We headed down to Middlebury this week to serenade the guests attending the Town Hall Theater’s season preview party, which was hosted in the town’s beautiful community house, home to Middlebury Community Music Center.  We were asked to perform some a cappella for the party-goers to give them a taste of the United Way’s “United In Harmony” a cappella competition, which will take place on April 9th, 2016.  Thank you to Doug Anderson, Town Hall Theater, and MCMC for having us!

 

 

 

 

We were nervous about the snow fall for a bit but Mother Nature pulled through and sprinkled some snow through the woods, just in time for this evening’s gig at the Common Ground Center in Starksboro, VT.  After a great show at the center for their summer campers, Common Ground invited us back to sing for the first event in their winter snowshoe series.  Guests went on a guided snowshoe under tonight’s gorgeously bright moon, then gathered in the lodge for an evening of hot chocolate, tea, snacks, and music.  Thanks, Common Ground, for having us back again!

 

More events to come in the snowshoe series this winter if you’re interested in joining them!

Root 7 headed down to Boston on Sunday to perform at Lansdowne Pub (right across the street from Fenway!) with Boston-based groups Vinyl Street and The 508’s!  Root 7 and Vinyl Street met during workshops at the Boston Sings A Cappella Festival last year and have been talking about doing a show together since then.  Thanks to Vinyl Street for making this happen!  We had a great time singing for a new audience – a packed house full of friendly faces – and watching the other groups perform, something that we don’t get to do often since we’re usually the ones putting on the show!

We hope we will be able to get Vinyl Street up to Vermont for a show in the future!  Thanks again to Vinyl Street for inviting us and Lansdowne Pub for hosting the gig (and for your delicious food…mmm)!

After a short holiday break, we’re back to rehearsals and gigs to bring you new music in new venues for the new year!  On Friday night we had our first show of 2016 at a new venue for us – 51 Main at the Bridge, a cozy and inviting space in downtown Middlebury.  We were excited to put on a show in Middlebury as some of us work or live (or work AND live) in the area.  Thanks to our families, friends, coworkers, and to all who stopped in to see our show.  And thank you 51 Main for having us!

Great start to the new year and to our double-header weekend.  Get ready, Boston – we’re rolling into town on Sunday!

For the past few years, Root 7 has put on a winter show that allows us to showcase all of the music we have been working on throughout the year.  It’s a great feeling to get to the end of another year and to see our set lists change and grow.  Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our busy performance schedule, our travels all over the state, and our lives outside of Root 7 (wait…we have full time jobs outside of Root 7?!) that we go a couple of weeks without getting a chance to get our hands on new music!  But putting together that set list for our big show and seeing all of the music we’ve been working so hard to get just right – ahh, the satisfaction!

This year’s show was nothing short of awesome!  We gratefully welcomed our opening group – Sweet Transition from Mount Abraham Union High School in Bristol, VT, who had our audience smiling and excited for a great night of music by the time we came on.  And as if two groups weren’t enough for our crowd to get their a cappella fill, we had the great privilege of being joined by past members of Root 7, including all of the original members from its very first iteration 10 years ago!  In just a couple of rehearsals, “The Rusty Roots” dusted off a few old songs that they shared with our audience, as well as joined the current group for a few numbers that have been crowd-pleasing staples in our repertoire since the beginning of time.

Thanks to all who made this event possible!  What a fun night it was to celebrate where the group came from, where we are as this year comes to a close, and where we are going in 2016!  We’re off for the holidays, but we will be back in the first week of the new year!