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April 4, 2008

They're 72 to 88 and sing Clash songs

Coming to Newport: A documentary film and a performance by the film's subject, a chorus of 72-to 88-year-olds whose act is more likely to include 'Rock the Casbah" than rocking-chairs.

Their selections span soul god James Brown and punk deities the Clash.

The documentary Young @ Heart -- described in a news release as a "smash-hit" documentary from the Sundance Film Festival, will be screened at the spring money-raiser for the Newport International Film Festival.

After the documentary showing, the Young@Heart Chorus will perform live.

It will happen Sunday, April 27, at 2 p.m. at the Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center, 49 Touro St., Newport.

Tickets are $50 for the Newport International Film Festival, $60 for the public and $100 for reserved seating and a post-performance reception. The tickets will go on sale online at www.newportfilmfestival.com

Their ages may be 72 to 88, but the Young@Heart Chorus also performs collected works of Sonic Youth, Coldplay to The Clash and, the band with the heavy Rhode Island connection: the Talking Heads.

The spring money-raiser raiser is sponsored by The Vanderbilt Hall Hotel, Stella Artois, The Art League of Rhode Island, The Carnegie Abbey Club and PDQ Printing.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 6:44 AM | Permalink

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