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News for April
23, 2007
This Week at The Dixie: Piano Dedication – Fun on the Farm
Jamboree – Dixie Players Audition Workshop
(HUNTINGDON; April 23, 2007) – The Dixie Carter Performing Arts
Center has planned a FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT for Friday, April
27th at 7:30 p.m. as the new Model B Steinway; seven-foot piano
is dedicated. The formal dedication ceremony will be followed by
a concert featuring pianist, Caleb Harris, Assistant Professor
of Piano and Collaborative Piano at Middle Tennessee State
University.
The concert is free and open to the public with seating
available on a first come first serve basis; no tickets will be
distributed for the event.
On Saturday, April 28th at 2:00 p.m. The Fun on the Farm
Jamboree returns to The Dixie stage with headliners Ty Herndon
and Steven Whitson. Other artists appearing include The Double
Edge Band, rising stars from Nashville – Rebecca Frederick and
Steven Cochrane, Tera Townsend of Huntingdon, comedian Wayne
“Bubba” Bannister from McKenzie, and John Austin of Big Sandy!
All tickets for “The Fun on the Farm Jamboree” are $12. For
ticket information, contact The Dixie box office at 731-986-2100
or order online at www.dixiepac.net.
Also on Saturday, a FREE audition workshop is planned from 7:00
– 9:30 p.m. as The Dixie announces an addition to their
community arts repertoire, The Dixie Players (an adult theatre
troupe). The workshop will aid those planning to audition for
The Dixie Players on Monday and Tuesday, May 14 and 15, 2007
beginning at 7:00 p.m. each evening. Rehearsals for the show
will begin on Monday, May 21, and performance dates are set for
June 28 – 30, 2007.
We look forward to seeing you at The Dixie!
Dixie Executive Director Serves on Tennessee Arts Commission
Panel
(HUNTINGDON; April 23, 2007) – Lee Warren, Executive Director of
The Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center
recently served on the Tennessee Arts Commission's 2007 Citizen
Advisory Panel in Nashville. Panelists meet once a year to offer
advice on program planning and to review grant applications. In
addition, they serve as year-round resources to the Arts
Commission staff as advocates for the arts in their communities.
The annual meetings were held throughout the month of April.
Panels are divided into different categories, such as Arts
Education, Community Arts, Folk Arts, Literary Arts, Visual
Arts, Music, Dance, Theater, Inter-Arts, and Rural Arts. Panel
members are appointed to two-year terms, and generally consist
of professional artists, arts administrators, patrons, sponsors,
educators, and community leaders.
"Our citizen panels consist of dedicated and informed
individuals from across the state. These individuals provide an
invaluable service to the Commission, and are critical to the
grants making process," said Rich Boyd, executive director of
the Commission.
"The caliber of individuals serving on the panels is impressive.
We are so appreciative of their time and effort. Most of the
individuals have strong backgrounds in, or are active supporters
of, the arts. They make a tremendous contribution," adds Boyd.
Panelists must be nominated. They are required to include a
statement of their individual qualifications to serve on the
advisory panel. Nominees are contacted to confirm their interest
and commitment to attend specific meetings, and their
willingness to serve as arts advocates in their areas. Panelists
are expected to make a commitment to participate in an area
orientation, and to attend the grant applications review
meeting.
The Tennessee Arts Commission is a state agency that funds and
supports quality arts experiences to ensure the citizens of
Tennessee have access to and participate in the arts.
For more information on the Citizen Advisory Panels contact Rod
Reiner, deputy director of the Commission, at (615) 741-2093 or
e-mail: rod.reiner@state.tn.us. Information on the Tennessee
Arts Commission and its grant programs is also available online:
www.arts.state.tn.us.
Tickets Available Now for the Spring 2007 Dixie Youth Theatre
Performance
(HUNTINGDON; April 23, 2007) – The Dixie Youth Theatre will
present their spring production on Thursday, May 3rd at 7:00
p.m. and Friday, May 4th at 7:00 p.m. in the Hal Holbrook
Theatre of The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center. Prepare to
journey with The Dixie Youth Theatre to a magical kingdom with a
wicked wizardress and a benevolent forest fairy in The Dixie
Youth Theatre original, “The Princess Predicament.” “The Cask of
Amontillado” will take the audience to Edgar Allan Poe’s dark,
suspense-filled world of revenge. Also, explore two very
different growing up experiences in musical numbers from
“Oliver” and “High School Musical.”
Tickets are available at The Dixie Box Office at the prices of
$5 for adults and $3 for children (Ages 3 and under). For more
information, please call 731-986-2100. See you at The Dixie!
This project is funded under an agreement with the State of
Tennessee, the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Tickets Currently Available for Hal Holbrook’s Show “Mark Twain
Tonight!”
(HUNTINGDON; April 23, 2007) – Hal Holbrook will return to The
Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center,
Home of the Hal Holbrook Theatre to perform “Mark Twain
Tonight!” on Thursday, May 10th at 7:30 p.m.
A LIVING BREATHING AMERICAN MASTERPIECE! It is, quite simply,
one of the most acclaimed and enduring performances in the
history of theatre. Nearly 50 years ago, a young actor took the
stage in a tiny off-Broadway theatre and introduced the world to
a man they'd never forget. The actor was Hal Holbrook. The man
was Mark Twain.
Tickets for “Mark Twain Tonight!” are $75/person. For more
information, please contact The Dixie at 731-986-2100 or visit
our website at www.dixiepac.net. We look forward to seeing you
at The Dixie!
Saint
John Passion To Be Presented at The Dixie
(HUNTINGDON; April 23, 2007) – The Dixie Carter Performing Arts
Center is happy to announce they will present J.S. Bach’s “Saint
John Passion” on Saturday, May 5th at 7:30 p.m. For the show,
Union University’s Choral Union will join with the Belle Meade
Baroque Orchestra of Nashville, TN to tell the story of Christ's
Passion as found in the Book of John and set to music by the
master composer of the baroque period, J.S. Bach. Don't miss
this monumental musical work conducted by Dr. Murray Forbes
Somerville with The Evangelist sung by Dr. Stanley Warren.
All tickets for “Saint John Passion” are $15. For ticket
information, contact The Dixie box office at 731-986-2100 or
order online at www.dixiepac.net. See you at The Dixie.
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