Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Buy Idaho's annual Ste. Chapelle Show will be June 22, 2008 from noon until 4:30

The annual Ste Chapelle show is among the most popular Buy Idaho shows. This year's entertainment will be the Fabulous Chancellors. Admission will be $10 for adults, children 14 and under will be free.  50 Buy Idaho members with booths to show, tell and sell their products and services.

Attendees can visit the booths, listen to the live music under the shade of towering trees, taste fine wine or share picnic lunches with family and friends.

Ste. Chapelle; Premier Idaho Wines from the Snake River Valley

Founded in 1976, Ste. Chapelle  is open for complimentary tastings seven days a week. During fall harvest, visitors can experience the excitement of the grape crush in full swing. At other times, guides take guests through the cellars for an up-close tour of the processes of fermentation, aging and bottling. Tours are available on Mondays.

Ste. Chapelle overlooks the famed Snake River Valley in the region of Southwestern Idaho known as Sunny Slope. The valley’s high altitude vineyards, which enjoy long daylight hours, warm summer days and crisp evenings, supply Ste. Chapelle with the superior grapes for its award-winning wines.

The Fabulous Chancellors; rocking 'n' rolling for nearly 50 years

Click here to see a video clip of  the Fabulous Chancellors

From their web site....Beginning in 1959, The Fabulous Chancellors have enjoyed nearly fifty years of recognition as a classic rock 'n' roll show and dance band. With nearly thirty original recorded songs on five completed album collections, The Fabulous Chancellors have also distinguished themselves on record, two of which, "Diamond in the Sky" and "Hey Girl," achieved regional airplay and popularity in the early 60's. Two 1990 recordings, "(Me and My Baby Like) Old Songs" and the tongue-in-cheek "I'm Cool" achieved national airplay. The band's most recent CD, Anthology, 1990-2006, features the band's most popular tunes from that period as well as original songs and live performances.

In the early 60's The Fabulous Chancellors rocketed to fame in the Northwest with their high-energy rock 'n' roll presentation. Based in Boise, Idaho, the band played sold-out local and regional teen clubs, leading to show performances with rising recording artists on tour as The Cavalcade of Stars. Although this original group disbanded in 1969, the banner of The Fabulous Chancellors remained an undying memory in the minds of countless fans.

In 1989, with the blessing of the founding members, Ross Miller re-formed The Fabulous Chancellors with one-time Chancellors bassist, Lou Mathews. Joining them were Joe Baldassarre and Grant Green, who filled out an all-Boise lineup, and the band was on its way once again. A 1990 reunion event that included the founders of the band created such excitement among area Chancellors’ fans, that the venue was filled to “standing room only” as a testimonial to the band's lasting legacy.

Since that time, The Fabulous Chancellors have enjoyed continuous success in their home state of Idaho, and beyond, including repeat appearances with the popular Concerts at Sea Oldies Cruise hosted by Boise radio icon, "Big Jack" Armstrong, and sponsored by the regional travel giant, Harmon Travel.

The Fabulous Chancellors have been honored to work with, or open for some of the most famous recording artists in all of rock 'n' roll, including Merrilee Rush, Brian Hyland, Mark Lindsay, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Tokens, The Diamonds, The Byrds, The Turtles, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Bill Haley's Original Comets, and Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters, in addition to many others.

Since the band's inception with Tom Lowe and Dale Rich in 1959, there have been over 30 musicians in the Chancellors’ fraternity. Despite personnel changes, the format and purpose of The Fabulous Chancellors has remained constant: to provide the best possible entertainment for each and every fan, and to keep the memories of good times rock 'n' roll alive and well.

The current lineup of The Fabulous Chancellors is: Ross Miller, Joe Baldassarre, Jamie Jensen, Jon McKay, Stephen Baldassarre and Chas Bauer.