Hi to anyone who reads this page. Did a wonderful concert in Paducah, Ky. last weekend with Dee Daniels and the Paducah Pops at the Luther Carson 4 Rivers Arts Center. Dee did her Tribute To Ray Charles show and the audience and the Orchestra were raving about her performance. She's great and I can't wait to work with her again very soon. The Paducah Orchestra is really a little gem. They play Pops as well or better than a lot of other Orchestras with a lot more money. The new Executive Director, Darlene Dreyer is young, full of energy and ideas and someone who will help to make the Paducah Symphony a success story in the very near future.
Then off to Hinkley, Minnesota with Liza...A Casino date at 5 Pm!!! The Casino is stuck in the middle of a field about 1 hour or so from Minneapolis. Great gig...Odd venue. Lot's of Crab Legs if you like them!
Date in Naperville, Illinois with Liza after that. Another sold out house and a tight show. Come see her if you're in the neighborhood.
This Friday, Morristown, NJ with Liza, House of Blues in Orlando, October 5 and then off to the Mighty Carolina Pops with a Motown group called Spectrum. Looking forward to this show. Spectrum's reviews are off the charts and the Greensboro audience should be thrilled with these guys.
My last year in Greensboro before I begin new positions elsewhere. It's been an educational experience with the Carolina Pops. Enjoyed the Orchestra but we were never able to penetrate the Community in Greensboro in the same way that I have everywhere else I conduct. Anyway, looking forward to my concerts there this season.
October 21 in Santa Rosa with the Santa Rosa Symphony Pops...A Tribute to Nelson Riddle.
Singers Rachael Price and Michael Civisca sings the arrangements of Riddle and the Mighty Santa Rosa Pops will get a chance to shine on Nelson's great Instrumentals.
Be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bye for now.
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