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 […]
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 […]
NICHOLS (WBNG) — The next time someone says disabled people aren’t able to do the same things as people who are able bodied, tell them the story of Andrew Carpenter. Carpenter uses music and singing to express himself, and says what many consider a disability is actually a gift. “They don’t understand that a disability […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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Lexington, Chapter of the Arc New York, a private, not-for-profit agency, supports people with disabilities and their families. Lexington provides services to people of all ages. Learn More.