Rockport Music presents Capitol Steps

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Hours:	8 PM
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$ see below
Category:	Performances

The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them.

Born in 1981 when some staffers for Senator Charles Percy were planning entertainment for a Christmas party.

They dug into the headlines of the day and created song parodies and skits which conveyed a special brand of satirical humor.

In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom ('Don't quit your day job!'), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, as a whole, the performers have worked in a total of eighteen Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.

Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded over 30 albums, including their latest, Fiscal Shades of Gray.

They've been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials.

“You have watched ‘Saturday Night Live’ and you tune in to Comedy Central every night for ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘The Colbert Report.’ But when it comes to satire, you haven't seen the real thing until you have been to the Capitol Steps.” The Washington Post

“…the songs are unapologetically cheesy and the puns flow fast and thick, you have to admire the nimble minds behind the wordplay.” The Boston Globe

COST

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$68, $58, $49

WEBSITE

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www.rcmf.org/jazz-world/11-8-13.html

LOCATION

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37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966 map
Phone: 978.546.7391

Travelling by Car:
Rockport is 45 miles from downtown Boston.
Drive north on Rte. 128 to the traffic lights in Gloucester.
Turn left onto Rte. 127.
Drive 4 miles to Rockport.
Continue through 'Five Corners' onto Rte. 127A (Broadway) toward the harbor.
Turn left onto Mt. Pleasant Street, which will bear left and become Main Street

Travelling by Train:
Rockport is accessible by commuter rail from Boston and other North Shore towns. The train station is a pleasant 1/2 mile walk to the concert setting. Check MBTA schedules at Www.Mbta.Com