Schedule of Events
AFTERNOON INDUCTIONS & PERFORMANCES,
2:00-4:00 P.M.
OPENING
REMARKS
Dr. Robert Billington, Chair, Rhode Island
Music Hall Of Fame
HALL OF FAME INTRODUCTION
Rudy Cheeks, Master of Ceremonies, RIMHOF
Board Member
INDUCTION CEREMONIES
BOBBY
HACKETT (Presented by Lloyd Kaplan)
with a musical tribute directed by Bob
Petteruti featuring:
Eddie Tomassi: Tenor Sax
George Leonard: Guitar
Ken Vario: Trumpet
Steve L'Heureux: Trombone
Tom Petteruti: Drums
Bob Petteruti: Bass
SISSIERETTA
JONES (Presented by Gerard Heroux)
Honoring one of the greatest sopranos in the
world in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries
GEORGE M.
COHAN (Presented by Gerard Heroux)
with a song and dance tribute featuring
dancer Kevin Doyle, vocalist Mary Lee
Partington, and
pianist Cathy Clasper-Torch
JIMMIE
CRANE (Presented by "Big Al" Pavlow, RIMHOF
Board Member and Peter Anders & Vini Poncia,
2012 RIMHOF Inductees)
with a musical tribute featuring vocalist
Adrienne West and Mark Taber on piano
EDDIE ZACK
& THE HAYLOFT JAMBOREE (Presented by Rick
Bellaire, RIMHOF Vice Chair)
with a performance by Babs & Maril's Hayloft
Jamboree featuring steel guitarist Tony
Poccia who joined the band in 1947
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UNVEILING CEREMONY 4:30-5:30 P.M.
Nine new displays for the 2013 inductees
will be unveiled in the Hall of Fame
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EVENING INDUCTIONS & PERFORMANCES, 7:00
P.M., in the MET
OPENING
REMARKS
Dr. Robert
Billington, Chair, Rhode Island Music Hall
Of Fame
HALL OF FAME INTRODUCTION
Rudy Cheeks, Master of Ceremonies, RIMHOF
Board Member
INDUCTION CEREMONIES
BILL
FLANAGAN (Presented by Rudy Cheeks)
PAUL
GEREMIA (Presented by Russell Gusetti,
RIMHOF Board Member)
with a short performance immediately
following
MEMORIAL
TRIBUTE
Rudy Cheeks will pay tribute to Rhode Island
musicians who have passed on since the first
induction ceremony including Richard Walton
TUNE IN &
TUNE UP INITIATIVE - Introduction of RIMHOF
Musicians Health Awareness Initiative
THE
COWSILLS (Presented by Mike Edwards and Dr.
Robert Billington)
STEVE SMITH
& THE NAKEDS (Presented by Rick Bellaire and
Ken Lyon, 2012 RIMHOF Inductee)
2ND
ANNUAL RIMHOF CONCERT
THE
COWSILLS
Musical Performance with all four remaining
members (the drummer, Johnny Cowsill, told
his other band, The Beach Boys, that they'd
have to take the night off because he was
coming to Rhode Island!)
STEVE SMITH
& THE NAKEDS
Musical Performance celebrating their 40th
anniversary! We expect a whole bunch of
former members to be on hand to participate
and perform with them... 64 members over the
years!