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Monday, February 11, 2013

Friends, Family Organize Celebration of Life for John Giovannoni, Music Room Co-Owner

Friends and family will gather this Sunday, Feb. 17 at The Music Room.

The friends and family of John Giovannoni, former co-owner of The Music Room in Palatine, will gather this weekend to celebrate the local man's life. As a way to honor Giovannoni's dying wish to forgo a funeral and memorial service and instead throw a party, friends and family have organized a "Celebration of the life of John Giovannoni" for this Sunday, Feb. 17, according to the Daily Herald. Giovannoni, 45, died on Jan. 13, according to his obituary.  The celebration will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. at The Music Room, 20 North Brockway Ave., and will include music and fellowship with a brief tribute at 3 and 6 p.m., according to an invite posted online.  There will also be a slideshow of pictures of Giovannoni at different points of his …

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Harper College: All That Jazz

Fremd graduate gives voice to Harper's 40th Dinner and Jazz Concert.

For Fremd High School graduate Erin Blanchette, Wednesday night's Dinner and Jazz Concert at Harper College had an interesting twist. Not only did Blanchette provide the stellar, featured vocals for a crowd of about 300, she performed on the same stage that Haley Reinhart sang on last year before she started her run on American Idol. And even though the that fact was not lost on Blanchette, the Palatine resident said it added no pressure to her performance. "It's fun to come and sing where she was," Blanchette said before taking the stage. She said she has performed with Reinhart before, although Harper College jazz instructor Ken Spurr, whose ensemble also performed at the concert, said the two artists have much different voices. "Haley …

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