Elderly Brothers back for rescheduled concert

DeKALB – The Elderly Brothers will perform Wednesday, Aug. 11, as part of the Music at the Mansion summer concert series. The original July 14 show was rescheduled because of rain.

The concert will begin at 7 p.m. on the lawn of the Ellwood House Museum, 420 Linden Place in DeKalb.

The Elderly Brothers is a fun-time band that entertains with a song list that everybody knows and can sing along with. Its members have played in various bands for nearly 40 years. The band has performed at a variety of venues and events in the northern Illinois area including Whiskey Acres, Faranda’s and Kishwaukee Fest. Members include Ron Lofton on guitar and ukulele, Jason Shreeram on bass guitar, Chris Cochran on guitar and harmonica, and Oz Amaro on drums.

The opening act for the evening will be The Apollo Strings Quartet, a youth ensemble based out of Sugar Grove. The ensemble includes family members Caleb Hwang on cello, a senior at Kaneland High School and former member of the Chicago Youth Concert Orchestra, Aeryn Hwang on violin, a sophomore at Kaneland High, and Vienna Hwang on viola, an eighth-grader at Kaneland Middle School. The fourth member of the group is Emma Fredericks on violin, a junior at Sycamore High School and current member of both the Sinfonia and Suzuki programs at Northern Illinois University. The group will perform at 6:30 p.m.

Refreshments will be available for purchase. Fatty’s Pub and Grille in DeKalb will offer a selection of beer and wine, and food will be available from Big D’s Hotdogs.

Music at the Mansion concerts are free and family-friendly. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. Parking is available at the Ellwood House Museum, as well as the Clinton Rosette Middle School and First Congregational United Church of Christ parking lots.

The Aug. 11 concert will honor the DeKalb American Legion, DeKalb Police Department and DeKalb Fire Department.

For more information, call the Ellwood House at 815-756-4609 or Michael Embrey of FunME Events at 815-756-1263.