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Center Stage Performing
Arts Series announces its fall-winter scheduleREXBURG, Idaho — The Center Stage Performing Arts Series at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg has announced its fall and winter lineup that ranges from Grammy award-winning pianist George Winston to an outdoor homecoming concert by 1964, a tribute to the Beatles. The Center Stage series will offer a little bit for everyone this season,” says coordinator Don Sparhawk. “We’re bringing back a few of your favorite performers, while at the same time introducing some new names.” Tickets
for these events generally go on sale three weeks prior to the event and
range in price from $6 to $10 for the general public and $1 for BYU-Idaho
students. Season tickets are still
available to community patrons for $80. For tickets and
other information, call the
BYU-Idaho Ticket Office at (208) 496-2230. A free brochure is available. The
ticket office is located on the lower floor of the The following shows and concerts will be
presented this year: Tomáš Kubinek will perform his one-man show Sept. 6 and 7 in the Snow Drama Theater. Resembling the image of a mad professor who has just taken a bit too much of his own medicine, this certified lunatic=s experiments include outrageous theatrics, surreal feats and mind-boggling miracles. 1964-The Tribute will be featured at the homecoming concert Sept. 20 in Viking Stadium. This will be the third appearance of the popular group in Rexburg. Choosing songs from the pre-Sergeant Pepper era, the group recreates an early 1960s live Beatles concert, complete with period instruments, clothing, hairstyles and on-stage banter. Cherish
the Ladies will perform Oct. 2 and 3 in the Kirkham Auditorium. They have
been named Entertainment Group of the Year by the Irish Voice Newspaper and
received the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall's International Group of the Year
Award at the Celtic Connections Festival in Tenor Michael Ballam of Logan, Utah, will present an American-theme program entitled AThis is My Country@ during his two nights in the Snow Center for the Performing Arts Oct. 25 and 26. Piano composer George Winston will perform Nov. 7 in the Barrus Concert Hall. He has three gold and three platinum solo piano recordings with more than 11 million units sold. Odyssey Dance Theatre will perform Nov. 22
and 23 in the Kirkham Auditorium. The theater company from The Penderecki Quartet will return Jan.
15 and 16 for two separate concerts in the Barrus Concert Hall. They will
also do a four-day residency with the Music Department. The
Lowe Family of Branson, Tabernacle
organist Linda Margetts will be featured Jan. 30 on the recently
reconditioned Ruffatti organ in a program that will also feature other
instrumentalists from the After
a ten-year absence, the popular violinist Benny Kim will return to campus to
perform with the BYU-Idaho Symphony Orchestra Feb. 6 and 7. The Band of the Grenadier Guards and the
Pipes, Drums and of the Scots
Highlanders will perform on the floor of the Hart Auditorium Feb. 19. Although the Band of the
Grenadier Guards is permitted to tour abroad, its main function is that of a
regiment band and as such, takes its place in state occasions and at public
duties. The Scots Highlanders are recruited from the Pianist
Kevin Kenner will return to BYU-Idaho Feb. 28 with a multi-media program
entitled AFifteen Scenes from the Life of Chopin.@ In 1990 he became the second American to
win the prestigious International Chopin Competition in The
fifth annual BYU-Idaho College Jazz Festival March 8 in the Hart Auditorium
will feature jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut, along with the BYU-Idaho College
Sound Alliance jazz band. Two
Mothers’ Weekend concerts on March 22 will feature Michael McLean, his son Jeff McLean and
others performers. Michael has written music and lyrics for 21 albums and for
the past decade he has performed “The Forgotten Carols” throughout the western The
Dale Warland Singers from Following
last year’s successful shows, the university will once again present
two nights of Cabaret April 18 and 19 in the Hart Auditorium featuring the
Crestmark Orchestra from The
BYU-Idaho Theater Department will present five plays during the fall and
winter semesters that are also part of the Center Stage series. They include
“The
Imaginary Invalid” Oct. 16-19 and 22-26 in the Kirkham Arena Theatre; “Hole in the Sky” Nov. 14-16 and 19-23; “Guys and Dolls” on Feb. 20-22 and 25-28 in the Snow Drama Theatre; a show by Tellers and Troubadours March 19-22 and 25-29; and Jack Weyland=s “Home Cooking” on April 10-12 and 15-19 in the Snow Drama Theater. # # # |
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