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Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 7:30 PM
There will be one 20-minute intermission. A question-and-answer session will immediately follow this performance. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
BIOGRAPHY THE GOIN’ SOUTH BAND is one of the most guitars, mandolin, and vocals; Rick Cunha on vintage dynamic and respected ensembles performing traditional guitars, ukulele, slack-key guitar, and vocals; Paul Lacques American music on the West Coast. The band members play on guitar, dobro, jaw harp, vocals, and fiddlesticks; Rick a variety of southeastern American musical styles, amazing Shea on guitar, mandolin, vocals, and diddley bow; and Vic and inspiring listeners of all ages with its show stopping Koler on bass, washtub bass, mandolin, and vocals. For more performances. Touches of good-hearted humor and fine information, please visit www.zworldmusic.com. g music-making take the audience back in time to learn about America’s musical roots. Members of The Goin’ South Represented by: Band are: Director John Zeretzke on fiddles, Stroh violin, Cadence Arts Network, Inc. Cherokee flute, and vocals; Cody Bryant on banjo, vintage www.cadencearts.com
2 OPUS 3 ARTISTS presents MOISEYEV DANCE COMPANY IGOR MOISEYEV STATE ACADEMIC ENSEMBLE OF POPULAR DANCE (RUSSIA)
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER IGOR MOISEYEV (1906-2007)
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHERS Larisa Aristova • Lev Golovanov • Victor Nikitushkin • Elena Shcherbakova
ACCOMPANIST Mikhail Drokov
SOLOISTS OF THE BALLET Larisa Aristova • Evgenia Bakhareva • Ekaterina Kulikova Natalia Matus-Marchuk • Natalia Ugrozova • Olga Volina • Anna Zinkova Andrey Artamonov • Dmitry Diakonov • Evgeny Chernyshkov • Oleg Chernasov Airat Karimov • Rudiy Khodzhoyan • Dmitry Klokotov • Kirill Kochubey Sergey Kuznetsov • Konstantin Kostylev • Viacheslav Kozhin Evgeny Masalkov • Vladislav Ozeryanskiy • Dmitry Orlov • Denis Pankov Sergey Rukavishnokov • Nikolay Rubtsov • Alexander Tikhonov
MEMBERS OF THE BALLET Ksenia Basova • Veronika Denisova • Irina Galushkina • Alsu Gayfullina Ekaterina Guseva • Anna Glukhova • Elizaveta Filatova • Anastasia Kovaleva Ekaterina Korobova • Victoria Mishukova • Maria Nikolaeva • Margarita Rebetskaya Ekaterina Rozanova • Yulia Stebletsova • Irina Sibirtseva • Anna Shchukina • Yulia Shutova Ksenia Teslya Marina Vasilenko • Olga Voronkova • Anastasia Volkova • Yuri Chernyshkov • Roman Ivashchenko • Danii Kasatkin Roman Kozyukov • Roman Kuznetsov • Ramil Mekhdiev • Dmitry Mikhalin • Vladimir Mikhalenko • Igor Okhlopkov Vladimir Pavlyuchenko • Nikolay Postnov • Sergey Prohorov • Alexander Samarin • Nikolay Tarasov Anatoliy Trofimov • Yury Vasin • Ilya Vlasov • Pavel Zinkov • Albert Yusupov
DIRECTOR OF MOISEYEV DANCE COMPANY Elena Shcherbakova
Friday, February 15, 2008, 8:00 PM Saturday, February 16, 2008, 8:00 PM
There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
3 PROGRAM Subject to Change
RUSSIAN DANCE SUMMER Music: S. Galperin and V. Zhmykhov Choreography: Igor Moiseyev
In his many arrangements of traditional Russian Folk songs, Moiseyev reflects on different aspects of the Russian national character. This dance from the suite The Seasons depicts the humor, mischief, romance, and lyricism so often ascribed to the people of the countryside. The setting is a harvest festival, and villagers of all ages have gathered to cheer on a young couple.
Dancers Anna Shchukina • Vladimir Pavlyuchenko or Olga Voronkova • Nikolay Rubtsov • Alexander Tikhonov and The Company
KALMUK DANCE Music: P. Rybakov Choreography: Igor Moiseyev
Until recently, the Kalmuks lived as nomads, wandering with their herds on the vast Nogai steppes near the mouth of the Volga River. They are thought to have migrated from Central Asia, but few details of their history or culture are known. The dancers of the Kalmuks suggest a deep connection to the animals and birds that provided them with their livelihood. In this piece, one can recognize the flight of eagles, the running of horses, and the contest of bulls in mating season.
Dancers Ramil Mekhdiev • Evgeny Chernyshkov • Yuri Chernyshkov or Denis Pankov • Roman Ivashchenko Accompanist (Saratovskaia Garmoska) Mikhail Drokov
TATAROCHKA Music: E. Avksentiev Choreography: Igor Moiseyev
Unlike their ancestors who concentrated on behaving unpleasantly toward their neighbors from the 12th to the 16th centuries, Tartars are noted for their vitality at work, their athletic prowess, and their broad sense of humor about themselves. These dances grew out of Moiseyev’s observations of the life in the villages of the Tartars of the Crimea. It is also the later of two Tartar dances he created for the repertoire and is a North American premiere on this tour. Tatarochka - Chernomorochka is based on elements of the traditional Tatar dance.
Dancers Dmitry Klokotov • Olga Volina • Oleg Chernasov or Veronika Denisova • Vladimir Pavlyuchenko • Alexander Tikhonov Ramil Mekhdiev • Danii Kasatkin
4 RUSSIAN DANCE POLYANKA Music: E. Avksentiev Choreography: Igor Moiseyev
This dance takes place in a “polyanka” or “small clearing or meadow.” During the spring and summer seasons, young people gather here to amuse themselves with song and dance. Their initial shyness and formality toward each other gradually give way to the high spirits of youth. The dance grows faster and faster until it explodes in a climactic round, with the accompaniment of tambourines and balalaikas. The music is based on the Russian Folk song Polyanka.
Dancers The Company
SUITE OF MOLDAVIAN DANCES: HORA – CHYOKIRLIE – ZHOK Music: D. Fedov Choreography: Igor Moiseyev
In Moldavia, Zhok means a dance, but it can also be interpreted as a musical promenade. The ebullience, color, and speed of this dance have made it one of the most popular Folk dances. The Moiseyev version of this dance consists of three parts: Hora – lyrical female round dance. Chyokirlie – (the Lark) a series of individual and group dances, which end with a general boisterous round dance and is based on the popular Moldavian melody. Zhok – a mass dance characterized by impetuosity and diversity of pattern.
Dancers Veronika Denisova • Irina Galushkina • Konstantin Kostylev or Olga Volina • Yuri Chernyshkov • Natalia Ugrozova • Evgenia Bakhareva • Sergey Kuznetsov and The Company
SUITE OF THE GREEK DANCES SIRTAKI Music: Traditional Choreography: Igor Moiseyev
This piece is based on local Folk dances observed by the choreographer when he attended a village wedding during a tour of Greece.
Dancers Vladislav Ozeryanskiy • Airat Karimov • Kirill Kochubey • Denis Pankov or Alexander Tikhonov • Vladimir Pavlyuchenko • Evgeny Masalkov • Anatoliy Trofimov and The Company
INTERMISSION
YABLOTCHKO (A PART OF THE NAVAL SUITE) Music: Traditional Choreography: Igor Moiseyev
There are a lot of hardships in the life of sailors, but they are always in good spirits.
Dancers Evgeny Masalkov • Nikolay Rubtsov • Vladislav Ozeryanskiy Andrey Artamonov • Dmitry Orlov and The Company
5 GYPSIES Music: S. Galperin Choreography: Igor Moiseyev
In Bessarabia, near the Romanian border, a band of gypsies rests in the vineyards that line the road. Suddenly the women begin to move languorously. The men, with shadows, are stirred to action and a frenzy of dancing begins.
Dancers Anna Glukhova • Viacheslav Kozhin • Yulia Stebletsova • Kirill Kochubey • Anastasia Volkova Alexander Tikhonov • Dmitry Diakonov • Dmitry Mikhalin • Roman Ivashchenko or Airat Karimov • Rudiy Khodzhoyan • Maria Nikolaeva
DANCE OF ARGENTINEAN COWBOYS GAUCHO Music: N. Nekrasov Choreography: Igor Moiseyev
This is a dance of Argentinean cowboys in which they compete in skills among themselves. It is danced by three male soloists.
Dancers Alexander Tikhonov • Dmitry Klokotov • Rudiy Khodzhoyan or Vladislav Ozeryanskiy • Nikolay Rubtsov • Andrey Artamonov • Evgeny Chernyshkov
NANAYAN NATIONAL PLAY TWO BOYS IN A FIGHT Choreography: Igor Moiseyev
Wrestling is a favorite sport of the Nanayan people who inhabit the frigid Northern region of Russia. Moiseyev conceives it as a pastime that is also full of surprises.
POLOVETSIAN DANCES Music: A. Borodin Choreography: Igor Moiseyev
In honor of the premiere, the pleasantly stunned Parisians engraved a gold memorabilia medal with the words “Triumph Polovetsian Dances of Igor Moiseyev” – a high praise for new staging of the Ballet. This Ballet originally premiered in Paris in 1909 and was choreographed by Mikhail Fokin in Sergei Diagilev’s Russian Seasons. The story takes place in the city ruled by the Great Khan Konchak. It’s dawn in steppe. Konchak appears accompanied by his wives, the military leader, and soldiers. The military leader shows the young women taken into captivity. Mournful dance of the captured begins. It is followed by the dances of Khan’s army: Tatar boys, Archers, and Spear Warriors brag to Konchak of their fighting achievements, competing in force, and dexterity. At the height of their dancing, the captured ask for mercy again – in vain, as their destiny is to fall prey to soldiers. From steppe, the shepherd scouts return with a joyful message that the enemy is finally defeated and it’s time to celebrate a victory. The army exults, glorifying with a dance of victory, force, and greatness of the Great Khan Konchak.
Dancers Commander: Vladislav Ozeryanskiy or Alexander Tikhonov Captives: Anna Shchukina, Yulia Stebletsova, or Yulia Shutova and The Company
6 BIOGRAPHIES Now entering its seventh decade, the MOISEYEV repertoire. Choreography became his passion. He created DANCE COMPANY is recognized as Russia’s official State new productions for the Bolshoi Ballet, including Salammbo, Academic Ensemble of Popular Dance. The company’s in which he danced the leading role of Matho, Three Fat Men, origin can be traced back to 1936 when Igor Moiseyev, the and The Football Players. Even the most conservative members then-current Ballet Master and former principal dancer and of the dance world and opponents of his departures from the choreographer of the Bolshoi Ballet, was asked by the Soviet strict programming of Classical Ballet hailed him for his great government to organize the first Festival of National Dance. choreographic inventiveness and his dazzling theatrical form. On February 10, 1937, he gathered together approximately 40 It was during this period that he established his reputation as a of the best dancers from amateur companies from around the scholar of all aspects of Russian Folklore. country, and a few professional Ballet dancers from the Bolshoi In 1936, Moiseyev was appointed Ballet Master at the School and other Classical companies. His intent, as he wrote Bolshoi Theatre. Shortly after, he was asked to organize a at the time, was not to exactly reproduce examples from the festival of national dance, and began the work that is recognized body of more than 3,000 existing national dances, but to raise as one of the greatest artistic contributions to the dance world. the performance to the highest artistic level to influence the The festival’s success inspired him to form the state ensemble creation of new national dances. Moiseyev’s strong background of Folk dance, the Moiseyev Dance Company. Since its first in Classical Ballet would provide the basic training for his performance in 1938, the company has toured more than 60 company, and his keen powers of observation and thorough countries and is internationally recognized as the premier Folk knowledge of Folklore would lead him to establish a unique style dance company of the world. Just as famous today are the for his company that would be at once dramatic, entertaining, signature dances he choreographed for his ensemble, which and larger-than-life. include the Ukrainian Gopak, the soccer-inspired Football Six months later, the Moiseyev Dance Company gave its Players, and Summer. first performance. Within the next few years, Moiseyev molded Moiseyev won numerous awards for his contributions Russia’s first professional ensemble of Popular dance into an to world culture. He was the recipient of United Nations acclaimed company of 100 dancers. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Mozart When the Cold War first eased in 1955, the Moiseyev Medal for “Outstanding Contribution to World Music Dance Company began to tour the world. It has since Culture;” the Government of Moscow Award for “Legend of performed in more than 60 countries, covering all continents. the Century;” and the award for “Outstanding Contribution to The company now has more than 200 members, its own the Development of Cultural Relations Between the United orchestra and school, and a repertoire in excess of 200 dances. States and Russia”– an honor only accorded to two others: In 1958 the Moiseyev Dance Company first appeared in pianist Van Cliburn and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. For the United States. The great impresario Sol Hurok brought the Moiseyev’s 100th birthday, a gala performance was held at The company to New York’s old Metropolitan Opera House, where State Kremlin Palace in Moscow in honor of his contribution to it received a 25-minute ovation. The 2007-2008 tour marks the the world of dance. Moiseyev was presented with Russia’s top company’s 12th U.S. tour. civilian honor for service to the nation from President Vladimir IGOR ALEXANDROVICH MOISEYEV was born Putin. g in Kiev in 1906. Shortly thereafter, Moiseyev’s father moved the family to Paris. His mother added to the family income by STAFF sewing costumes for productions at the Theatre Chatelet, which may have stimulated his early interest in drama and dance. COMPANY DIRECTOR The family returned to the Soviet Union in 1914 to Elena Shcherbakova Poltava, Ukraine. The legendary villages of Dikanka and Manager ...... Aleksey Gladyshev Sorochinsty became real and the festivals, fairs, and dances Master of Ballet ...... Antonida Marnopolskaya became vivid, indelible images. Moiseyev later described it as “a Master of Properties ...... Sergey Cherepanov kind of unconscious gravitation I felt all throughout my life.” Sound Engineer ...... Alexander Radzetskiy A year later, the family settled in Moscow where Moiseyev Wardrobe Supervisor ...... Tamara Timohina concentrated on painting, poetry, and sports. At age 12, he Wardrobe Assistant ...... Nonna Karytkina began Ballet training at a well-known private school directed Bootmaker ...... Pavel Chekunov by Vera Moslova. Two years later, he attended his first Bolshoi Make-up Supervisor ...... Lubov Tuleninova Ballet performance and realized his calling. Moslova took Masseur ...... Alexander Mizonov Moiseyev and Asaf Messerer to the Bolshoi Ballet School where they were the only two chosen from 100 applicants. PRODUCTION STAFF At 18, Moiseyev graduated from the Bolshoi School of Choreography and joined the Bolshoi Ballet. Soon after, he was Company Manager ...... John Pendleton promoted to principal dancer. His most famous roles included Production Supervisor ...... Judith Daitsman Raoul in Theolinde, Joseph in Joseph the Beautiful, the Phoenix Technical Coordinator ...... Adam Dexter in The Red Poppy, and leading roles in the standard Classical Wardrobe Supervisor ...... Riva Pizhadze
7 presents LES BROWN BAND OF RENOWN THE SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY TOUR
starring LES BROWN, JR. and DEANA MARTIN with JANA KING EVANS
Sunday, February 17, 2008, 3:00 PM
There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
BIOGRAPHIES LES BROWN BAND OF RENOWN has a rich troops at the end of World War II. The group also served as musical legacy dating back to the late 1930s. The group the house band for the Dean Martin Variety Show for was Bob Hope’s official band on his radio shows, 18 of his 10 seasons. television specials, and his historic USO shows (for 50 years). LES BROWN, JR. started his career in the Its hit Sentimental Journey, sung by Doris Day, became the entertainment world at the age of 15. He spent his summer unofficial anthem commemorating the return of American vacations on the road with his father’s famous Band of Continued on page 9
8 Renown as a drummer. He left Duke University in 1960 to Martin Through His Daughter’s Eyes, became a best-seller. A join the band full time. By 1962 Brown, Jr. began acting champion for health and fitness, she created the company and worked freelance and under contract for CBS and ABC, Bodies by Deana, which led to her top-selling workout video, appearing in more than 200 segments of situation comedies The Deana Martin Total Body Workout. and dramas to include The Young Marrieds and General JANA KING EVANS first performed with the Band Hospital. Six years later, he returned to his music career as of Renown at the opening ceremonies of the Veteran’s head of production for International Management Combine Homecoming Celebration in November 2004. She has (IMC). In 1973 Brown, Jr. became president of Gold Dust a long and successful career as a singer, working with Productions, Inc., producing record albums and concert tours performers including Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Neil for major singers such as Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina. Diamond, and Tom Jones. Her voice is easily recognized in He rejoined the Band of Renown in 1987 as the “boy singer” the State Farm Insurance jingle “Like a good neighbor, State and assistant leader. He also supervised the production of the Farm is there,” and from her performances in Pam Tillis’ band’s recordings. show in Branson, Missouri. Evans has Country music in her Brown, Jr. enjoyed a second career producing variety blood and her sultry performances of the standards are an and reality televisions shows including Swing Alive; Bob unforgettable pleasure. g Hope: Hollywood’s Brightest Star; and Titantic. In 2001 Brown, Jr. became the full-time leader of the Band of Renown, which continues to perform throughout the world. He also co-hosts with Deana Martin (Dean Martin’s daughter) the Music of Your Life syndicated radio program. In 2004, Brown, Jr. and the band moved from Los Angeles to their new home in Branson, Missouri. The daughter of the late Dean Martin, DEANA MARTIN continues the Martin legacy as a star on stage, screen, television, and recordings. In 1966 Martin made her television debut on The Dean Martin Show. She became a frequent guest on the show and appeared on many of television’s top variety shows, including The Joey Bishop Show, The Merv Griffin Show, and The Mike Douglas Show. She also starred in her own talk show, The Deana Martin Show, which ran for four seasons. Her theatrical credits include performances in the United Kingdom ranging from The Taming of the Shrew to A Taste of Honey. In North America, she performed in Star Spangled Girl, Wait Until Dark, A Shot in the Dark, and The Tunnel of Love. Martin’s first hit single wasGirl of the Month Club. In 2006 she released the album Memories Are Made of This. She made her film debut inYoung Billy Young, and later starred in the filmsStrangers at Sunrise and A Voice in the Night. Martin’s talents are recognized in the literary and fitness worlds. Her memoir, Memories Are Made of This: Dean
9 presents TONY KENNY’S IRELAND
Friday, February 22, 2008, 8:00 PM
There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
A portion of this program’s proceeds will be used to support the arts education activities of the Friends of Arts Education.
BIOGRAPHY In the world of Irish music, TONY KENNY needs Sentimental Irish, Tony Kenny’s Ireland – The Green Island, little introduction. Ireland’s 1998 and 2004 “Entertainer Songs of Joy and Inspiration, and The Prayer. In 2005 he of the Year” has thrilled audiences around the world released Tony Kenny Live in Branson, a DVD of his highly with his concert, television, and theatrical performances. acclaimed performance. When not touring with Tony Kenny began his career in musical theater starring in such Kenny’s Ireland or in the recording studio, Kenny stars on his productions as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. own television show on RTE Television in Dublin, Ireland. He then joined the cast of the world-famous Jurys Irish In 2001 Kenny was honored at a special reception Cabaret in Dublin, performing in Ireland and on numerous by Irish President Mary McAleese. His other awards and world tours for nearly two decades. accomplishments include a 1995 invitation to perform on St. Since then, Kenny has achieved phenomenal success, Patrick’s Day at the White House for former President Bill recording 12 albums, including his Platinum-selling The Very Clinton, and the prestigious 1998 Performing Artists Trust Best of Tony Kenny’s Ireland. Equally skilled at performing Society’s Annual Award for “Lifetime Achievement.” g Irish music, standards, and show tunes, his albums include
10 presents GRANVILLE VAN DUSEN in THE MEMOIRS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Written by Peter King Beach Directed by Delbert Mann
Friday, February 22, 2008, 7:30 PM Saturday, February 23, 2008, 7:30 PM
This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
BIOGRAPHIES GRANVILLE VAN DUSEN was last seen in Los Academy Awards for “Best Picture,” “Best Actor,” and Angeles in Darwin in Malibu at the Falcon Theatre, for “Best Writing (Screenplay).” It received nominations in which he earned an Ovation Award nomination, and in the categories of “Best Actor in a Supporting Role,” “Best Honour with Susan Sullivan at the Matrix Theatre. In Actress in a Supporting Role,” “Best Cinematography,” and addition to touring with his production of The Memoirs of “Best Art Direction.” Marty also took home top honors Abraham Lincoln, Van Dusen has won Drama-Logue Awards at the Cannes Film Festival. In addition to winning the for Otherwise Engaged and Undiscovered Country, both coveted Oscar for Marty, Mann was also the recipient of a performed at the Mark Taper Forum. His other Los Angeles Golden Globe Award, five Directors Guild nominations, credits include Golf With Alan Shepard with Jack Klugman, three Emmy nominations, and three Christopher Awards. Charles Durning, and Paul Dooley; One Slight Hitch with PETER KING BEACH, a Michigan native, is the Michael Learned; and as Scar in the Pantages Theater’s great-grandson of a Union soldier. An accomplished author production of The Lion King. Van Dusen is a member of as well as copywriter, The Memoirs of Abraham Lincoln was the Matrix Theater Company, where he has appeared in his first play. Together with William Dunphy, he wrote Waiting for Godot, The Homecoming, Dangerous Corner, and Benedictine and Moor: A Christian Adventure in Moslem Habeas Corpus. He has also starred with Len Cariou in the Morocco, which was The New York Times’ pick as one of the Manitoba Theatre Company’s production of The Dresser. 100 “Best Books of the Year” in 1960. Beach became the Van Dusen’s recent television credits include The West Wing, fifth son in his family to serve in World War II. Following E.R., Star Trek: Enterprise, and Judging Amy. Van Dusen has the war, Beach married Susan Hasbrouck Decker, his college narrated hundreds of television and radio commercials, as sweetheart, and they had five children. In addition to well as voiced the role of Race Bannon in the cartoon classic serving his country at wartime, Beach also worked briefly Jonny Quest. as a White House staff member. He was invited back to The late DELBERT MANN is best known for The Washington, D.C., to work on John F. Kennedy’s re-election Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse and the subsequent campaign – the letter Beach received from the White House film production of Paddy Chayefsky’sMarty, for which he was postmarked November 22, 1963, the day Kennedy was was awarded the Oscar for “Best Director.” The film won assassinated. g
11 presents MORRIS DAY & THE TIME
Saturday, February 23, 2008, 8:00 PM
This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
BIOGRAPHY Little did MORRIS DAY know back in his junior favorites, thanks to Morris Day & The Time’s role in high school days, playing drums in Prince Rogers Nelson’s Purple Rain. (also known as Prince) school band Grand Central, that Day then launched his solo career, releasing The Color the two would go on to achieve cult-status stardom in the of Success. Daydreaming, his second solo album, was released 1984 filmPurple Rain. But that was how it began for Day. in 1987 and featured the production work of former Time After several years on the local R&B circuit, Day and Prince members Lewis and Harris. Together, they re-created the reunited in the popular Minneapolis-based Funk band Flyte funky flair for which the trio is best known. The album’s hit Tyme, which later was renamed The Time. single, Fishnet, soared to No. One on the R&B chart. Day In 1981 THE TIME released its self-titled debut. The next released Guaranteed. The three albums collectively sold group featured vocalist Day, Jellybean Johnson on percussion more than 10 million copies. and drums, Terry Lewis on bass, and Jimmy “Jam” Harris and In recent years, Day appeared in the 1990 filmThe Monte Moir on keyboards. The album, produced by Prince Adventures of Ford Fairlane and gave an unforgettable under the pseudonym Jamie Starr, was the beginning of The performance in Kevin Smith’s 2001 filmJay and Silent Bob Time’s rise to the top of the charts. The group climbed the Strike Back. Day and his band were featured throughout the R&B charts with the hits Get It Up and Cool (Part 1). film and in the movie’s memorable finale, performingJungle The group went on to record What Time Is It? (featuring Love. Day also contributed a cover of Rockwell’s Somebody’s the hits 777-9311, Wild and Loose, and Gigolos Get Lonely Watching Me to the soundtrack for Disney’s filmThe Haunted Too) and Ice Cream Castles (which included the now-classic Mansion. g Jungle Love). Jungle Love and The Bird were already Top 40
12 presents RIDERS IN THE SKY RIDERS RADIO THEATER … ON THE ROAD!
Sunday, February 24, 2008, 3:00 PM
There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
BIOGRAPHY It’s as though Gene Autry and Roy Rogers were on the pace. Each episode features the firmly tongue-in-cheek air again, but this time it’s RIDERS IN THE SKY with its narration of best-selling Western humorist Texas Bix Bender, special presentation of RIDERS RADIO THEATER … the inimitable sound effects wizardry of Professor Zeno, and ON THE ROAD! While the group’s Western harmonies the marvelous characterizations and quick wit of Riders In celebrate the beauty and grandeur of the West, everything The Sky. else is tongue-in-cheek, laugh-out-loud funny. One of the With more than 30 years and 5,000 performances, most popular features of Riders Radio Theater is The Ongoing Riders In The Sky is a multi-Grammy award-winning Saga of the Cowboy Way. In these fantastic and funny Western group whose music is firmly grounded in the rich adventures, Riders In The Sky does battle with A. Swinburne American traditions of such legendary cowboys singers as Slocum, the “Prince of Villains,” and his hulking doofus Autry, Rogers, and the Sons of the Pioneers. henchman, Charlie. This pair of dastardly villains is up to its One of the group’s greatest achievements was its dirty necks in one big and evil plan after another. These fast- induction into the Grand Ole Opry in 1982, making it paced cliffhangers zip blithely along at a real, laugh-a-minute Continued on page 14
13 the first and only exclusively Western music group to join. Coming two years after the release of its first album, Three on the Trail, its Opry induction recognized the then-trio’s instantly earned stature, not only as the foremost custodians of America’s great Western music heritage, but as among Country music’s leading entertainers. Indeed, the Riders – Ranger Doug (Idol of American Youth), Woody Paul (King of the Cowboy Fiddlers), Too Slim (a licensed driver), and Joey (the Cow Polka King) – have revived and revitalized an entire music genre since they formed in 1977. Foremost on Riders In The Sky’s list of achievements are its Grammy award-winning albums. Woody’s Roundup Featuring Riders In The Sky was a “companion album” for the soundtrack of the 1999 Walt Disney/PIXAR animated classic Toy Story 2, which contained the group’s delightful version of Woody’s Roundup. The album won the Grammy for “Best Musical Album for Children” in 2001, an honor the Riders received again two years later for its Walt Disney Records release Monster’s Inc. – Scream Factory Favorites, another animated film classic musical tie-in. Riders In The Sky also has other musical credits for animated projects. In 2002, the group composed the original score to Pixar Animation’s Academy award- winning short For the Birds. Riders In The Sky also wrote the theme for an Internet cartoon by renowned Bugs Bunny creator Chuck Jones – and the group had its own animated characters make a guest appearance in an episode of Duck Dodgers, in which they recorded and sang the Ballad of Duck Dodgers. The group’s animated characters also appear and perform in episodes of Stanley on the Disney Channel. The group has starred in its own Saturday morning children’s television series, Riders In The Sky, for CBS; hosted Tumbleweed Theater for TNN; appeared on Austin City Limits; and served as spokesmen for the National Park Service, Opryland, and various commercial products. The group was recently inducted into the prestigious Walk of Western Stars in Newhall, California. It comes as no surprise then, that Billboard magazine’s Jim Bessman counts Riders In The Sky as “one of the most historically significant acts in the history of American music.” g
14 presents ROBERT KAPILOW’S WHAT MAKES IT GREAT?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CLARINET CONCERTO
featuring
THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY PHILHARMONIC DEBORAH AVERY, CLARINET SOLOIST
Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 7:30 PM
There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
15 BIOGRAPHIES For more than a decade, ROBERT KAPILOW Today show in conversation with Katie Couric, and to write a has brought the joy and wonder of Classical music – and book for Wiley & Sons (to be published later this year). unraveled some of its mysteries – to audiences of all ages What Makes It Great? now sells out regular subscription and backgrounds. Characterized by his unique and unerring series in New York’s Lincoln Center, Boston, Kansas City, ability to create an “aha” moment for his audiences and and Vancouver. New series have recently been added at collaborators, whatever their level of musical sophistication Stanford University and the Smithsonian in Washington, or naivety, Kapilow’s work brings music into people’s lives – D.C. opening new ears to musical experiences and helping Kapilow has written numerous commissioned works, people to listen actively rather than just to hear. As The including the first musical setting for Dr. Seuss’Green Boston Globe said, “It’s a cheering thought that this kind Eggs and Ham. His inimitable presentation Green Eggs of missionary enterprise did not pass from this earth with and Hamadeus, now available on CD, includes his own Leonard Bernstein. Kapilow is awfully good at what he does. work and Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in a lively mix We need him.” of discussion and performance. In 2004, Lincoln Center’s Kapilow’s range of activities is astonishingly broad, Mostly Mozart Festival presented Kapilow’s And Furthermore including his What Makes It Great? presentations, family They Bite, a companion piece to Carnival of the Animals, compositions, FamilyMusik events, and Citypieces. The and Great Performers of Lincoln Center boasted a new series reach of his interactive events and activities is wide – of Kapilow’s FamilyMusik programs during the 2004-2005 geographically and culturally – from Native American tribal season. Kapilow’s other compositions include Dr. Seuss’ communities in Montana to inner-city high school students Gertrude McFuzz; a Christmas-Hannukah pair of pieces; in Louisiana. Kapilow’s popularity and appeal have been and Kapilow’s first Opera,Many Moons, which is based on reflectedAD PerfArt_Crrts in two notable Mi2859 invitations 10/26/06 – to appear 1:33 onPM NBC’s Page 1 the James Thurber story with a libretto by Hilary Blecher. Another popular family piece by Kapilow is Play Ball!, a setting of Casey at the Bat. Involving large communities in the inspiration and compositional process of his commemorative works, Kapilow has left a profound mark on the nation’s cities and regions. After receiving great acclaim for Citypiece: DC Monuments (a millennium composition commissioned by the Kreeger Museum for the Kennedy Center and the National Symphony Orchestra), Kapilow reprised his interactive compositional format in a statewide project commissioned by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Visit us before or after the state of Louisiana as part of the 2003 celebrations for the the performance! bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase. • Serving flavorful varieties Another project by Kapilow reflected on the historic at breakfast, lunch and dinner impact of the Lewis and Clark expedition (commemorating • Special theatre menus • Call ahead for priority seating its bicentennial) from the perspective of the Native MIMI’S CAFE CERRITOS American Indian. The large choral and orchestral work, (562) 809-0510 Across the street from the Performing Arts Center Summer Sun, Winter Moon, premiered in 2004. COMPLIMENTARY APPETIZER or DESSERT As a conductor, Kapilow has led many of America’s With purchase of an entrée when you bring ticket stub from today’s performance top orchestras, including the National Symphony, the LIMIT ONE PER TABLE Philadelphia Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony. He also has led numerous Continued on page 17
16 new works of musical theater, ranging from the Tony award- Kapilow’s interactive What Makes It Great? winning Nine on Broadway to the premiere of Frida for the presentations have lured thousands of new listeners to the opening of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave concert hall. The series is a recurring event at New York’s Festival and premieres of works for the American Repertory Lincoln Center (where Kapilow has the distinction of being Theater. He is the conductor and creative director for the only performer to have his own series) and in Boston, FamilyMusik for the Boston Celebrity Series and at New Cerritos, Kansas City, and Vancouver. In 2004 the first of York’s Lincoln Center. He has been the conductor and his series of What Makes It Great? CDs became available on director of FamilyMusik for New York’s 92nd Street Y, co- Vanguard Everyman Classics. Since then four additional director of the Rutgers SummerFest Festival, assistant releases have become available to the public. conductor of the Opera Company of Boston, music director The RIVERSIDE COUNTY PHILHARMONIC is of the touring company Opera New England, conductor of a 72-member professional orchestra under the direction of the Kansas City Symphony’s summer Family Fare program, Maestro Patrick Flynn. Originally founded as a recreational and the music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra for orchestra of volunteer musicians in 1958, the Philharmonic’s five seasons. many milestones include the West Coast premiere of At the age of 19, Kapilow interrupted his academic William Kraft’s Renaissance, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Pulitzer work at Yale University to study with the legendary Nadia prize-winning Three Pieces for Orchestra, the world premiere Boulanger. Two years later, after graduating Phi Beta Kappa of John Williams’ Clarinet Concerto, and the American from Yale, he continued his studies at the Eastman School of premiere of Ruaumoko: Four Pacific Seasonsby the New Music. After graduating from Eastman, he returned to Yale Zealand composer Gareth Farr. where he was assistant professor for six years. Currently the orchestra presents a season of four Kapilow’s career has been marked by numerous performances in its home venue, the historic Riverside awards and grants. He won first place in the Fontainebleau Municipal Auditorium in Downtown Riverside. It is also in Casadesus Piano Competition and was the second-place high demand throughout the region, performing concerts in winner of the Antal Dorati Conductor’s Competition with Cerritos, Lake Arrowhead, Lake Elsinore, Fallbrook, Rancho the Detroit Symphony. Kapilow was a featured composer Cucamonga, and Temecula. The Philharmonic performs an on Chicago Public Radio’s prestigious Composers in America annual 4th of July concert at Riverside National Cemetery. series and is a recipient of an Exxon Meet-the-Composer With these and free pops concerts in local parks, the grant and numerous American Society of Composers, orchestra has quadrupled its audience since 2001. Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) awards. He was the After performing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto at age 12, first composer ever to be granted the rights to set Dr. Seuss’ DEBORAH AVERY began her orchestral career in the New words to music, and his music is published exclusively by G. York-based Empire State Orchestra as the youngest wind Schirmer. Kapilow lives in River Vale, New Jersey, with his player. She later received a bachelor of music degree from wife and three children. the Eastman School of Music in New York and a master of WHAT IS WHAT MAKES IT GREAT?© music degree from the University of Southern California. In a three-part format, Kapilow introduces audiences to Her awards include top honors from the National Foundation composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his composition, for the Arts competition, First Prize in the Filene Music Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622, helping music novices competition in New York, and the prestigious Performer’s and aficionados hear the work in a new and exciting Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. way. Part One is an entertaining discussion featuring While at Eastman, Avery premiered a new wind musical examples by Kapilow, with his astounding gift for ensemble arrangement of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. Shortly observation, and his animated teaching style. Part Two after, she was appointed solo E-flat and B-flat clarinet on features the Riverside County Philharmonic with clarinet the four-week Sony tour of Japan with the Eastman Wind soloist Deborah Avery performing Mozart – Clarinet Concerto Ensemble. In Los Angeles she was principal clarinet of the in A Major, K. 622. The evening concludes with Part Three, American Youth Orchestra under the baton of Mehli a spirited and eclectic Q&A. Mehta. g
17 presents JOYCE COOLING and CRAIG CHAQUICO Friday, February 29, 2008, 8:00 PM
There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
BIOGRAPHIES Bay Area Jazz fans have known and loved JOYCE hit singles such as Dragon Fly, Red Octopus, Spitfire, Earth, COOLING for years, but it wasn’t until she released her Freedom at Point Zero, Gold, Modern Times, and Winds of debut CD Playing It Cool in 1997 that the rest of the world Change. Chaquico has since collaborated with such singers took notice. The album and its debut single, South of Market, and musicians as Sammy Hagar on Marching to Mars and took the Smooth Jazz world by storm, ranking No. One Who Has the Right?, and Russ Freeman on From the Redwoods on the Gavin and Radio & Records Smooth Jazz charts for to the Rockies, Change of Season, Seattle Child, Sweetwater, and five consecutive weeks. Cooling was nominated as Gavin’s Tribal Runner. “Smooth Jazz Artist of the Year” and was named the “Best After topping the charts for three consecutive decades New (Smooth Jazz) Talent” in the Jazziz readers’ poll. The as a singer-songwriter and band member, Chaquico released popular nationally syndicated radio show JazzTrax concurred, his first solo music project in 1993. His debut release, naming her “Artist of the Year.” Acoustic Highway, was honored as Billboard’s “Top New Age Cooling’s 1999 follow-up release, Keeping Cool, proved Indie Album” and “Adult Alternative Album of the Year.” her staying power. The single Callie brought her back to No. Acoustic Planet, his 1994 follow-up, reached No. One on One on the charts. Cooling also earned the Gibson Guitar Billboard’s New Age/Adult Alternative Chart and received a Award as “Best Jazz Guitarist of the Year.” Grammy nomination for “Best New Age Album.” Cooling’s accolades continued with her 2001 release Chaquico performed with Smooth Jazz veterans Third Wish, which featured a performance by Al Jarreau and Richard Elliot, Warren Hill, and Peter White as one of the produced two more Top 10 radio hits. Her 2004 release This original members of the annual Guitars & Saxes All-Star Girl’s Got to Play merged her love of Contemporary Jazz and Tours. He followed with A Thousand Pictures; Once in a Brazilian Jazz with groove-oriented music full of substance Blue Universe; Panorama: The Best of Craig Chaquico; and and creativity. In 2006 Cooling released Revolving Door, Shadow and Light, featuring Café Carnivál, his most successful which showcased her renowned fluid, swinging, Bluesy-Jazz radio single. This No. One song spent months at the top technique, as well as her lyrical, soulful, and inventive skills of the Smooth Jazz charts. In 2004 Midnight Noon debuted as a songwriter. to critical and audience acclaim. Chaquico now ranks as a Fans first came to knowCRAIG CHAQUICO in Platinum-selling musician, so far selling more than a million the early ’70s. At the age of 16, he began writing and CDs during his solo career. He was recognized by Guitar recording as a Rock guitar prodigy with Jefferson Starship, Player magazine’s readers’ poll as the No. One “Best Pop and later as the lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the Instrumental Guitarist” and by Jazziz magazine as among the band. These bands released a total of 20 Gold records and “Top 100 Guitarists of All Time.” g
18 presents JOHN HAMMOND and MARCIA BALL Saturday, March 1, 2008, 8:00 PM
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BIOGRAPHIES From coffeehouses to concert halls, and clubs to wonder the Chicago Tribune describes her music as “raucous, festivals, JOHN HAMMOND has entertained Blues, piano-based Dixie R&B…classic Southern songcraft.” In Folk, and Rock audiences around the world for 40 years, 2005 Ball released her first full-length live album,Live! performing intense solo-acoustic Blues. A Grammy Award Down the Road. The album marked her third release for winner and four-time nominee, Hammond is also a multiple Alligator Records. Earlier recordings for the label included W.C. Handy Award winner who has shared the stage and the critically acclaimed Presumed Innocent. This 2001 release recorded with many of the masters, including Muddy earned a spot on the Top 20 charts and won the 2002 W.C. Waters, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, and Howlin’ Wolf. Handy American Blues Award for “Blues Album of the Hammond, who has recorded more than 30 albums, hosted Year.” Her follow-up album, the Grammy-nominated So Bravo’s television special (and Sony Home Video) The Search Many Rivers, won the 2004 W.C. Handy American Blues for Robert Johnson. Last year, he released Push Comes to Awards for “Contemporary Blues Album of the Year” and the Shove, an album that received glowing reviews from writers coveted “Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year.” coast to coast. Ball grew up in the small town of Vinton, Louisiana, Hammond started playing the guitar at the age of 18 across the border from Texas. In 1970 she set out for San and began playing the Greenwich Village club scene. By Francisco, but stopped in Austin, Texas. It wasn’t long 1963 he was invited to play the Newport Folk Festival before Ball was performing in the city’s clubs. In 1974 she with Mississippi John Hurt and the Reverend Gary Davis. launched her solo career, signing to Capitol Records and Throughout his career, Hammond earned four Grammy debuting with the Country album Circuit Queen in 1978. In Award nominations, winning the Grammy Award for “Best the 1980s and 1990s she released six critically acclaimed Traditional Blues Recording” in 1984 for the compilation albums on the Rounder label, including the 1998 album Sing album Blues Explosion. It!, which was nominated for a Grammy Award and a W.C. Grammy nominee and seven-time W.C. Handy Handy American Blues Award for “Best Contemporary Blues American Blues award-winning singer-pianist MARCIA Album.” BALL knows how to raise roofs and tear down walls with her Since Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005, Ball has infectious and deeply emotional brand of southern Boogie, focused on raising funds and awareness for the displaced New rollicking roadhouse Blues, and heartfelt ballads. It’s no Orleans musicians through her fund, “Nola Relief.” g
19 presents MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY
Sunday, March 2, 2008, 3:00 PM
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BIOGRAPHY MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY has consistently C.L. Franklin; to performing a full month at New York City’s pushed the boundaries of Gospel music. While progressive Madison Square Garden with Paul Simon; to being asked in sound, the group has remained constant in its message, to perform with the Rolling Stones, Mighty Clouds of Joy letting its core beliefs shine through to Gospel, Pop, and has transcended Gospel music, proving that the message is R&B audiences on recordings and in performances, from meaningful in all musical arenas. an intimate church setting to the White House, to concert Mighty Clouds of Joy crossed over into the Pop charts venues throughout the country. with its single Mighty High, which topped the Disco charts Mighty Clouds of Joy has been nominated for 10 and also landed on the R&B charts. Mighty Clouds of Joy Grammy Awards and has won three. In 1999 the group was became the first Gospel group to perform onSoul Train and inducted into the Gospel Hall of Fame in Detroit, Michigan, holds the distinction as the most visible of any Gospel act in and, later that year, it was inducted into the Gospel Music history. The group has performed on the Grammy Awards, Association Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. From the Stellar Awards, Prime Time Country, The Mike Douglas playing shows with Aretha Franklin and her father, Reverend Show, The Merv Griffin Show, and The Arsenio Hall Show. g
20 presents JOSÉ FRANCH-BALLESTER, CLARINETIST and THE JUPITER STRING QUARTET NELSON LEE, VIOLIN MEGAN FREIVOGEL, VIOLIN ELIZABETH FREIVOGEL, VIOLA DANIEL McDONOUGH, CELLO
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 7:30 PM
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21 PROGRAM Subject to change
Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 Ludwig van Beethoven Allegretto (1770-1827) Vivace Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo “Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß:” Grave – Allegro – Grave ma non troppo tratto – Allegro
Hommage for Johann Sebastian Bach Béla Kovács Hommage for Manuel de Falla (b. 1937)
INTERMISSION
Quintet in A Major for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro (1756-1791) Larghetto Menuetto Allegretto con variazioni
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22 BIOGRAPHIES JOSÉ FRANCH-BALLESTER was born in Moncofa, Spain, into a family of clarinetists and Zarzuela singers. He performed at the first Cartagena Festival in Colombia and as a soloist with the Napa Valley Symphony and the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. A member of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two, he also performs with the woodwind quintet Astral Winds. Franch-Ballester has given recitals at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts; the La Jolla Music Society in California; and the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Florida. As a Chamber musician, he has performed Oliver Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with Arnold Steinhart, violinist for the Guarneri String Quartet. Franch-Ballester has appeared at the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival in New York, the Usedomer Musikfestival in Germany, and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. He also performed in the world premiere of Jack Heggie’s song cycle Winter Roses with mezzo- soprano Frederica von Stade. In 2006 he appeared at the first Young Concert Artists Festival at Chanel Nexus Hall in Tokyo, Japan. In Spain Franch-Ballester performed with the Musica de Vall de Uxo Orchestra and won First Prizes in the 2001 Allegro Clarinet Competition and the Francisco Hernandez Guirado Interpretive Soloists Competition. THE JUPITER STRING QUARTET includes Nelson Lee, violin; Megan Freivogel, violin; Elizabeth Freivogel, viola; and Daniel McDonough, cello. In 2006 the ensemble won Chamber Music America’s “Cleveland Quartet Award.” Last season the quartet was selected to join Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two, an honor the group will hold for three years. The Jupiter String Quartet has performed at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts; the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; the San Antonio Chamber Music Society in Texas; and New York’s Merkin Concert Hall. The quartet has played at New York’s Lincoln Center, Boston’s Jordan Hall, and London’s Wigmore Hall, and has appeared at the Aspen Music Festival, the Caramoor International Music Festival, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, and the Yellow Barn Music Festival. The ensemble has collaborated with many leading musicians, including violist Roger Tapping, violinist James Buswell, cellist Paul Katz, pianist Yong Hi Moon, and the Miami String Quartet. g
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25 Friends of Arts Education at the Cerritos Center It’s for the kids! It is our belief that when you bring the arts into children’s lives, you give them new ways to see the world.
The Friends of Arts Education is a non-profit organization that recognizes the arts as a vital and indispensable part of a comprehensive education. We strive to ensure that all children in our communities have an opportunity to experience the power and beauty of the performing arts.
The arts are an integral part of cultural literacy; they encourage creativity, critical thinking and problem solving. The arts enable students to build self-esteem and self- discipline as well as teach cooperation and effective expression. Research shows that integrating the arts into the school curriculum improves academic achievement, motivates attendance, increases test scores and promotes involvement.
All our programs are provided free of charge to schools and we serve over 100,000 children, teachers and families every year!
The Friends programs are designed to support the California State Board of Education Visual and Performing Arts standards for kindergarten through grade twelve.
We offer: o Daytime Educational Performances by world-class artists o Professional Development Workshops for teachers o Creative Expressions program for students o Performing Arts Scholarships for high school seniors o Artists in the Classroom o Family Arts Festival o Art S.M.A.R.T. activities for at-risk youth detainees 15th Annual Gala Family Arts Festival Sunday, June 1, 2008 Saturday, April 26, 2008 at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Annual Gala is our biggest fundraising event of A day of arts and fun for the whole family! the year – this elegant evening includes dinner, silent Experience hands-on arts activities, the interactive and live auctions, and world-class entertainment! Musical Zoo, and over 40 performances on five This year’s theme is “100 Years of Broadway” different stages.
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Friends of Arts Education at the Cerritos Center 12700 Center Court Drive Cerritos, California 90703
26 PLATINUM CIRCLE [$12,500 – above] Mrs. Bryan A. Stirrat • Bob & Ann Stoffel • A.J. Taen • Target Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo • B & B Stables/Bob & Verizon • Ms. Karen Trace-Verzani • Waffles of California • Walter Mary Buell • Nick & Nancy Baker • The Boeing Company • bp & Phyllis White • Daniel J. & Linda M. Williams • Dr. Winer/Woods The City of Cerritos • Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation • Don & Electric • Richard & Elena Zumel Shoreen Eakin • Dr. Gary & Robert Hopkins • Los Angeles County Arts Commission • Los Angeles County Supervisor Don & Julie BRONZE CIRCLE [$1,250 - $2,499] Knabe • Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Lomeli • Dan Neyenhuis • Bev & George John & Jo Bakulich • Brian & Pat Beck • Ken & Lynn Boshart Ray/Lefiell • UPS • Weingart Foundation • Jane & Sonny Yada Michael & Melanie Broad • Mel & Row Briggs • Larry & Linda Burton/The Hada Family • Frank Cardone • John Daley GOLD CIRCLE [$6,250 - $12,499] John & Louise Dellasanta • Larry & Jane Dicus • Shirley Dohrman Abelstik/Alan Syzdek • John H. & Betty A. Adams Trust • Ralph & Connie & Jim Edwards • Dean & Karen Fisher • Sheila A. Fulmis Genevieve Choy • Mr. & Mrs. Dan Ciauri • Joy Darling • Fred & Vicki Gutman/Notes by Vicki • Van & Linda Hartley • Edward & Carmen Davidson • Roland, Anna & Michael Dennis • Gary & Esther Ho • Bob & Marianne Hughlett • James Jenkins • Robert & Jeanette Frank • Jim & Nancy Gaines • Bonnie & Mary Hudson Barbara Jerome • Jim & Karen King • Keith & Sharon Kuroyama Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lienau, Jr. • Mainly Seconds Pottery, Plants & Mary & Robert LaFrance • Ray & Kathleen Lovell • David & Jeany Thing • John F. Martin, CPA & Assoc., Inc. • Ruth McClure McFarland • Sidney & Sondra Melnick • Frank & Sandy Micheletti William & Lorraine McCune Family Foundation • Dennis & Marilyn Don & Delores Munro • Danny N. Ogawa • Mavis E. Petersen & McGorman • Nancy Nicola & Warren Lampkin • Pacific Life Family • Roya & Bob Phillips • Jane & Paul Pratt • Rick & Diane Foundation • James & Karen Schultz Art & Marilynn Segal Renaker • In Memory of G.A. & Morene Rogers/Gerald L. Faris Marjorie Rosenberg & Carol Smith • Sharyne Snyder • Kay & Joseph D. Sears • William Sedlak • Cindy Shilkret • Edwin & Joyce Harvey Stover • George & Ruri Sugimoto Ronald Weber • Scott & Smith • Susan Sung • Roy & Marge Tanaka • Michi & Ron Tanimoto Donna White • Woman’s Club of Artesia-Cerritos • Yamaha Michele Vice-Maslin • James & Jill Webb • Gary Whitener/Trim-Lok, Corporation of America Inc. • Janice Wilbur
SILVER CIRCLE [$2,500 - $6,249] CERRITOS CIRCLE [$600 - $1,249] Dr. Gary A. Afferino & Dr. Betty C. Tai • Astor Broadcast Group Joseph Aldama • Dale Becker • Isaac Kawamoto • Dr. & Mrs. Beringer & Associates, Inc. • Mary & Roy Blackburn • Dr. & Mrs. Han-Pin Kim • Dennis & Vonnie Kinoshita • Los Cerritos Center Patrick Bushman • Martin D. Chavez • Robert Chavez • In Loving Brian & Terri Mayeda • John Molina • Stephen Morris • Noontime Memory of Patrice Ann Clifton/Felix & Jozell Gallion-Robertson Optimist Club of Cerritos • Joshua Rosman • Edward J. & Tracy Gary & Patsy Connors • Steve & Karen Davenport • John Decker Simmons • Stephen Skinner & Deborah Orth • Nancy Sur Smith Lloyd & Caroline de Llamas • Bill & Suzan DeYo • George & Amy Walmart/Tammy Cannon • Jeanne Yanez Dominguez • Employees Community Fund of Boeing California Ronald & Delores Eveland • Manny & Cecilia Gallardo • Michael PATRON CIRCLE [$300 - $599] & Gayle Garrity • Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Garvey • The Gettys Family Absolute Health Care • Dale Becker • Lindy & Basia Bressickello Ronald & Susan Gillaspie • Larry & Debe Graham • Dr. & Mrs. Don & Sharron Brundige • Eileen Castle • Dr. J. Mansfield Dean Robert & Susan Green • Richard C. & Dian Herr • Hon. & Mrs. Stuart L. Farber • Joan & Marty Flax • Kay & Mary Jane Fujimura Philip H. Hickok • Sam & Deborah Hooper • Dr. & Mrs. David V. Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Gershon • Rosemary Escalera Gutierrez Hubbell • Hing & Doris Hung • Indymac Bank • Jan Janura Gilbert & Marsha Honeycutt • Herb Hundt • Ernest & Kay Ikuta Kaczor/Irby Families • Sherman & Gloria Kappe • John H. Kendall Matthew & Roberta Jenkins • Karl Jefferson • Darryl Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Philip I. Kress • Lakewood Regional Medical Center Jerry & Sharyn Kelly • Ms. Nancy H. Kennedy • Sue & Stephen Klein Dr. Soledad Lee • Dr. Allan Lifson & James Neuman, California Terry L. Koepke • Alain Gravel & Larry Kraft • Barry & Sandy Lakin Educational Consultant Group, Inc. • Robert & Karla Maez • Frank Charles & Laura Lee • Dr. & Mrs. Max B. Martinez • Clarence & & Janet McCord • Michael & Marilyn McCullough • Alvin Mundo Celia Masuo • Robert & Shirley Murphy • Diana & Rick Needham, Stephen & Brenda Olson • Paul D. Orr, M.D. • A.J. Padelford & Son, Prudential California Realty • Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nishida • Mr. & Inc. • Salome Pichardo • Steven E. Potts • Gary Prince • Nikki & Mrs. John Richmond • Joyce Righetti • Gary T & Laura Rose • The Dennis Repp • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern David Samson Family • Ron, Judy & Lola Shiraishi • Sue & Richard California • Larry & Sharon Sagert • Dr. & Mrs. Mark S. Schnitzer Solomon • Howard & Celia Spitzer • Harold & Edna Yamaguchi Steve & Linda Shaffer • Helen L. Sheffield • Wanda M. Slade • Mr. & Carol & Sab Yamashita
27 Present a ticket stub for any show starting at 7:00 PM or later to receive a 10% discount (food only, excludes alcohol). Must be used same evening of the show.
Come in before the show and receive a 10% discount (food only, excludes alcohol) when you present a ticket for the show that day.