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Hoosier/Buckeye Barbershop Bash May 10, 2008  - 7:30 p.m. The NPAC will ring with the famous harmonies of the barbershop sounds as we produce our own special night of barbershop, featuring four of the region’s finest choruses. The Summit City Barbershop Chorus from Fort Wayne, Grand Lake Sound Waves, the Lima Beans Chorus and the Northwesternaires of Defiance will combine to make a night of beautiful harmonies and lots of good ole’, barbershop fun. We are very pleased to bring four of the finest barbershop choruses together in one big night as we close out our first full season at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio! Individual tickets will be available beginning Feb. 11. Ticket price is $10. Buy Tickets
Fountain Park Summer Music Series June 6, 2008  - 7:00 p.m. From Phil Dirt & the Dozers on Friday, June 6 to The Diamonds on August 8, you won't want to miss the Friday night concerts in the Park! June 6, Phil Dirt & the Dozers ; Friday, June 20 Parrots of the Caribbean ; Friday, June 27 Gary Jenkins & the Thundering Hearts ; July 3 Lima Symphony "Pops" Orchestra's Star, Spangled Salute to America!; Saturday, July 5 John Ford Coley ; Friday, July 18 Caribbean Sound ; Friday, July 25 Rhonda Vincent ; August 8 The Diamonds, . For more information contact the Van Wert County Foundation office at 419.238.1743.
Steve Lippia - Simply Sinatra September 20, 2008  - 7:30 pm Steve Lippia has become one of the most prominent, in-demand vocalists and has quickly established his place among the finest interpreters of “standards” and traditional pop music in the nation. Reminiscent of the young Sinatra, Bobby Darin, and Harry Connick, Jr., Lippia moves from crisp, popping swing tunes to lush, poignant ballads with equanimity. His natural sound and style is a remarkable combination of his own honest musical interpretation and the influence of the best singers of an incredible era of American music. He delivers his music in a deeply personal way and includes standards permanently engraved in the Americn History of Music: ”I’ve Got You Under My Skin, The Lady is a Tramp, Mack the Knife,” and more. With a hot, driving band behind him, Lippia impeccably interprets the best repertoire of the Big Band era and American Classic Pop. A modern Sinatra, a gifted performer, a special experience...Lippia does it his way! A part of the Community Concert Series, individual tickets will go on sale in July for $20. View Official Website | Buy Tickets
The StepCrew November 6, 2008  - 7:30 pm The STEPCREW is the New international dance production featuring the world's top talents in Irish Step, Ottawa Valley and Modern Tap Dancing as well as fiddling. The Stepcrew takes traditional dance forms and fiddling to new heights. Featuring a cast of seven outstanding dancers, The Stepcrew seamlessly transitions through traditional classics, modern interpretations of Celtic dances and electrifying new compositions created for this debut tour of this exciting show. The Stepcrew features and was founded by Jon Pilatzke (Chieftains/Bowfire), Stephanie Cadman (Bowfire), Cara Butler (The Chieftains), Nathan Pilatzke (The Chieftains) and Dan Stacey (Seven Nations). The 12 member troupe also includes a female vocalist and a four-piece band featuring some of the leading musicians on the scene today, as well as choreographer/dancer Sarah Uddin and Joe Dwyer (Riverdance). A part of the Community Concert Series, individual tickets will go on sale in August for $20 each. View Official Website | Buy Tickets
The London Quartet - Cantabile March 7, 2009  - 7:30 pm The London Quartet are quite simply one of the world’s top vocal groups. Outstanding in both comedy and the classics, they have been delighting audiences with their unique blend of humour and harmony for the last eighteen years, notching up ten solo albums, over a thousand concerts and more than two hundred TV appearances worldwide. Whether performing in Musicals in London’s West End, Cabaret on the Royal Yacht Britannia, Jazz with the BBC Big Band, Opera in the Covent Garden Festival or classical parodies in front of 40,000 people at the Proms in the Park, the group’s virtuosity and creativity are astounding. The London Quartet break all musical boundaries and invite you to share an evening of great singing, great songs and great fun. Whatever the venue, whatever the mood, for audiences from eight to eighty years old, The London Quartet — Cantabile provide the perfect night out. A part of the Community Concert Series. Individual tickets will go on sale in December for $20. View Official Website | Buy Tickets
Hector Olivera April 18, 2009  - 7:30 pm Hector Olivera is a passionate, gifted, and unique musician, whose personal interpretations of both classical and popular music have amazed and delighted audiences around the world. Inspired by his love for the French pipe organ Hector Olivera recently designed an organ for the purpose of touring. The impressive four-manual ‘Rodgers Trillium Masterpiece,’ complete with two 1000 lb speakers was custom built by Rodgers Organs in Hillsboro, Oregon. Hector continues to thrill audiences with both solo classical literature and his own orchestral transcriptions, now released on DVD and more than 20 classical, contemporary, and film score CDs. Although he is most famous for his prodigious technical proficiency, Hector’s amazing effect on audiences has made many of the most sophisticated and demanding organ aficionados claim that Hector Olivera is one of the greatest organists in the world today. A part of the Community Concert Series. Individual tickets will go on sale in January. View Official Website | Buy Tickets