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LOCATION:31806 Lake View Drive\nSelbyville DE 19975
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SUMMARY:Dark Star Orchestra
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Performing to critical acclaim for over 20 years and over 3000 
 shows\,\nDark Star Orchestra continues the Grateful Dead live concert\nexp
 erience. Their shows are built on the Dead's extensive catalog and\nthe ta
 lent of these seven fine musicians. On any given night\, the band\nwill pe
 rform a show based on a set list from the Grateful Dead's 30\nyears of ext
 ensive touring or use their catalog to program a unique\nset list for the 
 show. This allows fans both young and old to share in\nthe experience. By 
 recreating set lists from the past\, and by\ndeveloping their own sets of 
 Dead songs\, Dark Star Orchestra offers a\ncontinually evolving artistic o
 utlet within this musical canon.\nHonoring both the band and the fans\, Da
 rk Star Orchestra's members\nseek out the unique style and sound of each e
 ra while simultaneously\noffering their own informed improvisations. Dark 
 Star Orchestra offers\nmuch more than the sound of the Grateful Dead\, the
 y truly encapsulate\nthe energy and the experience. It's about a sense of 
 familiarity. It's\nabout a feeling that grabs listeners and takes over. It
 's about that\ncontagious energy...in short\, it's about the complete expe
 rience and\nconsistent quality show that the fan receives when attending a
  Dark\nStar Orchestra show. Dark Star Orchestra has performed throughout t
 he\nentire United States\, including a sold-out debut at Colorado’s Red\
 nRocks Park & Amphitheater\, plus shows in Europe and the Caribbean with\n
 the band touching down in seven different countries. DSO continues to\ngro
 w its fan base by playing at larger venues for two and even\nthree-night s
 tands\, as well as performing at major music festivals\nincluding Bonnaroo
 \, Milwaukee's SummerFest\, The Peach Music Festival\,\nJam Cruise\, Wanee
  Festival\, SweetWater 420 Festival\, Mountain Jam\, and\nmany more\, In a
 ddition to appearing at some of the nation's top\nfestivals\, Dark Star Or
 chestra hosts its own annual music festival and\ncampaign gathering\, titl
 ed the \"Dark Star Jubilee\,\" where DSO\nheadlines all three nights and i
 s joined by a mix of established and\nup-and-coming national touring acts.
  Beyond the shores of the United\nStates\, DSO has taken its international
 ly-acclaimed Grateful Dead\ntribute to the beaches of Jamaica in the dead 
 of winter for the past\nsix years\, with their event appropriately titled 
 \"Jam in the Sand.\"\nFeaturing an ocean-side stage\, DSO sets up camp to 
 perform shows for\nfour nights along the tropical sands of an all-inclusiv
 e resort\,\nselling out the event each year for hundreds of lucky attendee
 s. Fans\nand critics haven't been the only people caught up in the spirit 
 of a\nDark Star show. The band has featured guest performances from six\no
 riginal Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh\, Bob Weir\, Bill Kreutzmann\,\nDo
 nna Jean Godchaux-MacKay\, Vince Welnick\, Tom Constanten and even\ntoured
  with longtime Dead soundman\, Dan Healy. Other notable guests\nhave inclu
 ded Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman of Phish\, Keller Williams\,\nWarren Hayne
 s\, Steve Kimock\, Peter Rowan\, Ramblin' Jack Elliot and\nmany more. \"Fo
 r us it's a chance to recreate some of the magic that\nwas created for us 
 over the years\,\" keyboardist and vocalist Rob\nBarraco explains. \"We of
 fer a sort of a historical perspective at what\nit might have been like to
  go to a show in 1985\, 1978 or whenever.\nEven for Deadheads who can say 
 they've been to a hundred shows in the\n90s\, we offer something they neve
 r got to see live. Venue: Freeman\nArts Pavilion.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Performing to critical acclaim for over 20 yea
 rs and over 3000 shows\, Dark Star Orchestra continues the Grateful Dead l
 ive concert experience. Their shows are built on the Dead's extensive cata
 log and the talent of these seven fine musicians. On any given night\, the
  band will perform a show based on a set list from the Grateful Dead's 30 
 years of extensive touring or use their catalog to program a unique set li
 st for the show. This allows fans both young and old to share in the exper
 ience. By recreating set lists from the past\, and by developing their own
  sets of Dead songs\, Dark Star Orchestra offers a continually evolving ar
 tistic outlet within this musical canon. Honoring both the band and the fa
 ns\, Dark Star Orchestra's members seek out the unique style and sound of 
 each era while simultaneously offering their own informed improvisations. 
 Dark Star Orchestra offers much more than the sound of the Grateful Dead\,
  they truly encapsulate the energy and the experience. It's about a sense 
 of familiarity. It's about a feeling that grabs listeners and takes over. 
 It's about that contagious energy...in short\, it's about the complete exp
 erience and consistent quality show that the fan receives when attending a
  Dark Star Orchestra show. Dark Star Orchestra has performed throughout th
 e entire United States\, including a sold-out debut at Colorado’s Red Ro
 cks Park & Amphitheater\, plus shows in Europe and the Caribbean with the 
 band touching down in seven different countries. DSO continues to grow its
  fan base by playing at larger venues for two and even three-night stands\
 , as well as performing at major music festivals including Bonnaroo\, Milw
 aukee's SummerFest\, The Peach Music Festival\, Jam Cruise\, Wanee Festiva
 l\, SweetWater 420 Festival\, Mountain Jam\, and many more\, In addition t
 o appearing at some of the nation's top festivals\, Dark Star Orchestra ho
 sts its own annual music festival and campaign gathering\, titled the \"Da
 rk Star Jubilee\,\" where DSO headlines all three nights and is joined by 
 a mix of established and up-and-coming national touring acts. Beyond the s
 hores of the United States\, DSO has taken its internationally-acclaimed G
 rateful Dead tribute to the beaches of Jamaica in the dead of winter for t
 he past six years\, with their event appropriately titled \"Jam in the San
 d.\" Featuring an ocean-side stage\, DSO sets up camp to perform shows for
  four nights along the tropical sands of an all-inclusive resort\, selling
  out the event each year for hundreds of lucky attendees. Fans and critics
  haven't been the only people caught up in the spirit of a Dark Star show.
  The band has featured guest performances from six original Grateful Dead 
 members Phil Lesh\, Bob Weir\, Bill Kreutzmann\, Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKa
 y\, Vince Welnick\, Tom Constanten and even toured with longtime Dead soun
 dman\, Dan Healy. Other notable guests have included Mike Gordon and Jon F
 ishman of Phish\, Keller Williams\, Warren Haynes\, Steve Kimock\, Peter R
 owan\, Ramblin' Jack Elliot and many more. \"For us it's a chance to recre
 ate some of the magic that was created for us over the years\,\" keyboardi
 st and vocalist Rob Barraco explains. \"We offer a sort of a historical pe
 rspective at what it might have been like to go to a show in 1985\, 1978 o
 r whenever. Even for Deadheads who can say they've been to a hundred shows
  in the 90s\, we offer something they never got to see live. Venue: Freema
 n Arts Pavilion.
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