WHCP’s Fall Membership Drive culminated with another great LISTEN LIVE, LISTEN LOCAL Free Community Concert in the Groove City Studio on Saturday October 26th. MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PERFORMED AND TO THE MANY GREAT VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE!
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Hot off the Presses — The Fall 2019 WHCP Cambridge Community Radio Gazette has arrived!!
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WHCP MEMBERSHIP PAYS !! Thanks to our community partners, the 101.5 Fall “Listen Local” Membership Drive is offering incredible thank you packages at all levels ! Renew Your Membership Today – and Save the Date for the October 26th FREE CONCERT! WHCP’s Fall 2020 Membership Drive culminates with another great LISTEN LIVE, LISTEN LOCAL FREE Community Concert in the Groove City Studio on October 26th! Also, your gorgeous 2020 Cambridge Community Calendars will be available for pickup during the Listen Live Community Concert on the 26th. Check out the coffee mugs, window stickers, and other premiums available as thank you gifts at each level of membership. CHOOSE ONE OF THREE MEMBERSHIP LEVELS: Individual Level, Family Level , or Tower Level
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Now available on SoundCloud — Access WHCP’s Exclusive Broadcasts of 2018’s Winter Concerts by all 11 DCPS schools plus the Chorus of Dorchester plus Anne Watts’ Cambridge Kids Rocking Christmas concert, plus bonus music from the MidShore Community Band and Choptank River Band — it’s ALL LOCAL MIDSHORE MUSIC ! For Link to the Concerts . . .
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Amazon’s best-kept secret is AmazonSmile, a simple and effective way to support just about any charity, including WHCP. Whenever you make an eligible purchase, the shopping giant will donate to 0.5 percent of the total price to that charity. Just point your browser to smile.amazon.com, then specify WHCP as the charity you want to support. Then just shop like normal. All prices and products are the same as they would be otherwise; this is the easiest charitable giving you’ll ever do.
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The WHCP-Exclusive “Firefly Radio℠” is made with the same care and in the same jar as Grandma’s preserves. After the jelly is gone, the jam plays on, powered by the fireflies once chased on hot summer nights. The Firefly Radio℠ is the brainchild of public radio fanatics across the United States with final assembly by Cambridge Community Radio High School interns, training younger students on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. PRICE AND DELIVERY The Firefly Radio℠ sells for $45.00 each, shipping included—Cambridge Community Radio Members receive one as a thank you at the Tower Level of annual membership ($101.50). Members . . . . .may buy one additional Firefly Radio℠ per household for $29.95 each plus shipping. The Firefly Radios℠ are available locally at Sunnyside Shop on Poplar Street in Cambridge, MD. The Firefly Radio℠ is carefully assembled by WHCP high school interns supervising younger students. A student technology training program partially supported
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Our first newspaper article. WHCP grass roots radio coming to Cambridge Thanks, Dorchester Banner!
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Check out some of the new/old vinyl scored yesterday at The Arbutus Record Show. I’ll be playing cuts from these next week on Lady Spins the Blues….but for tonight-tune in at 8pm for all the best in blues and soul, streaming at www.whcp.org.
I’ll be featuring artists hot on the blues trail….folks like Albert Castiglia, Vanessa Collier, John Nemeth, Gary Hoey, Eric Gales and Mike Zito. Repeat show is Wednesday at 8pm. Please tune in!!
Take a hike!Nov. 17 is National Take a Hike Day! Here are a few great trails to try here in Dorchester this time of year:
• Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge has 4 trails: Marsh Edge Trail, Woods Trail, Key Wallace Trail, and Tubman Trail. More info at bit.ly/2OotMxQ.
• Nearby is the 17-acre Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park, where you can take some short strolls.
• One of Dorchester’s hidden gems is the Frank M. Ewing/Robinson Neck Preserve on Taylors Island (pictured here). It’s a Nature Conservancy preserve. More info: at bit.ly/2Kt0DA8.
Bike Blackwater this Saturday!Come out to the refuge this Saturday, Nov. 16 at 10:00 am for a bike ride along Wildlife Drive and learn how the refuge uses water to manage habitat for wildlife. Registration is required by Nov. 14. Call 410-221-8157 to register. This program is geared for children between the ages of 7 and 13. All children must be accompanied by an adult. All participants must provide their own equipment, including helmets for anyone under the age of 16. This program is in support of the Smithsonian Water/Ways Exhibit at the Dorchester Center for the Arts October 19th – November 30th. visitdorchester.org/waterways
Artists-this one’s for you!$246,000 awarded to 105 Individual Artists in FY19! For more information on this years Independent Artist Awards application (due 11/15!), head to www.msac.org