East Senior Plays Summerfest Today
Country singer-songwriter Nora Collins, an East High senior next fall, will hit the M&I Bank stage when Summerfest opens at noon today.
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Going to Summerfest today for Opening Day?
One of the first acts to hit a stage will be Nora Collins, country singer-songwriter and Brookfield East High School senior.
Collins will perform at noon today at the M&I Bank stage.
Can't make it? You have another chance to catch her at noon July 5 at the Potawatomi stage when she performs as part of WAMI's Youth Showcase.
Collins has a new CD out, her second.
And here's a feature story Patch wrote about her in April when she was a nominee in the Rising Star category of the WAMI awards show.
Want to hear more local musicians at Summerfest? The Brookfield Central Jazz Ensemble performs at 2:30 today on the Potawatomi Stage as part of the Bob Kames Foundation.
Tim Casey
10:10 am on Thursday, June 30, 2011
Nora will also be performing at the Tour de Brookfield Bike Races, sponsored by Maximized Living, the City of Brookfield, and the Brookfield Convention and Visitor's Bureau, on Friday, July 15th.
Races start about 9:00 am and run through the Men's Pro Race at about 6:00 pm. Nora Collins will sing the National Anthem before the Men's Pro, and will perform from 3:30 - 5:00 pm on the Civic Plaza Stage.
Races, Food and Beverage, and Entertainment in the evening. The band Caught in the Act (CIA), will perform from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. All races and events at the Civic Plaza, 2000 N. Calhoun Rd. (Tim Casey, City of Brookfield Economic Development Coordinator)