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Music for All
Children's Entertainment
Senior Entertainment

DATES:

Sat.3/12 Hilltop Restaurant in Willington 6:30-9:30

Thurs. 3/17 Mansfield Rehab St. Patrick's Day 2:30-3:30

Thurs 3/24 Art Show Grand Opening at Kerri Gallery Wmtc.

6:00-8:00

Fri. 3/25 Kerri Gallery with Marty Clark 6:00-8:00

Sat. 3/26 Blackledge River Tavern in Hebron 6:30-9:30

Thurs. 3/31 Lake View 6-9

April, Come She Will

4/1 Fri.  Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:30-9:30

4/2 Sat.  Pourhouse Pub  in Eagleville 5:30-8:00

4/7 Thu. Lake View  6-9

4/8 Fri.Arrowhead Acres Winery in N.Franklin 6-8

4/9 Sat.Italian Villa Restaurant & Pizzeria in Somers 6-9

4/13 Wed.Tolland Day Program Therapeutic Music 10-11

4/14 Thu.Lake View  Restaurant

5:30-8:30

4/25 Mon Scalise Group Home Therapeutic Music 3:30-4:30

4/28 Thu. Lake View 5:30-8:30

4/29 Fri. Parkinson’s Support Group Luncheon at Beni’s 11:30-2

4/30 Sat. Hilltop Restaurant in Willington 6:30-9:30 

MAY…… I have the honor of your attendance at some of my shows

5/5 Thu. Lake View Restaurant Rain or Shine 5:00-8:00

5-6 1st Friday at Oliver’s in N.Windham with Dinosaurs After Dark 5-8

5/7 Sat. Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:30-9:30

5/12 Thu. Lake View on the Patio overlooking Coventry Lake 5-8

5/13 Fri. Pour House Pub   in Eagleville 5:30-8:00

5/14 Sat. Gina Marie’s Restaurant in Hebron 6:00-8:00

5/15 Sun. Hop Fest at the Shaboo Stage in the VIP Tent 11:30-12:30

5/15 Sun. Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

5/16 Mon. Avery Heights in Hartford 2:30-3:30

5/17 New Windham Senior Center

All Aew Welcome 1:00-2:00

5/18 Wed.Tolland Day Program Whole Life Therapeutic Music 10-11

5/18 Wed.The Maine Moose Rte 66 in Columbia 5:00-8:00

5/19 Thu. Mansfield Rehab 2:30-3:30

5/19 3rd Thursday in Wmtc with Dinosaurs After Dark Footbridge Stage 6:00-

5/20 Fri.  Blackledge River Tavern in Hebron 6:30-9:30

5/21 Sat. Montessori at Bassettes Bridge  Mansfield 11:00-1:00

5/21 Sat. Private Company  Party at The Windham Club 6:00-9:00

5/22 Sun. Lake View on the Patio 5:00-8:00

5/23 Mon. Scalise Drive Group Home Therapeutic Music 3:30-4:30

5/25 Wed. Free Outside Rec Dept Concert at Columbia Town Hall 6-8

5/26 Thu. Douglas Manor in Windham Center 1:30-2:30

5/26 Thu Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

5/27 Fri. The Windham Club on the Patio 6:00-9:00

5/28 Sat. Oliver’s Dairy Bar and Grill in N.Windham Noon-2:00

5/28 Sat. Hilltop Restaurant on the Patio in Willington 6:30-9:30

5/29 Sun. Nickerson’s Campground in Chaplin (must be a camper)  8-10

5/30 Mon. Memorial Day at Lake View on the Patio 3:00-7:00

Tunes in June

6/1 Wed. The Maine Moose in Columbia 5:00-8:00

6/2 Thu. Lake View on the patio at Coventry Lake 5:00-8:00

6/3 1st Friday at Oliver’s with Dinosaurs After Dark 5:00-8:00

6/4 Sat. Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill N.Windham Noon-2:00

6/4 Sat. Dinosaurs After Dark at Beckish Senior Ctr. Reservations 7-10

6/5 Sun. Lake View Restaurant on the Patio  5:00-8:00 

6/7 Tue. St Joseph Living Center in Windham 2:00-3:00

6/9 Thu. Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

6/10 Fri. The Windham Club on the Patio 6:00-9:00

6/12 Sun. Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

6/15 Wed. Tolland Day Program Therapeutic Music 10:00-11:00

6/15 Wed. The Maine Moose in Columbia 5:00-8:00

6/16 Thu. Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

6/17 Fri. Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:30-9:30

6/18 Sat. Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill N.Windham Noon-2:00

6/18 Sat. Gina Marie’s Restaurant in Hebron 6:00-8:00

6/19 Sun.Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

6/21 Tue. Colebrook Village Assisted Living in Hebron 2:00-3:00

6/22 Wed. Bel Air Assisted Living in Newington 2:00-3:00

6/23 Thu. Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

6/24 Fri. Arrowhead Acres Winery in N. Franklin  6:00-8:00

6/25 Sat. Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in N.Windham Noon-2:00

6/25 Sat Hilltop Restaurant in Willington on the Patio 6:30-9:30

6/26 Sun. Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

6/29 Wed. The Maine Moose in Columbia 5:00-8:00

6/30 Thu. Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

July is Jumpin’-Join Me

7/1 first Friday at Oliver’s in N.Windham with Me & Dinosaurs After Dark. 5:00-8:00 Good Food, Beer and Wine, Bring a Lawn Chair

7/2 Sat. Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in N.Windham Noon-2:00

7/2 Sat. Blackledge River Tavern on the Patio in Hebron 6:30-9:30

7/3 Sun. Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 4:30-7:30

7/4 4th of July at Lake View on the Patio 3:30-7:30

7/6 Wed.The Maine Moose in Columbia 5:00-8:00

Thurs.7/7 Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

Fri. 7-8  Heartstone Winery in Columbia 6:00-8:00

Sat.7/9 Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in N.Windham Noon-2:00

Sat.7/9 Gina Marie’s Restaurant in Hebron 6:00-8:00

Sun. 7/10 Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 4:30-7:30

Wed. 7/13 Willington Town Concert at Rec Park Rte. 32 6:30-8:30

Thurs.7/14 Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

Fri.7/15  Beni’s Restaurant in Vernon 6:30-9:30

Sat. 7/16 Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in N.Windham Noon-2:00

Sat. 7/16 Creative Living Farm to Table Benefit Coventry 5:00-8:00 

Sun.7/17 Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 4:30-7:30

Wed. 7/20 Tolland Day Program Therapeutic Music 10:00-11:00

Wed. 7/20 The Maine Moose in Columbia 5:00-8:00

Thurs. 7/21 Mansfield Rehab & Nursing 2:30-3:30

Thurs. 7/21 Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

Fri. 7/22 Windham Golf Course on the Deck 6:00-9:00

Sat.7/23 Private Wedding in Coventry 12:30-3;30

Sat. 7/23 Hilltop Restaurant in Willington on the Patio 6:30-9:30

Sun.7/24 Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 4:30-7:30

Thurs. 7/28 Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 5:00-8:00

Fri.7/29 Pourhouse in Eagleville 5:30-8:00

Sat.7/30 Oliver’s Dairy Bar & Grill in N.Windham Noon-2:00

Sat. 7/30 Gina Marie’s Restaurant in Hebron 6:00-8:00

Sun. 7/31 Lake View Restaurant on the Patio 4:30-7:30 

BIOGRAPHY

Bruce John, grew up in the beautiful downtown Eagleville section of Storrs connecticut and has lived there for more than 70 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 $246,000 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  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,Arrowhead Acres, Fish Family Farm, 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.

2019 Gil DeBarros Award from Generations Health Center 

for advocating for the poor and homeless

2019 & 2020 Chronicle Readers Choice Best Entertainer

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