Arts/Entertainment
National attention: Andover's Johnson to ring in Pats home opener
Martin Johnson, 2004 Andover High School graduate and lead singer for the pop/rock group Boys Like Girls, will sing the national anthem at the Patriots' season-opening Monday Night Football game.
The Andover native will sing before the game between the Patriots and the Buffalo Bills at Gillette Stadium on Sept. 14, the first game for quarterback Tom Brady since a knee injury ended his season during the opening quarter last year.
Andover's Johnson found himself launched into stardom after his band was signed by the Columbia Records label three years ago. Boys Like Girls has toured the U.S., Japan and the United Kingdom, and had two top 40 hits on its self-titled debut album.
The band's next album, "Love Drunk," released Sept. 8, and the title track quickly climbed the top 20 on pop radio's top 40 chart and No. 15 on the iTunes singles chart, according to a press release.
Johnson and Boys Like Girls - whose members all hail from the Boston area - will play a free show at Patriot Place Plaza in Foxborough on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 2 p.m. to promote their new album and "thank their hometown fans," said the press release. For details, see www.Patriot-Place.com
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'Glee' style show choir steps in to Andover High
Choreographer and South Elementary fifth grade teacher Beth Kennedy leads members of the Andover High show choir "From Start to Finish" in dance moves during a rehearsal.
A group of sweaty, red-faced Andover High School students stood in a circle, extending one hand to the middle as teacher Mark Mercer said a few inspirational words about the year ahead.
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No, this wasn't the end of an intensive pre-season camp for a high school sports team. -
Andover man is your guide to local history
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, says the old cliché©. There's less need to worry with Richard Padova on the case.
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The Andover resident leads the Bread and Roses tour at Lawrence Heritage State Park every Wednesday at 11 a.m., teaching people about the events of the mill workers strike of 1912. There is an introductory video at 10:30 a.m. -
TV show on town centers features Andover
An upcoming television show about town centers brought Boston-based cameras to Main Street last Thursday, Aug. 19, and the downtown business group was thrilled.
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"They asked about the Main Street makeover project and about our downtown businesses," said Elaine LeBlanc-Baker, president of the Andover Business Center Association. "It's great that they were here." - Pancake breakfast by Rotary will kick off Andover Days
- Events Calendar
- Confetti Kids drama auditions Sept. 10
- Thursday, August 19, 2010
- Spool acquires magic touch
- First 'High Tea and History' to recall the ballroom
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- Cantemus Chamber calls for new members
- Thursday, August 12, 2010
- Dale Chihuly 'Floats' join Addison's new roof, foretell museum's reopening
- Portrait of a photographer as a young man
- Free Wednesday shows continue at bandstand
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- Celebrities' images promote Alzheimer's awareness at library
- Thursday, August 5, 2010
- Sisters pen book for 'ordinary parents of special kids'
- 'Noises Off' at Rogers Center
- Andover resident leads Bread and Roses tour
- Regional Renaissance music group seeks new voices
- Free river trip this Saturday, Aug. 7
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