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Friday, July 6 Betty to make first time appearance in Huntington at Summer Arts Festival

John Mitty Tuesday, July 3, 2012

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BETTY TO MAKE FIRST TIME APPEARANCE IN HUNTINGTON AT SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL JULY 6, 2012

Date: FRIDAY, July 6, 2012

Time: 8:30 p.m. performance:

Place: Chapin Rainbow Stage, Heckscher Park, Huntington, NY

Details: The Summer Arts Festival, in its 47^th year of bringing top performing arts talent to Huntington, welcomes BETTY for their first Huntington performance.

“As thoughtful as [they are] fun… their harmonies are gorgeous.”
-- Bruce Weber, New York Times

“They are hot! Forget Destiny’s Child, BETTY are the real survivors.”
-- Entertainment Weekly

Band Bio BETTY is the original pop rock band fronted by Alyson Palmer and sisters Elizabeth and Amy Ziff. The band's defiant attitude and signature sound of tight harmonies, fun melodies and clever lyrics layered over strong grooves make their devoted cult grow steadily larger. Based in New York City, BETTY performs wild, memorable and boundary-pushing live shows all over the world. Fierce Elizabeth (vocals, guitar), funky Alyson (vocals, bass) and funny Amy (vocals, cello) are the songwriters and arrangers. On occasion, the trio augments their sound with rich guitar from Tony Salvatore and drums by Mino Gori. The latest release “Bright & Dark”, produced by David Maurice (Kelis, Garbage) is BETTY’s eighth recording. The songs are a lush, lively exploration of the challenges and triumphs of their recent past, including Elizabeth’s battle with breast cancer. The album features guest vocals by Kate Pierson of the B-52’s and is the band’s most fully-realized, radio-friendly song collection to date. Cuts are featured on the hit television series Weeds, NBC’s Love Bites, Ugly Betty, The L Word and more.

Passionate activists, the women of BETTY fight tirelessly for what they believe, especially equal rights for all and the empowerment of girls and women. Since forming in Washington DC in 1986, they are proudest about taking part in hundreds of events that have improved lives, helped change policy and raised millions of dollars for worthy causes and people in need.

BETTY and their music have been featured on national and international radio, in films, television, commercials, jingles, web projects, as guest artists on recordings, compilation albums and live theater, most notably: the Off-Broadway hit directed by Michael (Rent, Next To Normal) Greif, “BETTY Rules”.

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