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A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT
The Performing Arts and Education Association of
Southwest Iowa is extremely excited to present the
Grand Opening Season, 2008-09. We will be moving
into the Wilson Performing Arts Center by the
end of the year, and all productions after January
1, 2009 will be in our new facility. The Wilson Performing
Arts Center will have moved from a vision
of community leadership to a reality.
The Grand Opening professional season offers
four events in a season ticket, Hotel California,
Keith Knight, Craicmore, and Joyce Yang. Two additional
performances will be offered at individual
ticket prices, Mammoth Follies and the Gala Grand
Opening Event. In 2009, PAEA will also be offering
for the first time community theatre productions.
The PAEA Community Theatre Committee will produce
two shows, one play and one musical, this
year. In future seasons, there will be more productions
and performances.
Again, we wish to express our appreciation to
each of you for supporting the PAEA mission to
increase and enhance performing arts and arts
education for southwest Iowa. We are certain that
you will enjoy the Grand Opening Season, and we
look forward to seeing you at the performances.
Sincerely,
Larry Brandstetter,
PAEA Board President
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HOTEL CALIFORNIA
“A Salute to the Eagles”
Saturday, September 20th
7:30 PM
Red Oak High School |
Hotel California is the #l Eagles tribute band and the
only one endorsed by the Eagles themselves. This
band, comprised of five respected, multi-talented top
music industry professionals, presents a dynamic exciting
show saluting the music of The Eagles, whose music
has spanned generations. Finally, audiences can once
again experience the energy and magic of this timeless
music. Their music is appealing to audiences of all
ages, bringing back memories and touching the hearts
of every generation.
So join us now on a trip down a
dark desert highway, feel the cool wind in your hair,
and experience the Grammy Award winning sounds
that defined a generation. Relax...It’s time to check
into the Hotel! |
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KEITH KNIGHT
Saturday, November 15th
7:30 PM
Red Oak Middle School |
Keith Knight is a solo 12 & 6 string fingerstyle acoustic
guitarist, vocalist, and mandolinist, and is considered
by many to be one of the finest finger picking guitarists
in America. He has been performing across the United
States since 1993. Keith’s high-energy guitar wizardry
takes modern and traditional folk music to incredible
heights. His music is deeply rooted in Appalachian,
ragtime & delta blues, and Americana music; and with
his modern guitar techniques and spirited vocals, Keith
breathes new life into these traditional music genres.
His influences span from Blind Blake and Leadbelly to
Leo Kottke and Ry Cooder. He has shared the stage
with such great artists as Melanie, the Smothers Brothers, Scott Ainslie, and many other national acts. |
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CRAICMORE
Saturday, March 7th
7:30 PM
Wilson Performing Arts Center |
Craicmore plays contemporary traditional Celtic music.
With deep roots in the music of Scotland and Ireland,
this group features the critically acclaimed vocalist
Nancy Johnston. Her deep, rich, contralto voice is rare
in the genre. Driving rhythms from guitar, bass, Bohdran
drum, conga and other percussion, along with high-spirited
whistles, flutes and bagpipes, powerfully render jigs & reels. Four part harmony, rhythmic hardshoe dancing,
an East Indian Shruti Box and rumbling Didgeridoo
all accent the warmth and passion of Craicmore’s fiery
performances. Don’t miss the chance to experience
the excitement, the humor and the sheer joy of this
music from Craicmore. “Celtic music that touches the
heart, mind, and soul.”
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JOYCE YANG
Saturday, April 18th
7:30 PM
Wilson Performing Arts Center |
In June 2005, at nineteen years of age, Joyce Yang was
awarded the silver medal at the Twelfth Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition. The prize package
included $20,000, three years of U.S. concert engagements,
and a compact disc recording on the harmonia
mundi usa label. The youngest of the Cliburn Competition’s
participants, she was the recipient of both the
Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performance
of Chamber Music, as well as the Beverley Taylor
Smith Award for the Best Performance of a New Work.
Of her spectacular finish at one of the world’s most prestigious
showcases for young talent, she told reporters,
“I’m still dreaming.”
This performance will include the
dedication of the 9’ Steinway Concert Grand Piano. |
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MAMMOTH FOLLIES
Saturday, October 11th
1:00 PM
Atlantic High School |
Mammoth Follies explores the wonders of the age of
dinosaurs in an old-fashioned revue of original songs,
witty jokes, and earth-smashing dances performed by
giant dinosaur puppets. This program will dramatize
historic and scientific facts (as well as some myths)
about the great age of the dinosaur. Enormous puppets
populate the stage, including your host Willie
Mammoth, Smiley the Saber-Toothed Tiger, Bessie the
27-foot long Apatosaurus, Tony and Trixie Triceratops,
Terry the Pterodactyl, and the 11-foot tall T. Rex in a
musical trip through pre-history. Hudson Vagabond
Puppets create larger-than-life puppetry and mask
programs designed to fit into the school curriculum as
well as to entertain children and their families. |
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GALA SWINGIN’ BENNY
GOODMAN SONGBOOK
Saturday, March 28th
7:00 PM
Wilson Performing Arts Center |
Join us for a celebration of the Wilson Performing Arts
Center and a tribute to the wonderful era of swing
music. A Cocktail Party will begin at 7:00 PM, and
the Benny Goodman Songbook concert will follow
at 8:00 PM.
Celebrate the magic of classic jazz and
especially how Benny Goodman’s clarinet and vocalists
help shape and define the 1930’s swing era.
His versions of popular standards and dance music,
powerful and exciting then, still captivate us now.
This upbeat, toe-tapping show features Terry Blaine’s
exuberant vocals, the elegant stride mastery of pianist,
Mark Shane, and hot swing playing of acclaimed
clarinetist, Alan Vache’. An exciting evening you will
long remember. |
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Community Theatre Productions |
All I Really Need
to Know I Learned
in Kindergarten
February 19-22,
February 26-March 1 |
Based on a book of short essays by Robert Fulghum,
first published in 1986. The title of the book is taken
from the first essay in the volume, in which Fulghum
lists lessons normally learned in American kindergarten
classrooms and explains how the world would be
improved if adults adhered to the same basic rules as
children, i.e. sharing, being kind to one another, cleaning
up after themselves, and living “a balanced life”
of work, play, and learning. Over nearly two decades,
the title essay, “All I Really Need To Know I Learned
in Kindergarten,” has spawned countless parodies
involving television shows, movies, books, and other
phenomena.
“Heartwarming, charming, funny, and
touching. The stories are about all of us.” - National
Public Radio |
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The Sound of Music
June 4-7,
and June 11-14
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“The Hills are alive with the Sound of Music...,” as the
PAEA Community Theatre presents this wonderful
family favorite musical. The Sound of Music features
music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russell
Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria Von Trapp,
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Songs from the
musical that have become standards include “The
Sound of Music,” “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,”
“Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” and “Do-Re-Mi.” The original
Broadway production opened in November 1959,
and was made into an Academy-award
winning 1965 movie musical.
The Sound of Music was
the final musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein;
Hammerstein died of cancer nine months after
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Buy your tickets now!
Individual peformances:
Season Tickets only $86 for 4 Events!
Hotel California-Keith Knight-Craicmore-Joyce Yang
Community Theatre Season Tickets:
only $31 for 2 Shows!
Season Ticket Holders Receive Preferred Seating!
You may reserve your tickets by calling the PAEA office at 712-623-3135, visiting the office at 307 E. Reed Street in Red Oak, returning the brochure available at many local mercants in the 7 county area, or you may request "will call" ticket reservations by e-mail.
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