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<p><em>Concert, who will turn 44 on Tuesday, has been mayor for three years.</em></p><p>1. Before becoming mayor, I served on the borough council for three years.</p><p>2. I&#8217;m known thoughout Northeastern Pennsylvania as &#8220;Crazy Chris.&#8221; For about 12 years I owned my own website, The Woodshed, where I went to events and promoted live local music. I also had launched my own newspaper, The Woodshed Post. I gave that up to go in a different direction.</p><p>3. In 2010 I was named runner-up for the Times Leader&#8217;s Jefferson Award for volunteer work I had done. In 2016 I was named Volunteer of the Year by the United Way of Wyoming Valley. I couldn&#8217;t do the volunteer work myself; I owe it to the people who always stand by my side.</p><p>4. Many ask me what the &#8220;S&#8221; in Christopher S. Concert stands for. It&#8217;s Scott.</p><p>5. I am a twin; my twin Christian died at an early age. I have nine brothers and sisters and I&#8217;m the youngest and best-looking of them all.</p><p>6. My mom Maxine passed away when I was very young. I was blessed with my mom Nancy, who not only is my mom but a saint, having stepped into a huge family to take care of us. She is my angel; I owe everything I&#8217;ve ever done to her.</p><p>7 A few years ago I dove off a stage into 4 feet of artificial snow and broke my ankle in the process. It was August and 95 degrees and I had to explain at the hospital how Santa fell on the snow and broke a leg during a heat wave.</p><p>8. I was voted 2017 Photographer of the Year by the <a href="https://wilkesbarre.macaronikid.com/" target="_blank">Wilkes-Barre Macaroni Kid</a> website.</p><p>9. I am a huge country music fan, and I&#8217;m a big fan of Iron Cowboy and Cathy Paty.</p><p>10. I&#8217;m single and available &#8230;</p><p style="text-align: right;"><em> &#8212;</em> <em>Written for timesleader.com</em></p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Concert listens at a Swoyersville Council meeting. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_concert1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Concert listens at a Swoyersville Council meeting. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader)</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_concert3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Concert chats with Rod Gereda, director of the Interfaith Resource Center for Peace & Justice, at the Wilkes University student center. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_concert3.jpg</photo1><caption1>Concert chats with Rod Gereda, director of the Interfaith Resource Center for Peace & Justice, at the Wilkes University student center. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader)</caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_concert2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Concert uses his ammunition during the tomato fights at a previous Pittston Tomato Festival. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_concert2.jpg</photo2><caption2>Concert uses his ammunition during the tomato fights at a previous Pittston Tomato Festival. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader)</caption2><photoCredit2></photoCredit2></div></div>

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