Photo of the Royal Garden Trio & Friends Now: 3 March 2012

The Chelsea Center for the Arts held a fundraiser. I couldn’t make it to the Friday night event — which is a real pity because it involved chocolate! — but I did make it to the Saturday night event: a concert featuring the Beach Fiddle Club, the Chelsea House Orchestra, Charlotte Prenevost, and the Royal Garden Trio.

First up was the Beach Fiddle Club.

If you’re not familiar with Chelsea, you might be wondering about the name of that group. Do they fiddle on the beach? No. Well, I mean, they might do that every now and again, but not on a regular basis. The group is composed of local middle school kids, and the name of that school is Beach Middle School. (The school was named after Dwight Beach, a Chelsea native who rose to the rank of general in the U.S. Army.)

Next up was the Chelsea House Orchestra.

Charlotte Prenevost joined CHO for a song.

To cap off the evening, the Royal Garden Trio took the stage. They first performed a few songs with some CHO members.

Charlotte Prenevost sang with the trio, too.

Then the trio had the stage all to itself.

The Royal Garden Trio is well worth checking out. Here, watch this video. You won’t regret it.