{"id":31168,"date":"2017-04-26T16:21:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T20:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=31168"},"modified":"2017-04-26T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T20:25:35","slug":"httpwww-thevalleyledger-comp1904-573","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=31168","title":{"rendered":"WEST PARK HOSTS SPECIAL LIVELY LUNCHES KICKOFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Singer\/songwriters Kendal Conrad, Tim Harakal, and Stefanie Johnson will be performing at Allentown\u2019s West Park on <span data-term=\"goog_1720740411\">Friday, April 28<\/span> from <span data-term=\"goog_1720740412\">7pm to 9pm<\/span> to kick-off the 2017 Lively Lunches in the Park series.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Allentown\u2019s Lively Lunches in the Park is a lunchtime music program held in the Allentown Arts Park at Fifth &amp; Linden streets every <span data-term=\"goog_1720740413\">Tuesday<\/span> and <span data-term=\"goog_1720740414\">Friday<\/span> from <span data-term=\"goog_1720740415\">May 9 \u2013 September 26<\/span>. This kickoff concert features a few of the well-known local artists to celebrate the impending start of the downtown lunchtime program.<\/p>\n<p>Kendal Conrad will be performing from <span data-term=\"goog_1720740416\">7:00pm-7:40 pm<\/span> followed by Tim Harakal from <span data-term=\"goog_1720740417\">7:40pm-8:20pm<\/span>. Stefanie Johnson will perform from <span data-term=\"goog_1720740418\">8:20pm-9:00pm<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Kendal Conrad is a singer, actor, published writer, and award-winning songwriter. Kendal appeared on MTV and recently sang a duet onstage with Keith Urban. She was 2013 International Miss Talent and won the title with her original song &#8220;Girlstrong.&#8221; She has performed at the White House, Wells Fargo Center, Sands Casino, Six Flags, Hersheypark, the Bitter End, and Musikfest, as well as the Susquehanna Bank Center for 92.5 XTU&#8217;s anniversary party.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanie Johnson is singer\/songwriter who plays the guitar from the Lehigh Valley. With her \u201cKelly Clarkson meets Taylor Swift\u201d sound, Stefanie adds the taste of rock to her love torn lyrics and catchy hooks. Stefanie\u2019s stories are inspired from personal experiences. In 2017 Stefanie was signed to Escape Music located in England. She continues to showcase her songs by taking the stage at Musikfest, as well as appearing on the television music series \u201cSteel Sessions,\u201d and singing the National Anthem at Coca-Cola Park.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Harakal is an acoustic pop\/folk singer\/songwriter from Whitehall. Tim is a self-taught guitarist. Influenced by his favorite band Metallica, his music morphed into an acoustic art form with a pop-rock edge. He\u2019s written and recorded 40+ songs during his college years playing coffee shops, cafes, opera houses, pubs etc. in the greater Philadelphia area. Tim has been featured as \u201cCream of the Crop\u201d from Philly Rising. He was recently awarded the titles of \u201cBest Singer\/Song Writer\u201d and \u201cBest Lyricist\u201d and has been featured numerous times in local print, television, and radio.<\/p>\n<p>The Lively Lunches in the Park program will conclude with an \u201cEnd of Summer Concert\u201d at West Park on <span data-term=\"goog_1720740419\">Friday, September 29<\/span>, from <span data-term=\"goog_1720740420\">7pm \u2013 9pm<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information please contact the City of Allentown Department of Parks &amp; Recreation at <a href=\"tel:(610)%20437-7750\">(610)437-7750<\/a> or visit us at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AllentownParkandRec\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AllentownParkandRec&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1493323091997000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEl2tJZ3GcZewiAeP90-IoDmBpeWg\">www.facebook.com\/AllentownParkandRec<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information Provided By:<br \/>\nMike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n 435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\n Allentown, PA 18101<br \/>\n Mike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Allentown-Parks.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}