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All female big band opens free summer concert series

Posted June 15, 2010 11:00 pm

Daily Herald Staff Report

The Chicago Outskirts, a 17-piece all-female band, will kickoff the Hoffman Estates "Summer Sounds on the Green" concert series 7 p.m. Thursday, June 17.

Chicago Outskirts balance home, husbands, children and jobs with being accomplished musicians who play favorite songs from the big-band era.

All seven performances take place on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. at the Virginia Mary Hayter Village Green is located at 5510 Prairie Stone Parkway, just west of the Sears Centre Arena off Route 72 in the Prairie Stone Business Park. They are sponsored by the Hoffman Estates Arts Commission and the Hoffman Estates Park District.

Admission is free. Blankets, lawn chairs and picnics are welcome, but not glass bottles, glasses or glass containers. Garibaldi's sells food and drinks. For information, call (847) 252-5448, or go to hoffmanestatesarts.com.

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