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The Dixie Performing Arts The Dixie recently an- Center in Huntingdon will be nounced the schedule for its an especially lively place this ninth season, as well as ticket season, with several acts information for this season. booked--from evenings with According to The Dixie, even famous personalities to musical though tickets for each show performances-- that will be sure are priced differently, audience to please. members can receive a 10 per- Highlights of the 2013-2014 cent discount if they purchase season will include An Eve- tickets to any eight main event ning with Molly Ringwald, an performances. appearance by Bob Eubanks And, for those music-lovers in the Not So Newlywed Game, out there, people who purchase and tributes to musical legends tickets to all six of the Dixie Live The Eagles, Elvis Presley, and Concert Series performances The Blues Brothers. Country will receive a 15 percent performers set to appear are discount. Here is the listing for events several years. Prizes will be this season: awarded. “SERVICE WITH QUALITY & EXPERIENCE • Bob Eubanks in the Not So • The Cleverlys, 2 p.m. Sept. 114 N. Market Street • Paris, TN • 731-642-0881 Newlywed Game, 7:30 p.m., 21, $10. The Cleverlys are a Open Mon-Sat 9am-5pm • Closed Wednesday Sept. 7, Ticket Price $25. musical act pretending to be a According to The Dixie, real family from Arkansas. They THIS AREA’S LEADING Eubanks will select four married have made up a fake backstory couples from the audience for a for their family history, with rendering of popular television plenty of down home humor. BUYER OF game show that he hosted for They perform bluegrass ver- SCRAP GOLD Do You Need Extra Money To Pay Bills?! Free Bring in your OLD, BROKEN Estimates or DAMAGED Jewelry and turn your Scrap Gold into CA$H! FREE Jewelry Inspection & Cleaning Voted “Best Jewelry Store” 9 Years In A Row olden ears Magaine Page sions of pop music and 1941 as they prepare have performed at the for one last Christmas Grand Ole Opry. performance together • Chamber Orchestra before one of the Kremlin, 7:30 p.m. Oct. family is shipped out 12, $15. A perfor- for war. mance by talented • A Main Street string musicians from Christmas, 5 p.m., Russia. Dec. 7, free event for • Classic Albums Live, the community. The a tribute to Fleetwood performance will be Mac and “Rumors”, presented right before 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2, $35. the annual Christmas A recreation of the parade in Hunting- music of Fleetwood don. Local choirs will Mac’s iconic album in perform downtown and its entirety. Nativity scenes and • An Evening with Molly Ring- of music. The Dixie Children’s brothers and sisters bring to the kids’ activities will be held. wald, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9, $25. Chorus will perform with her for stage good music and pres- • Christmas on Broadway, 7 Ringwald is best remembered a portion of the event. ence. p.m. Dec. 17, $15. Broadway for her string of movies in the • The Hunts, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16, • Sanders Family Christmas, and holiday favorites performed 1980s, including “The Breakfast $20. The Hunts are an indie- 7 p.m. Dec. 6, $20. Performed by local and national talent. Club” and “Pretty in Pink”. Dur- folk band from the southlands by the Cumberland County • A Gospel Gathering, 2 p.m. ing this evening, she will per- of Chesapeake, Virginia. Playhouse, the play features January 18, $10. An afternoon form songs from her debut jazz Driven by a passion for creating the fictional Sanders family at of gospel music with favorite album and talk about her love compelling music, these seven Mt. 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