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Coming July 24: FREE Summer Concert at Carson's Store, Noank, 6-8pm- (details)

HOLIDAY SHOW AUDITIONS (Male Leads Needed !) SEPTEMBER 26, 1-4pm, Stonington Community Center (details)

Coming Nov 6: Tribute to Harry Chapin, University of Hartford - (details)

Coming December 5: Holiday Show: Christmas on Gilligan's Island - (details)

Coming March 13 2010 - Hunger Awareness Concert, Quaker Hill Church - (details)

The 2009 Voices For Hope event was a great success.
See photos of the finalists, our 2009 winner, and the Chapin Tribute concert.

The 2008 Holiday Show was a great success. Photos Here

May 9, 2008 -- Concert with the Steve Chapin Band at the Shubert Theater! An amazing Evening for all ! 2007 Photos Here ! -- 2008 Photos Here! -- Article -- Info

-- Our Annual Summer Music Camp at Camp Wightman. Always a week of great
fun and music ! 2007 Photos here 2008 Photos here.

-- University of Hartford - Chapin Tribute Concert - Coming November 6, 2009
Photos Here

-- Thanks for Making it a Hit ! -- Our most recent CD.
30 songs on 2 discs -- Three years in the making -- Worth the wait. Details here News article here

Bill Pere's long-awaited book on songwriting is now available! (more...)
Songcrafters' Coloring Book: The Essential Guide to Effective and Successful Songwriting"

L.U.N.C.H.

If there's a fire burning, or a lesson needs some learning, or a tide that needs some turning to
a better world somewhere, the Old Folkie's there... - Harry Chapin

Outreach: (1) addressing issues of hunger and poverty through awareness and financial support; (2) involving children and youth in programs which show them they can make a difference; (3) helping kids to grow into tomorrow's leaders who will shape a world free of intolerance, injustice, and indifference. Through our partnerships with the Connecticut Songwriting Academy and the Connecticut Songwriters Association, we help young people develop their potential in all areas of music, theater, and community leadership. Our flagship programs are the LUNCH Ensemble and the Harry Chapin Legacy Concerts.

LUNCH is a non-profit, all-volunteer, tax exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization. LUNCH is non-denominational, encompassing all faiths, beliefs, and cultures.

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Founded in 1989 by Bill Pere as a community service outreach of the Connecticut Songwriters Association, and spun off as an independent charitable organization in 1999, LUNCH was inspired by the work of the late songwriter Harry Chapin, who founded World Hunger Year and who devoted much of his music career to the fight against hunger, receiving a posthumous Congressional Medal. Our first event, The Harry Chapin Legacy Show, was held in 1991.

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To date, LUNCH has raised almost one million dollars and thousands of pounds of food and clothing through family entertainment events including:

Harry Chapin Legacy Show series involving more than 1800
students, grades 4-12.

Sale of award-winning CD recordings by Bill Pere, Kay Pere, and other artists, produced with hundreds of kids from schools around Connecticut, carrying on the Harry Chapin style of songwriting.

Summer Music Camps at Camp Wightman in North Stonington, CT

Concerts by the Steve Chapin Band and Jen Chapin

A production of Nancy Tucker's show "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist"

Holiday Shows, featuring kids in music and acting roles

Performances at Cheney Hall, the Garde Arts Center, Seven Angels Theater, University of Hartford, Shubert Theater, The Bushnell, Sacred Heart University, East Hartford Cultural Center, and around the state at schools, colleges, civic events, theaters, churches, camps, fairs, and in Nova Scotia at the annual Chapin Festival.

The Mystic River Folk Concert Series

The Connecticut Songwriting and Performance Conference

The Connecticut Songwriting Academy

Student Scholarships

School Partnerships for Distance Learning, Career Days, Artist-in-Residence, IEP Curricula, Internships, Community Service Credits, Curricula Integration and Enrichment

Food and Clothing Drives

Talent Contests and Showcases

Come browse our photo archives and see for yourself, and check out our
CDs in the online store.
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"If a man tried to take his time on earth and prove before he died what one man's life could be worth, I wonder what would happen to this world?" --- Harry Chapin

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