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Mezzanine to host Ataris, local bands
By Lindsay Cryer
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Though the weather’s getting
colder, the band known for its
cover of "Boys of Summer” will be
making a stop in Happy Valley
tonight.
The Ataris, along with Testing
for Echo and Don’t Panic, will per
form at the Mezzanine, 420 E.
College Ave.
Honor Bright and local bands
Groundbreaking Ceremony and
The Whatleys will open the show.
Doors open at 8:30 p.m. and the
show will begin at 9 p.m.
Jon Baker, lead vocalist of
Groundbreaking Ceremony, said
having The Ataris play in State
College is an honor.
He said he has listened to the
band since he was in high school.
“When music has evolved and
going digital and less records,
thriving at an independent level
like The Ataris is unheard of.”
Baker said, adding that he expects
at least 200 people to attend the
show.
The way the band has perse
vered, Baker said, is an inspiration
to local bands.
"Show turnouts are down all
across because of the economy
and because music is a little too
accessible to everyone.” Baker
said. "Continuing to do well is
amazing and really inspirational
for bands like The Whatleys and
Groundbreaking Ceremony."
Eddie Fisher, known by the
moniker Eddie Fraud, will per
form with The Whatleys. He said
he expects there to be a lot of
jumping and audience participa
tion, calling Groundbreaking
Ceremony and The Ataris both
"sing-along bands."
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tonight.
The orchestra will perform at
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The Ataris, along with five other bands, will play at the Mezzanine
tonight. Tickets are $l2 at the door and $lO at Skate Penn.
time.” Fisher said. “Its comes
across in the show.”
Josh Chestnutwood, who man
ages Metal Mondays and indie
rock shows at Mezzanine, said he
is especially excited to be promot
ing this show.
"The ability to even put some
thing on is kind of a dream of
mine, because the live music
scene is pretty' much full of cover
bands." he said. “It’s nice to get
someone to play originals.”
The show package was first pre
sented to Chestnutwood by for
mer State College concert pro
moter Meredith Rebar.
She was contacted by the Ataris
in hopes of scheduling a concert in
central Pennsylvania.
Rebar, who now works with
shows in the Harrisburg area, said
she reached out to Baker, who is
also promoting the show, knowing
the Mezzanine would be a great
"They are very earthy, passion
ate and in-your-face," he said.
Pavel Kogan will conduct the
orchestra, and the performance
will feature American violin soloist
Jennifer Koh for Max Bruch's
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor.
The orchestra will also perform
Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky's
Capriccio Italien and Maurice
Ravel's arrangement of Modste
Mussorgsky's Pictures at an
Exhibition, according to a press
release. The Moscow State
Symphony Orchestra has experi
enced some financial trouble,
which isn't uncommon for Russian
orchestras, but it has managed to
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venue to host the show.
"It was available and she need
ed a place to go, and I put the seal
of approval,” said Chestnutwood,
a State College resident. "It was a
good idea all around for everyone
to make money.”
Tickets can be purchased at
Skate Penn, 218 E. Calder Wav, for
$lO prior to the show or at the door
for Sl2.
transcend that, Rafacz said.
Rafacz said students don't usu
ally attend classical music events,
unless they are music majors
but he hopes they attend tonight's
show. When Rafacz was a fresh
man at Penn State, he attended an
orchestra concert that changed
his outlook on the genre of classi
cal music, he said.
Bud Parks. Class of 2010. said he
enjoys listening to classical music,
because he's a musician himself.
"I like to listen to what's going
on within the music." Parks said.
"Classical music is one of the most
advanced genres of music that
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What: The Ataris
When: 9 p.m. tonight, doors
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Where: The Mezzanine, 420 E
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Owner of Cheny Darling
returns to State College
By Lindsay Cryer
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The “darling" of the State
College music scene is returning.
Tonight’s Ataris show marks
the first time Meredith Rebar is
dipping her toes back into the
State College music scene.
Rebar, founder and owner of
Cherry Darling Productions, left
State College in December 2009
for another job working as the
community income development
specialist for the American
Cancer Society.
“Eve lost a lot of relatives to can
cer so it's veiy close to my heart
and it definitely makes a differ
ence." Rebar said.
The ACS was always at the top
of the list of place Rebar wanted to
work. Through the ACS. Rebar
has begun the Music for Hope
concert series, which benefits the
organization. She has also worked
in the Harrisburg music scene
promoting shows through Cherry
Darling Productions and by part
nering with Green Belt Events,
another promotions company in
the area.
While she said she likes working
in the more established music
scene of Harrisburg, she also
enjoys checking in on State
College.
The opportunity to get back into
the local scene arose with
tonight's show at Mezzanine. -120
E. College Ave.. featuring The
Ataris. The band needed a place to
perform in the central
Pennsvlvania area and Rebar.
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Valerie Stratton, an associate
psychology professor at Penn
State Altoona, wrote in an e mail
that from her own personal expe
rience. listenaing to classical
music usually gives a person a
"broader understanding and
appreciation of music in general."
Stratton has done research, on
the short-term emotional and cog
nitive reactions to small pieces ol
"It's hard to get interested in
music that one hasn't grown up
with." Stratton wrote. "Out
research did show that we
respond best to familiar music and
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haring no Harrisburg venues to
book, sent the band to State
College. Prior to tonight s show,
she held a concert on Dec. 11.2009
at The Brewery. 233 E. College
Ave.. that she thought may have
been her last State College show:
"I didn't know if I would be doing
shows in State College again or
not." Rebar said, "I thought. 'We'll
do a goodbye show and if not we'll
do a hello show.' So this my hello
show."
Her return to the area reminds
some local bands and promoters
of the work she did here five
years ot work before her 2009
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