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OLEAN TIMES HERALD THuRSDAy, June 6, 2012 PAGE A-7 A weekly guide of things to do Out About & By Sam Wilson Special to the Olean Times Herald He’s performed at the White House and sang with the President. He’s released more than 60 albums in a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career. He’s often hailed as the world’s greatest blues singer. And on Saturday, June 8, B.B. King will per- form at the Seneca Allegany Casino. King, 87, comes to Salamanca with as impres- sive a resume you’ll find. His 1965 album “Live At The Regal” is com- monly referred to as the definitive live blues recording. Born Riley B. King on a cotton plantation in Itta Bene, Miss. on Sept. 16, 1925, King got his big break performing on Sonny Boy Williamson’s West Memphis radio show in 1948. His influences include Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and T-Bone Walker, and King has influenced countless blues and rock guitarists including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, George Harrison, Buddy Guy and Albert King. King brings a unique style of blues, jazz, swing and pop. “When I sing, I play in my mind,” he said, according to his working biography. “The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.” In a 1969 Time Magazine interview, King seemed to embrace his role as the King of the blues. “I’m me,” he told the magazine. “Blues is what I do best. If Frank Sinatra can be the best in his field, Nat King Cole in his, Bach and Beethoven in theirs, why can’t I be great, and known for it, in blues?” Though never as big a radio star as his stature may suggest, King’s hits include “The Thrill Is Gone,” “How Blue Can You Get?” and “Three O’Clock Blues.” His famous collaborations include “When Love Comes to Town” with U2 and “Riding With The King” with Clapton. President George H.W. Bush presented King with the Presidential Medal of the Arts in 1990, and last February, President Barack Obama joined King, Guy, Mick Jagger and others for a rendition of “Sweet Home Chicago” during a White House celebration of the blues. “I’m trying to get people to see that we are our brother’s keeper, I still work on it,” King was quoted in his bio. “Red, white, black, brown, yel- low, rich, poor, we all have the blues.” B.B. King ready for Saturday show at Seneca Allegany B.B. King Festival to be held Friday through Sunday OLEAN — The 42nd annual church festival at St. Mary of the Angels kicks off the summer festival season this weekend with the church festi- val of the year. The festival will be held for 28 hours spanning Friday, Saturday and Sunday. “It takes hundred of volun- teers among our 1,500 families at St. Mary’s to run a three-day festival,” said Jennifer Kane, one of the event organizers. “It’s a tremendous opportunity for our parish to open its doors to the community to enjoy and old-fashioned street festival.” New to this year’s festival is a Sunday afternoon of dance under the entertainment tent that includes the performance of a local Irish dance troupe. The dance floor is then turned over to patrons to dance to live music from the Southern Tier Swing Band, a new 16-piece ensemble of local musicians dedicated to keeping swing music alive. Festivals are all about food, and over the years the church festival has come to be known for particular menu items not found at other area festivals. This includes authentic Filipino chicken adobo and spring rolls, genuine Wellsville Texas hots, O’Gregor Delmonico steak sandwiches, an outdoor Friday fish fry, and homemade pie served restaurant style on a historic Victorian porch. New to this year’s menus is a barbe- cue sundae, an entire pulled- pork dinner served in a cup. “We really enjoyed the barbecue sundae at a festival in another state earlier this year and decided to bring it to Olean,” Ms. Kane noted. At the festival the barbecue sundae sold out in two hours; it was that popular.” Organizers explained their unique menu items add zest to such staples as Italian sau- sage sandwich, Napoli pizza, chicken wings, hotdogs, hand- cut curly fries, ice cream and much more. Because free live round-the- clock entertainment is another important draw to festivals, St. Mary’s headlines two top bands from Buffalo, accord- ing to Mike Tominez who books entertainment for the event. Friday’s headline act, Fat Brat, has consistently been recognized through the years as Buffalo’s best classic rock band, he said. Back by popular demand is Saturday’s headline band, Breakaway, which is regarded as one of Buffalo’s top rock bands. Friday night’s festivities begin with the Rick Bokman Classic Car Show, unique for offering the public a chance to vote for its favorite classic cars on display. Sunday begins at 8:30 a.m. with an outdoor pancake breakfast with real maple syrup. At noon, a chicken barbecue, grilled by members of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians, is added to the menu. Also at noon, patrons can enjoy the parish’s tradition- al Corpus Christi procession, one of three daily traditional religious processions, which organizers say are the highlight of the weekend’s events. All three days include children’s amusements, fea- turing bounce houses, slides and games, as well as “I Got It” bingo style, a cake wheel, theme basket raffles, games of chance, merchandise vendors and McCarthy’s Emporium Prize Fair. Topping off the festival are cash raffles totaling $4,500. The festival will be located on St. Mary’s parish grounds at the corner of South Union and West Henley streets in downtown Olean. Hours of operation will be 5 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday. For more information visit www. smaolean.org. Food and fun on tap for St. Mary’s Festival Olean Times Herald file photo Hundreds of people are expected to attend this weekend’s 42nd annual church festival at St. Mary of the Angels. The festival runs Friday through Sunday. Photo submitted The barbecue sundae, an entire pulled-pork dinner served in a cup, is new to the menu this year.
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OLEAN TIMES HERALD THuRSDAy, June 6, 2012 PAGEA-7
AweeklyguideofthingstodoOut About&
By Sam WilsonSpecial to the Olean Times Herald
He’s performed at the White House and sang with the President. He’s released more than 60 albums in a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career. He’s often hailed as the world’s greatest blues singer.
And on Saturday, June 8, B.B. King will per-form at the Seneca Allegany Casino.
King, 87, comes to Salamanca with as impres-sive a resume you’ll find.
His 1965 album “Live At The Regal” is com-monly referred to as the definitive live blues recording.
Born Riley B. King on a cotton plantation in Itta Bene, Miss. on Sept. 16, 1925, King got his big break performing on Sonny Boy Williamson’s West Memphis radio show in 1948.
His influences include Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and T-Bone Walker, and King has influenced countless blues and rock guitarists including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, George Harrison, Buddy Guy and Albert King.
King brings a unique style of blues, jazz, swing and pop.
“When I sing, I play in my mind,” he said, according to his working biography. “The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.”
In a 1969 Time Magazine interview, King seemed to embrace his role as the King of the blues.
“I’m me,” he told the magazine. “Blues is what I do best. If Frank Sinatra can be the best in his field, Nat King Cole in his, Bach and Beethoven in theirs, why can’t I be great, and known for it, in blues?”
Though never as big a radio star as his stature may suggest, King’s hits include “The Thrill Is Gone,” “How Blue Can You Get?” and “Three O’Clock Blues.” His famous collaborations include “When Love Comes to Town” with U2 and “Riding With The King” with Clapton.
President George H.W. Bush presented King with the Presidential Medal of the Arts in 1990, and last February, President Barack Obama joined King, Guy, Mick Jagger and others for a rendition of “Sweet Home Chicago” during a White House celebration of the blues.
“I’m trying to get people to see that we are our brother’s keeper, I still work on it,” King was quoted in his bio. “Red, white, black, brown, yel-low, rich, poor, we all have the blues.”
B.B. King ready for Saturday show at Seneca Allegany
B.B. King
Festival to be held Friday through Sunday
OLEAN — The 42nd annual church festival at St. Mary of the Angels kicks off the summer festival season this weekend with the church festi-val of the year. The festival will be held for 28 hours spanning Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
“It takes hundred of volun-teers among our 1,500 families at St. Mary’s to run a three-day festival,” said Jennifer Kane, one of the event organizers. “It’s a tremendous opportunity for our parish to open its doors to the community to enjoy and old-fashioned street festival.”
New to this year’s festival is a Sunday afternoon of dance under the entertainment tent that includes the performance of a local Irish dance troupe. The dance floor is then turned over to patrons to dance to live music from the Southern Tier Swing Band, a new 16-piece ensemble of local musicians dedicated to keeping swing music alive.
Festivals are all about food, and over the years the church festival has come to be known for particular menu items not found at other area festivals. This includes authentic Filipino chicken adobo and spring rolls,
genuine Wellsville Texas hots, O’Gregor Delmonico steak sandwiches, an outdoor Friday fish fry, and homemade pie served restaurant style on a historic Victorian porch. New to this year’s menus is a barbe-cue sundae, an entire pulled-pork dinner served in a cup.
“We really enjoyed the barbecue sundae at a festival in another state earlier this year and decided to bring it to Olean,” Ms. Kane noted. At the festival the barbecue sundae sold out in two hours; it was that popular.”
Organizers explained their unique menu items add zest to such staples as Italian sau-
sage sandwich, Napoli pizza, chicken wings, hotdogs, hand-cut curly fries, ice cream and much more.
Because free live round-the-clock entertainment is another important draw to festivals, St. Mary’s headlines two top bands from Buffalo, accord-ing to Mike Tominez who books entertainment for the event. Friday’s headline act, Fat Brat, has consistently been recognized through the years as Buffalo’s best classic rock band, he said. Back by popular demand is Saturday’s headline band, Breakaway, which is regarded as one of Buffalo’s top rock bands.
Friday night’s festivities begin with the Rick Bokman Classic Car Show, unique for offering the public a chance to vote for its favorite classic cars on display.
Sunday begins at 8:30 a.m. with an outdoor pancake breakfast with real maple syrup. At noon, a chicken barbecue, grilled by members of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians, is added to the menu. Also at noon, patrons can enjoy the parish’s tradition-al Corpus Christi procession, one of three daily traditional religious processions, which organizers say are the highlight of the weekend’s events.
All three days include children’s amusements, fea-turing bounce houses, slides and games, as well as “I Got It” bingo style, a cake wheel, theme basket raffles, games of chance, merchandise vendors and McCarthy’s Emporium Prize Fair. Topping off the festival are cash raffles totaling $4,500.
The festival will be located on St. Mary’s parish grounds at the corner of South Union and West Henley streets in downtown Olean. Hours of operation will be 5 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday. For more information visit www.smaolean.org.
Food and fun on tap for St. Mary’s Festival
Olean Times Herald file photoHundreds of people are expected to attend this weekend’s 42nd annual church festival at St. Mary of the Angels. The festival runs Friday through Sunday.
Photo submittedThe barbecue sundae, an entire pulled-pork dinner served in a cup, is new to the menu this year.
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