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LARRY PIERCE TRIO TO PLAY JAZZ CONCERT IN THE DEPOT MAY 11 PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 30 April 2008

The Larry Pierce Trio will be featured on Sunday, May 11, at the Performing Arts Studio’s Jazz in the Gallery series.  The concert, which begins at 7:30 pm in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue, is free and open to the public.  A light dessert will be served.

The Larry Pierce Trio has played the past several years at Junior’s in Oklahoma City with singer Denise Smith.  Pianist and group leader Larry Pierce, in addition to his night club work, has for the past ten years led the pit band at the University of Oklahoma shows “Sooner Scandals” and “University Sing.”

Trio drummer Eddie Ferguson also plays with Garrett Jacobson (Big G), a prominent blues artist in the Oklahoma City area.  Bass player Tom Clark played with Al Good’s big band for several years, and now plays frequently with the Floyd Hanes Orchestra.

The Larry Pierce Trio’s music is primarily light jazz and standards, providing the perfect evening for a Mother’s Day celebration, or just a pleasant way to end the day.  The price is right.  The music outstanding.  And, the Emily Dutcher photography exhibit in the gallery will transport you to scenes from around the world.  Come and join us!

For additional information about Performing Arts Studio programs, phone 405-307-9320.  PAS hours in the Depot are Tuesday through Friday from 8:00 am to 3:00 PM, and from 1:00 to 5:00 on Sunday.

Jazz in the Depot Gallery is made possible in part by grants from Norman Arts Council, Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
 
2008 SUMMER BREEZE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED BY PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 28 April 2008

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The Performing Arts Studio is pleased to announce the 2008 Summer Breeze Concert Schedule. Ten concerts are scheduled beginning May 4 and running through September 21 as follows: 

 May 4  The John Arnold Band (Country)   Lion's Park 
 May 18   Kane, Welch, Kaplin (Americana)  Lion's Park
 June 1 Karla Bonoff (Legendary Singer/Songwriter) Andrew’s Park
 June 15   Mingo Fishtrap (Funk) Andrew's Park
 July 13   Beppe Gambetta (Italian guitar virtuoso/singer) Lion's Park
 July 27  Son del Barrio (Salsa)  Andrew's Park
 August 10   Danny O'Keefe (Singer/ Songwriter)  Lion's Park
 August 24   Hosty Duo (Rock-a-billy)  Lion's Park
 Sept. 7   Harry Manx (Blues with East Indian influences)  Lion's Park
 Sept. 21   Byron Berline (Bluegrass/Western Swing)  Andrew's Park

Everyone is invited to enjoy the eighth season of this free concert series held in Norman’s Lions Park, 400 block of South Flood, or Andrew’s Park Amphitheater, Daws and Webster.  All concerts begin at 7:30 PM.

Bring seating and picnic basket (there are no vendors) relax, and enjoy a wide variety of top quality, family friendly, live music. 

For additional information about Performing Arts Studio programs, phone 405-307-9320.  The Performing Arts Studio is located in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue.  Office hours are 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Tuesday through Friday and 1:00 to 5:00 on Sunday.
 
NOSTALGIC OLD TIME RADIO SHOWS TO BE PERFORMED AT DEPOT MAY 3 PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 27 April 2008

A special treat is in store for those continuing the Art Walk on Saturday, May 3, as The Second Stage Players perform old time radio scripts on the Performing Arts Studio stage in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue.  The performances are free and everyone is welcome.

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The Second Stage Players performing at the Depot
 In 2006, a group of seniors, drawn together by their interest in theatre and acting, formed their own theatre group, The Second Stage Players, as a program of  the Performing Arts Studio.  The players perform different types of reader’s theatre, such as one act plays, interpretive readings, and their favorite—old time radio scripts performed LIVE, for various groups and organizations in the metro area.

The nostalgia of listening to Fibber McGee and Molly, The Lone Ranger, and Father Knows Best  on a centrally located radio in the home, is being passed to the younger generation as the shows are re-enacted in a setting of old radio shows.  The Saturday morning performances in the Depot include:

10:00:  Fibber McGee and Molly:  Fibber's Closet
11:00:  Father Knows Best:  The Housekeeper
12:00:  My Favorite Husband: The Wills
  1:00:  Easy Aces:  The Psychiatrist

The laughter from the group meetings echoes throughout the Depot as the players practice and relive the past.  If you are fifty plus, and interested in being a part of The Second Stage Players, call The PAS for more information.   Seniors’ acting wishes can be easily accomplished since there is no script memorization required in reader’s theatre. 

Enjoy “First Time Around, Photographs by Emily Dutcher” while in the Depot.  For additional  information on Performing Arts Studio programs, call 405-307-9320.  PAS hours are 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Tuesday through Friday and 1:00 to 5:00 Sundays.
 
JOHN ARNOLD BAND TO OPEN SUMMER BREEZE CONCERTS ON MAY 4 PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 27 April 2008

Norman’s own John Arnold Band will open the eighth Performing Arts Studio Summer Breeze Concert Series on May 4 with a concert in Lion’s Park, South Flood and Symmes.  Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating and a picnic basket with refreshments (there are no venders.)  Enjoy this free concert, and a lovely evening in the park.  Music begins at 7:30

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The John Arnold Band
 John Arnold is a name well known in the Norman music scene.  In 1980, John was named Male Vocalist of the Year at the Oklahoma Opry.  He and the band quickly became very popular with Oklahoma audiences, playing many of the state’s biggest venues.  In 1983 they won the Dodge-Wrangler Country Music Showdown national finals in Nashville, beating out 50 other artists for the $50,000 prize and a nationally televised performance.  They were signed to a recording contract with Complete/Polygram records and charted with their first single “How We Gonna Know if it’s Love?”
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"FIRST TIME AROUND" TO OPEN AT DEPOT WITH ART WALK PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 27 April 2008

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Easter Island
Emily Dutcher’s first trip around the world was with a National Geographic Expedition, which took her to 11 countries in 22 days.  The Performing Arts Studio presents a selection of the 4,800 photos Dutcher took during that trip, with an opening reception coinciding with the Norman Gallery Association Spring Art Walk from 6:00 to 10:00 PM, Friday, May 2.  Dutcher’s First Time Around exhibit will run through July 6 in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue.  Sculptor Ken Hoving will also be showing at the Depot during the Art Walk.  Live music for the opening will be provided by Dennis Borycki.  Light refreshments will be served. 

When she joined 90 other people on the National Geographic Photographic Expedition, Dutcher was not sure what to expect.  “Each day”, she says, “managed to somehow top the last, which didn’t seem possible considering everything we saw: Machu Picchu in Peru, the Moai statues at Easter Island; a man-made rain forest in Australia; Angkor Wat in Cambodia; the pandas in Chengdu, China, an orphanage and the Potala in Lhasa, Tibet; the Taj Mahal in India; the wild assortment of animals in the Serengeti Plains; the face of King Tut in Luxor, Egypt; and finally a Berber village (via mule) in the Atlas Mountains Of Morocco.”  The photographic opportunities were endless.  The resulting photos incredibly beautiful and diverse.
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THE POETRY OF FRED ALSBERG TO BE FEATURED AT DEPOT PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 10 April 2008

Fred Alsberg will be the featured poet at the April 13 Performing Arts Studio Second Sunday Poetry Reading.  There is no admission charge for the reading, which begins at 2:00 pm in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue.  Light refreshments will be served.

Alsberg’s work has appeared in Blue Unicorn, Kansas Quarterly, Oregon East, Rhino, Greensboro Review, Sundog, Louisiana Review, Oklahoma Today, Pennine Ink, and elsewhere. He has poems forthcoming in Talking River and has done readings accompanied by acoustic and electric jazz piano.

His most recent book of poetry, Reassembling Dust, was published by Pudding House Publications (2007) and was a finalist this year for the Oklahoma Center for the Book award in Poetry.

Alsberg is an English professor at Southwestern University in Weatherford and, for many years,  was the poetry editor of that university’s literary journal. 

PAS invites all who are interested in poetry to attend this reading.  It promises to be outstanding.

The final Winter Wind Concert of the season featuring singer/songwriter Johnsmith, is scheduled the evening of April 13, beginning at 7:00 pm.  Winter Wind tickets are $10.  Advance ticket purchase is recommended.

For additional information, phone The Performing Arts Studio at 307-9320.

Paperweight

Eight floors down
in a snow-covered parking lot,
a car is sawing itself free.

It leaves a black space its own shape,
then fishtails into the street
where traffic creeps as though underwater.

The whole city is submerged,
and snowflakes filter down
like fishfood in an aquarium,

to where people walk free of their footprints.

Fred Alsberg
 
THE NORMAN SINGERS TO HOLD FREE CONCERT AT DEPOT SATURDAY APR 12 PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 10 April 2008

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The Norman Singers
The Norman Singers will be performing a free concert Saturday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the Norman Depot.  This concert will feature soloists, Rose Mansell, soprano and David McDonald, tenor, performing songs of Aaron Copeland, works by Michael Head, and "The Cat Duet" by Rossini.  The choir will sing a selection of pieces taken from the upcoming spring concert with a variety of styles including madrigals, American spirituals, and pop music. The choir will also sing "Dust Bowl Prophet" the winner of the Society's 2007 high school poetry contest written by Aja Bain and composed by Beverly McLarry as a sampling of the work produced by the choir's annual poetry contest.

The Norman Singers, the primary performing group of the Norman Community Choral Society, is made up of people from all walks of life who share the many pleasures of choral music. The group's purpose since founding in 1979 has been to give the people of Norman and surrounding communities an opportunity to learn and perform all types of choral music in entertaining and informative programs.
 
JOHNSMITH MAKES RETURN VISIT TO WINTER WIND PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 01 April 2008

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Johnsmith
Singer/Songwriter Johnsmith, who was highly acclaimed by the audience at his Winter Wind Concert two years ago, is paying a return visit to the series on Sunday, April 13.  Tickets are $10 for the concert which begins at 7:00 PM in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue.  Seating is limited.  Advance ticket purchase is recommended for this last concert of the Winter Wind season.

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Over two decades of performing at festivals, concert halls and coffee houses, colleges and house concerts, along with a half dozen acclaimed CD’s, Johnsmith has built a solid fan base in the U.S. and abroad, including many in Norman.  His songs go straight to the heart because that is where they come from.  Words like integrity, uplifting, heart or soul are used consistently to describe the man and his music.
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