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Former
teen idol Rydell brings repertoire to PTC
The end of the first
half of the summer concert series at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater
is upon us. Bobby Rydell closes a terrific first half that gave audiences
rock, rhythm and blues and something they could dance to. With his concert
this Friday and Saturday, Rydell will take listeners back to a simpler
time with his whiz-bang show that includes a number of hits from a stellar
career.
The
Charlie Daniels Band helps kick off Villages Amphitheater's first summer
concert series
How
would you classify the music of the Charlie Daniels Band? Country? Western?
Rock and Roll? Bluegrass. All of those answers seem to fit. How does
Charlie Daniels classify his sound. "It's Charlie Daniels Band
music," said the leader of one of the more popular bands in history.
Daniels brings his band and their unique mixture of music to Fayetteville's
Villages Amphitheater on Saturday, June 14. It will be the first show
of their first summer concert series.
Enchantments
abound in FCFT's "The Secret Garden"
Author Frances Hodgson
Burnett once said, "When you have a garden, you have a future."
For the characters in her novel, "The Secret Garden," the
future looks gloomy and bleak until a long-neglected garden is brought
back to life. Fayette Coweta Family Theatre will present a musical adaptation
of Burnett's beloved novel at Sams Auditorium June 12-15.
Fayette
Youth Chorale enjoys successful year
The Fayette Youth
Chorale celebrated their fifth year with a trip to New York City and
a performance at Lincoln Center. The FYC, a local community children's
choir for gifted young singers, ages 9-14, was invited to participate
in the National Middle School Honor Choir by the conductor, Dr. Randall
Stroope. Dr. Stroope is a professor of music at the University of Nebraska,
conductor of the Nebraska Children's Choir, and a noted composer of
music for young singers
GYB
performance to benefit award-winning school paper
This month, dancers
from all over the country are attending Georgia Youth Ballet's Summer
Intensive Workshop at The Studio in Fayetteville. The workshop will
end on June 27 with a benefit performance for "The Prowler,"
the student newspaper at Starr's Mill High School. "The Prowler"
was named the most outstanding student newspaper in the state in 2001,
received Superior ranking from Columbia University, as well as General
Excellence from the Georgia Scholastic Press Association.
Lewis
and Clark: Catch The Fever
Part
of my job requires me to read other papers and keep my finger on the
pulse of society. In Monday's News section of USA Today there was a
feature with the headline, "Lewis and Clark fever catches on."
I wondered if this was so and headed out to talk to the people of the
county about their bouts of "Lewis and Clark Fever!"
Get
on the train!
The
Little Engine That Could competed against bigger, stronger and faster
trains. He continually chanted, "I think I can, I think I can,
I think I can" and eventually, he won the race. That story is the
basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, "Starlight Express,"
which will run at the Fox Theatre through June 22.
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