Joseph Clark, 3rd. WRITER, HISTORIAN, BOOKSELLER , collector and publisher of short stories about TOLLAND, MASSACHUSETTS. The reclusive researcher, old time AM radio deejay, MAIN PAGE with interesting QUICK links.

Joseph Clark 3Rd, stroke survivor, writer, historian, old time AM radio deejay, collector, writer and publisher of stories and books, cds and dvds about Tolland, Massachusetts .

ON JULY 17, 2010, THERE WILL BE  AT THE TOLLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, A SEMI-CLASSICAL MUSIC PRESENTATION 'THE WINDS OF TOLLAND', COMPOSED BY ANDREW BONACCI AND INSPIRED BY WRITTEN WORKS BY JOSEPH CLARK AND DELIVERED BY A FULL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY  ALAN TAYLOR.

THIS IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC. THERE IS NOTHING TO BUY, NOTHING TO SELL; FUNDED BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SOURCES FOR THIS PURPOSE.

 THE EVENT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A FORMAL ART EXHIBITION CURATED BY  ASHLEY CLARK (BFA-SVA) IN THE CHURCH VESTIBULE THAT DAY AND THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE CONCERT.

ANDREW BONACCI IS PROFESSOR OF COMPOSITION AND CHAIR OF THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT OF WESTFIELD STATE COLLEGE, AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS MOST UNUSUAL CELEBRATION OF THE TOWNS HISTORY FOR TWO YEARS. 

FUNDED BY A CULTURAL COUNCIL GRANTS AND OTHER PRIVATE SOURCES, 'THE WINDS OF TOLLAND' IS OPEN TO THE PUBLC BUT INVITATIONS WILL BE ISSUED AS WELL AS AN OVERFLOW ATTENDANCE IS  EXPECTED.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AN INVITATION TO 'THE WINDS OF TOLLAND' OR IF YOU INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING MONEY ( AND MONEY IS ALWAYS NEEDED, IN THESE ART STARVED  TIMES.) OR YOUR VOLUNTEER TIME TO PRODUCTING THIS CONCERT, OR EXHIBITING YOUR ARTWORK, CONACT THE SUSAN L. AND JOSEPH J. CLARK III, FAMILY LAND PRESERVATION TRUST AT INKOMING@NETZERO.NET.

 Joseph Clark III of Tolland, Massachusetts(pop.425)is the towns  third oldest native, only seven people in town have lived  in town longer than he.

Joseph J. Clark 3rd. was born Dec 5, 1943, a baby of WWII, a former 1960s, 70s and 80s radio annoucer who has since gone into reclusivness, rattling around the dusty hallways of his ancient, clapboarded, ancestral farmhouse and home. 

ALONG THE TOTO TRIAL:THE HISTORY OF TOLLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, can be purchased online with paypal codewords "Joseph Clark III, inkoming@netzero.net   for $15 and is shipped postpaid, or by ordering directly by emailing the above, or to Wicket Grounds, Inc. 1043 Burt Hill Road, Tolland, Ma. 01034. All checks should be made out to The Wicket Grounds, Inc.

The Tolland history book is 255 pages long, soft cover. A complete chapter by chapter synopsis is online at http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/members2/index.html .