Author: Steven Davy

Wanda Degen Trio opens East Lansing Summer Concert Series

Wanda Degen Trio

While summer doesn’t officially begin until the soltice on June 21, East Lansing got a taste of things to come with the opening of the Summer Concert Series.

The free music series, which takes place Friday and Saturday evenings, open its 2009 summer season with local favorite Wanda Degen and her trio.

Wanda DegenDegen, an award-winning singer, autoharp and dulcimer player, has been a mainstay of Lansing’s music scene since her time as a student at Michigan State University in the 1970s. Degen is joined on flute and saxophone by Dan Giacobassi and also by Pete Wittig on guitar and harmonica.

Degen 2Degen plays a variety of styles including country and folk, but for the Summer Concert Series opener the audience was not only treated beautiful weather but also to the Celtic sounds of Ireland.

 

 

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The East Lansing Summer Concert Series is at the Fountain Square on Fridays and at the Ann Street Plaza on Saturdays until August 22.

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Wednesday Security Industry

From my Security Industry beat. Click on headlines to read stories I filed under the UPI byline.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 17 (UPI) — The U.S. Marine Corps has contracted General Dynamics to provide upgrades to the Combat Operations Centers to support critical decision-making.

PASADENA, Calif., June 17 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has contracted Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to provide the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division with engineering services.

BETHESDA, Md., June 17 (UPI) — U.S. company Lockheed Martin announced it has begun new tests on a military communications satellite marking a milestone in the development of the technology.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 17 (UPI) — French law enforcement authorities announced a contract with Alliant Techsystems for the company to delivery 9mm ammunition.

WALTHAM, Mass., June 17 (UPI) — U.S. company Raytheon announced its Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 air-to-ground weapons technology successfully demonstrated a new communications capability.

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 17 (UPI) — U.S. company Innovative Biosensors Inc. announced it has signed a strategic manufacturing and distribution deal with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

NASHUA, N.H., June 17 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a low-rate production contract for the company’s electronic countermeasure technology.

ALAMEDA, Calif., June 17 (UPI) — California-based device software optimization company Wind River announced the launch of its new platform designed to support aerospace and defense security.

IRVINE, Calif., June 17 (UPI) — Ionfinity says development of its new threat detection and analysis technology for the U.S. military has made a significant step forward.

WALTHAM, Mass., June 17 (UPI) — U.S. company Raytheon announced it has begun integrating its modern weapons adaptability technology into the Jaguar ground attack fighter aircraft.

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