Concert to benefit Lewes in Bloom Oct. 8

Groome Church will host a concert to benefit and celebrate Lewes in Bloom at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8, at 601 Savannah Road, Lewes.

Featured performers are soprano Danielle Talamantes, bass-baritone Kerry Wilkerson and composer-pianist Henry Dehlinger. The concert will showcase tunes from the Great American Songbook, the music of Arlen, Berlin, Cahn, Ellington, Gershwin, Mercer, Porter and others, as sung by Sinatra, Fitzgerald, Bennett and so many more.

“When the opportunity arose to present these acclaimed artists in concert, we couldn’t think of a better, more deserving organization to benefit than Lewes in Bloom, especially coming off the brutally hot, not garden-friendly summer we’ve had. The huge number of hours LIB volunteers logged over the past several months giving Mother Nature an assist deserves recognition and our thanks. LIB volunteers kept Lewes’s flower beds – all over town – watered, weeded and looking beautiful for us to enjoy all summer,” said the Rev. Dr. Willard Crossan, Groome Church pastor. “When I see the fruit of LIB’s labor, I often think of the biblical verse, ‘See how the flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.’”

"And now they’re about to plant 30,000 tulips bulbs for us to enjoy in next spring! God bless them,” he said.

For tickets go to instantseats.com.

To learn more, go to lewesinbloom.org, henrydehlinger.com, danielletalamantes.com and kerrywilkerson.com.