Author Archive | Maria Nestle

Flame invited to tour Cambodia by U.S. Embassy

GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) –Flame is a group of musicians who all happen to have a disability. The Lexington chapter of The Arc started the band after Lead Singer and Guitarist, Michelle King, won a talent show using her gift of voice. Something doctors said King would never develop. The group has been celebrating their 20th anniversary performing […]

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FLAME RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION

FLAME RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION Flame, Lexington’s internationally-renowned rock band, is the recipient of a National Honor for the National Historic Recognition Project! The Project is a collaboration of a dozen national and regional organizations that recognized the key groups and individuals who have contributed to the transformation of the field of intellectual and developmental disability […]

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Flame Headed for Italy to perform at international festival | March 30, 2017

Headed for Italy Lexington band Flame to perform at international festival APR 9, 2017 ERIC RETZLAFF AND PATRICIA OLDER   Nick Robinson, Michelle King and Carl Blanchard.  GLOVERSVILLE — Flame, Lexington Center’s rock band, will be a featured act at the 19th International Festival of Different Abilities in Carpi, Italy, at the Teatro Comunale, a […]

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Rock for ABILITIES Concert | March 31, 2017

To celebrate National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, Flame, Lexington’s world-renowned rock band, will perform a “Rock for Abilities” concert on March 31, 2017. It will be held at Lexington’s Gloversville facility located at 127 East State Street from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tickets cost $5.00 each and are available at Lexington’s Johnstown, Gloversville and […]

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Lexington Foundation Night Out September 22, 2016

The Lexington Foundation’s largest event of the year is our NIGHT OUT! The event will be held Thursday, September 22 and will feature cocktails, delicious hor d’oeuvres, carving and chef-attended stations catered by Wine and Roses, a silent auction and live entertainment featuring Flame Band Lexington-Chapter Nysarc. The NIGHT OUT will be held at our […]

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