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News
News for May 14, 2007
Hal Holbrook’s “Mark Twain Tonight!” Wows a Capacity Dixie Crowd
Hal Holbrook with Barbara Harding, Dixie usher
and long-time Holbrook fan.
(HUNTINGDON; May 14, 2007) – Hal Holbrook returned to The Dixie
Carter Performing Arts Center on Thursday, May 10th, and wowed
another capacity crowd when he took the stage in the theatre
named in his honor.
Mr. Holbrook reminisces about family friends with Lisa Fortner
of McKenzie and her daughters, Caroline and Jessica.
Despite feeling under the weather, Mr. Holbrook amazed all with
an outstanding performance of his legendary “Mark Twain
Tonight!” He has toured the show in some part of every year
since 1954, with over 2100 performances, making 2007 the 53rd
consecutive year for this remarkable one man show. “Mark Twain
Tonight!” has become perhaps the longest running show in theatre
history. Holbrook adds to his Twain material every year, editing
and changing it to fit the times and has mined over sixteen
hours of Twain with more coming all the time. He has no set
program – he chooses material as he goes along.
Hal Holbrook with Lee Warren, Executive Director of The Dixie
and Rich Boyd, Executive Director of the Tennessee Arts
Commission.
At the end of the evening, on his way out of the Hal Holbrook
Theatre, he turned around, looked at the quiet, empty stage and
theatre and said, “It’s just simply amazing – this place is just
simply amazing. The way an actor feels so close to this
audience, so intimate, so wonderful… I have performed at many,
many places, and this is one of the best… here in Huntingdon, TN
– it’s just simply amazing.”
This Weekend at The Dixie: The Fun on the Farm Jamboree
 (HUNTINGDON;
May 14, 2007) – On Saturday, May 19th at 2:00 p.m. “The Fun on
the Farm Jamboree” returns to The Dixie with very special guest
Chely Wright headlining the show. She will perform her hits
including "Single White Female" and "Shut Up & Drive". You’ll
also see the crowd favorite, Double Edge Band!
Plus, for the first time together on The Dixie stage – the Top
10 finalists from radio station WVHR 100.9 The Farm’s Farmerican
Idol contest earlier this year. You'll see Ruthanna Hollis of
Huntingdon, Stormy Montana of Dresden, Paul Jolley of
Palmersville, Lindsey Russell of Toone, Micah Arnold of Gleason,
Kristen Welch of Mt. Juliet, Daniel Thomas of McKenzie, Devin
Cates of Cunningham, Kentucky, runner-up Madison Hilliard of
Greenfield and your 2007 Farmerican Idol Steven Whitson.
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. See you at The Dixie!
Don’t Miss the Capitol
Steps!
Tickets still available for Dixie Benefit Performance
 (HUNTINGDON;
May 14, 2007) – From the group that puts the MOCK in Democracy,
it’s the Capitol Steps! Washington D.C. comes to Huntingdon,
Tennessee when the Capitol Steps visit The Dixie on Tuesday, May
22 at 7:30 p.m. Slated as a benefit performance for The Dixie,
the Capitol Steps promise a laughter-filled evening of
entertainment.
A troupe of Congressional staffers-turned-comedians who travel
the country satirizing the very people and places that once
employed them, the Capitol Steps provide a unique blend of
musical and political comedy to our Nation’s Capitol and more.
The Capitol Steps have recorded 27 albums, including their
latest; Springtime for Liberals. They’ve been featured on NBC,
ABC, CBS and PBS, and can be heard 4 times a year on National
Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a
Holiday radio specials.
All tickets for the “Capitol Steps” benefit performance are $50
(ticket price includes reception). For ticket information,
contact The Dixie box office at 731-986-2100 or order
online. This
performance is sponsored by SUPER TALK 97.7 WTNE - JACKSON AND
WEST TENNESSEE'S HOME FOR TALK.
Ricky Skaggs is
Coming to The Dixie!
Shows rescheduled for June 2nd
 (HUNTINGDON;
May 14, 2007) – Ricky Skaggs is set to perform at The Dixie on
Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. AND 7:30 p.m. **This is the
rescheduled date for the Ricky Skaggs shows originally set for
March 31, 2007 that were cancelled due to Mr. Skaggs having the
flu and bronchitis.**
Sometimes in life, things come full circle. That's the story of
Ricky Skaggs. By age 21, he was already considered a "recognized
master" of one of America's most demanding art forms, but his
career took him in other directions, catapulting him to
popularity and success in the mainstream of country music. Now
the road has brought him back to where it all began-bluegrass
music.
2007 marks Ricky's 36th year as a professional musician, and
this twelve-time Grammy Award winner continues to do his part to
lead the recent roots revival in music. Known affectionately
today as bluegrass music's official ambassador, Ricky has
brought the genre to greater levels of popularity in the past
few years than the father of bluegrass music - the legendary
Bill Monroe - could ever have imagined.
Ricky Skaggs has often said that he is "just trying to make a
living" playing the music he loves. But it's clear that his
passion for bluegrass puts him in the position to bring this
lively, distinctively American form of music out of isolation
and into the ears and hearts of audiences across the country and
around the world. Blessed with a close-knit family, an abundance
of talent, a lifetime of musical experience and a crack band
behind him, Ricky Skaggs is well on the way to showing the world
that "country rocks, but Bluegrass Rules!"
All tickets for Ricky Skaggs are $30. For ticket information,
contact The Dixie box office at 731-986-2100 or order online at
www.dixiepac.net. See you at The Dixie!
An Evening with Carroll Arts – July 7th at The Dixie
(HUNTINGDON; May 14, 2007) – “An Evening with Carroll Arts” will
take place at The Dixie on Saturday, July 7th – doors open at
6:00 p.m. with entertainment beginning at 7:00 p.m. The event is
free and open to the public.
“An Evening with Carroll Arts” showcases the local talents of
visual and performing artists, and Carroll Arts has been
presenting it for over ten years. Artwork will be displayed
throughout The Dixie, and artists will take the stage in the Hal
Holbrook Theatre singing, playing instruments, and performing
theatrical works.
If you would like to participate in the evening (displaying your
artwork, performing, etc), please contact Lisa Norris, Carroll
Arts President, at 731-352-9031. We look forward to seeing you
at The Dixie!
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