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Apr News from Simsbury Grange No. 197
 

By Marguerite Smith

  APRIL 3, 2026 --

March 2nd - Music Monday - featured Melanie Champagne and Riva Jean. These two fabulous musicians are singers/songwriters from the local area. We are getting quite a following now a year into our monthly music events. We had a great crowd and are looking forward to April.

March 9th - We held this month’s meeting at the Grange and were delighted to welcome another NEW member. Welcome, Beth! Discussions centered around community service hours, changes to our fair brochure and poster for our June 13th fair, setting up/planning for our March 29th seed and LEGO event, and a potential game night with a surprise new game coming out soon. Stay tuned for more info in the coming months.

April 6th - Music Monday - Gracin Dorsey and Joel Weik are back! Our local community LOVES these two musicians. Gracin is an accomplished guitarist, singer and songwriter. You will love his deep voice! Joel is a FABULOUS Fingerstyle guitarist and you won’t be able to keep from smiling as he plays. Yes! It’s that much fun.

Please join us as we listen to these wonderful performers and welcome spring! Doors at 6:30, Music from 7:00-8:15. Can’t wait to see you!

April 9th - Thursday - Simsbury Grange Meeting at 7:00 pm at the grange.

May 4th - Music Monday - Ava Grom, guitarist and singer Ava is a music student at Trinity College and plays acoustic covers and originals in the styles of Folk, Blues, and Indie. She spends her weeknights gigging at local open mics such as the Mapletree Cafe in Simsbury, Talcott Mountain Collective and Almost Famous Brewing as well as private parties. She started a band called The Lady Fingers at Trinity and loves to attend Jam nights where she can rock out on the electric guitar with fellow musicians. Come and relax with an hour of live music. Let’s give Ava a warm Simsbury Grange welcome. Parking available in Farms Village Plaza. You can see videos of Ava’s live performances below, and find more videos on her YouTube, @AvaGromGuitar https://www.avagrom.com/about-ava See you there!

 

 
 
 

 
     
     
       
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