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NORWAY — Norway’s Save the Belfry Committee will present “Cabin Fever Reliever,” a rollicking variety show featuring singers, dancers, musicians and comedians Saturday, March 18, at 7:00 p.m. at the First Universalist Church of Norway, 479 Main Street.  Admission is $10.  Tickets are on sale at The Tribune, 430 Main Street, Norway.  Tickets will also be available at the door.

“This show will be a perfect way to shake off winter doldrums and it will benefit Save the Belfry, our ongoing project to restore the First Universalist Church belfry,” said Rev. Fayre Stephenson, minister of First Universalist Church of Norway.

“We are grateful for this terrific group of Western Maine artists who are donating their performances to help us raise money to restore the belfry,” said Joan Beal, chair of the Save the Belfry Committee.

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Performers (in alphabetical order) will include Leah Boyd & Heather Pierson (Peaceful Means musical duo), Creative Norway Executive Director Jess Cooper (singer/dancer), Kim Hamlin (dancer), Nettie Gentempo (Neveah Dance Circus), Mary and Steve Hargreaves (blues, country, folk, and rock singers/musicians), Jonathan Leavitt (songwriter, musician/playwright), OHUG (the Oxford Hills Ukulele Group), Elizabeth Roth (harpist), Kristen Short, Rusty Wiltjer, & Tom Coolidge (Sea Siren Trio featuring folk rock/classic covers), Davy Sturtevant (singer/song writer/musician), Nathan Towne (folk singer), and Ian Watkins (banjoist).

For more information about “Cabin Fever Reliever,” contact variety show committee members Nathan Towne, Erica Jed, Tom Coolidge or Rev. Fayre Stephenson through the First Universalist Church at 207-743-2828 or at norwaymaineuu@gmail.com.

Save the Belfry is a community-wide project to restore  the First Universalist Church of Norway belfry. The Committee is made up of both church and community members.  Committee member are Joan Beal, chair; Sally Bradley, Jan Cardoza, Susan Denison, Ellen Gibson, Erica Jed, Ed Somers, and Rev. Fayre Stephenson.

The church building, constructed in 1828, is a marvelous timber frame structure and a testament to Yankee ingenuity and craftsmanship.    More than 190 years of wind, water and weather have caused structural deterioration that must be repaired. The Save the Belfry Committee is committed to preserving this landmark of Norway’s skyline for another 190 years.