Music benefit for museum at new cider tasting room

HAMPTON, N.Y. — A musical benefit for the Neversink Valley Museum of History and Innovation in Cuddebackville will be held at Soons Orchards, which has just opened a tasting room for its hard ciders.
The event will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, at Soons' Orchard Hill Cider Mill, located at 29 Soons Circle in New Hampton, N.Y. It includes a cash bar.
Performing will be singer Ellen Kaye and guitarist Ethan Fein.
Kaye has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, Town Hall, the noted jazz club The Iridium, and the Metropolitan Room, among many other venues in and around New York City. Her recordings include "Ice Wine: Songs for Christmas and Dark Winter Nights" and "3AM...the Dogs, the Milkman and Me." She owned Moscow 57, a restaurant and live music venue on Delancey Street in New York with partners Seth Goldman and Ethan Fein.
Fein has played in concert with Kristen Chenoweth, Bernadette Peters, Marvin Hamlisch, Cy Coleman, and Carole King, to name a few. He also played in the Broadway shows "42 Street," "West Side Story," "The Full Monty," and "Cats" for its entire run.
Also performing at the museum fundraiser are Orchard Hill owners Karl DuHoffmann, a "song and dance man," and Andrew Emig, trumpet player, along with other members of the "Orchard Hill family," vocalists Donnan Sutherland (mixologist) and Laura Schutter,
Museum director David Lawrence will host the event.
The mission of the Neversink Valley Museum of History and Innovation, located at 26 Hoag Rd. in Cuddebackville, is to preserve and document the history of the D&H Canal, Neversink River Valley, and Shawangunk Valley. The museum focuses especially on the canal's influence on local commerce and technology in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and how it transformed an agrarian area into an industrial one. For more information about the museum call 845-754-8870.
Orchard Hill Cider Mill's mission is to "revive the tradition of authentic farm-based alcoholic beverage production." It makes handmade hard ciders in small batches using traditional fermentation and distilling methods.
Its "Speakeasy Saturdays," hosted by mixologist Donnan Sutherland from 5 to 9 p.m., feature live music, Chef Shawn Hubbell's light bites, and New York State craft libations.
Admission is $10 to the fundraiser; $15 includes one glass of cider. Museum memberships will also be available.
For more information, call Orchard Hill at 845-374-2468.