during the group’s residencies at Northern Illinois University and Rockport’s Bay Chamber Concerts.
Violinist Jennifer Elowitch is the Assistant Principal Second Violinist of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and performs often with the Boston Symphony. Pianist Dena Levine is Associate Professor of Piano and Director of Instrumental Music at Seton Hall University. Violist Stefanie Taylor performs frequently with the New York Philharmonic and the American Symphony Orchestra.

General admission is $25, though people 21 and under may attend free of charge. Tickets may be purchased at the door, online at www.pcmf.org/wsconcerts.php, or by calling the Portland Chamber Music Festival at 1(800) 320-0257. The concert is sponsored by Key Private Bank.

World renowned cellist Marc Johnson will appear with the Portland Chamber Music Festival on Saturday, May 15th

Lewiston, MAINE (April 19, 2010) – After the success of their 2009 Tour, Maine’s own musical sensation, AudioBody, announces its Northeast Bank 2010 Tour starting in May with new effects, stunts and comedic brilliance.

AudioBody is the fusion of physical comedy, and technology. Armed with a collection of futuristic instruments brothers, Matt and Jason Tardy, take the stage in an attempt to create the ultimate musical performance, only to find themselves at odds with their own unruly musical inventions. Sibling rivalry, technological mishaps and outrageous happenings collide on stage to create a show full of relentless comedy, amazing stunts, up-beat music, and even a few accidental moments of pure visual beauty.

“We have added lots of new performance pieces and comedy this year, and we now tour with our own electronic computerized lighting system,” says Jason Tardy of Audiobody.  “We can control the lights and all our instruments with the push of one button.  This has revolutionized our show and made it possible to accent the performance with amazing lighting effects as well as comedic moments that were not possible before.”

AudioBody Northeast Bank 2010 Tour Schedule:

• May 14th and 15th at the Oddfellow Theater in Buckfield
• July 9th and 10th at the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham
• Oct 22nd and 23rd at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn

All shows are at 7:30 p.m.

Another change to this year’s tour is the new “Pay What You Want” feature that will allow fans who purchase tickets online to name their price from $15 a ticket down to $1. Tickets purchased at the door will be $10 a person, and all seating is general.

“We really want to share our show with as many people as possible and since the show is great for everyone including families, we figured why not make the tickets ‘pay what you want.’  We are hoping to get bigger crowds than ever before and to have people come back and see multiple concerts, since the shows are different every time,” says Jason Tardy.

Signing on again as tour sponsor, Northeast Bank is helping to promote this year’s tour and is thrilled to see AudioBody take stage again.

“The shows last year were amazing and so much fun. We can’t wait to see the new performance pieces they have planned for the show this year, and we’re just excited to be a part of the tour again,” says Chris Delamater, Vice President of Marketing for Northeast Bank.

About AudioBody

Brothers Matt and Jason Tardy of Buckfield, Maine, are the men who make up AudioBody. With more than 16 years of performing arts experience, they started the group in 2004 and have since released two albums, “Sound Motion and Theater” in 2004, which was the #1 selling album from the largest independent distributor in the country, and “Do Something Difficult” in 2007. AudioBody has performed all over the world, including places like Bahamas, the Pocono’s, the Golden Phoenix Casino in Reno, NV and even The White House in Washington DC three times.

About Northeast Bank

Northeast Bank, a leader in delivering one-stop shopping for financial services, is headquartered in Lewiston, Maine and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northeast Bancorp (NASDAQ:  NBN). The Company has approximately $612 million in assets as of December 31, 2009 and operates 23 retail outlets, including 10 bank branches, 12 insurance offices and 3 financial centers serving the financial needs of western, central, mid-coastal and southern Maine, as well as seacoast New Hampshire. Information regarding Northeast Bank can be found on its website at www.northeastbank.com or by contacting 1-800-284-5989. Fan NEB on Facebook ³ Join the NEB group on LinkedIn ³ Follow NEB on Twitter: @northeast_bank ³ Check out the NEB YouTube Channel

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Old Orchard Beach, ME – Seaside Pavilion, a state-of-the-art, family-friendly, outdoor performing arts center, presents Maine’s own 195th Army Band during a free patriotic concert on Saturday, July 4, at 7 p.m.
Based in Bangor, Maine, the 195th Army Band is under the command and control of the 52nd Troop Command headquarters and is a team of musicians from across the state dedicated to supporting parades, providing morale, and community event support.
“What better way to celebrate our nation’s birth and exhibit our gratitude and patriotism than to share a free concert showcasing our service members,” said Seaside Pavilion director Cheryl Poulopoulos. “The band’s tribute to American music, along with their big band swing and jazz medleys integrated with blues and rock, are sure to bring audiences to their feet.”
In addition to honoring the nation and its troops through music, Seaside Pavilion is teaming up with Hugs of Love to collect cards, letters, and care package items (such as DVDs, phone cards, books, hygiene items, etc.) to send to soldiers stationed overseas.
“We will have a collection area set up at the Pavilion, and we encourage the community to participate by donating a special item for a soldier,” said Poulopoulos. “A hand written note or small token makes a world of difference to a lonely soldier.”
For more information about Hugs of Love, founded by a couple whose son died in Iraq, visit www.hugs-of-love.org. To learn more about Seaside Pavilion or to reserve tickets in advance, call 207.934.2024 or visit www.seasidepavilion.org.
The Salvation Army built Seaside Pavilion in 1998 as a place for its camp meetings and as a gift to the community to enrich lives, lift spirits, and build community through the performing arts. Seaside Pavilion offers a state-of-the-art sound system and 1,400 stadium style seats with views of the professional stage and breath-taking natural setting.
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