Melody Page
Rec Center
9 St. Mary's Street, 3 p.m.
and as Hannah Montana at 6:15 p.m.

Oh Freedom! Performers
Rec Center
9 St. Mary's Street, 5:30 p.m.

Old Mill High School Choir
1st Presbyterian Church
171 Duke of Gloucester Street, 5 & 6 p.m.

Old Mill High School Steel Drum Band
Annapolis Elementary School
180 Green Street, 5 & 6 p.m.

Annapolis Chorale
St. Anne's Church
Church Circle (top of Main Street), 5, 6, 8, 9 & 10 p.m.

The Annapolis Chorale is a non-profit artistic organization dedicated to enhancing community life through performing and producing a wide variety of music. In its 36th season of making music, Chorale includes the Full Chorus, Chamber Chorus, Chamber Orchestra and the Annapolis Youth Chorus, The Chorale has attained a national reputation for excellence and innovation and remains dedicated to creating and presenting high-quality music.

5 p.m. Performance - American Classics 1 - Music from Broadway and beyond

Featuring the solo piano version of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" played by former White House pianist Erik Apland, along with musical theater favorites sung by Laurie Hays and Jill Woodward.

6 p.m. & 8 p.m. Performances - Sounds of the Season

A great sound and fun repertoire offers a last chance to hear holiday music before we ring in the New Year. From the classic “Carol of the Bells” to the light-hearted “Man With The Bag” this performance will send you into 2009 singing!

9 p.m. & 10 p.m. Performances - American Classics 2 - From Gershwin to Broadway

Featuring the solo piano version of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" played by former White House pianist Erik Apland, along with musical theater favorites sung by Jill Woodward and music for flute and piano with Pam Stevens.

Broadway Girls
St. John's College, McDowell Hall
60 College Avenue, 5 & 6 p.m.

The Art Space proudly presents "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," a high energy, fun loving, musical review from Broadway hits such as Hairspray, Legally Blond, Grease and Anything Goes during New Year's Annapolis. This musical review will be performed by their talented Broadway in Concert cast. "We are delighted to entertain our community friends and family as we ring in the New Year," says Priscilla Smith, Founder and Director of the Art Space.

The Art Space offers a fresh approach to music, dance, theater and healing arts. Located in West Annapolis, the school's mission is to enhance the lives of students regardless of age or ability. "We strive to create an environment in which the new, as well as seasoned student, can explore, and expand their artistic reality. Within this creative process is the opportunity for tremendous growth and achievement, whether you are an aspiring performer or a weekend yogi," says Smith. If taking voice lessons, or trying yoga for the first time is your New Year's resolution, stop by the Art Space and create a new space in your life.

Chesapeake Caledonian Pipes and Drums
Main Street, 7-7:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.-midnight
& Courthouse Courtyard, 8-11:30 p.m.

The Chesapeake Caledonian Pipes and Drums was founded in 1985 to provide the very finest in Scottish and Irish bagpipe and drum music. Since that time the band has appeared in parades, concerts, musical competitions, and other performances throughout Maryland, the Mid Atlantic region and neighboring Canadian provinces.

Among the band’s annual performances are St. Patrick’s Day parades in Ocean City and Baltimore, the Chestertown Tea Party Parade, and the Independence Day parade in Woodstown, New Jersey. Each year the band appears in concert at the Maryland Renaissance Festival and in Annapolis on New Year’s Eve. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 the band finished in first place among all bagpipe bands marching in the Baltimore St. Patrick’s Day parade.

The Chesapeake Caledonian Pipes and Drums is sponsored by the Robert Burns Society of Annapolis and associated with the St. Andrew’s Society of the Eastern Shore. The band wears the Ancient MacDonald tartan. The band’s logo, depicted on its bass drum, combines the rampant lion of Scotland and the arms of the state of Maryland. A Maryland blue crab, symbolic of the Chesapeake Bay region, serves as the band’s cap badge. The band is under the overall direction of Pipe Major Robert Wallace of Annapolis.

Annapolis Opera
St. Mary's Church
109 Duke of Gloucester Street, 8, 9, 10 & 11 p.m.

Diana Boensel, Artistic Coordinator; Stephen Harouff, Accompanist

Program

"Il Lamento di Federico" (L'arlesiana - Cilea)
Jiwoong Kwak, Tenor

"Arise ye subterranean winds" (The Tempest - Purcell)
Jeffrey Tarr, Bass

"Batti, batti, o bel Masetto" (Don Giovanni - Mozart)
Jihee Kim, Soprano

"De' miei bollenti sporiti" (La Traviata - Verdi)
Jiwoong Kwak, Tenor

"La Calunnia" (Barber of Seville - Rossini)
Jeffrey Tarr, Bass

"Signore Ascolta" (Turandot - Puccini)
Jihee Kim, Soprano

"Champagne Song" Act II Finale (Die Fledermauss - J. Strauss)
Tutti

Dave Baldwin with Gary Peresta
Circuit Courthouse
Church Circle, 8 & 9 p.m.

Award winning singer songwriter performer James David Baldwin has won awards from the WSA, FBSA, and the Portland Oregon Songwriters Association. Dave, who has played around Annapolis and the surrounding area for years, joins hands with bassist Gary Peresta to play both originals and cover classic hits from the past. He has produced a CD, Hands of Time, and is currently finishing his second CD, Blown Away.

Rob Levit
Banneker-Douglass Museum
84 Franklin Street, 8, 9, 10 & 11 p.m.

Guitarist, composer and educator Rob Levit has been described by the Ottawa International Jazz Festival as "...one of the finest young guitarists on today's jazz scene."

He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the 2000 Chamber Music America New Works: Creation and Presentation (Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project) Award, the Jazz Composers Alliance/Julius Hemphill Prize, and four consecutive Maryland State Arts Council Individual Arts Awards.

Inspired by great composers as diverse as Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Sam Rivers and Pat Metheny, Levit's music integrates world, rock, jazz and classical sources with improvisation to create an exciting fusion of sounds. His band, the Rob Levit Group, has performed at the Kennedy Center, Montreal Jazz Festival, the Knitting Factory, and the Ottawa International Jazz Festival.

Levit Produces, records, and releases his own music on the Symbol System label -- a label devoted to fostering collaboration, creativity, and economic self-sufficiency. He also gives workshops on all aspects of jazz and improvisation.

He is the founding director of Creating Communities, or 2C, whose purpose is to design and implement art, music, and creativity programs as a tool to create better opportunities for self-expression, personal growth, and life skills for the constituents it serves. To date, 2C has delivered programs to Boys and Girls Clubs of Anne Arundel County, Arundel Lodge (adults with mental illness), Perinatal Loss Support Group of Anne Arundel County, and The Children's Guild (elementary and middle school students with emotional issues). 2C fosters collaborations and partnerships with non-profit organizations that serve at-risk or in-need populations that are often overlooked. photo by Cindy Kunst

Superland
City Dock
10 & 11 p.m.

The Superland Stage Band – 2 drummers, 2 saxophones, 2 trumpets, guitarist,  bassist, keyboardist, and vocalist –  guarantee to raise the temperature on the City Dock when they bring their sizzling  dance party  to Annapolis. 

Put on your dancing shoes  and expect to hear the classics from  James Brown and Stevie Wonder through Michael Jackson and Prince, as well as Superland’s own songs from their studio cd “Taste the Mangos.”

All across the region, from College Park’s Santa Fe Café, to  Arlington’s Tortoise & Hare Bar  &  Baltimore’s 8x10 Club,  fans know why artists such as Chuck Brown, the Bridge, the Pietasters, Vanessa Carleton, Papa Grows Funk, and the Sam Kininger Band want to share the stage with Superland.

Eric Energy
Rec Center
9 St. Mary's Street, 3:30 & 4:30 p.m.

Educational and interactive shows for children. The Mission: Making Learning Fun.

Milkshake
City Dock
5 & 6 p.m.

Milkshake is a band on a mission: to create great rock music for kids.  Led by singer Lisa Mathews and guitarist Mikel Gehl, whose songs for grown-ups have been featured in movies and prime-time television, and whose indie rock group, Love Riot, garnered critical praise during its 10-year run, Milkshake has won over preschoolers without compromising songcraft, stagecraft or their authentic rock & roll spirit.

Dean Crawford
at Banneker-Douglass Museum
84 Franklin Street, 5 & 6 p.m.

Dean Crawford is more than just a gifted performer with a great voice. He renders traditional and contemporary country tunes with deep conviction, charisma and energy. Dean is also a talented songwriter. Dolly Parton has been of great influence to his writing style. Garth Brooks and Conway Twitty are favorites.

Dean Crawford and the mighty Dunn’s River Band, through hard work and perseverance, have emerged as the Mid-Atlantic’s premier Country/Southern Rock group. A faithful and growing fan base is what keeps this group on the rise with sold out appearances and souvenir sales that eclipse any other group in the region. With regular gigs at local clubs, outdoor festivals, and private events, the band has extended its reaches to places like Charles Town Races and Slots in West Virginia, Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis and Rams Head Live in Baltimore, bolstered by performances on FOX 45, WMAR and WJZ Channel 13 morning shows.

The author of more than 300 songs, Dean Crawford’s first self-published CD of six original songs, “Hang on Tight” debuted December 2003 and quickly sold out within two months. His second CD, “Red Blooded American Boy” with 13 original songs, debuted July 2004 and has surpassed 6,000 in sales thus far.

WNAV Karaoke Competition
Maryland State Teachers Association, 140 Main Street, 5-7 p.m. & 8-11:30 p.m.
Finals at City Dock, 11:30 p.m.

Purple Everywhere
Annapolis Elementary School
180 Green Street, 7 p.m.

Purple Everywhere is Old Mill High School's Battle of the Bands winner.

Rock at the Rec
St. Mary's Marian Hall
109 Duke of Gloucester Street, 8-11 p.m.

Featuring winners of the High School Battle of the Bands

• Center Choice
• Kramer and Nelson
• Mount Weather

Remember Inc
1st Presbyterian Church
171 Duke of Gloucester Street, 8, 9, & 10 p.m.

Garrett Park School of Music
St. John's College, McDowell Hall
60 College Avenue, 8 p.m.

Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Gospel Choir
St. John's College, McDowell Hall
60 College Avenue, 9 p.m.

Clones of Funk
City Dock
8 & 9 p.m.

In 1989 a group of fans and musicians, dedicated to the music of Parliament and Funkadelic held a Funk Mob Reunion in Annapolis, Maryland.  The reunion went on to become an annual function. In 1990, George "Dr. Funkenstein" Clinton, having heard of the band, was invited to witness his clones. Being moved by the talent of the band, George joined in the performance.  A few years later, he invited the band to play for his birthday party in New York City.  George continues his high regard for this group, and his wish to “get in the studio with you guys” was granted in November 2000.  George brought members of his P-Funk Allstars to mix vibes with the Clones of Funk with the session ending after dawn.

The Clones have recently released a CD with two original singles, “Funky Ones” and “Dedicated to the P.” 

Still based in Annapolis, the band has been the featured band at the Maryland Seafood Festival at Sandy Point State Park, and have wowed the crowds at the Kunta Kinte Festival of African Heritage, First Night Annapolis and at the Summer Concert Series at Fort Dupont Park, in Washington, DC. 

The Clones have played many clubs in the area and have opened for Mandrill in 2006 and for Lakeside and the Bar-Kays in 2008 at the Carter Barron Amphitheater with enthusiastic response from the Washington, D.C., crowds.  In 2007 they were part of the Safeway Barbecue Battle in D.C.  Labor Day weekend 2008, they participated in the Kipona Festival in Harrisburg, Pa.

The Free State Trio
Circuit Courthouse
Church Circle, 8, 9, 10 & 11 p.m.

The Free State Trio performs Irish Traditional dance music, topical songs, and ballads in a unique, traditional style native to Maryland. The trio's rotating membership is comprised of Maryland's foremost Irish Traditional musicians and singers, who are internationally recognized for having established a particular local repertoire and culture that distinguish Maryland as a center for Irish Traditional music on the world stage. 

The New Year's Annapolis performance will feature musicians from across the state: celebrated composer Danny Noveck (fiddle, guitar) from Bethesda; Laura Byrne Egan (flute), founder of the Baltimore Irish Arts Center, from Baltimore; and Peter Brice (songs, button accordion), a founder of the Baltimore Singers Club, from Annapolis. 

Maryland Ballet Theatre
Annapolis Elementary School
180 Green Street, 8, 9, 10 & 11 p.m.

Sons of the Severn
strolling on Main Street, 8-11 p.m.
& 1st Presbyterian Church
171 Duke of Gloucester Street, 11 p.m.

The Sons of the Severn is a barbershop chorus chartered by the SPEBSQSA, the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. Located in Anne Arundel County, it is the third oldest chapter in the Mid-Atlantic District.

Though many of our members are retired those of us who still work represent a wide and diversified range of professions and ages.

The Anne Arundel Chapter was organized on October 25, 1949, when the society was about 11 years old. It was first known as the Annapolis Chapter, changing to its present name in 1958 in an effort to become more representative of the entire county.

The Barley Mob
Circuit Courthouse
Church Circle, 10 & 11 p.m

The reggae band The Barley Mob plays primarily Jamaican music from the 60s to the present, along with a killer blues vibe. The Mob consists of Gary Peresta on bass, Mike St. Jacque on drums, Lori Davias on keyboards and features Chris Mohr on guitar, and also on percussion and trumpet in some selections. The Mob has played the Spring Fling on Maryland Avenue, benefits for the Hope House and Hurricane relief, the Mt. Pleasant Festival in DC, various community events, parties and nightclubs.

The Hossman
St. John's College, McDowell Hall
60 College Avenue, 10 & 11 p.m.

A native Washingtonian, The Hossman started his comedy career in 1986 where he was a Finalist in Coors Light Beer's and 93KYS' National Talent Competition held at the Warner Theater, in Washington.

He later performed weekly for over two years at the Comedy Cafe on K Street in Washington with such notables as Martin Lawrence, David Chapelle, Wanda Sikes, Puddie Tang.

The Hossman has performed on international tours in Amsterdam with comic Tony Woods and other comics from different countries, and has entertained our troops in Germany.

He has served as Master of Ceremonies at corporate and private parties; introduced George Stephanopoulos at the 11th Annual Advocacy Awards Event Flow in 2006 at the Andrew Mellon Building in Washington.

The Hossman has hosted his own weekly comedy shows in Georgetown, and the Brookland area. He currently hosts his weekly Tuesday night "Hossman & Friends" comedy shows at JoJo's in the busy downtown entertainment corridor on U Street, N.W.