Â *Three musicians of the legendary rock group YES have united to take The More Drama Tour across North America, and they will make a Connecticut stop at Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, August 25.

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Jun 24, 2005 12:00 am

Â Guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White are hitting the road along with keyboardist Geoff Downes (formerly of The Buggles and Asia) for the tour, which is one-part celebration for the August release of Yesâs DVD 35th Anniversary: Songs from Tsongas (recorded live at The Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Mass.) and one part celebration for the release, also in August, of The Word Is Live, a new box set of live Yes performances.

Â Tickets for the Mohegan Sun show are going on sale Saturday afternoon at 2 pm, and have been priced at $22.50 and $32.50. TicketMaster vendors will handle all sales.

Â *Tickets for TORI AMOSâ next return to the state, on August 16 at the Oakdale Theatre, will be on sale as of 10 am Friday (June 24). All seats are $40; call 203-265-1501 or TicketMaster.

Â *MARY BETH AND GARY SIPPIN of Newtown and their band GOLDRUSH will begin their summer concert series this weekend with a show on Sherman Green in the town of Fairfield. Showtime is 7 pm. Goldrush combines traditional and contemporary country, western swing, bluegrass and rockabilly to create their own energetic sound.

Â The bandâs next show will be Sunday, July 10, also at 7. This time theyâll be playing an opening set at Ives Concert Park in Danbury the same night THE CHIEFTAINS will be headlining. Tickets for that show are available through the Ives Concert Parkâs box office, which is on the westside campus of Western CT State University, and also through TicketMaster vendors. Tickets are $20 for adults on the lawn, $10 for children on the lawn, and $40 or $55 reserved.

Â The band also has shows set up for July 24 in Monroe, August 21 in Westbrook, September 11 at Bethlehem Fair, and September 23 at Durham Fair. Additional details as they become available will be posted on the bandâs website, www.GoldrushMusic.com.

Â *Woodbury Ski Area has announced dates and details for its 34th annual REGGAR FEST. This yearâs festival will be Saturday and Sunday, July 16-17, at the ski area on Route 47. Music will run from noon until 8 pm each day, with gates opening at 10 am.

Â Tickets are $40 in advance for both days, $25 per day in advance, or $30 per day at the gate; call 203-263-2203 or visit www.WoodburySkiArea.com.

Â Bands scheduled to perform include PETE SCHIEPS BAND, BLACK REBELS and LOOSE CABOOSE. More bands are expected to be announced.

Â Also, arts and crafts vendors can still contact the ski area about participating in the festival.

Â *Shows recently added to the calendar at The Webster Theatre include JEFFREY GAINES on Friday, July 29 (in The Webster Underground); THE BLOODHOUND GANG and TROY WALSH, August 4; LUCKY BOYS, CONFUSION, THE WORKING TITLE, MELEE and DROPPING DAYLIGHT, August 6; CRAIG GRASS, also in The Underground, August 7; FINCH, RX BANDITS and A STATIC LULLABY, August 19; and MURPHYâS LAW, September 30 in The Underground.

Â *Unsurprisingly, the Connecticut stop next month for BRUCE SPRINGSTEENâs Devils And Dust Tour is sold out.

Â I have to apologize to anyone who may have gone to the box office in Bridgeport last Saturday morning to purchase tickets. The information printed in my column last week was what I had been given by the arenaâs press office. I donât know when the change from in-person lottery sales was changed to TicketMaster phone and Internet sales.

Â I canât apologize enough for that, and I hope the information that appeared in The Bee last week did not cause any inconvenience or that anyone missed out on tickets for this show because of that. Please know that I strive to present correct information in every story, cutline and column I write.

Â Until next week Iâll be seeing you... on the road.

Â Questions and comments should be sent to Shannon Hicks c/o The Newtown Bee, 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown CT 06470, or shannon@thebee.com, or call the office at 426-3141. Shows listed at club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

UPCOMING SHOWS

JUNE 24 â Steve Winwood at Foxwoods Casinoâs Fox Theatre, Ledyard; Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, The Soundtrack of Our Lives opening; Scarecrow at The Acoustic CafÃ©, Bridgeport; Hermanâs Hermits featuring Peter Noone at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den (also June 25);

June 25 â Steve Winwood at Ives Concert Park, Danbury; Badfish at Toadâs Place, New Haven (all ages); Swivelchair at The Acoustic CafÃ©; Almost Queen at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury; Hermanâs Hermits featuring Peter Noone at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den;

June 26 â Pimenta Malaguela at Tuxedo Junction; Shangri-Las at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den;

June 27 â Def Leppard at Mohegan Sun Arena, Tesla opening;

June 29 â djehli at The Acoustic CafÃ©;

June 30 â Bret Michaels at The Webster Theatre, Hartford (all ages).

JULY 1 â Reel Big Fish, American Hi-Fi and Punchline at The Webster Theatre, Hartford; Dick Dale at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den, Uncasville.

July 2 â Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Foxwoods Casinoâs Fox Theatre, Ledyard; Dr Mudd at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

July 4 â Lisa Lisa at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den, Uncasville.

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Reservoir Rd. does indeed appear to have an interesting history that I often ponder as I hike the Rochambeau Trail. Early on it was apparently part of a main route from the center of the Borough to Taunton, which went up Mt. Pleasant Rd. and then roughly followed a watershed boundary from Mount Pleasant to Taunton Hill. When the current switchback road was built from West St. to Castle Hill in the 1800s, replacing the indirect route through the campground that Rochambeau used, the part of that original route to Taunton now known as Reservoir Rd. became redundant. But on an 1868 town map and topographic maps from 1892 and 1915, it looks like both routes were still maintained as roads. By the time of the 1934 aerial survey of CT, the connection to Mount Pleasant Rd. (maybe called Reservoir Rd. by then since the reservoir is visible) even had two outlets onto Castle Hill Rd. Since it is only shown as a partial dashed line on a 1953 topographic map, it may have stopped being maintained as a passable through road by then. But on a 1963 topographic map, where the section down to Knollwood Dr. had become a normal road again, the other end is shown as a dashed-line road, still with two connections to Castle Hill Rd., and a structure on the east side where one can still find remnants of a house today. Maybe a longtime resident can add comments about what it looked like in the 1950s and 1960s?

Clarity on Reservoir Road and the Rochambeau Trail

Please stop referring to your fellow Newtowners as the Mob. I was at the Legislative Council meeting where Mr. Pisani insulted the intelligence of a room full of Newtown voters; twice, and not in a satirical way. Plenty of new projects have been given the green light - the repurposing of the Taunton Press property is a welcome addition to Town, a new retail center is under construction on Church Hill Rd there are ongoing plans for the existing Fairfield Hills campus. Newtown is a wonderful place to live. Kudos to the Town officials who have managed to grow Newtown and maintain a small town feel, which may mean saying no to development more often than you would like. There will always be two sides to any proposal - different points of view are welcome and essential - name calling adds nothing to the conversation.

Who is Calling Newtowners Stupid?

Appreciate your perspective. Rather than litiate all of your opinions expressed here, here....I would like correct your opinion about the BOS having the final authority on road discontinuance decisions. State statute (CT GS 13a-49), requires the BOS' decision to be approvate by a majority vote at a regular or special town meeting (just like the one Newtown had a few years back to decide to spend the money to build an addition onto the High School). In towns that no longer have any town meetings, that responsibility would fall on the town's representaive government, or legislative body....in Newtown's case, our Legislative Council. Failure to follow this statutory process is but one of the reasons the town/the BOS is being sued.

There are many private roads in Newtown where they property owner owns right to the center line, for example this is often true in the lake communities. Many of these roads predate and do not conform to the Town's roads standard and therefore the Town never accepted them into the Town road system. Does the Town actually own this road?

It’s important to clarify the tone and context of Derek Pisani’s remarks, particularly the satirical line about suing Newtown for "Gross Stupidity." This was clearly a tongue-in-cheek jab at the exhausting culture of legal threats that’s become a staple on the local Facebook Group forums. It was a reflection of frustration over endless regulatory hurdles and obstructionism, and the desire to avoid common sense solutions not an insult aimed at residents. Satire, is meant to provoke thought and highlight the absurdities. If we are unable to distinguish between satire and literal threats, perhaps the comment hit closer to the truth than we’d like to admit. Rather than focusing on Pisanis style, we should be discussing the substance of what he’s pointing out: that Newtown’s progress is being routinely blocked by a small but vocal contingent who seem intent on saying “no” at every turn. They are saying no to any development, no to common sense solutions to crowd control, etc. Newtown deserves leaders who are willing to call things as they see them, even if their language ruffles feathers. That doesn’t mean they lack respect for constituents—it means they care enough to challenge the Mob and push for solutions. Isn't that what we elect people to do? I applaud Pisani's dedication, he certainly has earned my vote. Regardless, let’s not reduce conversation to tone-policing and outrage. Let’s focus on the issues that matter.

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Â *Three musicians of the legendary rock group YES have united to take The More Drama Tour across North America, and they will make a Connecticut stop at Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, August 25.

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