POTSDAM - Offering discounts to military personnel has earned The Orchestra of Northern New York the designation of Yellow Ribbon Event.
Operation Yellow Ribbon is a volunteer-based committee, with representatives from many areas that soldiers support and from community organizations. Its charge is to promote visible signs of support for soldiers and their families and serve to promote area events that honor our military and provide discounts to service members and their families.
The Orchestra of Northern New York offers tickets to military personnel at $18 - a $4 discount off regular adult tickets.
At its summer pops concert each year, the Orchestra takes time to publicly recognize and thank audience members from each branch of the armed services. A color guard opens the pops concert in Potsdam, this year with representatives of Canton VFW Post #1231 participating.
The Orchestra will open its 28th Season on Saturday, October 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Hosmer Hall, SUNY Potsdam with "Russian Passion." The concert features Sibelius' stirring masterpiece that celebrates freedom, strength and heroism. David Heuser's electrifying work is taken from the poem, "Music," dedicated to Dmitry Shostakovich and written by Soviet poet, Anna Akhmatova. The second half of the concert is the breathtaking and majestic Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.
For tickets or more information, call 315-267-2277 or visit www.onny.org.