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    BRUCE
    JOHN

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    March into Spring with some live music from me
    Tues 3/3 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30
    Wed. 3/4 DDS Therapeutic Music at Patriots Park 10-11
    Thurs. 3/5 Lake View Restaurant in Coventry 6:30-9:30
    Sat. 3/6 Blackledge River Tavern in Hebron 6:30-9:30
    Mon. 3/9 Stone House Therapeutic Music 4:45-5:45
    Tues. 3/10 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30
    Wed. 3/11 Opportunity Works in Vernon Therapeutic Music 10-
    Thurs. 3/12 Whole Life Tolland Therapeutic Music 10-11
    Thurs. 3/12 Lake View Restaurant in Coventry 6:30-9:30
    Fri. 3/13 Whole Life Brooklyn Therapeutic Music 10-11
    Fri. 3/13 (4) Seasons Restaurant at Sun Valley in Stafford 6:30-9:30
    Sat. 3/14 Hilltop Restaurant in Willington 7:00-10:00
    Tues. 3/17 St. Patrick’s Day Ashford Senior Center 12:30-1:30
    Tues 3/17 St. Patrick’s Day Mansfield Rehab. 2:30-3:30
    Tues. 3/17 St. Patrick’s Day at Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-
    Tues. 3/24 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30
    Thurs. 3/26 Lake View Restaurant in Coventry 6:30-9:30
    Fri. 3/27 Whole Life Brooklyn Therapeutic Music 10-11
    Fri. 3/27 Colebrook Village in Hebron 3:00-4:00
    Fri. 3/27 Basil’s Restaurant in Stafford 7:00-11:00
    Sat. 3/28 Pancho Loco Mexican Restaurant in Vernon 8-11
    Mon. 3/30 Scalise Group Home Therapeutic Music 3:30-4:30
    Mon. 3/30 Stone House Therapeutic Music 4:45-5:45
    Tues. 3/31 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

     

    April Shows. To Make you Tap Your Toes

    Wed. 4/1 DDS Therapeutic Music at Patriot’s Park 10-11

    Thurs.4/2 Lake View Restaurant in Coventry 6:30-9:30

    Tues. 4/7 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Thurs. 4/9 St. Joseph’s Living Center in Windham 1:30-2:30

    Thurs.4/9 Lake 4/1 Restaurant in Coventry 6:30-9:30

    Fri. 4/10 Four Seasons Restaurant at Sun Valley Stafford 6:30-9:30

    Tues. 4/14 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-6:30

    Thurs. 4/16 Whole Life Tolland Therapeutic Music 10-11

    Thurs. 4/16 Immanuel House in Hartford 1:15-2:15

    Thurs. 4/16 Lake View Restaurant in Coventry 6:30-9:30

    Fri. 4/17 Village Gate Retirement Community in Farmington 2-3

    Fri. 4/17 Fenton River Grill in Mansfield 7:30-10:30

    Sat. 4/18 AGAPE Haitian Girls School benefit St. Philips Ashford 6-9

    Tues 4/21 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Wed. 4/22 East Hampton Senior Center 2:45-3:45

    Thurs. 4/23 ECSU Child Care Center 10:00-11:00

    Thurs. 4/23 Lake View Restaurant in Coventry 6:30-9:30

    Fri. 4/24 Vanderman Place in Willimantic 2:00-300

    Fri. 4/24 Basil’s Restaurant in Stafford 7:00-11:00

    Sat. 4/25 Horizon Wings Earth Days benefit in Ashford Noon-1:30

    Sat. 4/25 Hilltop Restaurant in Willington 7:00-10:00

    Sun.4/26 Hop Fest on the Shaboo Stage in Willimantic 1:00-2:00

    Tues. 4/28 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Wed. 4/29 Westview Health Center in Dayville 3:00-4:00

    Thurs. 4/30 Lake View Restaurant in Coventry 6:30-9:30

    A Marvelous May is on the Way

    Fri. 5/1 First Friday at The Windham Club with Dinosaurs After Dark 6:30-

    Sat. 5/2 Pancho Loco Mexican Restaurant in Vernon 8:00-11:00

    Tues. 5/2 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Wed. 5/3 DDS Therapeutic Music at Patriot’s Park 10-11

    Thurs. 5/7 Lake View Restaurant in Vernon 6:30-9:30

    Fri. 5/8 Hilltop Restaurant in Willington 7:00-10:00

    Sat. 5/9 Four Seasons Restaurant at Sun Valley in Stafford 6:30-9:30

    Sun. 5/10 Mother’s Day at Heartstone Winery in Columbia Noon-2:00

    Tues 5/12 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Wed. 5/13 Douglas Manor in Windham Center 1:30-2:30

    Thurs. 5/14 South Windsor Senior Center 11:00-12:00

    Thurs. 5/14 Maria’s Garden at Pleasant Pizza in Wmtc. 6:00-8:30

    Fri. 5/15 Heartstone Winery in Columbia 5:00-800

    Sat. 5/16 Private Children’s Party in Manchester 3:00-3:45

    Sat. 5/16 Columbia Coop Nursery at Fundraiser at Heartstone 6:00-9:00

    Tues. 5/19 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Thurs. 5/21 Whole Life Tolland Therapeutic Music 10-11

    Fri. 5/22 Basil’s Restaurant in Stafford 7:00-11:00

    Sat. 5/23 Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in North Windham Noon-2:00

    Sat. 5/23 Blackledge cRiver Tavernin Hebron on the Patio 6:30-9:30

    Sun. 5/24 Lake View Restaurant on the deck 4:00-7:00

    Sun. 5/24 Nickerson’s Campground in Chaplin (must be a camper) 6-8

    Mon. 5/25 Memorial Day at Lake View on the deck 4:00-7:00

    Tues. 5/26 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Wed. 5/27 Columbia Rec. Dept. Concert on Town Hall Lawn 6:00-8:00

    Thurs. 5/28 Maria’s Garden at Pleasant Pizza in Willimantic 6:00-8:30

    Fri. 5/29 Dinosaurs After Dark at Hungarian Club in Ashford 7:00-10:00

    Sat. 5/30 Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in North Windham Noon-2:00

    Sat. 5/30 Gina Marie’s Restaurant in Hebron on the Patio 6:00-8:00

    Sun.5/31 The Scoop Ice Cream Café in Ellington 5:30-8:30

    My Tunes for June

    Tues 6/2 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Wed. 6/3 DDS Therapeutic Music at Patriot’s Park 10-11

    Thurs. 6/4 New Britain Museum of American Art 5:30-8:00

    Fri.6/5 First Friday with Dinosaurs After Dark at the Windham Club 6:30-9:30

    Sat. 6/6 Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in North Windham Noon – 2:00

    Sat. 6/6 Columbia Seniors Dinner Dance with Dinosaurs After Dark 7-10 (Tkts.)

    Sun 6/7 Lake View Restaurant on the Deck at Coventry Lake 4:00-7:00

    Mon. 6/8 Avalon Assisted Living in Mystic/Stonington 4:00-5:00

    Tues. 6/9 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Thurs. 6/11 Maria’s Garden at Pleasant Pizza in Willimantic 6:00-8:30

    Fri. 6/12 Inn at Woodstock Hill (Friday at 5:30 Specials) 5:30-8:00

    Sat. 6/13 Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in North Windham Noon-2:00

    Sat. 6/13 Four Seasons Restaurant at Sun Valley in Stafford 6:30-9:30

    Sun. 6/14 E.O. Smith Class of 1970 Reunion at Holiday Hill 2:30-4:30

    Sun. 6/14 The Scoop Ice Cream Café in Ellington 5:30-8:30

    Tues. 6/16 Juniper Hill Retirement Village in Storrs 2:00-3:00

    Tues 6/16 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Thurs. 6/18 Whole Life Tolland Therapeutic Music 10-11

    Fri. 6/19 Heartstone Winery in Columbia 5:00-8:00

    Sat. 6/20 Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in North Windham Noon-2:00

    Sun. 6/21 Lake View Restaurant on the deck at Coventry Lake 4:00-7:00

    Tues. 6/23 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Wed. 6/24 Villa Marie Nursing & Rehab in Plainfield 2:00-3:00

    Thurs. 6/25 Maria’s Garden at Pleasant Pizza in Willimantic 6:00-8:30

    Fri. 6/26 Colebrook Village Senior Living in Hebron 3:00-4:00

    Fri. 6/26 Basil’s Restaurant on Route 190 in Stafford 7:00-11:00

    Sat. 6/27 Oliver’s dairy Bar & Grill in North Windham Noon-2:00

    Sat. 6/27 Private Party with NAPA All Stars in Plainfield 3:00-6:00

    Sat. 6/27 Pancho Loco Mexican Restaurant in Vernon 7:00-11:00

    Tues. 6/30 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30 A Marvelous May is on the Way

    Fri. 5/1 First Friday at The Windham Club with Dinosaurs After Dark 6:30-

    Sat. 5/2 Pancho Loco Mexican Restaurant in Vernon 8:00-11:00

    Tues. 5/2 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Wed. 5/3 DDS Therapeutic Music at Patriot’s Park 10-11

    Thurs. 5/7 Lake View Restaurant in Vernon 6:30-9:30

    Fri. 5/8 Hilltop Restaurant in Willington 7:00-10:00

    Sat. 5/9 Four Seasons Restaurant at Sun Valley in Stafford 6:30-9:30

    Sun. 5/10 Mother’s Day at Heartstone Winery in Columbia Noon-2:00

    Tues 5/12 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Wed. 5/13 Douglas Manor in Windham Center 1:30-2:30

    Thurs. 5/14 South Windsor Senior Center 11:00-12:00

    Thurs. 5/14 Maria’s Garden at Pleasant Pizza in Wmtc. 6:00-8:30

    Fri. 5/15 Heartstone Winery in Columbia 5:00-800

    Sat. 5/16 Private Children’s Party in Manchester 3:00-3:45

    Sat. 5/16 Columbia Coop Nursery at Fundraiser at Heartstone 6:00-9:00

    Tues. 5/19 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Thurs. 5/21 Whole Life Tolland Therapeutic Music 10-11

    Fri. 5/22 Basil’s Restaurant in Stafford 7:00-11:00

    Sat. 5/23 Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in North Windham Noon-2:00

    Sat. 5/23 Gina Marie’s Restaurant in Hebron on the Patio 6:00-8:00

    Sun. 5/24 Lake View Restaurant on the deck 4:00-7:00

    Sun. 5/24 Nickerson’s Campground in Chaplin (must be a camper) 6-8

    Mon. 5/25 Memorial Day at Lake View on the deck 4:00-7:00

    Tues. 5/26 Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:00-9:30

    Wed. 5/27 Columbia Rec. Dept. Concert on Town Hall Lawn 6:00-8:00

    Thurs. 5/28 Maria’s Garden at Pleasant Pizza in Willimantic 6:00-8:30

    Fri. 5/29 Dinosaurs After Dark at Hungarian Club in Ashford 7:00-10:00

    Sat. 5/30 Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in North Windham Noon-2:00

    Sat. 5/30 Gina Marie’s Restaurant in Hebron on the Patio 6:00-8:00

    Sun.5/31 The Scoop Ice Cream Café in Ellington 5:30-8:30

    Music for All

    BIOGRAPHY

    Bruce John, grew up in the beautiful downtown Eagleville section of Storrs connecticut and has lived there for more than 66 years.  He started performing at coffee houses and hootenannies in 1962 and has continued to play guitar & sing professionally for his entire life.  He is well known in the area as the Singasaurus from the Kidsville Kuckoo Revue, a band geared towards entertaining families and young children, that he founded in 1989. And as The Human Juke Box who knows over 400 songs.  Bruce was co-founder and owner of the iconic Shaboo Inn, a popular Willimantic nightclub in the seventies.  The club brought in every famous band you can imagine from around the world, right here to Mansfield/willimantic.  At the Shaboo, one of Bruce's biggest responsibilities was marketing and advertising.  This led him to his next career as an advertising account executive for the Chronicle News and the Reminder Press.  Bruce's understanding of business came from first working in his father's restaurant (Lou's) in eagleville, being an active partner in the Shaboo for ten years and then helping scores of business owners in the area in marketing their business with the newspaper.  With his wife Therese, he founded the bread box folk theater in Willimantic in 2009. Bruce uses his past skills at booking great national entertainment to bring touring folk acts and past shaboo legends to perform to benefit the covenant soup kitchen. they have raised over 100,000 dollars  so far. He also has done a major benefit dance for the past sixteen years with his band, the Bandaleros, to pay the $12,000 rent for the No Freeze homeless shelter in Willimantic. He willingly donates his music to many other area charities such as the American Cancer Society, Windham Area Interfaith Ministry, Windham Aids Program, Chocolate Festival, Eastern Ct. RailRoad Museum  etc. or anyone else who needs his help at the time. Today you can catch Bruce performing live music at many area restaurants and venues as well as hosting "On the Homefront", a local community television show and helping his community in many other ways.

    These are some of the fine eateries where you can find him: Hilltop Restaurant, lake View restaurant, Beni’s Restaurant, Inn at Woodstock Hill, the Windham Club, the Chowder Pot, Harbor House, the Dog Watch, Gina Marie’s, Blackledge River Tavern, Oliver’s Grill, Preston Ridge Vineyards, Heartstone Winery, Pancho Loco, Oliver's Dairy Bar, Scoop Ice Cream Cafe, Hidden Still and Basil’s Restaurant.

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    Awards and Recognition :

    Because of Bruce's commitment to community and helping those less fortunate , he has been recognized by many organizations throughout the years

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    2004 Access Agency Appreciation Award for organizing 12 years of concerts to help the North East Community Food Collaborative

     

    2007 Windham No Freeze Shelter Certificate of Appreciation for organizing 15 years of concerts to pay the rent for the shelter 

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    2011 Lions Club International Humanitarian of the Year for Windham, Tolland, New London and Middlesex Counties,included was a Melvin Jones Fellowship, a personal letter from former President Bill Clinton and Congressional Citations from Senator Liberman and  Congressman Courtney 

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    2011 Romantic Willimantic Cupid Award , Windham's highest civic honor for volunteerism in the community

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    2011 Town of Mansfield Proclaimation of Recognition naming January 22, 2011 as Bruce John Day for dedication to community

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    2014 Church Woman United INC. Human Rights Award recognized as an advocate of Peace and Social Justice

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    2015 Willimantic Elks Lodge 1311 Citizen of the Year Award

    for volunteerism in the community

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    2016 Windham County Bar Association Liberty Bell Award  

    for commitment to Social Justice

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    2016  Recognition from Feed Our Vets for volunteerism on behalf of Biking for Vets

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    2016 Golden Spike Award from Ct. Eastern Rail Road Museum for 5 years of donating and organizing music for Rail Road Day 

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    2017 Connecticut Office of the Arts Arts Hero Award presented by Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman representing all of Eastern Ct.  Included was a Congressional Citations from Senator Chris Murphy and Congressman Joe Courtney.

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    2019 Gil DeBarros Award from Generations Health Center 

    for advocating for the poor and homeless

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