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Jocelyn and Chris win big at Eddies Awards | The Daily Gazette
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In a screenshot taken from YouTube, Jocelyn and Chris perform during Sunday’s Eddies Awards show in Saratoga Springs.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS Jocelyn and Chris, sibling rockers and Fort Plain natives, were big winners Sunday night at the 2020 Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards, broadcast from Universal Preservation Hall.
They won Album of the Year, Video of the Year and Solo/Duo Artist of the Year. During the show, they also performed with a full band and debuted their new single “Sugar and Spice.”
Record of the Year was awarded to the Gibson Brothers, who also won Country/Bluegrass Artist of the Year. Another two-time winner was WEXT, which won Radio Station of the Year and whose host, Chris Wienk, won Radio DJ of the Year.
Hugh Gould Nevin Jr.
SLINGERLANDS The Reverend Dr. Hugh Gould Nevin Jr. of Slingerlands died peacefully on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 one week shy of his 88th birthday after a battle with cancer.
“Hugh was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Hugh Gould Nevin, a successful banker, and Eda McCoy Nevin, a vibrant Wellesley College grad,” his family wrote in a tribute. “Both his father and mother were descendants of the original Scots-Irish settlers of western Pennsylvania. (Hugh had a passionate interest in family genealogy, his history of the Nevin family name becoming one of his two published books.) Pittsburgh also left its mark on Hugh as a life-long Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers fan!”
Many virtual holiday concerts; WNYT to televise Albany Symphony show | The Daily Gazette
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Albany Pro Musica’s “Many Moods of Christmas” concert last year at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. This year, the group presents The Best of the Many Moods of Christmas through its website. (Gary Gold)
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Holiday concerts are few and far between this year, but a handful of organizations are offering at least some cheery sounds.
The Schenectady Symphony Orchestra initially streamed their virtual “Poinsettia Pops” concert on Tuesday from the Proctors stage, but the concert is still available to listen to through Christmas Day. Music director Glen Cortese chose a wide-ranging program that includes holiday favorites like “Sleigh Ride,” “Little Drummer Boy,” selections from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” ballet, Vaughn Williams’ “Fantasia” from “Greensleeves,” and “The Little Drummer Boy” with local soprano Jean Leonard. She will
Shopportunist: Make this COVID Christmas more merry
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Santa Claus using a computer in his house to do a Christmas video conference. He is typing his present list on the red mobile phone.Sisoje/Getty Images
You better not shout. You better not cry. You better not pout. Even though he s added a few tasks to his to-do list, like self-quarantining, getting a COVID-19 test and stocking his sleigh with PPE in advance of his global trek, Santa Claus is coming to town.
It s a COVID Christmas. And, while it is unconventional and even somber in some ways, there may be happiness to salvage this season. If you need a little help, here are a few warm, fuzzy and (almost) free ways to put the merry in Merry Christmas.