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On behalf of the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra, welcome! We can think of no better way to celebrate the good things in life than by offering our community the opportunity to hear a wonderfully wide range of music, performed by an enthusiastic group of talented, dedicated musicians. The last 48 years has seen the LCSO evolve into a major cultural asset in the region. Comprised of over 60 local musicians, the semi-professional orchestra is dedicated to enriching the lives of people of all ages throughout the year. In addition to its regular season concerts in November, March, and April, the LCSO presents the annual Holiday at the Pops, an event that has become a time-honored community tradition. Another much-anticipated annual event is Hoosier STAR, a singing competition that gives talented vocalists a chance to perform before a live orchestra and an appreciative audience. During the warmer months, the LCSO can be seen performing at outside venues such as La Porte’s Fox Park, New Buffalo Lake Park and Beach, Michigan City’s Washington Park and the Friendship Botanical Gardens on U.S. 12. The LCSO is also committed to bringing the joy of music to young people. Over 6,000 area students are treated each October to The Drayton Family Children’s Education Concert at the Civic Auditorium, where the LCSO performs three back-to-back concerts in a single day. In addition, the LCSO supports student music education and artistic experience with our New Generations initiative. We are collaborating with area school systems to promote music education programming; working to revive our Young Artist Competition; developing our student apprentice program; and expanding our relationship with Drew’s Gift of Music, a program which loans donated instruments to students who cannot afford an instrument of their own. Under the talented leadership of Executive Director Tim King, Interim Music Director Chuck Steck, and the LCSO Board of Directors, the orchestra is looking forward to bringing even more musical opportunities to our region. Thank you — to all of you. We owe a debt of gratitude to you for your support. Whether you attend a single concert, buy a season ticket, make a direct donation, join the Friends of the Symphony, or donate an instrument to Drew’s Gift, you are supporting the LCSO.

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8 Charles Steck Interim Music Director Charles Steck has enjoyed a long and storied career as a musician and educator in our community. He holds both the degrees Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music from Valparaiso University, and has done advanced study at the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University and VanderCook College of Music. Mr. Steck has been Instructor of Trumpet at Valparaiso University since 1990, teaching studio trumpet and trumpet choir. In 2016 he became Instructor of Trumpet at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, where he teaches trumpet and brass ensemble. He also teaches students at Lakeshore High school, Portage High School, and the Culver Academy, as well as in La Porte. Mr. Steck performs regularly as a trumpeter with the St. Joseph (Michigan) Municipal Band, where he has been featured trumpet and vocal soloist on numerous occasions. Since 2003, he has served as Principal Trumpet of the Elkhart County Symphony Orchestra, as well. He is also a long-time trumpet and vocalist with the Tom Milo Big Band. In addition, he performs with the North American Brass Company, a brass quintet which performs throughout the Michiana region. In 2013, after a lengthy career as principal trumpet, Mr. Steck became the conductor and music director of the historic La Porte City Band, the oldest continuous municipal band in the State of Indiana. His work with the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra features him serving as the Principal Trumpet, a position he has held since 1980. He first joined the LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra when he was in high school, during the orchestra’s very first season, was named the orchestra’s Most Outstanding Musician in 2006, and now serves as Interim Music Director for the Bravo, Maestro! series.

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Student 1Apprentice Program

Partnership with La Porte Community School 2Corporation  Conductor Seminars  LCSO mentors with LPHS Orchestra and Band Students  Attendance to Drayton Family Children’s Educational Concerts for all students in 2-5 in the future years.  Free Attendance to all LCSO subscription concerts.

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The La Porte County Symphony Orchestra is proud to partner with Drew's Gift of Music with the goal of providing instruments to every student in La Porte County who cannot afford to either lease or purchase an instrument. Their love of music should not be thwarted by their desire to make music. The LCSO is conducting an ongoing "INSTRUMENT DRIVE" for band and orchestra instruments (no pianos or guitars).

Our sincere thanks to Roxy Music who is also partnering with us to serve as a deposit site for these instruments. Thanks for making it possible for our students to make music.

19 Dr. Christopher Fashun Bravo, Maestro! Conductor Candidate

Debra Bordo, Vocalist Charles Steck, Interim Music Director

Star Spangled Banner...... John Stafford Smith Lyrics by Francis Scott Key

Crazy For You Overture...... George and Ira Gershwin Arranged by Jerry Brubaker

I Got Rhythm...... George Gershwin Arranged by Robert Russell Bennett Debra Bordo, Vocalist

Irving Berlin: A Symphonic Portrait...... Irving Berlin Arranged by Hawley Ades

Gershwin Medley: Love Walked In, Somebody Loves Me, The Man I Love...... George Gershwin Debra Bordo, Vocalist

Armed Forces Salute...... Bob Lowden

Cole Porter Salute...... Cole Porter Arranged by John Whitney

Introduction and Summertime: Porgy and Bess...... George Gershwin Debra Bordo, Vocalist

Begin the Beguine...... Cole Porter Orchestration by Philip J. Lang Debra Bordo, Vocalist

American in Paris Suite...... George Gershwin Arranged by John Whitney

20 Dr. Christopher fashun Bravo, Maestro! Conductor Candidate

Christopher Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor, educator, and performer. An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College, he serves as the Director of Orchestras, the Music Director of the Brazilian Music Ensemble, teaches applied percussion, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. In addition to his activities at Hope College, Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and percussionist. Notable engagements have included the Holland Symphony Orchestra, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University String Orchestra. Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band. He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College and has directed orchestras, wind bands, jazz ensembles, percussion ensembles, and drum lines at the secondary level. A passionate educator, Dr. Fashun’s versatility and eclectic background allow him to work in areas of orchestral, percussion, and world music. As a conductor, he is frequently invited to guest conduct, clinic, and adjudicate orchestras at the professional, collegiate, and secondary levels. His expertise and knowledge in Brazilian music serve general music educators and elementary schools alike. As the founder and music director of the Hope College Brazilian Music Ensemble, Dr. Fashun presents frequently at music education conferences and the Brazilian Music Ensemble performs educational outreach assemblies for elementary schools during the academic year. He has concentrated his study of world percussion in Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian music and dance over the past 15 years. Most notably, his teachers include Mestre Mario Pam, Mestre Jorge Alabe, Michael Spiro, Mark Lamson, Curtis Pierre, Jorge Martins, and Scott Kettner. Most recently, Dr. Fashun was a 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines and will be living and researching Afro- Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia in 2019. His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador da Bahia. An accomplished percussionist and violist, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions, one on viola and two on marimba. His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators. When he’s not making music, he is either cycling, paddle boarding, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland with his wife and daughter. 21 Debra Bordo Vocalist

Debra Bordo, mezzo-soprano, has wide ranging experience in vocal music in both classical and pops settings. Trained at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, she has taught vocal music at all public-school levels while enjoying an active perform- ing life. Ms. Bordo’s musical theater roles include Nellie in South Pacific, the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Sister Mary Amnesia in Nunsense, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, and Eva Peron in Evita, as well as a number of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. As a concert soloist, she has performed the music of Bernstein, Ellington, Handel, Mozart, and Vaughan-Williams. As a soloist with the Akron Baroque chamber orchestra, she was featured in performances by a number of Baroque masters. Her ensemble repertoire has included works by Mozart, Bernstein, Brahms, Beethoven, and Orff. In February of 2020, she was the featured soloist with the Rich- mond Symphony Orchestra (IN) singing five Old American Songs by Aaron Copland. She debuted Love, As Time Goes By, a medley of love songs through the years, also with the RSO, in 2011. A public-school teacher since 1987, Ms. Bordo is the director of secondary choral music with Lake Local Schools in Uniontown, Ohio. She directs Voice Blue, Opus One, Seventh and Eighth Grade Choirs, and Reflections show choir, as well as producing all aspects of a Broadway musical production each year. She graduated in May 2014 with her Masters degree in vocal performance at The University of Akron studying with James Mismas. In her spare time Deb enjoys traveling with her husband Guy, cooking, baking, crocheting, and reading.

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Crazy for You Overture – George and Ira Gershwin/arranged by Jerry Brubaker Girl Crazy is a charming romantic comedy that features some of George (1898-1937) and Ira (1896-1983) Gershwin’s most beloved songs. Girl Crazy opened on Broadway in 1930 and ran for 272 performances. It then served as the basis for the 1992 musical, Crazy For You, which was rewritten and includes added songs from other Gershwin shows. A rich- boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy For You tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to foreclose on a rundown theatre in Deadrock, Nevada. He falls for the theatre owner’s daughter, Polly Baker, but she has an instant dislike for the city slicker. Bobby vows to win Polly’s heart and save the theatre, through cunning, razzmatazz, and a hilarious case of mistaken identity. Memorable Gersh- win tunes from the score include “I Got Rhythm,” “Naughty Baby,” “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” “Embraceable You,” “But Not For Me,” “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” and “Someone To Watch Over Me.”

I Got Rhythm – George Gershwin/orchestrated by Hershy Kay Composed by George Gershwin (1898-1937), “I Got Rhythm” is one of the classics introduced in his 1930 musical Girl Crazy. The song was a perfect vehicle for jazz improvisers and the chord progression was used by many swing and bebop musicians for other successful jazz tunes. The song has been featured in musicals, films, and is just one of several classics included in the ballet Who Cares? Orchestrated by Hershy Kay, Who Cares was the result of a collaboration discussed between George Balanchine and Gershwin before the composer’s death in 1937. Thirty-three years later, Balanchine selected and formed seventeen of Gershwin’s songs from Broadway musicals into the ballet. Gershwin could not have known the long range of success the tune would have, but he would have been thrilled. As the line in the song says, who could ask for anything more?

Irving Berlin: A Symphonic Portrait – arranged by Hawley Ades Irving Berlin (1888-1989) is one of America’s greatest songwriters, and likely among America’s great immigrant success stories, as Berlin’s family emi- grated to New York City from Russia when he was five years old. Many of Berlin’s songs have become recognized as standards and a natural part of Americans’ shared music culture. Berlin never learned to read or write music, and had others transcribe for him. He boasted of his ignorance and was quoted as saying that since he knew little about the rules of song- writing, he was “free to violate them, and the result was often an original twist.” Berlin died at age 101, having written music for dozens of movies and Broadway shows, producing a catalog of over 1500 songs. “Irving Berlin: A Symphonic Portrait” was published in 1972 by Hawley Ades, who worked for Berlin as an arranger in the 1930s. The medley includes several 23 Program Notes

of Berlin’s most-loved songs: “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “Say It With Music,” “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” “Easter Parade,” “White Christmas,” and “God Bless America.”

Gershwin Medley – George Gershwin/arranged by Norman Leyden Love Walked In/Somebody Loves Me/The Man I Love George Gershwin’s (1898-1937) collaboration composing with his lyricist brother Ira produced scores of the most hummable tunes combined with the most repeatable lyrics ever to fall on the American ear. Three of Gershwin’s tunes are woven together in this medley arranged by Norman Leyden. “Love Walked In” was introduced in the 1938 film Goldwyn Follies. It was in the midst of working on this film when George collapsed and died at age 38 of a brain tumor. “Somebody Loves Me” was written with Buddy De Sylva and Ballard MacDonald for the 1924 edition of The George White Scandals, a series of revues that began in 1919 and ran through 1936. “The Man I Love” was originally intended to be part of the Gershwins’ 1924 mu- sical, Lady, Be Good, with the title “The Girl I Love.” It was dropped from this musical and then appeared in Strike Up The Band in 1927 with the new title “The Man I Love.”

Armed Forces Salute – Bob Lowden “Armed Forces Salute” is a tradition of a musical salute to the United States Armed Forces, in recognition of the fighting men and women who serve our country. This popular arrangement is by Bob Lowden (1920–1999) —a prolific composer, arranger, and renowned clarinetist. Lowden’s trib- ute is an upbeat medley of tunes that includes The U.S. Army’s The Cais- son Song (1908), the U.S. Coast Guard’s Semper Paratus (Always Ready, original version, 1922), The U.S. Marine Corps’ The Marine’s Hymn (original date unknown but it was in wide spread use by the mid-1800s), The U.S. Air Force’s The U.S. Air Force (1951) and The U.S. Navy’s Anchors Aweigh (1907). This salute is sure to leave you with a lump in your throat and pride in your heart.

Cole Porter Salute – Cole Porter/arranged by John Whitney Composer/Songwriter Cole Porter (1891-1964) was born in Peru, Indiana. He began composing songs as early as 1901 at the age of 10, and when he died in 1964, he had composed music and lyrics for 23 Broadway shows, and had written over 800 songs, many of which have become timeless classics. In Cole Porter Salute, arranger John Whitney has created a fabulous tribute to Porter. The work features “Another Op’nin’, Another Show,” from the 1948 musical Kiss Me, Kate, for which Porter wrote the mu- sic and lyrics, “In the Still of the Night,” published in 1937 for the MGM film

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Rosalie, “Anything Goes,” from the original 1934 production of Anything Goes, and “Night and Day,” from the 1932 Broadway production of Gay Divorce.

Porgy and Bess – George Gershwin/arranged by Robert Russell Bennett George Gershwin (1898-1937) read DuBose Heyward’s novel, Porgy, in 1926 and was inspired by characters and situations Heyward observed in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. Gershwin wrote to Heyward to collaborate on a musical, and much of their work happened via mail and telegram. Ira Gershwin was responsible for most of the song lyrics, but Heyward was solely responsible for one of the show’s finest songs, “Sum- mertime.” Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), a close friend of Gershwin’s during the composition of the musical, created this arrangement of music from Porgy and Bess. Excerpts from the show included in this medley are: “Clara,” “A Woman Is A Sometime Thing,” “Summertime,” “I Got Plenty O’Nuttin’,” “Bess You Is My Woman,” “Oh, I Can’t Sit Down,” “There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” and “O Lawd I’m On My Way.”

Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter/arranged by Lang “Begin the Beguine” is one of the many popular songs written by Cole Por- ter (1891-1964). It was composed during a 1935 Pacific cruise Porter was on, and it was introduced in the Broadway musical Jubilee. At first, the song gained little popularity, but bandleader and clarinetist Artie Shaw chose to record an arrangement of it in 1938. This recording skyrocketed the fame of Shaw and his band as well as the tune, which became a best-selling record. A “beguine” was originally meant to be a Christian lay woman of the 13th or 14th century living in a religious community without formal vows, but in the creole of the Caribbean, especially in Martinique and Guadeloupe, the term came to mean “white woman” and was then applied to a style of music and dance, in particular a slow, close couples dance. This combination of French ballroom dance and Latin folk dance became popular in Paris and spread further abroad in the 1940s, largely due to the influence of Porter’s “Begin the Beguine.”

American In Paris Suite – George Gershwin/arranged by Whitney George Gershwin (1898-1937) and his brother Ira went on a European tour in March 1928, and spent most of their time in Paris, which in the 1920s was still at the center of the artistic universe. Gershwin brought the unfinished score for a commissioned orchestral piece with him and sketched out most of the score in Paris that spring. Though reviews of the first perfor- mance of his “An American in Paris” were mixed, it became a standard

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of the orchestral repertoire almost as soon as it was premiered. Gershwin provided the following description of the work:

“The opening gay section is followed by a rich blues with a strong rhyth- mic undercurrent. Our American friend, perhaps after strolling into a café and having a couple of drinks, has succumbed to a spasm of homesick- ness. The harmony here is both more intense and simple than in the pre- ceding pages. This blues rises to a climax, followed by a coda in which the spirit of the music returns to the vivacity and bubbling exuberance of the opening part, with its impressions of Paris. Apparently the homesick Ameri- can, having left the café and reached the open air, has disowned his spell of the blues, and once again is an alert spectator of Parisian life. At the conclusion, the street noises and French atmosphere are triumphant.”

*The program information was compiled from biographies, historical web- sites, and program notes.

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Violin I Harp Trumpet Jaesung Lee - Meg Rodgers Chuck Steck * Concertmaster Danny Lopez Sohyun Yoon Keyboard Madison Kutch Candace Thomas Carey Scheck Carrie Ann Carlson Trombone Kathleen Kohn Rob Riley * Stylianos Shepard WINDS Joe Hickner Lena Levi Zachary Whitacre Flute

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New Prairie High School Music Department for your support for of this concert!

35 Concert Sponsors and Patrons

Major Concert Sponsor Principal Musician - Continued $10,000 and above Blue Chip Casino Anonymous Clint & Angeline Cary Healthcare Foundation of La Porte Cutler Funeral Home Indiana Arts Commission, South Shore Arts, National Dent Family Foundation Endowment for the Arts Tom & Sheryl Edwards Indiana Destination Development Corporation Mitch Feikes Builders Daniel & Tricia Luck Friends of the Symphony Northwest Health GIS - General Insurance Services Jill Klingbeil La Porte County Convention & Designated Sponsor Visitor’s Bureau $5,000 — 9,999 Cecelia Largura Anonymous Yvonne Lindborg Beacon Health System Stephanie K. Oberlie V. Michael & Cherri Drayton Osborn Wealth Management Duneland Media Jaime & Anthony Oss Sally Fischer PNC Bank Dr. Charles & Mrs. Rita Hagenow Purdue University Northwest The Robert J. Hiler Family Foundation Dr. Linda & Mr. David Sirugo Horizon Bank Lin & Brad Staats Tim King & Kevin Noland LP Councilman Timothy Stabosz Marquiss Electric Teachers Credit Union Dr. Hester Muller & Mr. Jack Allen Larry & Suzan Wade Newby Lewis Kaminski & Jones, LLP NIPSCO US Small Business Administration Music Maker $500 — 999 Liliana Ake-Coldwell Banker Concert Master 1st Choice Realtor $2,500 — 4,999 Cindy Ault 1420 WIMS Dr. Barbara Backer Bethany Lutheran Foundation Garry & JoFran Bendix Bukva Imaging Kathryn Brtko Drayton, Biege, Sirugo & Elliott, LLP Dianne Carpenter Edward Jones Friedman & Associates, P.C. Law Firm Howard & Dionne Jones Michael & Nolah Gertner Meridian Title Corporation Hair Fitness Michigan City Community Enrichment Corporation Hawkins Print Shop Leigh & Marcia Morris Heulat, Mack, & Kreppein, P.C. Parkison & Hinton, Inc., P.C. Howes & Howes Dr. David & Susan Ratajik Dan & Kate Kaminski Kaye Reardon Drew & Rachel Keesbury Paul Schwab & Steve Warner Kingsbury Elevator, Inc. Unity Foundation of La Porte Dale & Tonya Knouse Wolf Family Dentistry Alan & Kathleen Lang Roy & Jane Langford Jim & Michele Magnuson Principal Musician The Niederloh Family Charitable Fund $1,000 — 2,499 NIES Engineering 1st Source Bank Catherine Lanigan Nolan American Limb & Orthopedic Ted Perzanowski & Lawrence Zimmer B & B Manufacturing Mark & Jenna Phillips Elizabeth Bernel Psi Iota Xi La Porte Chapter Jeff & Kathryn Bernel Qubit Network 36 Music Maker - Continued Nick Rave & Mike Uetz Concert Note Glen & Dr. Judy Brown Richardson $100 — 249 Dr. Rob & Lee Riley Anonymous Garth Taylor/School of American Music Thomas & Cynthia Ault Bert & Adi Veenendaal Kay Baumgartner Donn & Claudia Weiler Robert & Marth Bernth Westville Tri Kappa Amy Black Arnold & Gail Bos Main Stage Don & Shirley Bowman $250 — 499 Marilyn Burrows Aero-Flo Industries, Inc. Jack & Dana Chartier Mack & Dr. Claire Bowen Shirley Duerr John Cannon Robert & Sue Gaekle Pam Dishman Harold & Constance Hendricks Charles & Peggy Droege Thomas & Julie Hilbish Fenker’s Furniture Jerry & Vickie Huelat Greg & Maria Fruth Mark & Sarah Irons Carol Grott Arthur Jolie Hawkins Print Shop Sallyann Jones Jeff & Terri Hundt Cary Kirk Kappa Kappa Kappa (La Porte Chapter) Jill Kitowski Ben Konowitz Dr. & Mrs. S. E. Kroczek Mark & Laura Krentz Julie Larson La Porte Seamless Gutter Eden Lysaught Jeff & Dr. Jane Larson Constance McKeague Dr, Ross & Sue Lawrence Pastor Dennis Meyer Bill & Wendy Masters Jenn Mount Tom & Fran Milo Liz Pfeiffer Christian & Donna Mitchell Grace Phillips Family Bill & Jane Nelson Bonnie Quigley The Nocek Family* Student Apprentice Kimberly Ramsey Sponsor Debbie Ramstorf Nova Basement Systems Region Buzz 219 Multimedia Marketing The Nuest Family Richard &Ann Smith Nuest Waterproofing, Inc. Ruth Soetje Charles & Rita Oberlie Jean Steck Kim Oliver Pam Steck Marilyn Poag Ted & Andrea Taylor William & Marie Priebe Memorial Fund Patricia Tolmen Ronald & Susan Retseck Carol Walker Donna Riedel Timothy & Anne Welsh Beverly Rose Sandra L. Young Arts & Culture Fund Roxy Music Shop/Kabelin Ace Hardware Michelle & Nick Shirk Bailey Snider Perry & Mayme Stump J. Stutler The Toro Foundation Bill Walker & Edgar Waenke Kathleen Weimer Listings of individual, corporate sponsors and donors include those making gifts and otherwise supporting La Porte County Symphony Orchestra as of October 28, 2020. We make every attempt to keep these records up to date. If you believe there is an error or omission in the list, please call (219) 362-9020. 37 38 39 Enrich the cultural lives of people of all ages within and beyond La Porte County through the experience of excellent live orchestral performance.

Board & Staff

Board of Directors Chair, Kathryn Bernel Immediate Past Chair, Leigh Morris Vice-Chair, Nolah Nasser-Gertner Secretary, Suzan Wade Treasurer, Lorri Feldt

Susan Aaron Staff Bradley Adamsky Charles Steck Interim Music Director Andrea Back , Ela Bilderback Tim King, Executive Director Joan Davis Dana Chartier, Librarian Sally Fischer Scott Kurtzweil, Operations Manager Dr. Thomas Keon Dale Knouse Morgan Sleeper, Personnel Manager Steven Kring Westin Stufflebean,Office Coordinator Alan Lang Gail Novak, Book Keeper Dionne Lovstad-Jones Fran Milo Matt Nelson, Lighting Design Alyssa Speichert Kelly Strojny, Graphic Designer Kathryn Tackett

Ex Officio,JoFran Bendix (LCSO Musician)

Ex Officio, Meg Rodgers (LCSO Musician)

This season is made possible with funding from the following:

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