Arts & Entertainment

Win Tickets to Peter Yarrow!

The former member of Peter, Paul and Mary performs Saturday, May 7 at the Sanctuary Concert Series.

Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary fame will perform Saturday with his daughter Bethany as part of the Sanctuary Concert Series, and Chatham Patch has two pairs of tickets to offer readers!

Yarrow, a five-time Grammy winner, wrote some of the biggest hits recorded by himself, Mary Travers and Paul Stookey in the 1960s, including "Puff, The Magic Dragon," "Day Is Done," and "Light One Candle." His song about a loveable dragon frollicking in the land of Honahlee was based on a poem by one of Yarrow's college friends and was eventually turned into three television specials which earned Yarrow an Emmy nomination. 

Yarrow is also famed for his social activism and marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in both Alabama and Washington, DC. In 1982 he was given the Allard K. Lowenstein Award for advancing the causes of peace, freedom and human rights.

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On Saturday Yarrow will perform with his daughter Bethany Yarrow and cellist Rufus Cappadocia, the three of whom recently released the album "Puff & Other Family Classics," as part of the Sanctuary Concert Series.

The concert begins at 8 p.m. at the . Tickets for the concert are still available for $30 each, but Chatham Patch has two pairs of tickets to give to the first two readers who can answer this trivia question correctly:

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Peter Paul and Mary, including Peter Yarrow who will be appearing at The Sanctuary Concerts on May 14, were famous for being egalitarian and committed to the rights of the underdog. Yet when they first formed in 1960, they chose a band name that seemed to go against those values. What was it?

Think you know the answer? Email Chatham Patch Editor Laura Silvius at laura.silvius@patch.com for the chance to win two free tickets to Saturday's concert!


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