3rd Annual
Celebrate the River Concert
Friday, September 23, 7:00 pm
$15 adv, $18 door, $25 priority
Celebrate the River Concert Honors the River & River Groups
The 3rd Annual Celebrate the River Concert on Friday, September 23rd, 7:00 pm, will begin the Old Town Center for the Arts 9th Season and kick-off the Verde River Day Festival weekend. Musicians, artists and river advocates will gather for an evening of music, art, and a songwriting competition all dedicated to bringing attention to our most important natural resource – water.
Celebrate the River Concert video by David Lavoie
The event is organized by the Verde River Nature Organization in collaboration with the Verde River Day Committee and Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce. River organizations will be on hand to provide information about preserving and protecting the Verde River Basin and Oak Creek.
“The concert will feature some of the region’s best musicians,” OTCA co-Director William Eaton commented. “The music will celebrate the river organizations and the City of Cottonwood for the work they do to preserve and protect the river and for local water management.”
Musicians will all take the stage to play “river” song covers and original music inspired by the river and the life sustaining aspect of rain and water cycles.
This year’s Celebrate the River Concert will also include a Singer – Songwriter competition. Contestants are challenged to write a song that uses the Verde River as its primary theme. Three finalists will be selected to perform at the concert, and the audience will vote for the grand finalist. The competition is open to all ages and created to support outreach and stewardship of the Verde River.
“The Verde River and Oak Creek are two of the only remaining year around rivers in all of Arizona,” co-Director of OTCA William Eaton commented. “Yet, as some experts have acknowledged, we are using more surface and groundwater than is being naturally replenished back into the watershed. Awareness and education about this situation is critical and fortunately there are many individuals, groups and organizations dedicated to preserving and protecting these waterways. The concert will be a lot of fun and entertaining and also be a vehicle to spread awareness about these groups, their goals and visions, and how each of us can become better stewards of this beautiful valley, individually and collectively.”
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