Nationality Days 2013
Entertainment
Here is who is playing the festival this year.
Friday
12:00-12:30 Main Stage
Welcome from the Ambridge Chamber
12:00-1:00 7th Street Stage
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center Jazz Group
Lincoln Park Returns to the festival.
12:30-2:00 Main Stage
Communication Breakdown
They are an alternative rock band with great experience on stage and with music.
They love making music, jamming out with the fans, and just spreading the message.
Music is their passion and it just shows.
1:00-2:00 7th Street Stage
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center Steel Drums
Lincoln Park Steel Drums will perform at Nationality Days 2013.
2:00-4:00 Main Stage
Tyrants of Tolerance
The members of the band hail from Beaver County. Joe Munroe is from Monaca.
He is a world renown keyboardist/singer has played with
Patti Labelle and Smoky Robinson as well as other local bands.
Don Cameron is Ambridge born and raised.
He has sung for Marshall Tucker and has many local ties.
Currently he teaches at Lincoln Park.
Andy Tarvelli used to play with Rudy Zetz.
2:00-4:00 7th Street Stage
Arnie Steinberg
Ambridge resident Arnie Steinberg will entertain with vocal renditions of your favorite oldies tunes.
4:00-6:00 Main Stage
The Sidewinder Band
A 5-piece band that plays Diversified Rock! 2012 Winners of the Beaver County Times Best of the Valley
"BEST LOCAL BAND" Category.
2012 Judges for the X-Factor auditions in Pittsburgh -2011 WINNERS in the X-Factor Pittsburgh Auditions
Played with The Chain (Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band )
at the Hard Rock Pittsgh - twice - SOLD OUT both shows.
4:00-6:00 7th Street Stage
James Tobin
James is a professional musician / singer / songwriter from Western Pennsylvania.
He records his own compositions and teaches guitar at Tobin Studios, in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
He has over 25 years experience and performs out regularly throughout the area at festivals,
private parties, bars and coffee houses.
Jim's mixture of original acoustic songs, classic rock and traditional tunes
is an entertaining blend of feel good music that is well received by a wide demographic of people.
6:00-7:00 Main Stage
Ambridge Steel Drums
An ambridge Nationality Days Tradition!
Ambridge Steel Drums returns for another great performance.
Director: Todd Hartman
6:00-8:00 7th Street Stage
Alvin Zalewski
An Ambridge resident, Alvin will entertain us with a variety of accordion favorites.7:00-9:00 Main Stage
The Michael Christopher Band
From the moment you first listen to a Michael Christopher song you'll find yourself
tapping your toes and singing the songs in your head for days to come.
Michael's in-vocative storytelling and transfixing voice seem to paint a picture with lyrics and music.
He's fresh on the scene and brings a distinctive edge of showmanship and swagger to the country genre.
Saturday
10:30-11:30
Parade
12:00-1:00 Main Stage
Hellenic Dancers
The mission of the Hellenic Dancers of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Ambridge, PA,
is to keep the cultural heritage of our forefathers alive through dance and music.
All the dances and music are authentic to a region (island, village, etc.) of Greece,
and have been taught to our instructors by professional choreographers
who have studied in Greece.
We have 3 groups (based on age) and we total about 40+.
Kathleen Sickles Marvin and Valerie Sickles Lerch are the instructors / choreographers
and have themselves danced with Greek dance groups for over 30 years.
12:00-2:00 7th Street Stage
David Shingler
Formerly a member of the classic rock band KUSH, David has over 30 years experience in the music industry.
He is now returning to a solo career and will perform a mixture of original and cover songs.
1:00-2:30 Main Stage
Beaver County's Got Talent
Beaver County has talent! Talent show & competition.
2:00-4:00 7th Street Stage
Edenlight
It was a dark and stormy night and the water was rising over the banks of the river.
A prisoner sat in a concrete cell staring at a wall listening to a lonely sound that might offer some hope.
Somewhere blackbirds fell from the winter sky to the ground.
A guitar and harmonica were playing old songs that had just been written.
Songs about love, betrayal, renewal, and hope.
The rain kept falling but it didn't matter because the sun was shining brighter than ever.
You can't make these things up, they just happen. Edenlight.
2:30-3:00 Main Stage
Jadran - Beaver Valley Junior Tamburitzans
Jadran was organized in 1957 as part of the Croatian Social and Glee Club "Jadran".The Croatian Social and Glee Club "Jadran" offers college scholarships to graduating high school seniors
who are current members of Jadran Junior Tamburitzans
and have been performing for at least 2 years with the group.
3:00-5:00 Main Stage
Billy The Kid
Billy the Kid and the Regulators are a high powered, guitar driven, funky, rhythm and blues band.
4:00-6:00 7th Street Stage
Leanne Regalla & The Lost Marbles
Leanne Regalla is a performing songwriter with a fun and unconventional approach to life & music.
She brings her thoughtful, humorous perspectives to her writing and performances.
Her colorful lyrics will surprise you and her memorable melodies
will have you humming her songs to yourself long after the show.
Her sound has been compared to Mary Chapin Carpenter, Natalie Merchant and Jewel,
with a snarkiness reminiscent of Sara Bareilles or Alanis Morissette.\
5:00-7:00 Main Stage
Twelve Inch Tom
Twelve Inch Tom is: Shamus Ganster lead vocals, Dave Miklos drums, Eric Hofmann bass guitar and David Durbin lead guitar.
The musical road of Twelve Inch Tom has been a long, winding road with plenty of twists and turns but, with their line up now set in stone,
just ask anyone that has been to their show and they will tell that they have never sounded better and are one of the best bands you will ever see.
Twelve Inch Tom began about 5 years ago as the brainchild of Eric Hofmann and Dave Miklos and although guitarist David Durbin didn't join until late 2010,
the three were the core of the bands Big Trouble and Iroquois in the mid and early 90's regularly playing the North Hills and Pittsburgh areas.
Along with strong original material in the band Big Trouble they covered songs by metal giants like Van Halen, Megadeth, Yngwie Malmsteen, Aerosmith and Mr. Big.
With the sudden surgence of the Seattle 'grunge' sound their hard rock/metal band dissolved and life lead the members
in different directions and musical influences that included stints with Reggae, Blues Rock and Hard Core groups.
With the encouragement of good friends and a few twists of fate they found new life and musical inspiration once again in Twelve Inch Tom.
As Twelve Inch Tom they've played the club and bar circuits in and around Pittsburgh
at such places as The Rochester Inn, Oakmont Tavern and Jay's Sports Bar at the Pittsburgh Penguins practice ice in Southpointe.
In the fall of 2012 they found themselves needing to fill their lead vocal spot and were searching for the perfect fit when long time friend
Shamus Ganster was able to complete the line up.
Shamus brings to Twelve Inch Tom that final piece of musical diversity that a lot of bands can only wish for.
What Shamus gives Twelve Inch Tom is the ability to effortlessly move you from classic rock like Hendrix
and The Doors to current rock from Kings of Leon or Gavin Magraw.
They can hit you with alternative music by Smashing Pumpkins or Social Distortion and follow it up with songs by Van Halen and Poison.
They have a way of taking a song like David Bowie's 'Fame' and by putting their spin to it making it their own.
With Shamus fronting the band they can get the crowd dancing with rock by Jet or reggae from Sublime
and 311 or they can throw you a complete curve ball by doing their own version of Gin & Juice by Snoop Dogg.
Their wide range of musical influences is evident in their original songs which have been described as a "collage of the very best of every era of rock music".
Twelve Inc Tom has been hard at work writing new originals as well as revising their set list of covers.
6:00-7:00 7th Street Stage
Brenda's Notes
Student Vocal Performances.
7:00-9:00 Main Stage
Dave Iglar Band
Dave Iglar Band, "the most entertaining bar band in metropolitan Pittsburgh" (Pgh. Post-Gazette),
is an exciting rock and blues group.
Dave Iglar (formerly Force Field, Dave & Shari) Band, featuring daughter Andrea on sax, is known for a huge,
versatile song list of original material and creative adaptations of blues and rock classics.
Dave has released many original recordings and performed 1,000s of shows,
appearing with celebrated musicians such as Roy Buchanan, Susan Tedeschi, Taj Mahal,
Dickey Betts, Steve Morse, Robin Trower, Mick Taylor, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy.
Sunday
12:00-1:00 7th Street Stage
Ambridge Area High School Choir
Director: Marie Dewar
12:00-1:30 Main Stage
For Those About to Rock
Wanna rock? This is the place to learn how!
1:00-2:00 7th Street Stage
Blaming Murphy
Most or us are from the greater Pittsburgh area.
I'm from Aliquippa. We play alternative rock music.
We have played places all around pittsburgh like Mr. Smalls,
The Hard Rock Cafe, The Smiling Moose, and The Fallout Shelter.
1:30-2:00 Main Stage
River Valley Tang Soo Do Academy
We teach Personal Excellence!
Our programs:
* Teach real self defense
* Improve your mind, body & spirit
* Boost self confidence
* Increase overall health
* And much much more!
2:00-3:00 Main Stage
Doris Singer Dance Studio
Doris Singer Dance Studio ~ A Place to DANCE!
2:00-3:00 7th Street Stage
Alvin Zalewski
An Ambridge resident, Alvin will entertain us with a variety of accordion favorites.
3:00-4:00 Main Stage
Celtic Spirit Highland Dancers
Traditional Scottish Highland Dance by youth performers to traditional Highland bagpipe music
3:00-4:00 7th Street Stage
Greater Dominion Church of the Millennium
Come and Experience the Love and Power of God!
At Greater Dominion Church of the Millennium.
415 Melrose Ave., Ambridge,PA.
Bishop Ken & Lady Jeniece Crumb
4:00-6:00 Main Stage
The River Blackwater Band
Emerging from Adam's basement in 2010, The River Blackwater Band made their entrance onto the Celtic-Rock scene with their debut album Don't Drink The Water.
At live shows you'll hear everything from the expected traditional pub sing-a-longs with an edge, to originals,
and even covers of rock and punk songs all "Celtified" for a
fresh unique sound that makes it all but impossible to not have a good time.
4:00-6:00 7th Street Stage
Holly Mathias
I sing & play acoustic guitar. I perform Celtic music and 70's and 80's acoustic music.
I like to get the audience involved in the songs.
I have performed at Nationality Days in years past, and would like to keep the traditions alive in town.
