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Tag Archives: Strand Theater

Catching up: Tony DeSare’s big band for 3 shows at Strand

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Tony DeSare, nationally touring piano vocalist and storied Hudson Falls High School valedictorian of the Class of 1996, brings his “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” show to the Strand Theater this eek end.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 15 & 16, and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 17. Tix: $30, $25 students and veterans. Box office: 832-3484 or at brownpapertickets.com.…

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Wow! Eric & Megan soared at Strand as Johnny Cash & June Carter

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: They were bringing in extra chairs and still sold out the house for Johnny and June/A Man Named Cash — a new project by real-life musician-couple Megan Houde and Eric Hofmanis.

More than 400 of their hometown fans came out to cheer and swoon for what turns out to be a night to remember.

Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash: The songbook is irrefutable, to …

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What a night in Hudson Falls!

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe reports: It was yet another one of those nights at the Strand Theater in Hudson Falls where literal strangers were grabbing me like old friends to exclaim, “Only in Hudson Falls!” Director Jonathan Newell and team were ear-to-ear excited.

Tim Reynolds, lead guitarist of the Dave Matthews Band, is a massively talented artist, though his semi-trippy blend of funk, rock and jamz might at moments …

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Hudson Falls in full-scale glory!

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

There are moments when I absolutely have to be in the room. Saturday night was one of those times.

Two hometown guys who’ve made it large were performing in celebration of the Strand Theater, newly revived and the best, most hopeful thing that’s happened in Hudson Falls in a long time.

Tony DeSare, performing in his hometown “for the first time since high school,” told …

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Tony got his tonsils out

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

It’s never fun to have a tonsillectomy — but when you’re an adult and your velvety crooner’s voice is how you make your living — well, that’s “something scary,” says Tony DeSare, the Hudson Falls Class of 1994 grad who tours nationally and internationally. The singer-pianist has two concerts upcoming in his hometown, complete with a Big Band, on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19-20.…

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