Lancaster Festival’s Spring fundraiser set for Saturday

LANCASTER – This year’s annual Lancaster Festival Spring Fundraiser will be held this Saturday at the Eagles Lodge.

For many it will be the first chance to visit with the festival’s new director, Joseph Piccolo, and find out what he has in mind for the future of the annual festival.

“One of the things we are going to do is start announcing the festival schedule during the spring fundraiser,” Piccolo said. “So for people who want to know what we are going to be doing, it will be a way to get an advance knowledge of who is going to be here.”

Doors open at 7 p.m. at the Eagles Lodge, 1936 E. Main St., Lancaster. There will be appetizers and a cash bar along with raffles.

The featured band performing during the fundraiser will be Bad Influence. The cover band plays songs ranging from Elvis Presley to Whitesnake to Coldplay and many others.

Some of the food being offered during the fundraiser will include chicken quesadillas, cheese and crackers, beef kabobs, wrapped mini dogs, vegetables and dip, spinach dip, hot and mild chicken wings.

The cost will be $20 at the door.

Kontras String quartet

The Chicago-based Kontras Quartet will close out the 2015-15 season of the Lancaster Chamber Music Series with a performance at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Lancaster Country Club, 3100 Country Club Rd SW, Lancaster.

The Quartet members from Russia, South Africa, Jamaica and the U.S. perform a wide variety of music in new ways. Admission is $20, and all proceeds benefit the Lancaster Festival through the Cameo League. For more information about the concert series, visit www.lancastercc.net/concert-series or call 740-653-5150.

For its concert in Lancaster, the Kontras Quartet will play “Quartet Op. 18,” “No. 1” by Beethoven, “Langsamer Satz” by Webern, “Four Japanese Folk Songs” by Koumatsu, “Three Preludes” by Gershwin and “Four For Tango” by Piazzolla.

Seating is limited to 80 people. Doors will open at 3 p.m. Beverages will be available for purchase. A candlelight dinner will be served in the dining room at 6 p.m. and is open to all concert goers and guests. The dinner price is $25. Seating is limited to 100 people. The menu is designed to complement the concert.

To make reservations download the order form, visit www.lancastercc.net, go to the Concert series tab, select the Reservation request and provide your payment information, or call Erica at the Lancaster Country Club at 740-653-5150 to make reservation between 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m Thursday.

For more information on the Kontras Quartet, visit www.kontrasquartet.com.