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Words and Music returns March 30 with Colleen Kattau, Dana “Short Order” Cooke, and Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers

For lucky number 33 in the series, the Words and Music Songwriter Showcase features Colleen Kattau and Dana “Short Order” Cooke, two of Central New York’s top singer-songwriters, in the intimate theater setting of Jazz Central. They will swap songs and stories alongside series host Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, a grand prize winner in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.

Colleen Kattau, Dana “Short Order” Cooke, and Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers

WHAT: Words and Music Songwriter Showcase

WHEN: Fri., March 30. Doors at 7:30, music at 8

WHERE: Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington, Syracuse, 315-479-5299. (Map it)

TICKETS: $10. For reservations, email showcase@wordsandmusic.info

ABOUT THE SERIES

The Words and Music Songwriter Showcase is a celebration of original music from Central New York and beyond, featuring established and emerging artists of all genres in an up-close-and-personal acoustic setting. Since its debut in January 2008, the series has featured such top talent as Joe Driscoll, Maura Kennedy, Mike Powell, John Cadley, Colin Aberdeen, Colleen Kattau, Dusty Pas’cal and Loren Barrigar, Ashley Cox, Bob Halligan Jr., Joe Crookston, Jamie Notarthomas, and Gary Frenay and Arty Lenin.

The Words and Music series is sponsored by the Folkus Project and WAER and is a program of the CNY Jazz Arts Foundation.

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Gary Frenay and Arty Lenin