OSWEGO, NY (Mar. 21)—Constellation Energy will sponsor the Friday night feature concert at Harborfest, festival officials announced today. The 2005 edition of Harborfest marks the third consecutive year the energy producer has sponsored national performances on the festival’s Lakeview Stage.
Constellation Energy, a Fortune 500 Company based in Baltimore, is the nation’s leading competitive supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial users. It owns and operates a diversified fleet of generating plants throughout the United States including the Nine Mile One and Two nuclear power plants in Oswego County.
“Constellation Energy and the employees at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station are proud to join with Harborfest and bring to Central New York a wonderful evening of entertainment,” said Jim Spina, vice president at Nine Mile Point. “Employees at Nine Mile Point have taken great pride in supporting Harborfest as volunteers since the very first festival. We consider it a privilege to be able to participate in Harborfest 2005. Please join us at the Lakeview Stage on July 29.”
“Harborfest welcomes Constellation Energy to the 18 th edition of the festival as sponsor of the Lakeview Stage Friday night concert,” said Michael Redding, Harborfest executive director. “Thanks to the support of Constellation Energy, Harborfest was able to bring the Neville Brothers to the festival last year and in 2002 Constellation sponsored the surfer sounds of original Beach Boy, Al Jardine. We anticipate an equally exciting concert for Harborfest 2005 and thank Constellation Energy for helping to keep Harborfest admission-free through their generous support.”
Harborfest officials said the Lakeview Stage at Breitbeck Park has hosted a virtual “who’s who” in the entertainment industry. Performers featured on that stage have included The Drifters, Don McLean, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons, the Buckinghams, Dion, The Four Tops, Kenney Chesney, Blood Sweat and Tears, Delbert McClinton, Three Dog Night, The Temptations, Mary Wilson, KC and the Sunshine Band, Arturo Sandoval, Wilson Pickett, Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers and many more.
The Lakeview Stage featured Friday Night concert is slated for Friday evening,
