Harris Center for the Arts Winter - Spring 2018 Program

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Welcome, and thank you for visiting the Harris Center for the Arts.

This season, the one millionth visitor to the Harris Center will walk through the front door and experience the magic of the arts, an intimate connection with creative expression, a memorable performance that grounds them in a larger community.

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If so, perhaps you can bear testimony to the ongoing importance of the Harris Center’s mission of enriching lives by providing venues and opportunities to experience artistic work, celebrate cultural traditions and participate in the creative process. And you would not be alone, as surveys show Center patrons overwhelmingly feel the Center is a high caliber regional facility with affordably priced programs of real interest to the

Program Guide Table of Contents Page 5............................................................................................................Welcome Page 7........................................................................... About Folsom Lake College Page 9.................................................................. Inside Harris Center for the Arts Page 11.............................................................................. Bank of America Gallery Page 12....................................................................................... Furthering the Fun! Page 14..............................................Folsom Lake College Spotlight: Youth Arts Page 15.............................................................Partner Focus: Sacramento Ballet Page 19.................................................................................... Program Information Page 53.......................................... Experience the Arts at a Completely New Level Page 54..............................................................................Thank You to Our Donors

In addition to program notes for the show, inside this program guide you’ll find information about the Harris Center and Folsom Lake College’s efforts around arts education and youth arts (page 7 and 14). There’s also a spotlight on one of the Center’s oldest community partners, the Sacramento Ballet (page 15). If you’d like some ideas on how to increase your fun at the Center, visit page 12 to learn about Center Gift Cards, Discount Ticket programs, and Group Sales. To help you plan ahead, a calendar of events is available on pages 64 & 65.

Also within are acknowledgements of some of the cast that help make this all possible, including our annual donors (pages 54-55) and sponsors (page 58) whose support of the Center is critical to its success, since ticket revenues alone simply do not cover all the costs of providing a world-class arts center. As you learn more about the Center and its programs, we hope you’ll also consider contributing to help us further expand the reach and impact of the Harris Center in this community.

Again, thank you for attending today’s performance. We hope you’ll enjoy this great show, up close, and return for many more in the years ahead.

Dave Pier Executive Director Harris Center for the Arts Whitney Yamamura President Folsom Lake College

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ART DANCE Folsom Lake College is proud to be home to the Harris Center for the Arts. This unique partnership blending education with access to a major regional arts center allows its students to train with acclaimed artists in a state-of-the-art facility.

Students have an array of classes to choose from, backed up by practical opportunities in art, dance, music, and theatre. Talented faculty comprised of working artists are committed to providing students with the tools they need to succeed in their chosen areas of creative expression.

Discount tickets for Harris Center presentations provide affordable access for students to experience the work of top flight artists from around the world. More hands-on opportunities for students to participate in the arts include:

Falcon’s Eye Theatre Falcon’s Eye Theatre is the production arm of the Department of Theatre and Cinema at Folsom Lake College.

Falcon’s Eye produced its first season of plays in 2007, and has been offering

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two productions each year ever since.

The company is known for creating provocative theatre that looks into what it means to be alive and how we manage to live together. Students and community members are encouraged to audition for the productions and serve as on-stage or technical talent.

MOSAIC Dance Company Fo l s o m L a ke College’s MOSAIC Dance Company performs a variety of dance styles including ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, lyrical, contemporary, African, and theatrical dance.

The name derives from the group re p re s e n t a t i o n o f a M O S A I C o f diverse people, with different bodies, colors, shapes and sizes, ethnicities, religious affiliations, and ideological positionings… a MOSAIC not just of dance, but of life! Each semester is capped off with the signature “Evening of Dance” event featuring an all-student cast. Since 2007, FLC’s dance program has trained MOSAIC dancers who have had the opportunity to tour to places such as Hawaii, New York, and Los Angeles as performers.

Music Folsom Lake College music ensembles, solo performance studies, and creative music studies provide students with the opportunity to develop performance skills by the study of music through

performance with a capstone experience in public performance.

Students have the opportunity to join the 80-member strong college choir or instrumental ensembles ranging from jazz fusion to Afro Cuban Funk to traditional orchestras. Additional classes in commercial music performance and technology introduce students to the latest developments in the field.

Visual Arts Folsom Lake College’s visual arts department seeks to give every student a solid foundation of concepts and skills that will lead to an open exploration of the historic, aesthetic, fine, and applied aspects of the visual arts. Visual arts students are instructed in a wide range of styles, techniques, and approaches supported by FLC Visual Arts faculty.

Each spring, students have the opportunity of a public exhibition with the FLC Student Art Show held in the Harris Center’s Bank of America Gallery.

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Inside the Harris Center for the Arts: Three Stages and more...

Stage One: 850-seat Theater. With a 46-foot proscenium, full stage house, and orchestra pit, this is a venue capable of presenting all of the arts, from Broadway to symphonies, contemporary dance to world music. Stage One puts the art close to the audience.

In addition to its three stages, this $50 million, 80,000 square foot regional arts complex contains:

Bank of America Gallery. A wonderful space located near the front entrance to provide visual art exhibitions national, regional, local, and student.

Black Box. A flexible space perfect for a rehearsal, a sit-down dinner, to teach a class, or to create a work of art.

Recording Studio. One of the largest in the capital region. Most every space in the center can be recorded live, audio or visual, at the press of a button.

Guild Mortgage Lobby. A unique gathering place for the audience, for friends, for a conversation with the artist afterwards.

Ample auxiliary spaces including rehearsal spaces, scene shop, costume shop, classrooms, and more.

All venues boast state-of-the-art sound and lighting equipment, with digital projectors.

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All of the Center's facilities are available for usebythecommunity.Formoreinformation, contact Holly Larson at (916) 608-6847 or Holly.larson@harriscenter.net.

Stage Two: 200-seat City Studio Theater. Named by the City of Folsom, the City Studio has gently raked seating and, like the larger theater next door, there's not a bad seat in the house.

Stage Three: 100-seat Scott-Skillman Recital Hall. An exceptional setting for acoustic music and vocals - the reverberation is exquisite. Stage Three offers an intimate space for classical music, film, and more. www.harriscenter.net WINTER/SPRING 2018 PROGRAM GUIDE 9

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Bank of America Gallery

Selections from previous student shows The Bank of America Gallery exhibits six shows annually, including works of art by college faculty, students, local, regional, national, and international artists.

2018Winter/Spring Exhibitions Area High School Invitational Art Show 3rd Biennial January 19th − March 18th

Annual FLC Student Art Show March 23rd − May 13th This Annual Student Art Show features various artworks created by Folsom Lake College students. A diverse range of media from drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and metal arts is exhibited. The show represents the wide range of styles and techniques by beginning and advanced level students guided by FLC Visual Arts faculty, exemplifying the strong foundation each student receives while pursuing their visual arts studies.

The art gallery is open Tuesday-Thursday from noon to 4 pm as well as one hour before The Visual Arts Department is hosting a and during intermission of performances. 3rd Biennial Area High School Invitational Art Show. This exhibition features art Admission is free. works from high school students in Folsom Lake College's service area, For more information about the gallery, with representation from Cordova High please contact Holly Larson at (916) 608- School, El Dorado High School, Folsom 6847 or holly.larson@harriscenter.net High School, Golden Sierra High School, Oak Ridge High School, Ponderosa High School, Union Mine High School, and Vista Harris Center Volunteers Art Show May 18th − July 15th del Lago High School.

This exhibition features artworks created by volunteers at the Harris Center, featuring diverse art media and styles.

Proceeds from sales of artwork in this exhibit will benefit the Harris Center and its programs.

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Furthering the Fun: Gift Cards, Discounts and Group Sales GIFT CARDS Give the gift of the performing arts by purchasing a Gift Card. Available in any denomination, gift cards are reloadable, do not expire, and can be used to purchase tickets to any events sold through the Harris Center's Ticket Office. Cards may be used over the phone, online, or in person at the Ticket Office.

Gift Cards are available for purchase online at www.harriscenter.net or from the Ticket Office, Monday – Saturday from noon – 6pm or by phone at (916) 608-6888.

STRETCH YOUR DOLLARS WITH TICKET DISCOUNTS The Center has a number of discount ticket programs that can help you save and/or stretch your buying dollars. These include fixed subscription packages (e.g., save 15% on the FLC Speaker Series, 20% on the Big Stage Series or Jeffrey Siegel Keyboard Conversations® Series) as well as ChooseYour-Own Subscription Packages (save 15% when buying tickets for any four or more Harris Center presents shows). The Harris Center also offers Student Discount and/or Children Discount Tickets for many events. For more information about these discount ticket programs, look on the “Tickets” Menu at www.HarrisCenter.net or call the Ticket Office.

In addition to these discounts, those that become Center members through annual donations also receive discounts (see page 53 for information about benefits of Harris Center memberships).

STRETCH YOUR DOLLARS WITH RESTAURANT DISCOUNTS New this fall, the Harris Center is proud to announce the Harris Center Perks Program that offers monthly discounts at more than 30 local area restaurants.

Harris Center Perks Cards include a code that can be used to activate an app on your smart phone that makes discounts available each month throughout the season at participating restaurants.

Harris Center Perks Cards are priced at $25 for one, or $40 for two, and are available for purchase online at www.harriscenter.net or from the Ticket Office, Monday – Saturday from noon – 6pm or by phone at (916) 608-6888.

Note: Perks cards are free for Harris Center donor members, another reason to join today!

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GROUPS: SERIOUS FUN AND SAVINGS! Enjoy the performing arts with 10 or more of your closest friends, family, coworkers, classmates, or other groups – and save on your ticket purchase! Seats can be reserved with a down payment of as little as 10%. What a great way to see major Broadway musicals; international stars; wonderful family events; pop, country, jazz, and classical concerts; ballet and modern dance; acrobats, magic, and much more!

GROUP BENEFITS INCLUDE: • 10% ticket discount for groups of 10 to 14.

• 15% ticket discount for groups of 15 or more • Same area seat locations, subject to availability • Easy payment plans • Reduced handling fees GROUP DISCOUNTS ARE GREAT FOR: • Employee Parties/Rewards • Church Outings • Clubs and Organizations of all kinds • Bus Tours • Class Field Trips • Corporate Entertainment • Senior Center Outings • Holiday, Anniversary, and Birthday Parties …and more!

Groups are encouraged to make advance reservations in order to secure seats in the same area. Group tickets can be reserved with a credit card, cash, or check. Upon full payment, tickets will be mailed or distributed during regular Ticket Office hours (Mon. – Sat., noon to 6 pm).

Tickets are nonrefundable and cannot be exchanged for another show.

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Spotlight on Folsom Lake College: Youth Arts

Folsom Lake College is proud to serve the community as a leader in providing unique opportunities for young people in the visual and performing arts. The college currently is home for a youth chamber orchestra, youth summer arts academy and school time matinee series designed to spark and support a passion for the arts and creative expression among young people in Folsom Lake College’s service area (Rancho Cordova, Folsom, El Dorado Hills, Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Placerville and surrounding communities).

YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA The mission of the orchestra is to inspire music appreciation and excellence among children ages 12-18, and increase community awareness of and participation in the musical experiences of the youth. The Orchestra is directed by Dr. Evgeniy Sporov and is comprised of 15-20 young musicians each semester. In addition to earning college credit for participating, each semester is concluded with a concert at the Harris Center for the Arts.

YOUTH SUMMER ARTS ACADEMY The Youth Summer Arts Academy is an opportunity for young people ranging in ages 8-18 to experience week long creative programs in Art, Dance, Music and Theatre Arts. New to the curricula this year will include a session on STEAM where students can use design thinking and makerspace tools and techniques to solve problems that blend science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Attendees will have the opportunity to work side by side with professors, master teachers and visiting professional artists.

CLASS ACTS SCHOOL TIME MATINEE SERIES Students who actively engage in the arts through a variety of experiences gain multiple benefits that contribute to academic achievement and personal success. With this in mind, the Class Acts School Time Matinee Series is a program designed to both entertain and inspire students through multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary performances. Grants for tickets or transportation are available for qualifying schools.

These programs are made possible by support from The Robert S. and Star Pepper Foundation, the County of Sacramento, Harris Center donor members and proceeds from special fundraisers such as the recent Youth Arts Raffle organized by Harris Center volunteers.

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Partner Focus: Sacramento Ballet The Sacramento Ballet has been an active community partner of the Harris Center since the Center's opening season in spring 2011. Their Modern Masters programs featuring the work of contemporary choreographers are spectacular in the venue's intimate setting and have been met with thunderous applause.

The Sacramento Ballet was founded in 1954 through the efforts and leadership of Barbara and Deane Crockett.

During Ms. Crockett’s tenure as Company Director, The Sacramento Ballet gained n a t i o n a l re co g n i t i o n a s one of the finest regional arts companies. Through community support, the formation of the Ballet Guild, and grants from the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, California Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ballet was able to grow and begin to hire a resident company of professional dancers. In 1986, having accomplished her goal of making The Sacramento Ballet a professional company, Ms. Crockett retired as the Company Director. In 1988 Ron Cunningham was engaged as Artistic Director, and was joined by his wife Carinne Binda the following year. The two became Co-Artistic Directors in 1991, and through their vision and leadership, the company has enjoyed substantial success and is widely recognized as a leading arts organization in Sacramento.

The Sacramento Ballet is well known for Cunningham’s world premieres of such works as Carmina Burana, The Rite of Spring, Bolero, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream as well as the classics, including The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, A Streetcar Named Desire and Hamlet. In 20 seasons, the Ballet has added 15 full-length ballets, 18 Balanchine masterworks, 40 Sacramento premieres, and 38 world premieres. The company is highly regarded as a cultural asset to the community and consistently receives outstanding reviews for its artistic quality.

The Sacramento Ballet recently announced the appointment of Ms. Amy Seiwert as its next Artistic Director, beginning in 2018-19 Season. Her national reputation, award-winning choreography, and deep roots in the company make her an excellent fit for the role. She has an artistic vision that can build on the company’s strategic plans to bring growth to the company and foster a deep engagement with the Sacramento community. Barbara Crockett, founder of the Sacramento Ballet, says “Amy is a natural choice to succeed Ron and Carinne Cunningham. Her years of experience in Sacramento will serve as a solid foundation for her leadership of the Ballet.”

Now a noted choreographer with work performed by companies across the country, Amy earlier enjoyed a nineteen-year performing career with the Smuin Ballet, LA Chamber Ballet and Sacramento Ballet where s he dance d from 19 9 1 1999. Seiwert lauds Ron and Carinne Binda Cunningham, as “part of my artistic DNA. The aesthetic choices that inform my choreographic style took root during my time with Sacramento Ballet” where Ron and Carinne provided Seiwert multiple opportunities to develop her choreographic talents.

This spring the Sacramento Ballet will present Modern Masters: Red Hot, May 11, 2018 - May 13, 2018 at the Harris Center for the Arts. The selections included are Blood Rush, Ma Cong’s visceral dance set to the sizzling music of Latin composer Astor Piazzola, defining the word hot!; Ron Cunningham’s Bolero which perfectly captures the relentless drive of Ravel’s pulsating music; and Fluctuating Hemlines, a witty, urbane, sophisticated, and deliciously irreverent piece where 1960s fashion collides with 21st century morés.

Community Partners Some of the most respected arts organizations in the region have made the Harris Center their home. These partners share the goal of improving the quality of life in the region by providing access to more art for more audiences.

Art Studio Trek • Balazs Rozsa Piano Studio • Bank of America • Ballet FolklÓrico de Sacramento • Bob Allen Music Calidanza • Cantare Chorale • Carrera Productions • City of Folsom • Classical Masters Music Festival ConnectPoint Search Group • CORE Contemporary Dance • Consulate of Mexico in Sacramento • Davis Chinese Film Festival El Dorado Dance Academy • El Dorado Hills Arts Association • El Dorado Musical Theatre • Emery Entertainment Folsom Art Association • Folsom Lake Community Concert Association • Folsom Piano Academy • Folsom Lake Symphony Fudominal Productions • Gary Vecchiarelli Productions • Hālau Ka Waikahe Lani Mālie & Hālau Kahulaliwai • He, the breath of God Jaclyn McNeal Piano Studio • Kids Helping Kids • Lenea Theatre Festival • Malko Dance Academy Music Teachers Association of California, Sierra Chapter • Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally Band • Northern California Dance Conservatory One Way Productions • Pacific Institute of Music • Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet • Placer Pops Chorale • SAHANA • SBL Entertainment Sacramento Ballet Sacramento Baroque Soloists • Sacramento Guitar Society • Sacramento Master Singers • Sour Grapes Inc Spiritual Center for Positive Living • The VITA Academy • Voices of California • Wendy Palmer Piano Studio

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James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash Saturday, January 13, 2018; 7:30 pm Sunday, January 14, 2018; 2 pm James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash with special Guests Tara Cash, Gene Beley and Dan Poush Johnny Cash in front of Folsom Prison

by Dan Poush on January 13, 1968.

This weekend, we think back to a concert recorded 50 years ago on January 13, 1968, an extraordinary musical event that changed the course of American music: Johnny Cash's concert for the inmates of Folsom State Prison. Backed by The Tennessee Three – Luther Perkins, Marshall Grant, and W.S. Holland – and joined by June Carter, Carl Perkins, and the Statler Brothers, Johnny Cash performed twice at the prison that day. The record At Folsom Prison, with songs from that concert, is a cornerstone of the Johnny Cash legacy.

James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash celebrates the life and music of 'The Man in Black' with strong conviction and stunning accuracy. Garner and band faithfully recreate Cash's biggest hits accompanied by historical accounts and personal anecdotes about America's beloved singing storyteller.

Garner and his band have performed for enthusiastic audiences in nearly 500 shows at theaters, festivals, and events across the country. A decade ago, the band took its show to the Folsom State Prison for the 40th anniversary of Cash’s infamous live album recorded behind prison walls.

For a commemoration of a different nature, Garner and the band participated in an official unveiling of the Johnny Cash Forever Stamp with the local USPS Post Master in Claremont, California on June 5, 2013. Now, in 2018, James Garner and musicians, along with special guests, return to Folsom, at the Harris Center for the Arts, to perform a tribute to 'The Man in Black' on the 50th anniversary of the Folsom prison concert.

The musicians have recorded three CDs: James Garner: A Musical Tribute to Johnny Cash (2009), Shades of Black (2012), and James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash: LIVE! (2015). They appear in Live in Concert! James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash, an hour-long feature recorded live during a theater concert and broadcast on PBS member stations KVIE and KQED this season.

Tonight’s performance features songs performed during the concert at Folsom State Prison as well as favorites like “I Walk the Line” and “Ring of Fire,” and other hits the country giant recorded and performed in a career that spanned six decades.

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James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash James Garner and his band are honored to feature special guests in today's tribute performance. Tara Cash, Johnny's daughter, joins us with special memories of her father, captured in his own handwriting, in her book Recollections

by J.R. Cash. Reporter Gene Beley and Photographer Dan Poush, of the Ventura County Star Free Press at the time, also share their recollections of traveling to Folsom and covering what became an historic concert.

On this 50th anniversary of the famed Folsom prison concert, James Garner, the band, and our special guests invite you to sit back and enjoy the songs and memories of America's musical legend, Johnny Cash and the boomchicka-boom sound of his longtime backing band, The Tennessee Three. A special thanks to David Pier, Paul Dorn, and all of the team at the Harris Center for the Arts for hosting this Tribute performance. www.cashtribute.net Facebook: JohnnyCashTributeShow

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came the big voice and for the next two and a half minutes, Garner was mesmerized by the story of a young cowboy named Billy Joe. Where had this music been all his life?!? There was meaning to it and the music was sparse, like nothing else Garner had ever heard.

So began his quest of getting his hands on all things Johnny Cash. By age 12, Garner had learned most of the hits sung by 'The Man in Black.' A few years later, Cash would play the Tower Theatre in Fresno, California, where the young James would see him in concert and meet him backstage following the show. “Shaking hands with Johnny Cash is still one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever had,” says Garner.

In 2007, he and the band began performing James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash for theater and festival audiences.

Since then, Garner and his band have toured the country, proudly performing the music of Johnny Cash as fans, for fans.

"Garner’s ability to cover Cash’s deep vocal range is impressive in its own right, but his ability to capture the timbre and feeling of the renowned singer’s iconic voice is truly special. Garner’s love of, and dedication to, Cash’s body of work is clear – it seems he was born for this role."

Brian Cosner, The News-Review 2017.

Note from James Garner

JAMES GARNER – lead vocals, rhythm guitar James Garner grew up on a cotton farm in Hanford, California, discovering Johnny Cash’s music after his dad saw the country legend in concert at the Fox Theatre.

At the time, Garner didn't know who Johnny Cash was.... he didn't have hits on the radio, Pandora and YouTube didn't exist and Garner’s parents didn't own any Cash records. One day, Garner, his mom and brother were at the Sam Goody music store in Visalia, California. His mom told Garner and his brother they could each pick out a tape. Intrigued by a country superstar coming to his hometown, Garner chose Johnny Cash: Giant Hits.

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I first heard Cash's At Folsom Prison album around 1993, 25 years after its original release. It was raw, in your face, and real. It didn't have the polish of a studio recording. It was rough around the edges, fortifying its authenticity. It's evident in Cash's introduction to "Greystone Chapel," a song written by Folsom Prison inmate Glen Sherley, which Cash had just heard the night before. "We hope we do your song justice, Glen. We're gonna do our best," says Cash. You can hear the sincerity and weight of responsibility in his voice, knowing that he and the band didn't have the song down cold.

Throughout the show, you could feel the energy in Cash's voice as he fed off the inmates' enthusiastic approval.

This was Johnny Cash in his element. Not as a convict (he never served prison time, contrary to popular belief), but as an entertainer. The Tennessee Three, accompanied

by Carl Perkins, seemed to play with a little extra energy – or maybe they didn't. Perhaps the natural acoustics of a prison cafeteria made it seem as such.

When most people replay "Folsom Prison Blues" in their head, I think they are playing the track from the album. I know I do. It's the quintessential Johnny Cash recording.

James Garner

James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash The Band DENNY COLLERET – lead guitar, vocals Denny Colleret was born in Montreal, Canada and learned to play guitar as a kid by picking-up the needle on Johnny Cash records and replicating what he heard. When he met Johnny Cash at the screening of the country star’s film, The Gospel Road, in 1973, Denny could already nail Luther Perkins’ signature guitar sound and style.

He studied music education at Solano College and, since 1978, has played country guitar in a number of successful bands, opening for Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Doug Kershaw and other country acts. Denny has recorded two albums featuring his singing and guitar playing: Trains Go By and Sixteen Songs. He also performs a solo country program at senior resident centers across northern California.

Denny’s uncannily accurate guitar work in this show pays tribute to the classic boom-chicka-boom sound of The Tennessee Three. Denny’s favorite Johnny Cash song to play: "Sunday Morning Coming Down."

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NICK AURIEMMO – percussion A native of Long Island, New York, Nick Auriemmo earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Performance and Music Education at State University of New York, Fredonia.

During that time, he studied classical and contemporary music and West African drumming and xylophone with Ghanaian master, Bernard Woma.

Nick completed a year of graduate work at the University of Hartford, studying Middle Eastern frame drumming with four-time Grammy-winner Glen Velez. Nick earned his Masters of Music degree from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, in Percussion Performance and Pedagogy and was a member of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, Beloit Symphony, and several local bands.

Currently a resident of Lodi, California, Nick has performed with the Sacramento, Modesto, and Stockton Symphonies, and has played musical productions with the Stockton Civic Theatre and Sacramento Music Circus.

Nick successfully captures the energy and distinctive style of Cash’s only drummer, W.S. Holland, in this show.

Nick’s favorite Johnny Cash song to play: "Cocaine Blues."

RICK DUNCAN – bass, vocals Born and raised in Stockton, California, Rick Duncan began his studies at San Joaquin Delta College with Phil Karp, principal bass player for the San Francisco Symphony. After honing his bass playing technique by training with bassist Gary Karr at the University of Hartford, he finished his studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, with private instruction from Charles Siani, principal bassist with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra.

A member of the Stockton Symphony since 1977, he has performed with Tony Bennett, Barry Manilow, Carol Channing, and other musical greats. Rick also owns Nacnud Sound, a professional recording studio in Lodi, California, where he’s worked with Huey Lewis, Jefferson Starship, and various members of Tower of Power.

Rick’s expressive playing in this show provides the same critical foundation Marshall Grant supplied to Cash from the very beginning. Rick’s favorite Johnny Cash song to play: "Folsom Prison Blues."

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James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash Special Guests TARA CASH Ta ra C a s h i s t h e youngest of four daughters from Johnny Cash's first marriage to Vivian Liberto. Raised in both Ventura, California and Hendersonville, Tennessee, Tara and her sisters spent their summers in the late 1970s and 80s on the road, touring with their father.

Tara began her career in Nashville, Tennessee, pursuing acting and modeling before transitioning into the film industry as a wardrobe stylist. While working in film, she met her husband, Fred Schwoebel, to whom she has been married for 26 years.

Tara and her husband moved to Portland, Oregon in 1992 and have enjoyed living in the Pacific Northwest where they've raised their two sons. Tara is a jewelry designer, gifted textile artist, and a dedicated practitioner of Nia, the practice of dance, martial arts, and mindfulness. She has a passion for cooking and enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

In 1995, Tara gave her father a book and asked him to fill in answers to the questions about his childhood. On her birthday the following year, she received the completed book as a gift from him, filled with his own memories.

In 2014, she published this cherished keepsake as Recollections by J.R. Cash, complete with his handwritten answers and never-before-seen family photos. www.recollectionsbyjrcash.com Facebook: recollectionsbyjrcash Twitter: JRCashbook

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GENE BELEY and DAN POUSH In January 1968, both reporter Gene Beley and photographer Dan Poush worked for the Ventura County Star Free Press located outside of Casitas Springs, the small town where Johnny Cash made his home. Reverend Floyd Gressett, a close friend of Cash, invited the two journalists to travel to Folsom State Prison and document the concert. Little did anyone know the impact this event would create on the music world.

Both Gene Beley and Dan Poush are still active in their chosen fields. Gene and his wife, Jill, live in Stockton, California where Gene continues to write extensively.

Dan and his wife, Teresa, reside in Salem, Oregon and continue to run their photography business.

Gene and Dan are honored to join James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash to share their experiences with all of you in this Folsom Prison 50th Anniversary Concert.

On Vimeo: Gene Beley. Dan Poush: triumph-photos.com

KATHERINE MILLER, Kamstar Artist Management Katherine Miller of Kamstar Artist Management celebrates 21 years of connecting outstanding music and dance artists with theater presenters and enthusiastic audiences. She is delighted to work with James Garner and his talented band, especially for concerts like this anniversary performance at the Harris Center. In 2010, Katherine was honored with the Betty Connors Award from the Western Arts Alliance, in recognition of dedicated service of extraordinary significance for the performing arts field. kamstar1@earthlink.net 415.776.5522 www.kamstar.com

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Artists will announce the program from the stage.

James Garner, his band, and the Guest Artists will be in the lobby following the performance to meet the audience

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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Sérgio Mendes Saturday, January 20, 2018; 7:30 pm Sunday, January 21, 2108; at 2 pm their version rose to the Top 10, quickly followed by such hits as "The Fool on the Hill" and "Scarborough Fair."

In the '80s, Mendes' popular single, "Never Gonna Let You Go" became a No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit and pop top-10 chart topper. In 1992, Mendes' record Brasileiro was awarded the Grammy® for Best World Music Album, and since then, Mendes has been honored with two Latin Grammy® Awards for Best Brazilian Record, Timeless (2006) and Bom Tempo (2010) — which was also nominated for a 2010 Grammy® Award.

Mendes' innovation and versatility have enabled him to collaborate with a wide a range of artists. In 2006, he collaborated with contemporary pop, rock, urban, and hip-hop artists for his record Timeless. The record featured a re-recording of his famed hit "Mas Que Nada," accompanied by Gracinha Leporace, Mendes' wife. The project's other collaborators include Justin Timberlake, John Legend, and the Black Eyed Peas.

In 2011, Mendes released his 39th album, Celebration: A Musical Journey, commemorating his 50 years as a recording artist. The record included both classics from his career as well as new recordings with Ivete Sangalo and Siedah Garrett — among them a remake of "The Fool on the Hill," which he performed the same year at the 2011 MusiCares Gala Honoring Sir Paul McCartney.

Producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist, Sérgio Mendes is one of the most internationally successful Brazilian artists of all time. His hit single, "Mas Que Nada," is the first Portuguese language song to ever hit Billboard's U.S. Pop chart and Mendes' signature mix of bossa nova and samba and distinctive pop instrumentation have ultimately come to define Brazilian music.

With a career spanning five decades, his enduring influence on the music industry continues to evolve. A three-time Grammy® Award-winner, with three additional Grammy® nominations, he has recorded more than 35 albums, with numerous gold and platinum albums among them. In 2012, Mendes received an Oscar® nomination for Best Original Song for "Real in Rio" from the animated film Rio. Mendes' career began with his 1961 album Dance Moderno and the groups Bossa Rio and the Sergio Mendes Trio. In the mid '60s to the late '70s, Mendes began to establish his legendary status as his albums and singles rose to the top of the charts. However, it was his group, Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 which sparked global stardom.

After performing "The Look of Love" at the 1968 Oscars,

Mendes' most iconic album, Herb Alpert Presents Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, was inducted into the Grammy® Hall of Fame in 2011, joining Bruce Springsteen's legendary Born in The U.S.A., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech, and the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. in the class of historically significant recordings.

His most recent album, Magic (2014), is a collection of new songs, recorded with a host of friends and special guests including John Legend, will.i.am, Carlinhos Brown and features the 2014 World Cup hit single "One Nation."

Mendes continues to tour worldwide and maintains his work as a film composer and producer, while also always working on and developing his own album projects.

“A feature documentary about Sergio Mendes and a new album are in the works for 2018. The companion record on the Concord label will include new songs co-written with younger songwriters, and versions of the Brazilian maestro’s classics featuring intergenerational guests, with some tracks co-produced by will.i.am.” – Billboard 2017

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Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel Wednesday, January 24, 2018; 7 pm

KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS® WITH JEFFREY SIEGEL

“THE EXOTIC MUSIC OF THE NIGHT” Leonard Bernstein “Tonight” from West Side Story (1918-1990) John Field Nocturne in A Major (1782-1837) Félix Mendelssohn Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream

(1809-1847)

(arranged by Sergei Rachmaninoff)

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1

Camille Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre (1835-1921) INTERMISSION Claude Debussy Evening in Granado (1862-1918)

Robert Schumann In der Nacht (In the Night), Op. 12, No. 5 (1810-1856) Félix Mendelssohn Wedding March Questions and Answers ***

(Program subject to change without notice)

Final Keyboard Conversations® at the Harris Center this season May 2 The Romantic Connection: Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt

Please visit Mr. Siegel's website at keyboardconversations.com for further information

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Ongoing series are presented in numerous American cities, among them New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Scottsdale, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas, Denver and Washington, D. C. Some of these venues have been presenting Keyboard Conversations® for more than forty years — testimony to Jeffrey Siegel's artistry, innovative format and loyal fans. Keyboard Conversations® continue for the eighth season in London.

Mr. Siegel has appeared on Oprah Radio’s Dr. Oz Show, as guest of host and heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and author and co-host Dr. Michael Roizen. In addition, he has been a frequent guest on the popular BBC program In Tune in London. Keyboard Conversations® ~ Piano Treasures, a Time Life production, has been broadcast by PBS to more than 150 cities nationwide, and is now available on DVD. CD releases include The Romantic Music of Chopin; The Miracle of Mozart, recorded live in London; The Power and Passion of Beethoven; The Romanticism of the Russian Soul and The Romance of the Piano (Random House Audio Publishing Group); Music for the Young – and Young at Heart (WFMT Radio, Chicago); and American Pianistic Treasures (WEDU, Tampa). January 2017 marked the release of Spellbinding Bach.

American pianist JEFFREY SIEGEL has been a soloist with the world's great orchestras. Abroad, these include the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Philharmonic and Philharmonia, Moscow State Symphony, Munich’s Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Philharmonic Orchestras of Amsterdam and Oslo, as well as Stockholm, the Orchestra of La Scala and NHK Symphony of Japan. In the United States, engagements have included the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Siegel has collaborated with many of the pre-eminent conductors of our time: Sir Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Neeme Järvi, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas, and David Zinman, as well as legendary maestros of the past, including Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Eugene Ormandy, Sir George Solti, William Steinberg, Klaus Tennstedt and Yevgeny Svetlanov.

In addition to his solo appearances, Jeffrey Siegel presents Keyboard Conversations®, a brilliantly polished concertwith-commentary that combines captivating comments with virtuoso performances of piano masterpieces. The concert concludes with a lively Q & A. New listeners discover an informal, entertaining and instantly accessible introduction to the magnificent piano repertoire. Seasoned music lovers enjoy an enriched, more focused listening experience.

Born into a musical family, Jeffrey Siegel studied with Rudolf Ganz in his native Chicago, with the legendary Rosina Lhévinne at The Juilliard School and, as a Fulbright Scholar, with Ilona Kabos in London. Mr. Siegel and his wife live in New York and have two grown children, both of whom are married.

“An achievement of a sort seldom heard.”

New York Times

"..a pianist with a bravura technique and a big, gorgeous sound…and when the artist himself offers the inside scoop, the musical experience becomes vastly more personal."

The Denver Post

“Jeffrey Siegel has everything: massive technique, musical sensitivity and character, wide tonal resources, immense reserves of power, and the ability to communicate.”

Los Angeles Times

Please visit Mr. Siegel’s website at keyboardconversations.com for further information.

Jeffrey Siegel is a Steinway artist.

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Legends: Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono with Kumu Hula* Moanalani Beamer Thursday, January 25, 2018; 7 pm

Legends

ARTIST BIOS

Keola Beamer (Guitar & vocals)

Henry Kapono (Guitar & vocals)

Moanalani Beamer

(Hula, traditional Hawaiian instruments) Keola Beamer: “The Quintessential Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar Master."

— The New York Times Henry Kapono: “Kapono is one of the great island songwriters of his generation.”

— Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono are two legends of Hawaiian music. Each became an icon in the 1970s, both at the creative forefront as Hawaiian music reinvented itself.

They have continued to lead the way for over four decades.

Keola Beamer’s contributions to slack key guitar during the 1970s began to spark public interest in kī-hō‘alu, launching a statewide revival of the tradition, and his 1978 release, Honolulu City Lights, is the largest selling recording in the history of Hawaiian music. Today he is one of Hawai'i's premier singer-songwriters, arrangers, composers, and masters of the Hawaiian slack-key guitar.

Henry Kapono became the wildly popular phenomenon Cecilio & Kapono (aka C&K) with Cecilio Rodriguez. They helped forge the sound of 70s Hawaiian music, with laidback contemporary rock that voiced the feelings of an entire generation in Hawai‘i. Today as a solo performer, Henry is a Grammy-nominated and award-winning singer, songwriter, and recording artist.

Despite their common history, Keola and Henry first performed together in 2014, when Henry invited Keola and Moana Beamer to be part of his Back in the Day concert. This wildly successful show featured Hawai‘i’s musical greats who shaped Hawaiian music from the ‘70s on, as part of the “Hawaiian Renaissance” — the seminal movement in Hawai‘i’s cultural history that brought language, music, hula, art, and all aspects of Hawaiian culture back to their central place in the life of the Islands. The Legends tour with Keola and Henry was born.

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KEOLA BEAMER

Keola Beamer on slack key guitar: “The art of the Hawaiian slack-key guitar is trying to match the composition with the tuning. When you really get into it, you discover that each tuning is kind of a tonal palette. You can really present a piece in a different light than it's ever been seen before.”

Born in 1951, Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Beamer was raised in Kamuela, on Hawai‘i Island, surrounded by members of one of Hawai's most illustrious and beloved musical families.

Keola established himself early on as the family's youngest standard-bearer. A child of the rock and roll era, he has always been at the vanguard of the Hawaiian contemporary sound. However, he also helped drive what has become known as the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance and recorded many of the songs written by his ancestors. He has recorded and produced more than a dozen albums, winning numerous Nā Hōkū Awards, Hawai'i's “Grammy,” including one for Lifetime Achievement in 2009, and has even appeared on Sesame Street and NBC's Today Show. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in Hawaiian Music in 2011 and in Regional Roots music in 2013, as well as the Soundtrack nomination for The Descendants. Keola Beamer was awarded the prestigious 2014 NACF Artist Fellowship by the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation in recognition of his significant contributions to Native Hawaiian cultural life.

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Keola's legendary great-grandmother, Helen Desha Beamer, was one of Hawai'i's most prolific and accomplished singersongwriters. She was also a skilled dancer whose intricate footwork and fluid grace left a lasting imprint on the hula.

Her granddaughter and Keola's mother, Winona “Nona” Kapuailohia Beamer, was also a noted chanter, composer, and author, who spent a lifetime researching and teaching "Hawaiiana," a term she coined. Indeed, Keola's career as a musician began in his mother's Honolulu hula studio, where he played guitar as an accompaniment for the dancers.

Keola Beamer has been an influential figure in the recognition of kī hō’alu as one of the world's great guitar traditions. In 1973, he created the first ever comprehensive instruction book on the subject. Keola continues to remain committed to teaching, through seminars, tablature, instructional books and videos. He was one of Hawai'i's first recording artists to integrate Hawaiian chants and instruments, like the tiny gourd whistle and the nose flute, with contemporary forms of music. Willie Nelson has called his style “the best there is on the planet…There’s no better slack-key player than Beamer.”

Keola Beamer’s performances on his double-ported nylon and steel string guitars provide the foundation for each of his concerts. These are unique, hand crafted instruments made of hand selected, native Hawaiian wood. These instruments represent a different paradigm in guitar construction. The double-ported design was created by Keola with the help of Maui-based luthier Steve Grimes. Their philosophy is to embrace and accent the tonal palette of Hawaiian Slack -Key Guitar through the use of an extended soundboard and modified bracing system. Keola feels that this design more accurately portrays the coloration of his art. He describes this open resonance as ka moe‘uhane or more specifically “the language of dreams.”

"In my family, music was taken seriously," Beamer says.

"It was an integral part of our lives, almost like a religion.

But Hawaiians are up against a shallow stereotype, often demeaning to the native culture. That hurts." It has been the life passion of Keola Beamer to counter such images. https://www.kbeamer.com HENRY KAPONO Henry Kapono Ka'aihue is a performer who has it all – vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, composer, thrilling performer, audience favorite. He is an award-winning and Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter. He has taken home numerous Na Hoku Hanohano Awards (Hawaii's “Grammy”) including Male Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year, Single of the Year, and Album of the Year. He is also the author of the award winning children's book, A Beautiful Hawaiian Day, has appeared in the films, and has made many television appearances.

Known as "Kapono", the Hawaiian word for righteous, Henry was christened "Henry Kapono Hosea Ka'aihue" and is a pure Hawaiian born and raised in Kapahulu, a small town located just outside Waikiki. Although Henry had no formal musical training, he started singing in a children's church choir at the age of five. "I was, and still am, a very shy person, but I loved singing especially in a choral situation," says Henry. "My Dad taught me how to play the ‘ukulele. He would come home from work and sit in his easy chair and play the coolest stuff. I saw a friend of mine play a guitar one day and fell in love with the sound of it. He taught me a few chords and I've been hooked ever since. After that, I taught myself how to play by listening to records, radio and watching other guitarists play."

Henry's athletic abilities earned him a baseball scholarship to the renowned Punahou Academy in Honolulu. After high school he earned a football scholarship to the University of Hawaii. Injuries prevented him from fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional football player, but, in a profound way, moved him toward his passion for music and allowed him to fully realize his potential as an artist.

His professional career started as a solo artist in little joints around Waikiki, which led to a short stint playing rock in a local island group called "Pakalolo." The group played the islands and Asia where a defunct tour company left them stranded in Vietnam. Putting their situation and talents to good use, the group performed for the troops at fire bases throughout Vietnam and eventually made their way to Thailand. The two years that Henry spent overseas became a personal and professional odyssey that

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Legends: Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono profoundly affected his music, his appreciation of life and his love of all people.

Returning to Hawai‘i, Henry's career kicked off in a big way in the early 1970s when he formed a duo with Cecilio Rodriguez from California. "Cecilio & Kapono" became an instant phenomenon, their distinctive talents blending together to give contemporary and folk rock a new perspective. They became the first Hawai‘i group to achieve a national recording contract (Columbia Records); together they recorded 13 albums. Always musically adventurous, Henry went on to launch a solo career in 1981, creating an incredibly broad range of musical expressions with 17 solo albums to date — and 6 Na Hoku (Hawaiian “Grammy”) awards, including Best Rock Album in 2015 and Best EP in 2016. Henry touches the soul with the simple honesty of his lyrics and music, and the gift of an evocative, plaintive balladeer's voice that haunts you long after he leaves the stage. His music transcends his Hawaiian Heritage which he prides so much and embodies the spirit of Aloha that he has for all people. www.henrykapono.com

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Ku Like O Pi'ilani. In October 2011, Moana successfully completed the year long process of Uniki and received her designation as Kumu Hula*.

Through the years Moana has accumulated valuable teaching experience in the art of the Hula. Her sensitive nature combines her understanding of the technique with the spiritual and philosophical currents expressed in the Hula. Moana remains firmly committed to sharing her cultural knowledge worldwide. She has traveled to Europe to co-teach several workshops on Movement and Hawaiian Dance with renowned German movement teacher Dorothea Jollenbeck and has also traveled annually to Japan to teach hula workshops.

Moana has expanded her role in Keola's performances. She dances, chants, sings background vocals, and plays several ancient Hawaiian percussive instruments, including `ili`ili (river stone “castanets”), ka`eke`eke (cut bamboo) and Ipu (gourd drum). Much of Moana's year is spent dancing, chanting, talking story, and providing percussive interludes on tour with her husband Keola.

MOANALANI BEAMER Moanalani began her hula training in 1960 at the age of four with Kumu Hula* Johnny Hokoana. In her early years, she continued training extensively with several different Kumu in Hawaii. Her primary source of inspiration was the famed Kumu Hula*, Robert Kalani.

Photo by Mark Modeen

After making her professional debut, Moanalani starred in the main revues of several prestigious hotels and resorts on the island of Maui. Her professional experience includes tenures with the shows of George Paoa, Jessie Nakooka, The Ohana Revue, Nephi Hanneman and Here is Hawaii (produced

by Keola Beamer and one of the most successful Hawaiian Shows in the history of the genre).

Winona Kapualilohia Beamer, noted elder, culture historian, and mother of her husband Keola, has been Moana's treasured mentor and teacher over two decades until her passing in 2008. Since 2004, Moanalani has been a member of Maui Halau (hula group), Na Hanona Kulike O Pi'ilani, under the direction of Kumu Sissy Lake-Farm and Kumu Kapono'ai Molitau and was offered an opportunity to participate in the preparation and training process known as Uniki (similar to an advanced college degree) as a member of Na Hanona

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(*hula master) Songs will be announced from the stage.

Please, no video or audio recording of any kind.

The artists will be available after the show to sign CDs.

Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout™ 2018 Saturday, January 27, 2018; 7:30 pm

Chicago Blues Celebration featuring

Billy Boy Arnold, John Primer, Mark Hummel, Deitra Farr, Oscar Wilson (Cash Box Kings), R.J. Mischo, Billy Flynn, June Core — Drums (Charlie Musselwhite Band), Rusty Zinn — Guitar (Alligator Records), Bob Welsh — Piano & Guitar (Elvin Bishop)

This series was started in 1991 and has grown to become an international event, having played festivals and theatres like Nottonden Blues Fest (Norway), San Francisco Blues Fest., Chicago Blues Fest., Ultimate Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Pocanos Blues Fest., Mississippi Valley Blues Fest., American Music Fest. (Fitzgeralds), BB King's (NYC), Heritage Blues Fest., NY R & B Fest., King Biscuit Blues Fest., El Dorado Blues and Brews (Reno, NV), Edmonton Blues Fest., Yoshi's NiteClub, Monterey Jazz Fest., North Atlantic Blues Fest., and many other venues that have been sell-out shows.

A list of performers that have played would take many pages but the short list is: John Mayall, John Hammond, Norton Buffalo, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, Huey Lewis, Curtis Salgado, Kim Wilson, Watermelon Slim, Sugar Ray Norcia, Kenny Neal, James Harman, Fingers Taylor, Snooky Pryor, Dave Earl, Rod Piazza, Magic Dick, William Clarke, Rick Estrin, Paul DeLay, Billy Branch, Lazy Lester, Carey Bell, Little Sonny, Paul Osher, Lee Oskar, Cephas and Wiggins, Gary Primich, Paul Rischell and Annie Raines, Carlos Del Junco, Sam Myers and many more!

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Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout™ 2018 MARK HUMMEL The past two decades have seen the emergence of young harmonicaled blues bands. In California, groups that draw their inspiration from the Chicago school but add elements of jump blues and rock 'n' roll into the mix have come up with an exciting new style of West Coast blues. In Oakland, the northern capital of California blues, resides the incredibly powerful harmonica player and vocalist Mark Hummel, leader of The Blues Survivors, who has been a major force in shaping and defining this musical genre.

Mark Hummel is a road warrior – a true Blues Survivor.

Along the way, he has crafted his own trademark harmonica sound – a subtle combination of tone, phrasing and attack combined with a strong sense of swing. While Mark is new to Electro Fi Records, his earlier albums, constant touring and appearances at the major blues festivals have firmly established his solid reputation around the US and Europe.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Los Angeles, California, Mark absorbed the music of such Chicago based harp blowers as Little Walter, James Cotton, and Sonny Boy Williamson, before settling in Berkeley, California in 1972. There he played with local bluesmen such as Cool Papa, Boogie Jake, Mississippi Johnny Waters and Sonny Lane. In 1980, he took the helm to lead the popular Blues Survivors Band.

In 1985, the Blues Survivors released Playing in Your Town, on Rockinitus Records, and immediately went out on the road. Earning their name, they toured virtually nonstop throughout the United States, Canada and Europe often playing alongside such blues greats as Charlie Musselwhite, Brownie McGhee, Lowell Fulson and Eddie Taylor.

While on tour with his band in 1988, Mark was introduced to Canadian guitarist and vocalist Sue Foley. After several tours that year, Mark and Sue released Up & Jumpin', which also features piano legend Charles Brown.

Eager to revive the Blues Survivors, though, Mark hit the road again in 1990, before releasing Hard Lovin' in 1992 on Double Trouble Records. He has been on the road constantly since then, stopping only to record Feel Like Rockin' in 1994 and Married to the Blues in 1995 on Flying Fish Records. He has performed at numerous festivals across the country, including the San Francisco Blues Festival, Chicago Blues Festival, King Biscuit Blues Festival, Waterfront Blues Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, and has performed and judged at the Hohner Harmonica World Championship, held in Germany.

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For Heart of Chicago, Mark's sixth release and first on Tone-Cool, Mark traveled to the Windy City to record with some of the city's most legendary players paying tribute to his Chicago blues influences, featuring former Muddy Waters sidemen Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Bob Stroger on drums; bass guitarist, Dave Myers (Little Walter's band), and others. In 1998, Mark released Lowdown to Uptown, his 7th CD, a mix of Chicago blues and uptown jazz. This CD features great guests such as Jr. Watson, Mike Welch, Brenda Boykin and the last piano recording of the late, great Charles Brown. Mark's most current CD is called Ain't Easy No More on the Electro Fi label, a mixture of Hummel's originals and some choice rearrangements of previously recorded blues. It's receiving extended radio play at the moment.

Since 2012 Mark started the All Star Texas-California Blues Revue-called Golden State Lone Star Revue with Anson Funderburgh, Wes Starr, Mike Keller, RW Grigsby. Hummel recently joined a blues trio called Deep Basement Shakers with a washboard player, Dave Eagle and piano player, Aaron Hammerman, that plays pre-war blues and boogie.

BILLY BOY ARNOLD Chicago Harp Master, vocalist and songwrlter Billy Boy Arnold just turned 82 a couple days ago and remains a truly vital player on the Chicago scene. Billy's recent Electro Fi Big Bill Broonzy CD is one of the best CDs to come along in years! Arnold took lessons at twelve from icon John Lee SONNY BOY Williamson before Williamson tragic demise in 1947. Billy soon teamed up with Ellis McDaniel to form a teenage trio with Jody Williams on guitar. They soon ended up recording at Chess Records where Leonard asked them to change the name of "Hey Noxema" to another title. Billy thought of the guy they used to see that called himself Bo Diddley and how it was a funny name — so they would name the song "Bo Diddley." Chess decided to call Ellis that name as well. Arnold soon recorded his classic sides for Chess competitor Vee Jay Records — songs like “Wish You Would,” “You Got Me Wrong,” “Rockinitus,” “Prisoners Plea,” “She Stays Out All Night Long,” “She Fooled Me” would later be performed

by Yardbirds, Blasters, David Bowie, Alex Chilton, Charlie Musselwhite, Red Devils, Fabulous Thunderbirds, and many others. Billy has two Grammy-nominations and is in the Blues Music Hall of Fame in Memphis.

Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout™ 2018 JOHN PRIMER Rounding out the Chicago Blues Harp Blowout for Jan. 2018 on West Coast is John Primer. Primer was born in Mississippi but moved to Chicago in 1957, where he got bit by the blues bug. John fell under the guidance of guitarist Sammy Lawhorn, of the Muddy Waters band. John soon was playing Theresa's behind Jr. Wells, James Cotton, and Buddy Guy & Lawhorn. Willie Dixon hired John into his band thru this gig. By the 1980s, Primer got the call from Muddy and played with Mud till he died in 1983. John is shown in the filmed jam with The Rolling Stones sitting-in with Waters at Checkerboard Lounge in Westside Chicago.

Soon afterwards, John joined Magic Slim's band, whom he devoted a number of years on the road and in the studio. In between, John became an in-demand session player on records from Living Chicago Blues on Alligator to James Cotton's fine Blind Pig release, Take Me Back.

John went solo soon after leaving Slim, becoming a stunning vocalist as well as a top notch player. He's recorded or played with Johnny Winter, Cotton, Gary Clark Jr, The Rolling Stones, Derek Trucks & Buddy Guy. John was given a Lifetime achievement Award by the Blues Foundation as well as two Grammy Nominations.

DEITRA FARR Blues singer Deitra Farr is gonna turn some heads on this Chicago B l u e s B l o w o u t . Fa r r s t a r t e d learning from blues piano masters Sunnyland Slim, Willie Mabon and Little Brother Montgomery in the eighties. Deitra joined piano man Erwin Helfer on gigs soon after.

Farr recorded two albums with Pierre Lacocque's Mississippi Heat as well as regular tours of Europe, where she became a well-recognized star. Dave Spector recorded her on his Delmark release Bluebird Blues. Deitra has three CDs to her name. Most recently Deitra recorded with Billy Flynn on his newest, Lonesome Highway on Delmark, and will accompany her on this tour. Farr just won the Jus Blues award — Koko Taylor "Queen of the Blues II Award in Tunica, MS — recognized by all of her peers!

OSCAR WILSON Oscar Wilson is one of my most exciting additions to this Chicago Blues Harp Blowout on the West Coast! Oscar is the singer on Alligator Records newest release for The Cash Box Kings. Oscar is from the Southside of Chicago and learned blues from Big Smokey Smothers and Honeyboy Edwards.

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Oscar started sitting in with Johnny B Moore and Melvin Taylor at different taverns. Ten years ago harpman Joe Nosek started the Cash Box Kings with Oscar doing most of the singing. Soon they were recording several CDs for Blind Pig and now Alligator. Oscar can sing the old time stuff — Muddy, Lightning, John Lee, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rogers, all like they should be — with soul to spare!

R.J. MISCHO “A key element, essential to Blues music, is a great Harmonica p l a y e r. . .” R . J . M i s c h o i s a n American Blues and Roots Artist based in Ventura, California. A prolific, award-winning, Singer, Harmonica Virtuoso, Songwriter, and Band Leader — R.J. performs Worldwide at Clubs, on Festivals and in Theaters. With 13 globally distributed, critically acclaimed CDs spanning from 1992 to today, R.J. Mischo is also featured on over two dozen releases from other artists including Sonny Rhodes, Candye Kane and Mojo Buford to name a few. R.J. also appears on compilations with Jimmy Vaughan, James Cotton, and John Mayall as well as on Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout Volume 1 & 2 CDs. R.J.’s songs are heard on an episode of Sons of Anarchy, on the Discovery Channel, TV Commercials, a hot rod documentary and independent movies. As an endorsee for Hohner Harmonica, R.J.‘s photo is seen in their trade ads and on their products. R.J. Mischo is listed in the Encyclopedia of Harmonica Players and two instructional books by Mel Bay, the world’s largest publisher of music instruction. Considered in the upper echelon of today’s Blues Harmonica artists, R.J. Mischo’s shows are filled with humor, energy, and a performance that only 25 years of touring experience will bring to a stage.

BILLY FLYNN Last, but certainly not least, is guitarist , harpman, vocalist , mandolinist, songwriter Billy Flynn. Billy played this tour in 2012 on the Blues Harp Blowout Tribute to Little Walter. Flynn is the first call guy for Chicago Blues Sessions, building up a stunning resume — Legendary Blues Band, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Dawkins, Otis Rush, Kim Wilson, Pierre Lacocque's Mississippi Heat, Billy Boy Arnold, A Living History Of Chicago Blues Tour, Jody Williams, Cash Box Kings, Mark Hummel plus a Grammy-winning session as the guitarist on Cadillac Records, including Beyoncé's version of “At Last” as she played Etta James.

Billy's newest Delmark release Lonesome Highway also features Deitra Farr who appears on these January Blowouts. The CD is steadily climbing the Blues charts.

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Niyaz presents ”The Fourth Light Project” An immersive Multi-Media Experience Sunday, January 28, 2018; 3 pm

Electro-acoustic outfit Niyaz breaks new ground on The Fourth Light, a far-reaching album that defies the conventions of “world music” and makes a bold statement to a global audience. After three successful albums which have topped the world music sales and radio charts and placed them in front of audiences around the world, Niyaz has created what is arguably their most mature work yet. Mixed by Grammy nominated producer/electronic musician Damian Taylor (Bjork, The Killers, Arcade Fire), the album offers exotic rhythms, outstanding acoustic performances and of course the bewitching melancholy of front-woman Azam Ali's voice, all seamlessly blended into a production of richly textured arrangements, sweeping choruses and electronic beats. The band’s musical and personal heritage lies in the mysticism and allure of the East; but Niyaz was formed in California and is based in Montreal, and one of their aims has long been to build a bridge between East and West — a sanctuary from a modern world of polarized ideologies.

On The Fourth Light, lead singer, co-composer and coproducer Azam Ali takes on the role of electronic musician for the first time, programming all the beats for the album.

This is a major achievement for a woman who until now has been principally recognized for her spellbinding voice, which has been featured in some of the biggest Hollywood film and television scores. "It was a tremendous challenge to take on what is generally a very masculine role,” Azam says. “People know me as a singer, not an electronic musician, and there was an initial fear that I would not be taken seriously. Once I freed myself up mentally from that self-imposed limitation, I discovered a whole new world inside myself, a world that led me to my greatest personal triumph on this album, which was transcending the role that had come to define me simply as a singer."

In many ways, The Fourth Light is a feminist album. The production and programming duties that Azam has taken on – duties usually associated with men – is just one part of it. At the center of the album is Rabia Al Basri, the first female Sufi mystic and poet. Born in the 8th century in what is now Iraq, she served as the main source of inspiration for the music on this album. Rabia was born into extreme poverty during a time when women's rights were severely constrained.

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Sold into slavery at a young age, Rabia defied the odds and managed to find the inner strength and resolve that would eventually lead to her liberation both as a woman and a spiritual figure. As Azam explains, "Rabia's struggles even in the 8th century remain quite relevant to our time, when women continue to strive to rise above the status of inferiority placed upon them by many patriarchal societies around the world."

Rabia is credited with the creation of the concept of "Divine Love," which today lies at the heart of Sufi Mysticism. Though only fragments of her poems have survived, the words that do remain carry a powerful message. Her writing served as the building blocks upon which Azam and co-writer/multi-instrumentalist Loga R.Torkian constructed three of the album’s most potent songs: "Tam e Eshq (The Taste of Love)," "Man Haramam (I am a Sin)," and "Marg e Man (My Elegy)."

The song "Aurat (Woman)," further drives home the cry for gender equality. The track’s lyrics are based on a visionary poem by Kaifi Azmi, one of the greatest, most progressive Urdu poets of the 20th century. Azmi’s original text was written for his wife in the 1940’s and called for women

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to stand shoulder to shoulder with men, during an era when women lived in very traditional societies in an India that was still not independent.

There has always been a deep social conscience woven into the music of Niyaz. Though many of their songs are original compositions based on or inspired by ancient poetry of the great Eastern mystics, a large part of their repertoire is derived from traditional folk songs of ethnic and religious minority groups in the Middle East who have suffered great oppression. The new album features five of these folk songs: "Shir Ali Mardan (Song of a Warrior)," from the Bakhtiari region of Iran; "Yek Naza (A Single Glance)," from Khorassan, Iran; "Eyvallah Shahim 'new rendition' (Truth)," from the AleviBektashi tradition in Turkey; and two from Afghanistan, "Sabza Ba Naz (The Triumph of Love)," and "Khuda Bowad Yaret (Divine Companion)."

The message of hope in the face of oppression, and the need for unity, remain pivotal to the band. Their sublime, ever-evolving mix of poetry and song is delivered through music that is both uplifting and transformative. Niyaz already bridges East and West, the acoustic and the electronic; now the band aspires to restore a severed bond between the past and the present. "It's a daring task to try and bridge the chasm between peoples," says Azam, “but if we can make that happen, even for the moments when people listen to our music, then who's to say we did not triumph in our goal?"

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PROGRAM 1. Birds are calling 2. Tam e Eshq (The taste of love) 3. Feraghi ( Song of exile) 4. Eyvallah Shahim (Truth) 5. Yek Nazar (A single glance) 6. Man Haramam (I am a sin) 7. Shir Ali Mardan (Song of a warrior) 8. Beni Beni 9. Aramadi 10. Gecti Dost Kervane (The Caravan of friends) 11. Sabza Ba Naz (The triumph of love) 12. Aurat (Woman)

PERFORMERS Azam Ali ................................................................................Voice Ramin Loga Torkian...................................Multi-Oud, Kamaan Sinan Cem Eroglu...................................................Kaval, Kopuz Gabriel Ethier........................... Keyboards and Programming Ravi Naimpally.....................................................................Tabla Tanya Evanson.........................................Sufi Whirling Dervish Ferid San.........................................................Visual Technician Zak Kammoun...................................................Sound Engineer

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Folsom Lake College Speakers Series

JEFFREY TOOBIN

Analyzing Politics, Media and the Law Sunday, January 28, 2018; 7 pm

ABOUT JEFFREY Toobin is also the author of renowned best-seller Too Close to Call: The 36-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election, the definitive story of the Bush-Gore presidential recount and the basis for an HBO movie. With clarity, insight, humor, and a deep understanding of the law, Toobin deconstructs the events, the players, and the often-Byzantine intricacies of our judicial system, ending up with a remarkable account of one of the most significant periods in our nation’s history.

Toobin received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

A high-profile senior analyst for CNN and staff writer for The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin is one of the country’s most esteemed experts on politics, media and the law. With unparalleled journalistic skill, Toobin has provided analysis on some of the most provocative and important events of our time. The author of critically acclaimed best sellers, Toobin delved into the historical, political and personal inner workings of the Supreme Court and its justices in his books The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court and The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court.

Toobin’s latest best-selling book, American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, was released to considerable acclaim in August 2016.

The book examines the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst, granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, by the Symbionese Liberation Army. The astonishing, theatrical details of the saga are firmly bound to a tangible reality, aided by more than a hundred interviews and thousands of previously secret documents. Toobin allows readers to peek into the past – right into one of the most insane eras of American history. The book has already been optioned for film by Fox 2000. His book, The Run of His Life: The People vs. O. J. Simpson, was the basis for the acclaimed mini-series on FX, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., John Travolta and Sarah Paulson.

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After a six-year tenure at ABC News, where he covered the country’s highest-profile cases and received a 2000 Emmy Award for his coverage of the Elian Gonzales custody saga, Toobin joined CNN as a legal analyst in 2002 where he now serves as the Senior Legal Analyst. Also a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1993, he has written articles on such subjects as the Bernie Madoff scandal, the case of Roman Polanski, and profiles of Justices Clarence Thomas, Steve Breyer, John Paul Stevens, and Chief Justice John Roberts.

His article “An Incendiary Defense” for the magazine broke the news that the O.J. Simpson defense team planned to accuse Mark Fuhrman of planting evidence and play “the race card.”

Prior to joining The New Yorker, Toobin served as an Assitant United States Attorney in Brooklyn, New York. He also served as an associate counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh, an experience that provided the basis for his book, Opening Arguments: A Lawyer’s First Case: United States v. Oliver North. His other books also take a behind the scenes look at the legal system — A Vast Conspiracy explored the investigation and impeachment of Bill Clinton, and The Run of His Life closely examined the working of the criminal justice system in the O.J. Simpson trial.

Toobin will publish a new book about the Russia scandal that has clouded the first year of Donald Trump's presidency.

There's no title or publication date as yet for the book, which will look into special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian government officials and their representatives.

The book will also focus on the congressional committees investigating the same issue.

Toobin lives in New York City with his wife and two children.

ElevenPlay Tuesday, January 30, 2018; 7:30 pm

DANCERS Minako Maruyama — Dancer Saya Shinohara — Dancer Emi Tamura — Dancer Erisa Wakisaka — Dancer Kaori Yasukawa — Dancer

DIRECTION Mikiko Manabe — Choreographer Manabe Daito — Technical Director, Art Director Motoi Ishibashi — Technical, Director, Engineer Shintaro Kamijo — StageManager, Sound Engineer Momoko Nishimoto — Stage Engineer

ElevenPlay is a Tokyo-based movement and media collective creating stunningly beautiful and innovative expressions of the body. Using technologies such as drones, robot arms, and lasers, ElevenPlay is expanding the scope of what a dance ensemble can communicate in the 21st century.

The group’s lead choreographer, Mikiko, is well-known in Japanese dance circles, having choreographed for the Japanese metal group Babymetal; the girl group Sakura Gakuin; and the pop group Perfume.

For American audiences, ElevenPlay was the stand-out act in the second audition episode of America's Got Talent in 2016. ElevenPlay has also notably danced during the opening act of Lady Gaga’s 2014 world tour ArtRave: The Artpop Ball, specifically dancing with Hatsune Miku.

Two years ago, Vice reported on an ElevenPlay performance in Tokyo that included three dancers and three drones, with projection mapping. "Japanese dance troupe ElevenPlay has teamed up with artist, hacker, and all-around iconoclast Daito Manabe to create a performance that brings the term, "rise of the machines" to literal new heights." It was in 2011 that Daito Manabe started to work in collaboration with the dance company to produce works using mechanical learning technologies. Since then, those works have been shown at festivals including Sónar (Barcelona), Scopitone (Nantes) and Mutek (Mexico City) and were praised by the media at home and abroad including features on WIRED and the Discovery Channel.

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MUMMENSCHANZ you & me Thursday, February 1, 2018; 7:30 pm

ABOUT Since its successful three year run on Broadway, Swiss based theater troupe MUMMENSCHANZ has pioneered a new form of visual theater that has since spawned multiple new genres reclaiming their legacy. MUMMENSCHANZ has been dazzling audiences worldwide for more than 45 years. By creating a playful yet compelling experience through the inventive use of shadow, light, and creative manipulation of objects, MUMMENSCHANZ offers timeless insight on the human condition. The result is a visually stunning spectacle that transcends cultural barriers and sparks the imagination.

The 2017-2018 season will see a brand new creation, you & me by the visionary MUMMENSCHANZ troupe with new performers bringing to life the large scale masks you’ve grown to love; as well as reviving a historic tradition of acrobatics. The show will also include some of the classic sketches that have stood the test of time. you & me will focus on the love and mutual joy the audiences and performers experience in MUMMENSCHANZ’s one of a kind theatrical performances, hence the title you & me.

The MUSICIANS OF SILENCE, their soundtrack is the awe, joy and laughter their audiences experience and have grown to love for the last 45 years. The company will continue this tradition with their fresh, brand new show, touring the United States, for the first time ever in the Spring of 2018.

“The sound is the audience that laughs, that sighs, that whispers, that makes comments. It’s like a cartoon coming alive in front of you.”

- Floriana Frassetto, Founder of MUMMENSCHANZ

Photo by Marco Hartmann

you & me created by Floriana Frassetto in collaboration with Tina Kronis & Richard Alger

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you & me is the intimacy we go into. I give you my idea and you play with my idea and you make it your idea.”

- Floriana Frassetto, Founder of MUMMENSCHANZ

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FLORIANA FRASSETTO (Swiss) studied at Academia A. Fersen in Rome from 1967 to 1968. She completed her training as an actress attending a school in mime and acrobatics at Roy Bosier's Teatro Studio. She then worked with the company of Roy Bosier in several school productions that toured Italy. The idea of founding MUMMENSCHANZ resulted from meeting, in late 1971, Andres Bossard and Bernie Schürch – two young Swiss clowns called Before and Lost that performed a partially spoken show. Floriana became the third member of the new company, and together they co-created the repertoire of MUMMENSCHANZ, converting the spoken numbers to masked visuals. Floriana has performed on tour worldwide for the last 45 years. She feels herself an artisan of phantasy and has always been motivated to construct new shapes along with Bernie. Since Bernie’s departure in 2012, she has been tormented by the challenge of creating a new show, which she has now done with plenty of new ideas.

That has been possible thanks to the collaboration with Tina Kronis and Richard Alger. She is very happy with her fellow performers and is looking forward to the coming tours together. Among other experiences were the choreography and the costumes for Giancarlo Sbragia’s Faust and André Heller's musical Body and Soul, and an artistic collaboration with Isabelle Baudet for the children's musical Oliver Twist in Lausanne (Switzerland). She is the artistic director of MUMMENSCHANZ. SARA FRANCESCA HERMANN (Swiss) was born in 1985 in Samedan and grew up trilingual with Romanesque, German and Italian. She is a trained primary school teacher. Afterwards she completed a three yearscourse at Comart, a school of physical theatre in Zurich. She won the 2009/10 physical theatre studentship award from Migros Kulturprozent. Since 2010 she has worked as a freelance theatre artist in various productions. She is a co-founder of "Paula fliegt“ and has had several engagements in theatre and music projects in Switzerland and abroad. In May 2015, Sara became a member of the MUMMENSCHANZ company.

Theatre. Since then, Christa has workedwith different theatre companies including: Poyo Furioso directed by Hermes Gaido, Fiorenza Ensemble directed by Eveline Ratering and Commedia Origen Festival directed by Fabrizio Pestilli.

Since summer 2016 Christa has been a member of the MUMMENSCHANZ company.

KEVIN BLASER (Swiss) born in 1990, is a young artist from Ticino. In his early age he showed a strong interest in movement and art. He stood out in gymnastics and in skateboarding in which he finds a companion with whom he travels the world. Passionate for music, he perfected his skills in percussion and drums, with which he continues to play in various bands. Through theatre he discovered a means for full expression of himself and entered the school for physical theatre Accademia Teatro Dimitri, where he obtained his Bachelor in 2015. He played in different theatre and cinema productions as Gilgamesh (from Patrizia Barbiuiani), Gotthard 2016 (from Volker Hesse), Tutti Giù (from Niccolò Castelli). In July 2016 he started his journey with the MUMMENSCHANZ company.

ERIC SAUGE (Swiss) is the Technical Director of the company.

With nearly 10 years of experience in the entertainment business, he now specializes in lighting and machinery effects. Employment by large organizations provided him with world-wide travel. Through his experience and many trips abroad he acquired solid knowledge in technical and team management. Back in Switzerland he continued to train in the field of lighting for events such as theater and television, in which he mainly occupied the roles of console operator and project manager. In 2014, he met MUMMENSCHANZ in Lausanne, and wishing to return to the theatre scene, he joined them as their Technical Director.

OLIVER PFULG (Swiss) was born in 1985 and grew up in Hombrechtikon. After his initial education as a draughtsman, he attended Comart, the physical theatre school in Zurich for three years, where he graduated in 2010. Since then he has had different engagements (Opera House Zurich, flowing dancecompany, MärliMusicalTheater). Oliver is also a founding member of the street theatre group "Paula fliegt."

In 2015 he created – together with Lena Wälly – an original play apropos. Since May 2015, Oliver has been a member of the MUMMENSCHANZ company.

CHRISTA BARRETT (Swiss) was born in Fribourg, 1990. At the age of 17, she joined the "Zirkus Chnopf“ and the "Cirque de Loin” for three years. Following this, she entered the Accademia Teatro Dimitri in Verscio. During her studies she twice won the physical theatre studentship award from Migros Kulturprozent. In 2014 she received her Bachelor in management. In 2014 she received her Bachelor in Physical

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Moscow Festival Ballet: Swan Lake Wednesday, February 7, 2018; 2 & 7:30 pm

A Columbia Artists Production

Direct from Moscow, Russia

MOSCOW FESTIVAL BALLET COMPANY of 50

ABOUT MOSCOW FESTIVAL BALLET Artistic Director: Sergei Radchenko The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet Sergei Radchenko sought to realize his vision of a company which would bring together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet.

Leading dancers from across the Russia have forged under Radchenko’s direction an exciting new company staging new productions of timeless classics such as Giselle, Don Quixote, Paquita and Carmen.

Since its inception, the Moscow Festival Ballet has completed two tours of Europe, with extraordinary receptions in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. Two tours of the United Kingdom, including capacity audiences at London's famed Coliseum, have resulted in re-engagements during the 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons.

The company has also performed with great success in Turkey at the Istanbul Festival and in Greece at the Athens Festival, and recently completed a two-month tour of Japan, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong. Under the direction of Sergei Radchenko, the Moscow Festival Ballet continues to expand its repertoire. In addition to commissioning new works from within Russia and abroad, the company specializes in Twentieth Century full-length ballets such as Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Legend of Love, Stone Flower, and The Golden Age. Mr. Radchenko has researched the original choreography and stage productions of several of Marius Petipa's classic ballets, including new productions in the year 2000 of Don Quixote and Paquita, and a recreation of Jules Perrot's and Jean Coralli's Giselle.

The Moscow Festival Ballet has toured extensively throughout the United States, beginning with a Coast-to-Coast tour in the Winter/Spring of 1997 and returning in 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2014, and 2016.

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SERGEI RADCHENKO (Artistic Director) Born in 1944, Sergei Radchenko graduated from the Moscow School of Dance in 1964 and then joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where he worked for 25 years. He danced the entire repertoire at the Bolshoi, but enjoyed a special reputation for Spanish dance, particularly the role of the bullfighter in the Bizet-Schedrin Carmen Suite. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Moscow Festival Ballet and has achieved a remarkable feat in the establishment and development of this young-but-great Russian ballet company. Mr. Radchenko presents a large number of master-classes, inviting leading teachers from the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theatres to ensure the continuation of the rich traditions of the Russian classical school.

Moscow Festival Ballet: Swan Lake SWAN LAKE

Full-length Ballet in Four Acts Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikowski Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Premiere: March 4, 1877 Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow ACT I The Garden of Prince Siegfried's Castle

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at the mercy of the wicked sorcerer Rotbart and only by finding true love can the evil spell be lifted. Siegfried, overcome with love at first sight, swears to her an everlasting love. As the sun beings to dawn, Odette warns him that if he breaks his oath, nothing will be able to help them. The Prince is completely overcome by the incomparable and exquisite delicacy of Odette, and swears that he will return and free her from the evil spell. As the sunlight touches them, the women transform back into Swans, cloaked in silence.

ACT II A Lakeside

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ACT III The Great Hall of Prince Siegfried's Castle

ACT III The Great Hall of Siegfried’s Castle ACT IV The Lakeside PROGRAM NOTES ACT I The Garden of Prince Siegfried's Castle Prince Siegfried has come of age and entered upon a new world of affairs of war and the burdens of manhood. It is the day for leaving behind the whims and caprice of youth.

A happy day for the Prince, though touched by anxiety. The kindly jester and tutor who have been the Prince's loving companions since his childhood are the first to congratulate him. He greets his companions and joyfully accepts the congratulations of all the residents of the Castle.

The Prince's subjects come from far and wide to take part in the festivities. They confer upon him the sword and scepter of authority and swear allegiance to their new ruler. His mother, the Queen Mother of the Realm, presents him with an arbalest as a gift and reminds him that the time has come to choose a bride and that he must make the fateful decision at tomorrow’s ball. He is eager to contemplate this life change in silence. The festivities continue, but the Prince is overcome by a desire to be alone, far from his guests. As he begins to search the contents of his heart he notices a flight of white swans heading toward the nearby lake. He is inspired and follows them there, disappearing into the night.

ACT II A Lakeside The voyage to the lake takes the Prince into the depths of the forest. He approaches the Swans quietly and as he nears he sees something quite out of the ordinary. The Swans have stepped ashore and assumed human form! Siegfried lowers the crossbow, astonished with their striking beauty.

He gathers his courage and reveals himself. Odette, the swan’s Queen tells him of their terrible curse. They are all

The castle resounds to the clamor of festivities. Renowned Princesses from Hungary, Russia, Spain, Italy and Poland are presented to the Prince. He must choose one of them as his bride, in order to strengthen his authority and consolidate his power. However, in none of these royal heiresses does he find a maiden comparable to Odette, to whom he has given his heart. He rejects them all.

With an overwhelming blare of trumpets, a couple of new guests are announced. The evil sorcerer, Rotbart, enters in the guise of a noble knight, and following close behind is his daughter, Odylle, who looks remarkably like Odette. The similarity is so close, in fact, that Siegfried believes, if only for a split second, that it is Odette standing there before him.

Odylle seizes the brief moment of illusion as an opportunity and will not allow him to find his senses. She becomes a bewitching temptress, luring him, hypnotizing him, and tricking him into confessing his undying love to her! In this hypnotic stupor, he proclaims that Odylle is to be his bride.

Rotbard has triumphed! Siegfried has broken his oath to Odette, betraying her by professing love to another, thereby dooming Odette and the others to an eternity under Rotbart’s evil power. Suddenly a vision of the Swan Lake appears before Siegfried’s eyes, snapping him back into reality. He realizes the terrible mistake he has made. In despair he leaves the palace and hurries to Odette at the Lake.

ACT IV The Lakeside Night falls again on the Lake. The swan maidens are anxious, for if the Prince does not fulfill his vow to set them free, they will be doomed to everlasting captivity.

The sorcerer raises a raging storm to conceal the Swan Lake behind a screen of dark clouds, But the Prince rushes headlong through the storm to Odette. The sorcerer attempts to conceal her from him, but no power can stop the young man whose heart is so full of love. The Prince overcomes all obstacles, and the spell cast by the evil sorcerer is dashed forever on the rock of true love.

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Moscow Festival Ballet: Swan Lake ALEXANDER DAEV Mr. Daevas born on 10/13/80. He graduated from the Voronej Ballet School in 1998. He has worked in many ballet companies such as the Russian Ballet of Gordeev, Kremlin Ballet, and the Russian National Ballet. Since 2002 he has worked with the Moscow Festival Ballet and performs leading and character roles. He is also the head assistant of artistic director and ballet master. Roles: Rotbart in Swan Lake, Fairy Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty, Prince in Cinderella, Stepmother in Cinderella, Basilio in Don Quixote, Drosselmayer in Nutcracker, Forester in Giselle, Solor in La Bayadere, Jose in Carmen, and many others.

ANTON BAGLIKOV Mr. Baglikov was born 7/10/85 and graduated from the AlmaAta Ballet Academy in Kazakhstan. He has worked in many ballet companies such as the Moscow City Ballet, the Russian National Ballet and others. He has performed many solo classical ballet repertoire and character roles including Pas de trois in Swan Lake, Blue Bird in Sleeping Beauty, dance master in Cinderella, Gamache in Don Quixote, Mercucio in Romeo & Juliet and many others.

DENIS ONUFRIICHUK Mr. Onufriichuk was born on 10/2/92. He graduated from the Ukraine Ballet Academy and then was invited to join the Russian National Ballet Theatre and Moscow Festival Ballet.

Denis is a young and promising dancer with great dance technique and acting qualities. Roles: Spanish dance in Swan Lake, Torero in Don Quixote, Spanish ambassador in Cinderella, Torero in Carmen Suite, and many others.

DMITRY SITKEVICH Mr. Sitkevich was born on 5/12/95 and graduated from the Belarussia ballet academy in 2013. He has worked in many ballet companies such as the Belarus State Theatre, the Russian National Ballet and others. He dances all the leading classical ballet repertoire. Dmitry is a laureate of the International Ballet Competitions. Roles: Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Prince Desire in Sleeping Beauty, Prince in Cinderella, Basilio in Don Quixote, Prince in Nutcracker, Jose in Carmen Suite, and many others.

EVGENIY RUDAKOV Mr. Rudakov was born on 2/26/80. He graduated from the Voronezh Ballet Academy (Russia). He has worked in many ballet companies such as the Moscow City Ballet, the Russian National Ballet and others. He has performed many of the solo classical ballet repertoire and character roles including Rothbard in Swan Lake, Carabose in Sleeping Beauty, Step Mother in Cinderella, Lorenzo in Don Quixote, Drosselmayer in Nutcracker, Corigidor in Carmen Suite, Hillarion in Giselle, and many others.

NURLAN KINERBAEV Mr. Kinerbaev was born on 8/23/90. He graduated from the Alma-Ata Ballet Academy of Kazakhstan. He has worked in many ballet companies such as the Moscow City Ballet, the Russian National Ballet and others. He has performed many of the leading classical ballet repertoire and character roles.

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Sleeping Beauty, Prince in Cinderella, Basilio in Don Quixote, Prince in Nutcracker, Jose in Carmen Suite, Albert in Giselle, and many others.

ELENA KHOROSHEVA Ms. Khorosheva is a ballet teacher and Assistant ballet master for the Moscow Festival Ballet. She graduated from the Nesterova Moscow Ballet Academy and then was invited to join the Russian National Ballet and the Moscow Festival Ballet.

Elena dances leading and solo repertoire.

MARIA SOKOLNIKOVA Ms. Sokolnikova was born on 5/27/85. She graduated from the Nesterova Moscow Academy. She has worked in many ballet companies, such as the Russian Imperial Ballet, the Crown of Russian Ballet and others. Maria has danced all the leading classical repertoire. She won the gold medal of the competition Soul of Dance. Maria opened most brightly in the role Nikiya from the ballet La Bayadere. Other roles include Odette-Odille in Swan Lake, Kitry in Don Quixote, Cinderella in Cinderella, Carmen in Carmen Suite, Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Mary in Nutcracker, Nikiya in La Bayadere, Svanilda in Coppelia, Giselle in Giselle, and many others.

MARIA KLUEVA Ms. Klueva was born on 6/12/86. She graduated from the Nesterova Moscow Ballet Academy and then was invited to join the Russian National Ballet Theatre and Moscow Festival Ballet. Maria dances leading and solo repertoire. Maria opened most brightly in the role Svanilda from the ballet Coppelia and Gamzatti from La Bayadere. Roles: Odillia in Swan Lake, Kitry in Don Quixote, Cinderella in Cinderella, Carmen in Carmen Suite, Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Mary in Nutcracker, Gamzatti in La Bayadere, Svanilda in Coppelia, Mirth in Giselle and many others.

MILENA STASHINA Ms. Stashina was born on 3/7/95. She graduated from the Nesterova Ballet Academy of Moscow and then was invited to join the Russian National Ballet Theatre and the Moscow Festival Ballet. Milena is a young and promising dancer with great dance technique and acting qualities. Her roles have included Spanish dance in Swan Lake, Mercedes in Don Quixote, Stepsister in Cinderella, Carmen in Carmen Suite, and others.

OLGA GUDKOVA Ms. Gudkova was born on 2/21/89. She graduated from the Alma Ata Ballet Academy in Kazakhstan, and then was invited to join the Russian National Ballet Theatre and the Moscow Festival Ballet. Olga has danced all the leading classical repertoire. Her dancing is noble and technical. Olga opened most brightly in the role white swan from the ballet Swan Lake.

Other roles include Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Main Dryade in Don Quixote, Cinderella in Cinderella, Carmen in Carmen Suite, Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Mary in Nutcracker, Giselle in Giselle, Waltz No 7 in Chopiniana, and many others.

Moscow Festival Ballet: Giselle Thursday, February 8, 2018; 7:30 pm

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A Columbia Artists Production

Direct from Moscow, Russia

MOSCOW FESTIVAL BALLET COMPANY of 50

ABOUT MOSCOW FESTIVAL BALLET Artistic Director: Sergei Radchenko The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet Sergei Radchenko sought to realize his vision of a company which would bring together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet.

Leading dancers from across the Russia have forged under Radchenko’s direction an exciting new company staging new productions of timeless classics such as Giselle, Don Quixote, Paquita and Carmen.

Since its inception, the Moscow Festival Ballet has completed two tours of Europe, with extraordinary receptions in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. Two tours of the United Kingdom, including capacity audiences at London's famed Coliseum, have resulted in re-engagements during the 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 and 19992000 seasons.

The company has also performed with great success in Turkey at the Istanbul Festival and in Greece at the Athens Festival, and recently completed a two-month tour of Japan,

Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong. Under the direction of Sergei Radchenko, the Moscow Festival Ballet continues to expand its repertoire. In addition to commissioning new works from within Russia and abroad, the company specializes in Twentieth Century full-length ballets such as Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Legend of Love, Stone Flower, and The Golden Age. Mr. Radchenko has researched the original choreography and stage productions of several of Marius Petipa's classic ballets, including new productions in the year 2000 of Don Quixote and Paquita, and a recreation of Jules Perrot's and Jean Coralli's Giselle.

The Moscow Festival Ballet has toured extensively throughout the United States, beginning with a Coast-toCoast tour in the Winter/Spring of 1997 and returning in 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2014, and 2016.

SERGEI RADCHENKO (Artistic Director) Born in 1944, Sergei Radchenko graduated from the Moscow School of Dance in 1964 and then joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where he worked for 25 years. He danced the entire repertoire at the Bolshoi, but enjoyed a special reputation for Spanish dance, particularly the role of the bullfighter in the Bizet-Schedrin Carmen Suite. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Moscow Festival Ballet and has achieved a remarkable feat in the establishment and development of this young-but-great Russian ballet company. Mr. Radchenko presents a large number of master-classes, inviting leading teachers from the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theatres to ensure the continuation of the rich traditions of the Russian classical school. www.harriscenter.net WINTER 2018 PROGRAM GUIDE 41

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Act II Giselle's Grave in the Forest

ACT I A Rhineland Village

Hilarion keeps vigil by Giselle's grave, which lies deep in the forest in unconsecrated ground. It is midnight, the time when the Wilis materialize. Hilarion flees in terror when confronted by these apparitions. Myrthe, their queen, now arrives from the marshes and summons her Wilis. She draws Giselle from her grave to be initiated into their rites. The Wilis disperse as Albrecht approaches, searching for Giselle's grave. He lays flowers at the cross and when Giselle's spirit appears to him, he follows it into the forest.

Full length Ballet in Two Acts Music: Adolphe Adam Libretto: Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Theophile Gautier Choreography: Jean Coralli and Jules Joseph Perrot Sets: Lev Solodovnikov Costumes: E. Radchenko

— Intermission — ACT II Giselle's Grave in the Forest PROGRAM NOTES Act I A Rhineland Village Giselle, a peasant girl, has fallen in love with Count Albrecht, who has led her to believe that he is a villager named 'Loys.'

Her superstitious mother, Berthe, hoping that Giselle will marry the forester Hilarion, warns her against 'Loys,' to whom she has taken an instinctive dislike.

In order to discourage Giselle's love for 'Loys', Berthe further recounts the legend of the Wilis - ghosts of young girls who have been jilted and die before their wedding day: to avenge themselves, they dance to death any man who crosses their paths between midnight and dawn. But Giselle disregards her mother and joins with her beloved, in the celebrations that mark the end of the grape harvest, when she is crowned Queen of the Vintage.

Wilfred, Albrecht's squire, secretly warns him that a hunting party is approaching, led by the Duke of Courland and the Countes Bathilde (Albrecht's future bride), who are staying at Albrecht's castle for the betrothal ceremony. Albrecht hides, but Hilarion has witnessed this meeting and decides to break into 'Loy's' cottage to discover the secret of his identity. The hunting party arrives. Giselle dances for the nobles and when she tells Bathilde that she too is engaged, the Countess gives her a necklace. Bathilde, tired from hunting, asks to rest in Berthe's cottage, but the Duke decides to continue the hunt and orders a hunting horn to be left by the cottage door so that he and the rest of the party may be recalled when Berthe is ready to rejoin them. Hilarion now reappears from 'Loys's' cottage.

He has found Albrecht's sword and when he compares it with the hunting horn, he sees that they bear the same crest; this gives him the evidence for which he has been looking. Not realizing that the hunt is still nearby, Albrecht returns. Hilarion interrupts the dancing and reveals the truth about 'Loys.'

He sounds the horn, the hunting party returns and Bathilde, coming out of the cottage, claims Albrecht as her fiance. The shock is too much for Giselle and she loses her reason. In her madness she relives her love for 'Loys' and, seizing his sword, she kills herself.

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Hilarion, pursued by the Wilis, returns and is forced into an endless dance. Exhausted, he is driven into the lake, where he drowns. The Wilis now seek out Albrecht and when Myrthe commands him to dance, Giselle urges him to the safety of the cross, but he is powerless when Myrthe orders Giselle to entice him away by dancing with him. Giselle tries to sustain him, but as the night wears on he becomes weaker and weaker.

Just as he is about to die, dawn breaks. Daylight destroys the Wilis' power and the ghostly dancers fade away; Giselle, whose love has transcended death, returns to her grave, her spirits freed from the power of the Wilis, leaving Albrecht sorrowing and alone.

GISELLE: THE MUSIC AND ITS CREATOR Adolphe Adam was born in 1803 in Paris. His father, Louis Adam, came from Alsace and was a well-known pianist, professor at the Conservatoire and author of a best-selling piano method.

Surprisingly, he was opposed to any musical education for his son, but eventually allowed him to enter the Conservatoire. After a slow start Adolphe became a pupil of Boieldeu, composer of La Dame Blanche, and began to write with remarkable facility.

At 22 he received the Second Prix de Rome and in1830 his opera Danilova was presented at the Opera Comique. During the next 18 months he composed four operas, all staged in Paris. He married the sister of Pierre Laporte, director of the Covent Garden Theatre. This connection brought him to London in 1832 for the premieres of his two English comic operas, The First Campaign and The Dark Diamond, and a year later he returned with a ballet score, Faust, for the King's Theatre.

More than 50 stage works followed, many of them enormously successful, including the comic operas Le Chalet, Le Postilion de Longjumeau, La Poupee de Nuremberg, Sij'etais Roi and the ballets Le Diable a Quatre, Lajoliejille de Gand, La Fille du Danube, Le Corsaire and of course, Giselle, his acknowledged masterpiece.

Adam became one of the most popular composers of his time, as well-known in Berlin and St. Petersburg as in Paris and London. His last stage work was a delightful one-act operetta, Les Pantins de Violette, given its premiere on April 29, 1856 at Offenbach's Bouffes-Parisiens. Adam died in his sleep four nights later.

The apparent simplicity of Adam's music is deceptive because the piano editions of his operas and ballets, published for sale to a mass market of amateurs, required such basic presentation. He was, in fact, expert at creating instant theatrical effects with short melodic motifs tailor-made for character or situation and with unexpected harmonic

Moscow Festival Ballet: Giselle progressions to control the audience's emotional tension.

Like his compatriots Auber and Herold, similarly involved in opera comique, he benefited from the influence of Rossini and Donizetti, and if all three were inevitably under the shadow of Meyerbeer when attempting grand opera, they were nonetheless totally successful in providing high-class entertainment for most of Europe for well over half a century.

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When Giselle was forgotten everywhere else in Europe, it was dropped from the Paris Opera repertory in 1868 — Russian dancers and ballet-masters preserved and honored it. The Moscow Festival Ballet's production maintains the Russian tradition of scrupulous production and loving concern for this gem of the Romantic ballet.

Adam's accounts of composing Giselle vary: in one place he recalls having written the score in eight days, elsewhere he mentions three weeks. The historian Ivor Guest has examined a manuscript score which records dates of completion for separate sections, ranging from April 11, 1841 to the last entry on June 8. Adam may well have been referring to first sketches. At any rate he seems to have enjoyed the collaboration between himself, the rising young star Carlotta Grisi, and her choreographer­mentor Jules Perrot: 'I composed the music in high spirits. I was in a hurry and that always fires my imagination. I was very friendly with Perrot and Carlotta, and the piece evolved, as it were, in my drawing room.'

Although Giselle was not the first ballet to adopt an elementary Leitmotif procedure, it is certainly the earliest that is still in the repertory. The first act contains more examples of this device than the second, because the first lends itself more to the mime scenes necessary to establish the plot in the earlier part of the ballet than it does to set dance pieces. One obvious example is the short, stabbing, unharmonized motif associated with Hilarion, another is the repeated and flexible use of the love theme for Giselle and Albrecht, recalled towards the end of the first act in fragmented form and chromatically raised pitch layers. The set dance sections are composed in the form of their aria and ensemble counterparts in operas of the time: quadrilles, waltzes, polaccas, galops, nocturnes or tarantellas.

Adam uses these forms with a certain freedom and juxtaposes them effectively.

The enormous popularity of Giselle has had a curious effect on its music. Since the mid 19th century, the numerous productions in different countries have brought about many changes of detail in choreography and scenario. It was not normal practice to import orchestral material for new productions of ballets of that period. The choreographer would rehearse the dancers to the sound of one violin, sometimes two, playing from a violin-conductor part, prepared from the original score. An orchestration would then be ordered from a local musician, inevitably reflecting whatever changes had been made. That is why the great centers of ballet culture have inherited variants of the original music and its instrumentation. Adam's orchestral score was never published and the foregoing comments may perhaps explain why there had been no urgent search for it.

Giselle was first seen in Moscow in 1843, just two years after its creation in Paris, and a year after it was staged in St. Petersburg. The ballet's history in Russia since that time has shown a continuous sequence of performances, with Jules Perrot — one of the great originators of the choreography — providing a basic text which has been illuminated by the care and genius of generations of ballerinas and producers.

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Moscow Festival Ballet: Giselle ALEXANDER DAEV Mr. Daevas born on 10/13/80. He graduated from the Voronej Ballet School in 1998. He has worked in many ballet companies such as the Russian Ballet of Gordeev, Kremlin Ballet, and the Russian National Ballet. Since 2002 he has worked with the Moscow Festival Ballet and performs leading and character roles. He is also the head assistant of artistic director and ballet master. Roles: Rotbard in Swan Lake, Fairy Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty, Prince in Cinderella, Stepmother in Cinderella, Basilio in Don Quixote, Drosselmayer in Nutcracker, Forester in Giselle, Solor in La Bayadere, Jose in Carmen, and many others.

ANTON BAGLIKOV Mr. Baglikov was born 7/10/85 and graduated from the AlmaAta Ballet Academy in Kazakhstan. He has worked in many ballet companies such as the Moscow City Ballet, the Russian National Ballet and others. He has performed many solo classical ballet repertoire and character roles including Pas de trois in Swan Lake, Blue Bird in Sleeping Beauty, dance master in Cinderella, Gamache in Don Quixote, Mercucio in Romeo & Juliet and many others.

DENIS ONUFRIICHUK Mr. Onufriichuk was born on 10/2/92. He graduated from the Ukraine Ballet Academy and then was invited to join the Russian National Ballet Theatre and Moscow Festival Ballet. Denis is a young and promising dancer with great dance technique and acting qualities. Roles: Spanish dance in Swan Lake, Torero in Don Quixote, Spanish ambassador in Cinderella, Torero in Carmen Suite, and many others.

DMITRY SITKEVICH Mr. Sitkevich was born on 5/12/95 and graduated from the Belarussia ballet academy in 2013. He has worked in many ballet companies such as the Belarus State Theatre, the Russian National Ballet and others. He dances all the leading classical ballet repertoire. Dmitry is a laureate of the International Ballet Competitions. Roles: Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Prince Desire in Sleeping Beauty, Prince in Cinderella, Basilio in Don Quixote, Prince in Nutcracker, Jose in Carmen Suite, and many others.

EVGENIY RUDAKOV Mr. Rudakov was born on 2/26/80. He graduated from the Voronezh Ballet Academy (Russia). He has worked in many ballet companies such as the Moscow City Ballet, the Russian National Ballet and others. He has performed many of the solo classical ballet repertoire and character roles including Rothbard in Swan Lake, Carabose in Sleeping Beauty, Step Mother in Cinderella, Lorenzo in Don Quixote, Drosselmayer in Nutcracker, Corigidor in Carmen Suite, Hillarion in Giselle, and many others.

NURLAN KINERBAEV Mr. Kinerbaev was born on 8/23/90. He graduated from the Alma-Ata Ballet Academy of Kazakhstan. He has worked in many ballet companies such as the Moscow City Ballet, the Russian National Ballet and others. He has performed many of the leading classical ballet repertoire and character roles.

He is a laureate of International Ballet Competitions. His roles include Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Prince Desire in

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Sleeping Beauty, Prince in Cinderella, Basilio in Don Quixote, Prince in Nutcracker, Jose in Carmen Suite, Albert in Giselle, and many others.

ELENA KHOROSHEVA Ms. Khorosheva is a ballet teacher and Assistant ballet master for the Moscow Festival Ballet. She graduated from the Nesterova Moscow Ballet Academy and then was invited to join the Russian National Ballet and the Moscow Festival Ballet.

Elena dances leading and solo repertoire.

MARIA SOKOLNIKOVA Ms. Sokolnikova was born on 5/27/85. She graduated from the Nesterova Moscow Academy. She has worked in many ballet companies, such as the Russian Imperial Ballet, the Crown of Russian Ballet and others. Maria has danced all the leading classical repertoire. She won the gold medal of the competition Soul of Dance. Maria opened most brightly in the role Nikiya from the ballet La Bayadere. Other roles include Odette-Odille in Swan Lake, Kitry in Don Quixote, Cinderella in Cinderella, Carmen in Carmen Suite, Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Mary in Nutcracker, Nikiya in La Bayadere, Svanilda in Coppelia, Giselle in Giselle, and many others.

MARIA KLUEVA Ms. Klueva was born on 6/12/86. She graduated from the Nesterova Moscow Ballet Academy and then was invited to join the Russian National Ballet Theatre and Moscow Festival Ballet. Maria dances leading and solo repertoire. Maria opened most brightly in the role Svanilda from the ballet Coppelia and Gamzatti from La Bayadere. Roles: Odillia in Swan Lake, Kitry in Don Quixote, Cinderella in Cinderella, Carmen in Carmen Suite, Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Mary in Nutcracker, Gamzatti in La Bayadere, Svanilda in Coppelia, Mirth in Giselle and many others.

MILENA STASHINA Ms. Stashina was born on 3/7/95. She graduated from the Nesterova Ballet Academy of Moscow and then was invited to join the Russian National Ballet Theatre and the Moscow Festival Ballet. Milena is a young and promising dancer with great dance technique and acting qualities. Her roles have included Spanish dance in Swan Lake, Mercedes in Don Quixote, Stepsister in Cinderella, Carmen in Carmen Suite, and others.

OLGA GUDKOVA Ms. Gudkova was born on 2/21/89. She graduated from the Alma Ata Ballet Academy in Kazakhstan, and then was invited to join the Russian National Ballet Theatre and the Moscow Festival Ballet. Olga has danced all the leading classical repertoire. Her dancing is noble and technical. Olga opened most brightly in the role white swan from the ballet Swan Lake.

Other roles include Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Main Dryade in Don Quixote, Cinderella in Cinderella, Carmen in Carmen Suite, Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Mary in Nutcracker, Giselle in Giselle, Waltz No 7 in Chopiniana, and many others.

International Guitar Night Featuring Lulo Reinhardt, Calum Graham, Marek Pasieczny, and Michael Chapdelaine Wednesday, February 21, 2018; 7:30 pm have played in the United States, China, France, Switzerland, Belgium, England, the Czech Republic, Scotland and Germany.

Lulo has performed on multiple tours as a soloist with International Guitar Night between 2009 and 2016, in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Germany. He returns as the artistic director, host and performing guitarist for the 2017 and 2018 IGN tours.

LULO REINHARDT Django Reinhardt left behind an indelible musical legacy, introducing and defining a passionate style of Gypsy Jazz guitar that was astonishing in the 1930's and is still revered and emulated today. Born to a Gypsy family in Belgium, Django's playing inspired his extended family in Germany and France, and successive generations of Reinhardts have reinforced his powerful musical vision and added their own ideas. LULO REINHARDT, Django's grand nephew, is a third generation master from Germany. He has retained the incredible Reinhardt soul, speed and dexterity and updated the repertoire.

Lulo Reinhardt was first taught by his father at the age of five.

At twelve, he played in the Mike Reinhardt Sextett and later cofounded the group, “Django Reinhardt and the Heartbreakers.”

In 1991, he founded “I Gitanos” with his father Bawo and cousin Dege, touring throughout Europe and first establishing his national reputation.

Lulo is a spontaneous and spirited musician. His curiosity took him to southern Spain in search of flamenco roots, and to South America, exploring various musical styles of Latin Jazz. By 2002, he was ready to take his place as a bandleader, founding the Lulo Reinhardt Project. They recorded the highly-acclaimed Project No. 1 in 2002, and Project No. 2 in 2005, reflecting his passion for Latin music.

In 2007, Saga Instruments of San Francisco CA made the first Lulo Reinhardt Model Gitane 310, modeled on the classic Gypsy guitars. This inspired Lulo to compose more Swing material, which he combined with Latin music, and in 2007 changed the name of his group to the Lulo Reinhardt Latin Swing Project.

They recorded their first CD in 2008.

In the beginning, he played in Europe with an all-German band but later spent considerable time in Australia, forming a new band of German and Australian musicians. They have recorded several CD's, and toured extensively internationally.

In additional to annual Australian tours beginning in 2008, they

CALUM GRAHAM At just 24, Calum Graham has already enjoyed a career that would be the envy of most artists double his age. The Albertabased guitarist and singer/songwriter has released five acclaimed albums, won major national music competitions, performed at the Olympic Games in both Vancouver and London, racked up some phenomenal views on YouTube, and was most recently named one of the top 30 guitarists in the world under 30 by Acoustic Guitar Magazine. Andy McKee, one of today’s most popular acoustic guitarists, calls Calum “the most promising young guitarist I’ve seen. His command of the guitar is already really impressive!"

Born in British Columbia and raised in High River, Alberta, Graham’s musical journey first took flight when he began playing the guitar at the age of 13. Five years later in the summer of 2010, Graham attended the Canadian Guitar Festival and entered the prestigious Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competition. Impressed with his original compositions, the judges awarded Graham with a first place finish; a feat no other teenager has accomplished in the history of the festival. The clip of his winning performance now has just under a million views on YouTube.

As Calum Graham’s name continued to grow in Alberta and across Canada for his guitar work and musicianship, Graham proved that his talent was not limited to his extraordinary ability to play the guitar. In 2011, Graham won the Canada’s Walk of Fame nationwide “A Song For Canada” contest based on his poetic acuteness. His winning poem was used in the song “I’m Here, (A Song For Canada)”. The song was performed by

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Chantal Kreviazuk and co-written by Graham, Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace) and Stephen Moccio (“I Believe,” 2010 Vancouver Olympics theme song/”Wrecking Ball,” Miley Cyrus).

“Calum’s entry resonated strongly among the judges. His poem celebrates the cultural mosaic that is Canada. He has captured the diversity of this country – something that we as a nation are renowned for and proud of.” — Stephan Moccio In the late winter of 2012, and with two albums already under his belt (Sunny Side Up (2009), Indivisibility (2012), Graham teamed up with iconic Fingerstyle Guitarist Don Ross. The result was the instrumental acoustic duet album titled, 12:34. Recorded at famed “Metalworks Studios” (Prince, Tina Turner, RUSH, Drake), and released through CandyRat Records (world’s biggest acoustic guitar label), the album featured six originals by Graham, three by Ross, and a cover of OutKast’s hit song, “Hey Ya”.

Not long after the release of 12:34, Graham saw a loyal following begin to grow and it wasn’t long before his unique sound started to find a wide and appreciative audience.

In November of 2013, Graham released a solo instrumental album titled Phoenix Rising (CandyRat Records). The title song has already generated over two million hits, with other songs also notching impressive numbers. The success of the album enabled Graham to expand his global fanbase and he soon began touring internationally, both on his own and with the likes of Don Ross and Andy McKee. Graham just recently released his fifth studio album Tabula Rasa recorded with world renowned Acoustic Guitarist, Antoine Dufour. Adding an extra dimension to his compositions, the album introduces Graham’s soulful vocals to his audience for the first time. The album was released in March 2016 and features a combination of his exemplary instrumental guitar work punctuated throughout with elements of folk, blues, and pop in his vocal songs with guest performances by Antoine Dufour and Bass Guitar Extraordinnaire, Michael Manring.

With Graham bringing an innovative sound to the industry, it wasn’t long before Canada’s top booking agency, The Feldman Agency, also counted themselves a fan of Graham’s music. So much in fact, that in July 2014, they decided to partner Graham with renowned Canadian producer Gavin Brown (Billy Talent, Metric, The Tragically Hip) on his Sessions X series. The series was recorded at Toronto’s Five-Star “Noble Street Studios” and features Graham alongside a number of acclaimed musicians including; Tears For Fears, Feist, Three Days Grace, Metric, and Ron Sexsmith.

At only 24 years old, it’s unquestionable that Calum Graham has enough talent to revolutionize how audiences appreciate music.

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MAREK PASIECZNY Award winning guitarist and composer Dr. Marek Pasieczny (1980) is one of the most respected contemporary composers writing for the guitar worldwide. Pasieczny holds three Master Degrees in music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, UK (for composition and performance with distinction) and “Karol Lipinski” Academy of Music in Wroclaw, Poland (for performance with distinction).

In 2010, Pasieczny began a combined doctoral degree in composition and performance in Australia, before returning to Europe in 2012 and completing his PhD at Surrey University in Guildford, UK in December 2015. At the same time, Pasieczny has taken up lectureship in composition and orchestration at the university.

As a composer, guitarist, lecturer and adjudicator Pasieczny has appeared regularly at festivals in Europe (Poland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, The UK, and Italy), Asia (China, Japan), Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Pasieczny has composed for and collaborated with such musicians as : Pat Metheny (CD Upojenie), Odair and Clarice Assad, David Russell, Roland Dyens, Carlo Domeniconi, Ana Vidovic, Pavel Steidl, Edoardo Catemario, Gabriel Bianco, Krzysztof Pelech, Duo Melis and many others.

Premieres of his works have been performed in venues such as: Lutoslawski’s Hall in Warsaw, Poland; Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, UK; Carnegie Hall in New York City, USA; Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, UK; He Luting Hall and He Lv Ting Hall in Shanghai, China. In 2012, Pasieczny became a D’Addario artist and as well featured on the cover of the prestigious Classical Guitar Magazine.

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continued In 1994 Michael turned his attention to pop music, in arranging, producing and recording Time-Life Music's beautiful Guitar by Moonlight collection, which sold 250,000 copies in it's first two years in the stores. In 1998, he once again, expanded his musical range and gained instant notoriety and credibility in the "acoustic music" world as a "fingerstyle" guitarist and composer, by winning the National Fingerpicking Championships at Winfield.

MICHAEL CHAPDELAINE Michael Chapdelaine is the only guitarist ever to win First Prize in the world's top competitions in both the Classical and Fingerstyle genres; the Guitar Foundation of America International Classical Guitar Competition and the National Fingerstyle Championships at the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield , Kansas.

Michael is Professor of Music and head of guitar studies at the University of New Mexico, and has previously been on the faculties of the University of Colorado at Denver and Metropolitan State University. He has given master classes throughout the world including, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Peru, Venezuela, Taiwan, Indonesia and at institutions such as, University of Miami, Mannes School of Music, University of Texas, and California State University.

His teachers included the great Spanish maestro Andres Segovia.

From New York's Lincoln Center to the Cactus Cafe in Austin, from Milano to Bangkok, Chapdelaine continues to enchant, dazzle and surprise audiences and critics alike as he redefines the modern acoustic guitar with his amazing technique, "soulful" expressiveness, and versatility as a performer, composer and arranger/producer. His performances, played on both steel string and classical guitars, include musical styles ranging from blues to Bach to country to rhythm n' blues as he wins his audiences hearts with breath taking technique and the poetic magic of his original musical portraits and landscapes.

In the 80s and 90s Michael proved himself to be one of the worlds finest classical guitarists; twice winning the coveted National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Grant, and taking First Prize in both the Guitar Foundation of America's and the Music Teachers National Association's Guitar Competitions. He also won the Silver Medal in Venezuela's VIII Concurso International de Guitarra "Alirio Diaz." He has toured four continents while giving hundreds of performances for Affiliate Artists Inc., and various arts promotion organizations.

In 1992 he recorded the Sonata Romantica CD, which many critics and connoisseurs of classical guitar consider to be one of the definitive recordings for the instrument. Acoustic Guitar Magazine wrote "... if I were marooned on a desert island with a limited selection of recordings, this one would be among my choices...I have seldom heard a more beautiful album. Other young guitarists have excellent technique, but few have such style and musicality, and Chapdelaine's beautiful tone is the nearest to Segovia's that I can recall."

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Dublin Irish Dance: Stepping Out Wednesday, February 28, 2018; 2 & 7:30 pm

Photo by Keith Dixon

Columbia Artists Management LLC Presents Direct from Dublin, Ireland

Dublin Irish Dance Stepping Out

ACT 1 DAWNING OF THE DAY The signature sounds, rhythms and dance traditions of a nation are introduced as are this story’s main protagonists; Ciara & Aidan.

A dance troupe of world champion Irish step dancers together with a sensational eight member traditional Irish band and vocalist, Dublin Irish Dance is an exhilarating company whose members have performed throughout the world with Riverdance, Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance, and Celtic Woman. Original Choreography by Anthony Fallon.

The all-star cast brings to life the epic tale of Celtic culture, carrying its traditional melodies and steps to the New World with a Gala celebration of Irish Music and Dance.

AN EMIGRANT'S TALE The story of immigration is part of Ireland’s fabric. With thoughts of travel on Ciara’s mind, this song tells but one of the many stories of those who left Ireland in search of a better life.

Stepping Out An extravaganza of sights and sounds of Irish Culture.

ALWAYS THERE A song about Ciara’s love for Aidan.

The journey begins in rural Ireland, prior to the Famine, in kitchens, barns and fields. As the Great Hunger closes in, the people look West, across the Ocean, to New York City.

LOVERS DANCE With thoughts of Ciara’s leaving on their minds, the two young lovers join together in a dance of affection.

Mingling with immigrants from around the globe, the Irish congregate in dance gatherings, some bound for the Appalachian Mountains where ancient Irish melodies fuse with African rhythms, creating American tap dance and early roots music.

SET YOU FREE Aidan realizes that their deep love should not stop Ciara from following her dreams of going to America.

The journey leads us to the present moment, celebrating the incredible evolution of Irish traditional dance and music, and showcasing the new pioneers who will define the new standard of Traditional Irish music and dance.

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LE CHÉILE Le Chéile is the gaelic term for ‘Together’. Here Ciara & Aidan join together with their young friends in an uplifting dance.

HEARTLAND A moment where Ciara looks to all those who she will leave behind and although they are happy she feels torn by two worlds. She makes the ultimate decision to leave Ireland behind.

Dublin Irish Dance: Stepping Out IF I PROVE FALSE TO THEE With thoughts of being oceans apart, Ciara & Aidan question whether their relationship will withstand the significant tests ahead. ’TIL WE MEET AGAIN As Ciara has decided to follow her dreams, this becomes the last dance between friends before her departure.

THE PARTING GLASS Ciara bids farewell to her country and her lover before setting off for America.

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LOVERS EMBRACE The two young lovers unite in a show of strength and unity.

STEPPING OUT The couple step out with their friends and join together in a celebration of their newfound happiness.

Note: Numbers are subject to change by the Producer without prior notice.

ACT 2 SHORES OF AMERIKAY Having departed her beloved Erin, Ciara travels to America in search of a new world.

CARRICKFERGUS A beautiful song about someone missing their home in Carrickfergus.

A NEW WORLD Those who had emigrated from Ireland to America long before Ciara’s arrival gather to welcome her. One particular male (Sean) takes a keen interest in the new girl about town!

AN IRISH LULLABY Despite Ciara’s warm welcome in America, she cannot hide the anguish she feels being away from her homeland.

IRISH LOVE While Ciara is enjoying the company of her new friends, her thoughts of being reunited with Aidan one day are foremost on her mind.

LONESOME ROAD No matter how good life is on the other-side, thoughts of home are never far away.

BETWEEN WORLDS Upon his arrival in the USA, Aidan realizes he may have to compete for Ciara’s attention. Aidan & Sean attempt to woo Ciara by demonstrating their prowess on the dance floor.

YOU’RE THE ONE There is clearly only one person for Ciara in the end.

TAKING A STAND Aidan & Sean decide to settle the score for once and for all.

Photo by Keith Dixon

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CAST

DUBLIN IRISH DANCE

Vocals and Guitar........................................................Megan Burns Accordion, Banjo, and Mandolin........................Kenneth Browne Fiddle and Guitar........................................................Brian Murphy Pipes, Flute, and Whistles............................................Conal Duffy Vocals and Guitar.........................................Ryan O' Shaughnessy Drum and Bodhran........................................................Oscar Little Keys ...................................................................Marco Andres Pres Bass Guitar.....................................................................David Harte Lead Female Dancer................................................Sinead Neylon Dancer.........................................................................Erin Kuncaitis Dancer..............................................................................Ciara Faber Dancer........................................................................Jessie Driscoll Lead Male Dancer.........................................................Dylan Millar Dancer..............................................................................Sean Dolan Dancer.........................................................................Lucas Lawton Dancer................................................................................Ash Millar

On New Year's Day 1892, 17 year-old Irish colleen Annie Moore was the first foreigner to pass through Ellis Island.

Today the U.S. census states than more than 40 million people claim to be of Irish decent. With moving themes of immigration, love, loss and triumph over adversity, in good times and bad, Ireland’s traditions of music, song and dance have been the sound track to the lives of millions of people.

CIARÁN CONNOLLY Principal Choreographer & Movement Director Ciarán is originally from Dublin and has worked successfully in London for the last 14 years as a commercial dancer and choreographer, working on shows such as The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent and Strictly Come Dancing.

He’s worked alongside and toured the world with names such as Take That, Robbie Williams, One Direction, Girls Aloud, Michael Buble and many more.

Last year Ciarán choreographed Season 5 of The Voice of Ireland for Ireland’s national broadcaster (RTE). He was also Creative Director and Choreographer of The June Rodgers Show and SummerTours 2010-2014, and also for Women of Ireland World Tour 2014-2015.

After working as Assistant Choreographer on The Daniel O Donnell Rock and Roll UK Tour, Ciarán went on to work with a host of top choreographers on major tours and events including Assistant Choreographer on Cliff Richard's 2011 Soulicious Tour, Dance Captain and a coordinator on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies under the direction of Creative Director Kim Gavin, Assistant to the Choreographer Paul Roberts on One Direction' s World Stadium Tour 2014 and Assistant to Choreographer Paul Domain on The Saturdays Tour 2014.

Between the UK and Ireland he has staged and choreographed numerous events such as hair and fashion shows, corporate events and product launches. Ciarán is also working closely with Darcey Bussell helping develop an act as ambassador for her new choreographed fitness regime, DDMIX.

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A story of Love & Loss, Trepidation and Triumph. Dublin Irish Dance tells the story, through Irish music, song, dance, of the immigrant Irish as they left their homes in Ireland for the shores of America.

From the beat of the breaking heart embodied in poignant songs of love and loss to the pulsating beat of the invigorating Irish dancers reflecting their triumph over adversity, ‘Dublin Irish Dance’ tells the story of the Irish who traveled to America in search of a new life.

The performance comprises a blend of classic contemporary tunes with traditional Irish rhythms alongside stirring & emotive vocal tracks.

Experience the dazzling dance performances, the incredible emotion of the pure celtic voice and the sensational multi instrumentalists on fiddle, flute, uilleann pipes, accordion, banjo, mandolin, whistle, bodhrán, guitar, piano, drums & bass.

Featuring word champion dancers, all Ireland champion instrumentalists, principal performers from Riverdance together with sensational performers from Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance and Celtic Woman. Dublin Irish Dance is a captivating portrayal of the Irish and its culture that will leave you with heartfelt tears and dancing in the aisles...and wanting to book the next flight to Ireland!

Dublin Irish Dance is like no other show in its genre.

Complete with pulsating and stirring Irish music together with original choreography this exciting production steeped in Ireland’s cultural traditions is infused with worldly influences and vast experience and is undoubtedly unique in its imaginative design.

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To be able to fulfill the mission of the Harris Center, we depend on the support of our generous members. By becoming a member today, you can ensure that the Harris Center for the Arts will continue to present world-class artists and comprehensive education programs for the entire community.

Become a Member of the Harris Center There are many levels of membership, each with unique benefits, such as the opportunity to purchase single tickets before they go on sale to the general public.

Membership benefits are good for one year from the date of donation and subject to change.

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Membership helps to sustain the annual operating budget of the Harris Center while providing members with various benefits.

Among the many privileges of being a member is the opportunity to purchase tickets to all Harris Center “Presents” events before they go on sale to the public.

Recognition in Season Playbill (updated July 1 and January 1 each year) Purchase Harris Center Presents tickets during season presale prior to public on-sale Invitation to Season Preview Event 15% off single tickets to 2018-19 Harris Center Presents shows purchased during the member presale (generally held in June) Invitation to Member Thank You Reception Honored on Harris Center Donor Wall Advance ticket purchase opportunities to newly added Harris Center Presents shows throughout the season Access to Founders Room during intermission for Harris Center Presents shows with complimentary coffee & water Invitation to Art of Wine Receptions (generally one per month August through June) Invitation to special events (including Artist Meet & Greet) 15% discount on all Harris Center Presents single tickets purchased while membership is current Invitation to Executive Director’s Luncheon Access to last minute seats on first-come basis to Harris Center Presents shows Private behind the scenes tour for four tailored to donor’s interests Concierge ticket service prior to member presale for Harris Center Presents shows Dinner with executive director and college president Recognition as supporting sponsor of a Harris Center Presents show of choice Four complimentary tickets for one Harris Center Presents show Recognition from stage at sponsored Harris Center Presents show Recognition on the electronic marquee

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PRODUCER LEVEL Robert S. & Star Pepper Foundation

DESIGNER LEVEL Fred & Karen Bookey Dick Droese & Diane Reck Art & Linda Grix COMPOSER LEVEL Dr. Gwynn Akin Dan & Misty Dailey Steve & Pam Eskildsen Barbara & Brice Harris Jamie Purviance and Frances Ada, M.D. James & Lisa Salter ADVOCATE LEVEL Betty Ballard Carol & Louis Damerval Kathleen & Patrick Kirklin Don & Loretta Lawson Sue Solger SUPPORTER LEVEL Judi Alexander Neil & Danielle Beltran Phil & Alison Braverman Craig & Dianne Burnett Betty & Gary Campbell Thad & Carolee Champlin Dr. Christa Clark Ed & Betty Manoyan Foundation Owen W. Ficke & Mary A. Margosian Pat & Gail Geary Linda & David Gordon Brian & Cathy Hoey Greg & Barbara Houck Ken Huseman William & Janice Latham Al & Genie Lord The Marshall Family Trust Carole Merchant Allen & Susan Miglore Susan & Carl Miller Barbara Peters Pat and Tony Richards Judy & Mark Rodriguez Drs. Jill & Mitch Ruffman Deon Shortz James & Charlotte Stott Marilyn Szulman-Jones & Michael Szulman Paul & Cara Taylor Allyson Warr & Ken Poole

Richard Weiss Jerry & Debbie Winckler ASSOCIATE LEVEL Diane & Roger Aamodt Dick Aberley & Joan Sennett Karen Allan-Stroth Clark & Paula Allison Craig & Yum Armstrong Rochelle L. Babb Ernie & Kathy Baciocco Jo Ann Blommer Jane & Robert Blum Sean & Andrea Boyd Drs. Thomas & Marylou Bullen Stephanie Carlson & Rita Timewell Tom & Judy Chrisman Shirley Churchill & Richard Dilbeck Cecilia Clark & Daniel Linhardt Donna & Russ Clark Kathy Cunningham Michael & Madeline Desrosiers Bob & Vera Doettling Jim Dykes & Jacq Barnes Charles Eichbaum Jim & Janine Fox Mr. & Mrs. Richard Gervais David J. Grenier Gary & Joan Grootveld Mike & Lynn Hanamura Eric & Joany Harman Keith & Carol Hartley The Haukedalen Family Jessica & Stephen Hodge Charles & Carol Jacobs Greg & Donna Jenkins Ann & Darryl Johnson Bernadette Kelly Russell & Virginia Krodell Sherreta Lane John Langer Eddy & Judy Lim Pam & Mike McAtee Mary McKinnon & Greg Krekelberg Zoe Miller Marie Mitchell Tammy Montgomery & Greg Warzecka Larry & Holly Moore Doreen & Steve Mykytyn Rebecca Newland Alvin Newman NJD Consulting LLC Palmer Kazanjian Wohl Hodson, LLP George L. Parrott

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James & Carol Peterson Dave & Patricia Pier Marlyn Pino-Jones Clare & Kathy Poe Jeffrey & LeAnn Robinson Cary & Sharon Ross The Sauer Bahro Trust Wayne & Ann Schindler Carolyn Scroggin In Memory of Linda Shuken Ron & Diane Smith Linda & Jay Stirling Jennifer & Brian Sweeney Jim & Kathleen Switzer Robin R. Trimble Mike & Margarita Vasquez Dee & Beverly West Thomas & Linda West Dan & Sherry Whetstone Anson & Marien Wong PATRON LEVEL Anonymous Dyana R. Anderly Sergio & Noel Barros Larry & Jamie Beutler Gene & Jody Bisson Bob & Bev Burns V. & K. Buttle Raymond & Lorraine Bydalek Bryan & Janet Byrd Helen Campbell James Cimino Charles & Kathleen Cooper Bob & Marcy Crowley Rob & Susan DeBruin Robert & Victoria Dell Catherine & Harry Diamond Ann & Nick Econome Robert Elliott & Kaye Christensen Debbie Emery & Family Mark Espinosa & Stephen Twitchell Patty Estopinal European Sleep Design Tom & Tina Farmer Phil & Linda Ferrari Bill & Joyce Frey The Greenshield Family Gregary Grenfell & Virginia Vandermeer Kathie Hanna Kathryn & Larry Hanson Beverley Hendrickson John & Trish Hershey Steve & Jeannie Holler Jeffrey Janian Heath & Rachel Jenkins Gerald & Elizabeth Jordan

Joy Hair Salon Michael & Sheryl Kays Bob & Barbara Leidigh Cynthia Macdonald Ted Machado Jim & Elizabeth Maddox Lee & Linda McDoniels Jack & Diana McGurk The Meerjanssen Family Stacey Mitchell & Chuck Weir Dan & Lori Mullin Bruce Notareus Karl & Carolyn Okamoto The Oliphants Frank Pajerski Nick & Patty Palmer Ron & Lucy Perry George & Jeniffer Phillips Ernest & Marie Pineda Lola & Gordon Purdy Douglas & Susanne Quayle Buzz & Cindy Raley Ted & Leslie Reed Mr. & Mrs. Charles Rennau Judi & Roger Reynolds Arlene Rose June Shepherd Jim & Kathy Siegfried Marylee Silverman Cherryl & Steve Simms Helene & Harry Sinclair Lee & Debbie Slupianek Herb & Gail Stone Robert & Gail Stroh Paula Summers Larry & Marilyn Taylor Dennis & Judy Tsuboi Carla Turoff & James Martin Judy & Clarence Ueda Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Victorino Pat & Don Wagner Gail White David & Carol Williamson Sandra & Barry Wold Anne Wolfe Drs. Daniel & Sande Woodson FRIEND LEVEL Anonymous Carol Ackley & Pat Wilson Scott & Christina Bailey Robert & Barbara Baker William Ball Bill Bandes & Lise St. Andre Grace & Clair Barner Greg & Lynn Baugher Abbey Bell Sally I. Bennett Hazel Berman Alison Berry Jessica Braverman Birch in Honor of Phil Braverman Peggy Blair & Jerry Beckett Mark & Barbara Blatt Jody Blubaugh

Joan & Jack Blyskal John Boehm Nancy G. Bohnsack Jim & Phyllis Bolden V. Scott Bollinger Safiya Bonaventura Jeff & Becky Boone The Bradley House William Bridges Ken Brooks Laurie Brown & Odel King Paul Lee Brown Judy & Bruce Brown Peggy & Craig Brown Susan Browning Susan Bryant Carol Burger & Jim Vanhouten John F. Burke Lisa & Michael Burrage Rich & Joyce Burrill Paul G. Buttner Cecelia & Ron Byrd Diana Caceres Edward & Joan Callaway Jeff & Maria Carwardine James & Teresa Chandler Delores & Vahram Cherezian Diova Gray & Sue Childress John Y. Cho Glenda R. Claremon Clyde & Donna Mark & Kathy Cohen The Committee James & Louisa Coyne Nancy & Gary Cramer Janice Crossman John Crowe Ron & LaRita Culver Tom & Julia Curtis Judith Dalton James Damir Muriel Davenport Chris & Myrna DeBortoli Debra DeMartini Jim & Andrea den Dulk Ross & Shirley Deter Paul Dorn Kirk & Loretta Doyle Marc & Ila Dubin Cindi Dulgar John Dupen Denise Epes Annde Ewertsen Janet & David Ferguson Gaylin Fleming Folsom Dog Resort & Training Center

Folsom Lake Community Concert Association FOLSOM TIRE PROS Richard & Susan Fox Ann Freelove Lesa Fynes Virginia Gaber The Garnett Family Don & Pat Garrett Joan Gates & Byron Fitzgerald Robert & Patricia Ghiglieri Patricia Gifford Michael & Selina Girard Judy K. Gonzalez Ilene Goodwoman & Robert Wagoner The Gunther Haggblade Family Dr. Jerome Gutterman David & Carolyn Haake Peter & Mary Ann Hall Scott & Julie Hall Meg & Scott Hanley Mary Hansen Lisa Heberer Joe & Julia Heideman Nancy Hetrick Greg & Maria Hibdon David R. Hill Richard Hobbie Jordan Holmes Sally Howard & Jon Buchanan Alice Jacobs Phyllis & Norm Jacobs Ejner & Judy Jacobsen Dennis Johnston & Linda Hill Judy Johnson Brent Jones & Kathy Franklin David Jones & Tina Wilkins Jim & Delores Juarros Claudia & Pat Kane Jim & Marge Karling Susan Keith Carol Kendrick Frank & Marianne Kleman Joel & Denise Kmetz Matt & Deborah Knowles Wendy Kosterman Steve & Ada Krumm Sherrill & Ted Kulp Laurie & Jim Kurttila Mary Lagomarsino Andrew Lagosh Dr. Bob & Jean LaPerriere Brett & Holly Larson Sondra Lee & Bill Kuhn Ed & Candy Lehman Marian & Doug Leisz

John & Debra Leung Debbie Lichtman & Steven Ladd Michael & Elaine Linn Steve & Jeanne Loe Stuart & Vana Lott Jim & Ruth Loughridge Janeene Lowis Dana & Mark Lutzo Duane Lyons Gay & Barry Mackintosh Jeremiah Maher Carolyn Mansell Vivian Marguleas Chrystine Martin Mimi & Earl Mattock Michelle McClain Bob & Stella McCray Danny & Valerie McDaniel Greig & Susan McGinness Chuck & Susan McIntire Patricia Medina Jere & Carolyn Meek Carolyn Meza Leslie Michaels & Susan Katt David & Connie Misquez Barbara Moberly Jin & Marie Moore Debra Mulder Brian & Betty Neil Lynda & Gary Nield Linda Nugent Russ O'Brien Gary & Kathy Odom Christine & Craig Oliver Celia Orona & Tom Anderson Neil & Barbara Ostrander Markie & Aziza Parker Ken Payne & Sue Blake The Pellegrini Family Bob & Marlene Perkins David & Diana Phillips Ray & Jana Pingle Florence Pon Tom & Jeanne Pooley Sharon Pope Marie & Jerry Powell Jerome & Carolyn Preston The H. Price Family Jess & Maria Ramirez Ms. Raney Bruce Rapport & Karen Mondragon Sue Rauzy Sandi Reis Revolutions Naturopathic Larry Richardson Steve & Caroline Roberts

Evelyn C. Rogers Robin & Lynne Rogers Ed & Roseann Roman Dale & Phyllis Rundquist Tamra & Bob Ruxin VerJoyce & Mike Salmon Jeanne Schafer Steve & Lori Schaumleffel Paul Schierenberg Gabriele Schillinger Jerry & Lois Scott Norm & Penny Scott The Kenneth Sherer Family Tim & Michelle Shestek Stephanie Shurilla Roger & Barbara Smith D. Sofia James A. Sohani Mr. & Mrs. G. Soltani Linda & Charlie Stack Loretta Mosbacher Steichen Dale & Rose Stone Brian Sweeney Phyllis Telfer Cindy & Stephen Templeton Rosanna Trevisan & Geoff Maxey Michael & Karen Tucker James E. Turner Russ & Pam Tweet John Uithoven Zoe Van Den Bergh Emanuel & Lisa Vargas Patricia Vienna Gregory & Kathleen Villegas Visconti's Restorante Rich & Shannon Walker Katherine Walter Tom Weborg & Sandra Singer Jim, Diane & Jenna Williams David & Evelyn Willmott Richard & Erica Wilson The Wolber Family Ron & Carol Yelton Helen Yelverton Carole Yuhnke & Jim Herod Alicia & Jim Zimmerman

Names listed are changes, updates, and corrections to the current 2017-2018 Annual Members as of December 18, 2017

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By becoming a proud corporate partner with the Center, your company is guaranteed an exciting range of sponsorship benefits and unique promotional opportunities which will help increase brand loyalty and establish prominence in key target audiences. Partnering with the Center assures you will increase customer engagement — the interactions that strengthen the emotional investment in your brand — helping to assure continued relevance in today’s competitive market. Moreover, becoming a corporate sponsor will allow you special opportunities to reward your employees.

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ART OF A special thank you to our donors and sponsors Art of Wine receptions are a benefit for Associate level annual members and higher.

Art of Wine Schedule

January 20, 2018 Donor Thank You Reception: Sergio Mendes

Art of Wine 6:00pm, Show 7:30pm All 2017-18 Art of Wine Wineries

February 21, 2018 International Guitar Night

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In The Wings: Staff, Faculty, Board, District & Volunteers Harris Center Staff

Administration Dave Pier, Executive Director Linda Stack, Administrative Assistant Customer Services Lisa Burrage, Ticket Office Supervisor Devan Ivaska, Ticket Office Customer Relations Assistant Jared Van Kirk, Business Intelligence & Operations Consultant Lead Customer Service Representatives: Kyongjin Cho, Alisia Gomez, Daniel Walsh Customer Service Representatives: Kayla Arney, Jennifer Berry, Kay Damron, Dillon DeBoda, Tina Farmer, MacKenzie Harrell, Julia Heideman, Marylou Keane, Christine Mahoney, Drew Matthews, John Moore, Shane Murphy, Michael Roa, Anne Thorp, Emma Thorp, Alana Truong, Yester Voskanyan Development Sally Howard, Director of College Advancement Anne Ward, College Relations Specialist Susan Brackenhoff, Staff Event Services Holly Larson, Event Services Specialist, Linda Woodson, Administrative Clerk Belinda Soerjohadi, Student Assistant Front-of-house Leads: Grace Barner, Justin Brooke, Judy Lamb, Nicolette Latini, Emily Marshall-Conley, Vicki Mason, Lee Ray McDoniels, Linda McDoniels, Bruce Notareus, Michelle Petro, Sandi Reis, Cindy Templeton Gallery Eunyoung Hwang, Marisa Sayago, Heike Schmid

BJ Snowden, Dean, Visual and Performing Arts Sally Howard, Director of College Advancement Sondra Lee, Assistant to the President Kristy Hart, Communications and Public Information Officer Jane Crandell, Public Information Svcs.

Jennifer McLane, Public Information Svcs.

Matt Battershell, Public Information Svcs.

Joany Harman, Business Services Supervisor Dee Visentin, Business Services Melissa Williams, Director of Administrative Services Kathy Barnes, Campus Operations Printing/Mailroom Services Laura Kelly, Campus Operations Printing/Mailroom Services Jeff Lewis, IT & Media Services Supervisor David Hindi, Media Systems/Resources Specialist Christopher Raines, Custodial/Receiving Supervisor

Visual and Performing Arts Faculty

KC Boylan, Victoire Chochezi, Paula Haug, Angela Prelip, Communication and Media Studies Debra Worth, Dance Philip Angove, David Newnham, Music David Harris, Ian Wallace, Theatre and Cinema Arts Cameron Hoyt, Theatre Technician Eunyoung Hwang, Marisa Sayago, Heike Schmid, Visual Arts Melonie Quintell, VAPA Administrative Assistant Hao Lee, Music Department Instructional Assistant

Marketing & Communications Paul Dorn, Director of Marketing and Communications Don Button, Graphic Designer Marketing Staff: Addison Eppler, Daniel Jamieson, Connor Jensen, Allison Masi, Kathleen Switzer, Dave Webb

FLC Foundation

Production Sam Coquerille, Technical Director Eduardo Garza, Assistant Technical Dir. Jacob Cantu, Assistant Technical Director Julie Sandberg, Artist Hospitality

2016-17 Foundation Board Members Kathleen Leavitt, Chair, Madroña Vineyards Dr. Anthony Retodo, First Vice Chair, Kaiser Permanente Bryan Byrd, Immediate Past Chair, CA Earthquake Authority Cyrus Abhar, City of Rancho Cordova Phil Braverman, Community Member Craig Burnett, Community Concert Assoc.

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Folsom Lake College Staff

Whitney Yamamura, President Kathleen Kirklin, Vice President of Administration Monica Pactol, Vice President of Instruction

The Folsom Lake College Foundation supports Folsom Lake College and the Harris Center for the Arts through fundraising and advocacy. The Center would not have happened without the vision and support of the Foundation’s volunteer members.

Harry Elliott, Elliott Homes Inc. Bob Holderness, Holderness Law Firm John Knight, LRCCD Trustee Ed Manansala, El Dorado County Office of Education Iain Marshall, Edward Jones Robert McGarvey, City of Rancho Cordova Mick Neshek, Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Evert Palmer, City of Folsom Don Pearson, Inductive Automation Marlyn Pino-Jones, Community Member Paul Plemmons, Sierra Nevada Corporation Randy Ross, Mercy Folsom Chris Thompson, Wells Fargo

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Los Rios Community College District

The Los Rios Community College District is a two-year public college district serving the greater Sacramento region.

The district includes American River, Cosumnes River, Folsom Lake, and Sacramento City colleges; major centers in Placerville, Davis, West Sacramento, downtown Sacramento, Natomas, and Rancho Cordova; and special services for business and industry. Our colleges offer transfer education and AA/AS degrees and certificates in over 70 career fields.

Board of Trustees Pamela Haynes Dustin Johnson Robert Jones John Knight Tami Nelson Deborah Ortiz Ruth Scribner Chancellor Dr. Brian King

Volunteers: A Key Part of the Team

More than 1,500 volunteers help to keep the Center running smoothly. Last year alone, volunteers contributed nearly 35,000 hours as gallery docents, ushers and office assistants, and community ambassadors — helping patrons to have an outstanding arts experience. They are a key part of the Center’s success — it literally could not operate without their support. For more information about the volunteer program, visit www.harriscenter.net.

Harris Center Program Guide produced in association with Style Magazine.

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HARRIS CENTER 2018 WINTER-SPRING CALENDAR

THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY

TREASURE ISLAND

KINGS OF DANCE

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

5-7

1 Mummenschanz: you & me 2-4 Lenaea High School Theatre Festival 6 SBL: Max Weinberg’s Jukebox 7 Moscow Festival Ballet: Swan Lake 8 Moscow Festival Ballet: Giselle 10 Folsom Lake Symphony: Passion & Drama 11 VITA: Great Composers Chamber Music Series 16-18 EDMT: 42nd Street 21 International Guitar Night 22-25 EDMT: 42nd Street 28 Dublin Irish Dance: Stepping Out

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL 7 VITA: Rising Stars 10 SBL: Marty Stuart 11 Kids Helping Kids: NEEDTOBREATHE 12 Carrera: Lee Ritenour 13-14 James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash 16-17 Wynonna and The Big Noise 19 Benny Goodman, Carnegie Hall and the Concert that Changed the World 20-21 Sergio Mendes & Brasil 2018 20-21 SBS: Voice of the Cello 24 Jeffrey Siegel Keyboard Conversations©: Exotic Music of the Night 25 Legends of Hawaiian Music 26 Carrera: Michael Doucet and Tom Rigney with Flambeau 27 Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout 28 NIYAZ: The Fourth Light Project 28 FLC Speakers Series: Jeffrey Toobin 30 ElevenPlay

All programs, artists and dates subject to change. Additional events being added.

Check www.HarrisCenter.net for most up-to-date offerings.

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MARCH 2-4 Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story 6 Parsons Dance 7 RMS Productions: Rockin’ Road to Dublin 8 Lee Rocker 9 Carrera: Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood 10 Folsom Lake Symphony Family Concert: Musicians at Work!

10 Zakir Hussain with Rakesh Chaurasia 10-11 SBS: Viva Vivaldi!

11 FLCCA: Rhapsody & Rhythm The Gershwin Concert Experience 11 FLC Speaker Series: Diana Nyad 13-14 The Ten Tenors 15 St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland

PARSONS DANCE

HEART BY HEART

17-18 Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul Stookey 17 SGS: Alex De Grassi & Andrew York 18 PIOM: Faculty Concert 20 FLC Music Preview Concert 21-22 FLC Invitational Music Festival 24 Panto Company USA: Treasure Island 24 Folsom Lake Symphony: Glorious Adventure 25 Kings of Dance featuring Lezginka 25 Chao Lu Piano Recital 29-31 Amazing Grace, The Musical

APRIL 1 Amazing Grace, The Musical 13-15 FLC Falcon’s Eye Theatre: HAIR 15 VITA: Great Composers Chamber Music Series 19-21 FLC Falcon’s Eye Theatre: HAIR 27-29 EDMT: Bye Bye Birdie

AMAZING GRACE

JUNE 2-3 Folsom Lake Symphony: Broadway Romance 6-7 SBL: Jackie Evancho 8 Heart by Heart 9 Fudominal Productions: Duendes – A Night of Flamenco 16 Northern California Dance Conservatory: Double Feature 2018 17 Malko Performing Arts Academy: Summer Ballroom Dance Showcase 21 EDMT High Voltage: Best of Boadway 23 El Dorado Dance Academy: Travels 24 FLCCA: Jim Curry – The Timeless Music of John Denver 30 Ho’ike 2018

JULY 6-8 EDMT: Spyquest: An Agent 006-1/2 Musical Comedy 11-15 EDMT: Spyquest: An Agent 006-1/2 Musical Comedy

MAY 1 FLC Music: Great Choruses – From Broadway to Opera!

2 Jeffrey Siegel Keyboard Conversations©: The Romantic Connection 3 FLC Evening of Dance 4-6 EDMT: Bye Bye Birdie 5-6 FLC Youth Chamber Orchestra 9-11 Folsom Piano Academy Recitals 10 FLC Commercial Music Ensemble 11-13 Sacramento Ballet: Modern Masters - Red Hot 12-13 PIOM Recitals 14 FLC Vocal Recitals 17 Carrera: Larry Carlton 18 Placer Pops Chorale 19 Voices of California 20 Placer Pops Chorale 20 Bob Allen Music: Spring Recital 23 Oh Boy Records: John Prine 24 SBL: Rodney Atkins 25 Carrera: Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

LEGEND Carrera Carrera Productions EDMT El Dorado Musical Theatre FLC Folsom Lake College Production FLCCA Folsom Lake Community Concert Association PIOM Pacific institute of Music SBL SBL Entertainment SBS Sacramento Baroque Soloists SGS Sacramento Guitar Society VITA VITA Academy w/ Susan Lamb Cook

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General Information As a courtesy to other patrons who may have fragrance allergies, please avoid wearing strong perfumes or cologne.

To limit disturbance to artists and fellow audience members, late arrivals may be asked to wait until a suitable break in the performance, or intermission, to be seated.

Doctors expecting calls during performances should leave their names and seat locations with the House Manager.

Photography and Recording The photographing and sound or video recording of any performance, without the explicit permission of management, is prohibited. Offenders may be ejected and liable for damages.

Ticket Office Open Monday-Saturday, noon to 6 pm and two hours before show times. Tickets also available online at www.harriscenter.net or by calling (916) 608-6888.

E-mail list Already have an account? If not, set up one at www.harriscenter. net and receive e-news about events, added performances, and special offers.

Parking Ample event parking is located adjacent to the Harris Center.

Parking permits are required at all times including weekends.

A parking permit is issued automatically with your ticket order for events. Once you have arrived and parked, please place your permit in a visible location on your dashboard or hang it from your rear-view mirror. For non-ticketed events, permits can be purchased at automated parking kiosks located on the campus circulator road.

House Notes Emergency exits are indicated by green exit signs located above each exit. For your safety, please check for the location of the exit nearest to your seat.

As a courtesy to artists and other patrons, please turn off or silence cellular phones, pagers, or wristwatch alarms before start of the event, and refrain from texting during the performance.

Three sets of restrooms are located on the Stage Two end of the lobby, one upstairs and two downstairs.

Snacks and beverages are available before performances and at intermission at the Wells Fargo CafĂŠ located near the electronic donor wall, and at satellite service stations in the lobby. Food and beverages are not allowed in the theaters (bottled water is okay).

Folsom Lake College is a smoke, tobacco, and vape-free campus.

Smoking and use of tobacco products is prohibited anywhere on campus.

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Use of a ticket at the Harris Center constitutes acknowledgement of willingness to appear in photographs, video, and film taken in public areas of the facility and releases the Center, its Partners, and all others from liability resulting from use of such images.

Lost and Found Items Lost items will be held in the Coat Check room in the lobby until the end of the performance. Thereafter, please call (916) 6086888. Unclaimed items will be turned into FLC Campus Police Department after thirty days.

Accessibility and Listening Devices The Center is accessible to patrons with disabilities. Wheelchair seating is available in all venues. Portable wireless listening devices are available with a small, refundable deposit or a driver’s license. Please inform the Ticket Office of any special needs when ordering tickets.

Children All patrons are required to have a ticket, including youngsters sitting on laps. Parents are expected to take into account the subject and nature of performances when selecting shows for their children, and to make sure etiquette is part of the theatre going experience. Parents will be asked to remove disruptive children.

Presentations, Partners, and Productions The Harris Center for the Arts strives to inspire, include, and instruct. Through its PRESENTATIONS, the Center brings touring artists from around the world. PARTNERS are local and regional music, theatre, and dance companies who make the Center their home. PRODUCTIONS deepen the educational experience of Folsom Lake College, giving students and faculty an opportunity to develop their craft and present it to family, friends, and the broader community.

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