`our Best Days Ever' 
Local Merchants Say A Post-thanksgiving Blitz Should Yield A Green Christmas 
This Year

Albert Lipovsky 
Dec. 1, 1994 
Albert W. Lipovsky, 76, Of East Newport Street, Newtown Section Of Hanover 
Township Died Thursday At His Home.

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The Short Sisters will return to the Chicory House &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Short Sisters &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fay Baird, Kate Seeger and Kim WallachChicory House, St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church, South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dec. 9, 8 p.m. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Call 825-8772 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Chicory will host The Short Sisters &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Short Sisters -- Fay Baird, Kate Seeger and Kim Wallach -- aren't
sisters, and they aren't particularly short. They're three women who have a
flair for sharing their delight in harmony, humor and high spirits with an
audience, and who happen to have short first names. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 They are also perhaps American folk music's premiere female harmony trio.
Ever since the Short Sisters' first appearance at Wilkes-Barre's Chicory House
in 1991, many regional folk music lovers have been looking forward to the
trio's return. Now the Short Sisters are scheduled to perform at the Chicory
House, Friday evening, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The nonprofit, volunteer-operated Chicory House, Northeastern
Pennsylvania's only venue dedicated to presenting folk music and dance, holds
its coffeehouse concerts in the Community Room of St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church, South Franklin Street across from Boscov's, in downtown Wilkes-Barre.
Doors will open for the Short Sisters concert at 7:30 p.m. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Short Sisters, who have just celebrated their 15th anniversary as a
trio, celebrate life in song. Their material may be traditional or new:
offbeat rounds, musical curiosities and chorus songs, songs about work, family
and love, Sacred Harp hymns, ballads and much more. The Short Sisters'
favorite songs, funny or moving, thought-provoking or frivolous, convey
optimism about tackling life's challenges. They are especially noted for the
stunning and original harmonies into which they blend their individual voices,
performing a capella or with guitar, autoharp and banjo. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Kim Wallach is well known as a solo performer and songwriter and has
several albums out on the Black Socks label, for adults and children. Kate
Seeger is a member of the musical Seeger family and began singing and
performing in family concerts as a young child. Fay Baird learned traditional
music in a less formal but time-honored way, playing banjo at contra dances
and singing with friends. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Short Sisters began singing together at first as part of larger groups,
most notably Norumbega Harmony, an eastern Massachussetts group that sings
Sacred Harp music, the traditional "shape note" singing-school music of
unaccompanied four-part hymns, many dating back to Colonial times. Other of
the trio members' early ventures included street singing and participating in
the famous musical holiday pageant, the Christmas Revels. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 In their home territory, the Short Sisters are well known in clubs, concert
series and festivals around New England, and they've played just about every
significant venue in Massachusetts. Outside New England, they've appeared at
the Old Songs Festival in New York State and New Jersey's Folk Project
Festival, for the Folklore Society of Greater Washington, Pennsylvania's
Susquehanna Folk Music Society and New York's Pinewoods Folk Music Club.
They've toured to many other concert and club stages from Tarpon Springs, Fla.
to Berkeley, Calif. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Short Sisters have two albums currently in print: "A Little
Gracefulness" and "A Planet Dancing Slow," from 1987 and 1991 respectively.
Baird and Seeger appear on Wallach's own albums, among them "Paddle on the
Rahway," "The Coldest Winter in Living Memory" and, in 1994, "The House
Between the Tracks." Seeger and Wallach also join Baird on her album, "I
Believe I'II Go Back Home." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Short Sisters' latest recording project is a live album recorded on
tour in over the past year and due out in the spring 1995. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Admission to the Short Sisters' Chicory House concert, Friday, December 9
at 8 p.m., will be $7 at the door. There are no advance sales or reserved
seats; table and other seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Desserts and beverages will be available for purchase throughout the evening.
For more information, call 825-8772. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Short Sisters Will Return To The Chicory House The Short Sisters Fay Baird, Kate Seeger And Kim Wallach.