Seacoast NH's women's a cappella group
Join us on Saturday night, September 27 at the Kittery Dance Hall for an Evening of A Cappella! Enjoy two a cappella groups – The Stairwells and yours truly, The Afternotes!
Tickets are $15 at the door, or $12 in advance and can be purchased online here.
The Kittery Dance hall is located at 7 Walker Street in Kittery Maine. Hope to see you there! Continue reading
We’re in the news again – mentioned several times in the SeacoastOnline (Portsmouth Herald) Entertainment gossip section. As mentioned in the article, we have a few performances coming up. On September 27, we’ll be part of the first a cappella night at The Dance Hall, Kittery, Maine. In December, look for us during the opening of The Christmas Carol at the Player’s Ring in Portsmouth. And in February, we’ll be part of “V-Day” at the Music Hall!
We’ve got some new videos posted on our YouTube page! Check out a few selections from our performance on 4/15/2014. Thanks again to Layne Case for having us at the book signing.
We will be performing at a book signing for one of our biggest fans, Layne Case, on Tuesday April 15, 2014.
The book signing event is from 6-8pm, at the Granite Steak & Grill, 11 Farmington Road, Rochester, NH,
with Layne Case author of the “CHARLIE” books and introducing 13 year old Keeley Shea Patricia McCabe, author of “It’s Not Always as It Seems. A Story about Dyslexia”.
There will be complimentary dessert and door prizes!
Come out and support local authors and a cappella!
————————————————————–
The Afternotes were featured in an article in the Portsmouth Herald and Seacoast Online, “Singers young and old find community in choral groups“.
Deb Cram photo – members Erica Courtney, left, and Samantha Case
Still singing
Erica Courtney, Portsmouth, has appeared in numerous musical productions throughout the Seacoast since graduating from the University of New Hampshire. Still she’s missed the special experience of the New Hampshire Notables, an all-female a cappella group from UNH.
“I just got to a point where I just missed singing in a group. It was different (than musical theater performances),” she says. “I liked the dynamics of all women. It was a great family/connection in college.”
She tried other Seacoast choral programs, “and there’s a lot of good groups,” but none was just the right fit.
Courtney started playing with the idea of forming a group, “though not thinking I could actually do it,” she says, laughing. After batting the idea around with a few former members, she decided to try. The results: The Afternotes.”
We just set up a YouTube channel so we can share video more easily. We’ve got just a few clips up right now, taken during our performance at the Festival of Trees. More to come!
We’re so excited to be participating in the 34th annual Strawbery Banke Candlelight Stroll!
This very popular event takes place during the first three weekends of December at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH. We will be performing on Sunday, December 22. We will be doing two 15-minute sets – at 5:30 and then again at 6:30, and will also be caroling throughout the grounds!
Our next gig scheduled for the public will be at “The Festival of Trees,” which will take place at Portsmouth’s Urban Forestry Center. The event runs from November 22nd- 24th and we will be performing on Saturday the 23rd from 6-7.
Tickets to attend the Festival of Trees event are $5.00, with children 12 and under admitted free.
More information including directions can be found on the Urban Forestry Center’s website.
We have a Facebook page with over 200 fans already! If you haven’t already you can “Like” us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theafternotes. We will be posting updates and gigs there, as well as here on our web site, so you all can always be in the loop as to what we have been up to!
The Afternotes 