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Randy Travis headlines Fraze benefit concert
Randy Travis will be the headliner for a charity concert at Fraze Pavilion on Friday, Aug. 14.
Travis will perform at the 12th Annual Celebrity Concert for Charity. Proceeds benefit cystic fibrosis research and aid those with cystic fibrosis, said John Condit, who founded the concert in 1998.
Also that night, the three finalists of a local karaoke contest will battle for the top prize of a trip for two to Las Vegas, Condit said.
Local celebrities will also sing karaoke tunes.
Condit said that with a big name like Travis, it is the first time the concert might reach a sellout.
“We’ve grown to the point where we have an act where we think we could do that,” he said.
Travis has been a country music star since the 1980s, with hits like “Deeper than the Holler,” “Forever and Ever, Amen” and “I Told You So,” recently covered by Carrie Underwood and then re-released as a duet with Travis.
He’s sold 25 million records and popped back on the charts in 2003 with “Three Wooden Crosses.”
He has won six Grammys, five Country Music Association and 10 American Music Awards. He also is an award-winning gospel singer.
Previous performers at the concert include Lori Morgan, David Cassidy, America, REO Speedwagon and last year, Little River Band and Dr. Hook.
“I like every act I book,” Condit said. “I go from liking them to loving their music because I listen to a lot when I book them.”
Proceeds of the benefit go to research to cure cystic fibrosis and the Martha Franz Fund at Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, which supports the needs of local families.
Condit, whose wife, Chris has two siblings who died of cystic fibrosis and one sister who lives with the disease, said there are 900 families in southwestern Ohio dealing with cystic fibrosis.
Tickets are $26 for the 7:30 p.m. performance. For more information, call 296-3300 or go to fraze.com
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TweetJamestown producer wins international award
“The Overman,” a short film co-produced by Gery L. Deer of Jamestown, has win an award at The Indie Gathering International Film Festival, Convention and Competition. The independent film won Best Experimental Micro Film (under five minutes) for “its use of advanced live-action scenes featuring firewhips.”
The award presentation will be made at the Aug. 14-16 conference near Cleveland.
Another area connection: the film was written and developed by Rich Hoffman, originally of Middletown. The situation and characters in the movie come from Hoffman’s novel, “The Symposium of Justice,” published in 2004.
Hoffman not only co-produced and directed the film, but plays the lead character. Photography was completed at the GLD Enterprises & Productions Whip Artistry Studio in Greene County in March, 2009.
According to the publicity release announcing the award: “The featurette combines live action with the latest in high-definition computer generated imaging, The action sequences and fire weapon stunts took more than 12 hours to complete; the background footage was filmed a short time later on location in Mexico by Hoffman and his wife, Wendy, then added digitally.”
Here’s how it worked: actors worked on a green screen-covered set performed among imaginary Mayan ruins. Later computerized software recognized the green background and made it transparent, replacing it with digital effects.
“This was an ambitious project and I’m glad it got some recognition,” Deer said. “The sets may have been computer generated, but the fire whip stunts were performed live and all of the effects are real.”
Deer served as technical advisor on the whip sequences, and also oversaw production. His work has been featured on stage and screen including the 2003 Universal Studios movie, The Rundown, NBC’s America’s Got Talent and The Bonnie Hunt Show.
Hoffman and Deer both say they see this project as a means to an end. “The hope is that the final product will draw new business for the cast and crew in this sluggish economy where production capital is hard to raise,” says Hoffman. “This will be a great way to show what our group can do.” Hoffman’s previous script, “The Lost Cannibals of Cahokia,” won the highest award for a feature screenplay in the horror category at the 2006 Indie Gathering.
Both artists will be presenting lectures at the Indie Gathering and “The Overman” will be released to DVD following the premier at the conference. The video version includes outtakes and behind the scenes footage. To see photos or get more information about the project go online to www.gldentertainment.com and click on Hoffman Collaboration.
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TweetFraze concert to start earlier than scheduled
The Billy Squier and Blue Oyster Cult concert at the Fraze Pavilion will start earlier than scheduled tonight, July 31.
Due to the anticipated length of Squier and Blue Oyster Cult’s performances, the concert will start at 7:45 p.m. instead of the scheduled 8 p.m.
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TweetFraze concert to start earlier than scheduled
The Billy Squier and Blue Oyster Cult concert at the Fraze Pavilion will start earlier than scheduled tonight, July 31.
Due to the anticipated length of Squier and Blue Oyster Cult’s performances, the concert will start at 7:45 p.m. instead of the scheduled 8 p.m.
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TweetFall Art Exhibit to Celebrate Dayton’s Creativity
Local artists have until the end of August to submit creations that celebrate Dayton’s history of innovation and current imaginative accomplishments.
The result will be a community exhibition entitled “Creative Soul of Dayton” that will be on display at the Armory Building, 201 E. Sixth St., in downtown Dayton, from Oct. 2 through Nov. 6.
Prize juror Eva Buttacavoli, an independent curator and art educator who recently moved to Dayton, will select winning works in a number of categories. Three artists will be awarded best of show, and each will receive a solo exhibit of his or her work in Link Gallery in the Oregon Arts District. An opening reception for the exhibit will be held during the free monthly downtown arts hop.
Susan Byrnes, director of UD’s ArtStreet and lead exhibit organizer says the project is being designed to display the highest quality of individual artistic achievement in the visual arts.
“We invite participation from Dayton’s creative individuals and communities to express their own vision,” says Byrnes. “The project will incorporate a number of Oregon Arts District venues to provide broad access by artists and audiences.”
Artists must be 18 or older and reside within a 25-mile radius of the city of Dayton. All work must have been created within the past five years, and each artist may submit up to two original works in any medium. The deadline to submit works is Monday, Aug. 31, and there is a $10 entry fee. Details and an entry form are available at www.creativesouldayton.com.
Creative Soul of Dayton will also include talks by artists and other educational activities. It is being organized by a group of faculty, staff and students from the University of Dayton, Wright State University, Central State University and Sinclair Community College, along with local artists, gallery owners and community members.
Creative Soul of Dayton was inspired by the DaytonCREATE effort that began in March 2008. For more on DaytonCREATE, see www.daytoncreate.org.
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TweetThink TV shows win Emmys
Two productions by Think TV/Channel 16 and 14 took top honors at the Midwestern Regional Emmy Awards on Saturday, July 25.
“The New Selling of America,” by Richard Wonderling and Mindi Anthony, won in the documentary program. It examined the country’s global competitiveness.
“Kathleen Henderson/African American Lives II,” by Wonderling and Sue Brinson, took honors in the Image Promo category.
The 45th annual awards ceremony was held in Lexington, Ky.
A complete list of winners is available at www.ohiovalleyemmy.org.
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TweetPlay by Dayton native tops Futurefest
“Night and Fog,” a post-World War II drama by M.J. Feeley of Los Angeles, captured the $1,000 first prize at Futurefest on Sunday, July 26, at the Dayton Playhouse.
A panel of adjudicators voted it the best of six new plays produced during the 19th annual new play festival.
Born in Dayton, Feely attended St. Albert the Great and Incarnation schools and was graduated from Alter High School in 1969. His father was editor of the “Young Catholic Messenger,” which had offices at Fifth and Ludlow streets.
He has has written 20 plays. One of them, “Bookends,” was a finalist in the 2006 Futurefest and had a professional production in Philadelphia last year.
This year’s festival was heavy on drama. Many who have attended previous Futurefests rated the quality of scripts as high. They were chosen from 200 submissions from all over the country.
Other finalists were: “Darkroom,” by Devon Boan; “A Snake That Eats Itself,” by Chad Baker of Beavercreek, a student at DePaul University; “G-Man,” by Rosemary Frisino Toohey; “Quietus,” by Richard Manley, and “Carve,” by Molly Smith Metzler. “Quietus” and “Carve” also received strong adjudications.
Festival director Fran Pesch said the people’s choice, based on audience balloting, will be announced later.
Feely said he has done drama everywhere from “my garage to professional Equity productions. My best experience in the theater, bar none, has been right here at Futurefest both times. Keep picking my plays because I want to keep coming back.”
“Night and Fog” was co-directed by Saul Caplan and Deirdre Root. The cast included David Shough as journalist Kevin Riley and Charles Larkowski as Ernst von Helldorf, with Geoff Burkman, Jennie Yeaman, K.L. Storer, Megan Cooper, Cheryl Mellen and Brad Mattingly.
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TweetFuturefest opens with race-themed play
The Dayton Playhouse’s 19th annual new play festival opened Friday, July 24, with a drama about a mixed-race photographer passing for white in the 1960s.
“Darkroom,” by South Carolina writer Devon Boan, was the first of six plays to be staged over the weekend for an audience including four theater professionals serving as adjudicators.
The two-act presentation was directed by Ray Gambrel and featured Dayton Theatre Guild veteran Mark Diffenderfer in the central role of Grey Elliot, a name that, like the title, is a symbol. The play is set in White Plains, N.Y. The photographer works in the medium of black and white. He is often seen in his darkroom, where things develop.
The deliberate but often less than transparent presentation topped three hours, including intermission and post-performance discussion. Even so, questions lingered.
Why didn’t Elliott ever share his secret with his newly pregnant second wife Constance (Rachel Wilson)? Why didn’t anyone react during or after an incident when he pointed a gun at his wife and then his own head while making her and party guests act out his recurring nightmare? Was the black handyman who showed up at the door and in the house really the ghost of Elliott’s father? How is the audience to know that?
Adjudicators were charitable for the most part. They included: Peter Filichia, New Jersey theater critic for the (Newark) Star Ledger and Channel 12; David Finkle, critic for Theatermania.com and The Village Voice; Sarah Lunnie, literary fellow for Actors Theater of Louisville, and Eleanore Speert, theater publisher. D. Lynn Meyers, producing artistic director of the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, was unable to attend as scheduled.
The cast also included Mark Reuter, Debra A. Kent, Dave Nickel, Kelli Gilmore and Franklin Johnson.
Futurefest continues through Sunday, July 26, with five more plays: “A Snake That Eats Itself,” by Chad Baker of Beavercreek, a student at DePaul University; “G-Man,” by Rosemary Frisino Toohey of Washington, D.C.; “Night and Fog” by Dayton native M.J. Feely of Los Angeles; “Quietus,” by Richard Manley, and “Carve,” by Molly Smith Metzler, playwright in residence at The Juilliard School in New York.
Tickets are $15. Call (937) 424-8477. The Dayton Playhouse is located at 1301 E. Siebenthaler Ave. For a selection of photographs from the festival, see http://projects.daytondailynews.com/cache/galleries/Entertainment/Events/072409futurefest/
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TweetLGBT film festival to show Pattinson movie
The Downtown Dayton LGBT Film Festival will take place Sept. 25-27 and will open with a film starring Robert Pattinson.
Little Ashes, about the lives of Salvador Dali, Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis Bunuel and starring Pattinson, will open the festival on opening night, Friday, Sept. 25.
Pattinson is the star of the series of movies based on the ‘Twilight’ series of books.
This is the fourth year for the festival, which is sponsored by The Downtown Priority Board, who partnered with The Neon.
The screening committee is now working to secure other movies for the three-day event.
The intent of the festival is to bring movies on topics often not shown in mainstream theaters and the stories all come from experiences in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
In the past two years, some filmmakers and stars have attended the festival.
The festival still needs sponsors. For more information about sponsoring the film festival, contact Jonathan McNeal at The Neon at 222-8452 or by e-mail at theneon@msn.com.
For more information on the festival, go to www.myspace.com/downtowndaytonlgbt
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TweetSugarland’s Nettles still needs voice rest
Jennifer Nettles’ powerful voice still needs rest, causing duo Sugarland to miss three more concerts scheduled in Utah, Nevada and Arizona,
It seems those who saw Sugarland at the Country Concert at Hickory Hills on July 9 were among the last to see Nettles sing live.
The concert tour is tentatively scheduled to resume July 30.
In a video at the groups website, sugarlandmusic.com, Nettles dispels rumors that she is ill.
“I’m not sick or I’m not dying,” she said.
She said she simply has a strain or sprain of her vocal cords and needs to rest them.
> View pictures of Nettles and other performers from Country Concert 2009.
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TweetFraze concert canceled
The free concert scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, July 22 at Fraze Pavilion has been canceled.
The continuing forecast for wet weather has caused organizers to cancel the performance by Soul Express, which was scheduled for 7 p.m., said Karen Durham, Fraze Pavilion general manager.
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TweetNew musicals at Human Race connect with audience
The tears started coming during the first song, and I didn’t stop crying through the entire first act of “right next to me,” one of the Human Race’s “Musicals in Development” productions staged over the July 17-19 weekend.
The touching new musical explores a series of intertwining relationships - including the marriage of an Army major serving in Iraq and his wife left behind at home.
Gregg Coffin’s music and lyrics have a real sweetness about them; four outstanding cast members played all eight characters.
If you like live theater, you’re missing a great opportunity if you don’t take advantage of these kinds of arts experiences in the Miami Valley. In this case, two of the shows were presented in the Caryl D. Philips Creativity Center, a first chance for the public to experience the intimate performance space on Jefferson Street next to the Dayton Visual Arts Center.
The discussion afterwards was fascinating as well. We learned, for example, that the script had drastically changed during the two week rehearsal period and that actors had been given 20 new pages just two days before the performance.
Coffin said the idea of his play was to explore “the distance and reality of things” and what it means to be close to someone.
It’s the kind of interaction that will also take place at Future Fest this weekend - July 24-26 - at the Dayton Playhouse when new scripts are premiered with playwrights and critics in house. Enjoy!
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TweetNeon screens all-volunteer ‘Beowulf’
There are no overpaid or even paid Hollywood stars in “Beowulf: Prince of the Geats,” which will be screened at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, at the Neon Movies, 130 E. Fifth St.
All 500 or so people who worked on it, beginning three years ago, were volunteers. All goods and services used in its making were donated. The film was made as a fundraiser for the American and Norwegian cancer societies. The goal is to raise $1 million.
Dayton actor Philip Smyth, who plays the supporting role of Wulfgar, King Hrothgar’s captain of the guards and confidant, gave up shaving, haircuts and a month of summer to do it. He will be at the Neon Wednesday night, along with director Scott Wegener, to talk about the project.
Starting three years ago, filming was done in Cincinnati, Norway and the Gulf of Mexico, Smyth said. “The idea with the screening here is to get some people out, spread the word and raise some money.”
Tickets will be sold only on Wednesday. Prices are $6.50-$8.50, or $20 for a ticket and a DVD of the film. All proceeds will go to the charities. The film is not rated. Running time is 94 minutes and there will be a discussion afterwards. For more about it, go to www.princeofthegeats.com.
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TweetOpen for Randy Travis at the Fraze
By Kim Margolis
Staff Writer
KETTERING - If you’re a great karaoke singer, you can earn the chance to open for a big-name entertainer.
Area singers can enter a karaoke contest, where the three top finalists will open for country singer Randy Travis at the Fraze Pavilion on Friday, Aug. 14.
Travis will be performing at the 12th annual Celebrity Concert for Charity. Proceeds benefits cystic fibrosis research and aid those with cystic fibrosis.
The top three finalists will also win two orchestra seats for the concert. The grand prize winner will be announced at the concert and win a trip for two to Las Vegas.
John Condit, who founded the concert in 1998, said the karaoke contest has been a mainstay of the event and the talent impresses him each year.
“I will tell you that it is amazing at how good the singers are that come out,” Condit said. “It’s always tough because people leave disappointed and they’re really good.”
Those entering must be at least 18 and make a $20 donation to the foundation. Singers will be judged on vocals, stage presence and presentation.
Thirty singers per event will be allowed to enter. Judges include Nancy Wilson and Steve Kerrigan of K99.1FM and Gabby Enright and Rich Wirdzek from Newscenter 7.
How to go
Registration begins at 7 p.m. each night. It is first-come-first-serve and limited to 30 people.
The contest will start at 8 p.m. each night at the following locations:
* Wednesday, July 22: Fricker’s, 6834 Miller Lane, Dayton
* Wednesday, July 29: Clark County Fairgrounds
* Monday, Aug. 3: Fricker’s on 1818 Woodman Dr., Dayton
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TweetOhio State Fair great and big
The 156th Ohio State Fair starts this Wednesday, July 29, complete with the usual butter sculptures, midway rides and a pretty impressive list of entertainers.
“We try to make the fair a good mix of traditional favorites and new attractions,” said Christina Leeds, marketing and public relations director for the fair.
She doesn’t have to tell me. I’ve had a date with the Ohio State Fair for more than 30 years in my home state. I’ve also lived in Michigan and Florida, both big states with little state fairs. Lived in Connecticut, too. It doesn’t even have its own fair. It has to share one with the whole region, called The Big E. There is nothing big about it.
The Ohio State Fair, meanwhile, has a longstanding tradition of large chunks of butter being sculpted into farm animals, local news anchors and state sports stars.
It has sanctioned petting zoos filled with baby animals. It has unofficial petting zoos in the form of horses, cows, sheep and other animals housed at the fair for competition.
This year, the fair is adding Mutton Bustin.’ Basically it will be like adult bullriding, but with children 6 and younger riding sheep.
“It’s gonna be great,” Leeds said.
Clearly.
BMX teams will perform stunts. Monkeys will perform. And NASA will have an exhibit where one can see how much a person would weigh on various planets, Leeds said.
In addition to the usual baking and produce contests there will be cupcake and duct-tape-product-making competitions this year.
And while the fair is a great place to eat some junk food, it also is a great place to shop. This year there will be 600 vendors, but about 175 of those are food vendors.
“People love to come to the fair to shop,” Leeds said.
Each year the fair hosts musical entertainment from any of the free bands or choirs performing to big names in music. This year that includes Kelly Clarkson, David Cook, Little Big Town and Rascal Flatts. Fair admission is included in ticket prices if purchased before arriving to the fairgrounds.
“The lineup is exceptionally strong this year,” Leeds said. “We’re really super excited about the lineup. We can bring the entertainers in at a great value.”
For more information by phone: Call 614-644-3247 (Recorded Information Line), 1-888-OHO-EXPO (646-3976)
TDD: 614-644-4009
Online information: OhioStateFair.com or email info@expo.state.oh.us
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TweetWOXY moving to Texas
After more than 25 years in southwest Ohio, independent internet radio station WOXY.com is moving to Texas.
Owners announced on Thursday, July 16, that the alternative and modern-rock station is relocating from Cincinnati to Austin, Texas, Sept. 8. Studios will be in the Austin Theater in the Texas capital.
Personnel, format and programming will remain the same, although live and specialty broadcasts may be added. Video of “Lounge Act” sessions will begin airing by Oct. 1.
For Ohio listeners, the hope is to continue broadcasting in Cincinnati at WVXU- 91.7 FM HD-2. Mobile listeners will still find the station at WOXY.com or with IPhone applications.
Launched in Oxford, Ohio, in 1983 at 97.7 FM, WOXY began internet simulcasts in 1998, was sold to First Broadcasting Investment Partners of Dallas in 2004, went off the air and was reborn as an internet-only station the same year. It moved studios from Oxford to Cincinnati in ‘04 as well.
More information is available www.woxy.com.
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TweetUpcoming Fraze concert canceled
Kettering’s Fraze Pavilion has announced that the Monday, July 20 Merle Haggard & John Anderson has been canceled.
According to the short note sent out by Fraze on the matter:
“Unfortunately, Merle Haggard has fallen ill and has canceled the next 5 shows of his summer tour. The date will not be rescheduled. Ticket buyers may return their tickets to the original point of purchase for a refund.”
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TweetXenia dedicates renamed theater
Xenia Area Community Theater is dedicating its new Kettering Health Network Theater today, July 15.
The former Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealership at 45 E. Second St. has been converted into a performance space with $85,000, including a $40,000 check from Kettering Health Network.
“We are still the Xenia Area Community Theater, though,” said executive director Orion Monroe, who came to Xenia in 2005 from Indianapolis to establish a theater in the Greene County seat.
The facility will be unveiled during an invitation-only reception.
XACT’s first official event there will be its annual free summer youth theater camp Aug. 8-20. The first production there will be in September.
Monroe, 40, who was a touring child actor with the Toronto (Ont.) Theatre Guild while his father was stationed in Kettering at the former U.S. Air Force Defense Electronics Supply Center, said some renovation work remains to be completed.
“But I’m proud of what we have accomplished. Xenia hasn’t had a community theater since the tornado in 1974,” he said.
His goal is to make XACT a completely self-supporting operation. It already operates a thrift store, “which pays our utilities and provides us with props, costumes and furniture.”
Future plans call for adding a cinema, which would show first-run films and host festivals. Monroe said he is working with the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission on that project.
More information about XACT and the new Kettering Health Network Theater are available at (937) 372-0516 or www.xeniaact.org
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TweetTop 10 moments at Country Concert. You agree?
Here are my top ten memories from Country Concert 2009. I’ve been around thousands of people drinking for four days. I’m off to have a beer.
Photos: 2009 Country Concert | Photos: You’ve been spotted
10. Kimberly Roads’ hair: The humidity is about 100 percent and the Little Big Town singer’s head of blonde ringlets looks perfect. She also seems to not perspire.
9. Keith Anderson’s arms: I was right at the front of the stage when body-building country singer Anderson was flexing during ‘XXL.’ I noticed.
8. Jennifer Nettles’ hat: At one point, Sugarland’s Nettles changed into a beaded, red tam that I did not understand.
7. Blake Shelton’s identity crisis: Around since 2001, Shelton tells the audience he’s not sure they know him so he wants to perform a song they do know. He sings the Credit Report.com jingle.
6. Smelling horses: I wasn’t imagining that. Every night a group of trail riders took their horses to a fence behind the Hickory Hills campgrounds, tied their horses and took in the sounds of the concert for free.
5. Being welcomed: I didn’t know where I was supposed to sit backstage so I just sat at the table listed as ‘band members only.’ Singer Rockie Lynne sits down and before I can apologize for sitting there, he proceeds to make me feel as welcome as possible.
4. Surprise start: Brad Paisley started his show in the middle of the audience, much to the surprise of fans on the left side of the stage. Check out the looks on their faces on our web gallery.
3. Bare skin: I’m not judging or complaining. I’m just saying, I was told to expect a lot of bare skin and I got what I expected.
2. Look up there: I was leaving the stage area when I looked up and saw Dierks Bentley hanging above my head singing about a woman who did him wrong. Wasn’t me.
1. Anything Eddie Montgomery did: From his stark, dark hat to his microphone stand twirling to his demands that we yell LOUDER, he is a presence. But most of all, it’s that maniacal laugh.
What were your top moments? Post them here.
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TweetVassar sassy, Atkins heartfelt at concert’s last day
Well, well, let’s start with this: I had no idea Phil Vassar had that much energy.
I think of the former-song-writer-turned-singer Vassar as the guy who writes those sweet little songs about relationships. His performance Sunday, July 12 at Country Concert changed that impression.
Well, first, he’s pretty sassy.
“Look at all those bikinis,” he said to the audience. “Me like-y.”
And in ‘Six-Pack Summer’ he had 10 girls with beers come on stage.
My, my.
People loved it and his performances of songs he wrote for other artists like ‘Little Red Rodeo,’ ‘Bye-Bye,’ and ‘I’m Alright.’
They tolerated his song of family life, ‘Another Day in Paradise’ but protested when he cued up ‘Last Day of My Life’.
“Don’t sing a sad song,” shouted one young man.
Rodney Atkins closed the four-day concert with a 6 p.m. Sunday performance. He sung his hit, ‘These are My People,’ a song that includes one of my all-time favorite lyrics: “I got some discount knowledge at the junior college.”
He also performed ‘Best Things’ and ‘Love About the South.’
But it was his recollection of his first time singing at Country Concert a few years ago that stood out. He said he had performed in Illinois, drove all night to Ohio, arrived at 7 a.m. to perform in the Saloon, a pretty intimate setting at the campground. At that point, Atkins had no hit records.
“I will never forget playing in the beer tent here,” he said. “That’s classic. That’s legendary right there. Holy mackerel,what a party broke out. Y’all treated us like we had the biggest record in the world.”
Earlier in the day, it was hard for Dancing with the Stars performer Julianne Hough to not dance during her performance.
Hough, who recently was named the Academy of Country Music’s best newcomer, bounced across the stage, played air guitar and giggled after every song as is if DWTS host Tom Bergeron was saying something ridiculous.
Hough did Pat Benatar, Sheryl Crow and Eagles’ cover along with her own ‘My Hallelujah Song.’
Before singing, ‘Love Yourself’ she asked the audience if they’d seen Dancing with the Stars. After a hearty ‘yes’ from the crowd, she said Marie Osmond gave her some advice before Hough started her singing career. Osmond told her to ‘love herself first.’
“So I took that and ran with it,” Hough said.
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TweetPaisley, Bentley fueled by ‘Alcohol’
It’s a good thing Brad Paisley has a song called ‘Alcohol.’
The fans who attend the Country Concert at Hickory Hill Lakes would be the first to admit drinking is a key part of the weekend.
So Paisley’s rendition of the song was a welcome part of his performance. It didn’t hurt that Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan assisted in the tune.
Speaking of Bentley, he performed ahead of Paisley and impressed the crowd as much, opening with Sideways and A Whole Lot of Leavin’ Left To Do.
I thought Kristian Bush of Sugarland ran across the stage a lot, but Bentley sprints.
He performed at the concert three years ago, too.
“Did you guys miss us?” he asked.
Roars were his answer.
At one point, he enlisted a female fan in the front row to pretend to be on a date with him before introducing the song of the ill-fated date, ‘What Was I Thinkin.’
After Bentley, Paisley started at 10 p.m. and played until about midnight. Ten minutes later, he was doing a meet-and-greet with about 20 fans. About half of them got pictures without his hat, which is a rare sight.
His concert was full of its usual spectacular animation, his own hits, covers of others and combinations of some of the two.
“We’re gonna sing all the songs we know,” he told the crowd at the beginning.
He started his performance in the audience. Getting close to the audience was almost his literal downfall. During the encore, he walked to a steep area of the right corner of the stage, slid and was caught by two startled crew members.
Otherwise, it was a smooth performance of the fellow who can crack an off-color joke and write a love song.
In singing ‘I’m Still A Guy,’ the line, ‘You see a famous French painting; I see a drunk naked girl.’ He gestured at some of the minimally dressed gals in the audience and did an ‘Oh shucks’ gesture.
Songs like I’m Gonna Miss Her, Ticks, Mud on the Tires and others filled the night. During The World, the screen showed various famous sights across the planet, including Fort Loramie.
But Paisley is proud of his guitar playing and does a lot his animation, he says, to keep the crowd interested while he plays lengthy solos.
So at Saturday’s performance, he played for about five minutes straight while a cartoon about a hero saving country superstars played. It started with these words on the screen: “In a world where country singers are under attack, who will save them?”
It went on to show super hero Paisley saving Carrie Underwood tied on train tracks, Kenny Chesney being attacked by robots on a beach, Reba McIntire being chased by a dinosaur and Alan Jackson, Martina McBride and Sugarland being threatened by a bomb, which the super hero threw out the window.
When faced with a tied up Toby Keith being tortured by the Dixie Chicks, the screen read, “We’ll stay out of this one.”
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TweetPaisley, Bentley fueled by ‘Alcohol’
It’s a good thing Brad Paisley has a song called ‘Alcohol.’
The fans who attend the Country Concert at Hickory Hill Lakes would be the first to admit drinking is a key part of the weekend.
So Paisley’s rendition of the song was a welcome part of his performance. It didn’t hurt that Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan assisted in the tune.
Speaking of Bentley, he performed ahead of Paisley and impressed the crowd as much, opening with ‘Sideways’ and ‘A Whole Lot of Leavin’ Left To Do’.
I thought Kristian Bush of Sugarland ran across the stage a lot, but Bentley sprints.
He performed at the concert three years ago, too.
“Did you guys miss us?” he asked.
Roars were his answer.
At one point, he enlisted a female fan in the front row to pretend to be on a date with him before introducing the song of the ill-fated date, ‘What Was I Thinkin.’
After Bentley, Paisley started at 10 p.m. and played until about midnight. Ten minutes later, he was doing a meet-and-greet with about 20 fans. About half of them got pictures without his hat, which is a rare sight.
His concert was full of its usual spectacular animation, his own hits, covers of others and combinations of some of the two.
“We’re gonna sing all the songs we know,” he told the crowd at the beginning.
He started his performance in the audience. Getting close to the audience was almost his literal downfall. During the encore, he walked to a steep area of the right corner of the stage, slid and was caught by two startled crew members.
Otherwise, it was a smooth performance of the fellow who can crack an off-color joke and write a love song.
In singing ‘I’m Still A Guy,’ the line, ‘You see a famous French painting; I see a drunk naked girl.’ He gestured at some of the minimally dressed gals in the audience and did an ‘Oh shucks’ gesture.
Songs like ‘I’m Gonna Miss Her’, ‘Ticks’, ‘Mud on the Tires’ and others filled the night. During ‘The World’, the screen showed various famous sights across the planet, including Fort Loramie.
But Paisley is proud of his guitar playing and does a lot his animation, he says, to keep the crowd interested while he plays lengthy solos.
So at Saturday’s performance, he played for about five minutes straight while a cartoon about a hero saving country superstars played. It started with these words on the screen: “In a world where country singers are under attack, who will save them?”
It went on to show super hero Paisley saving Carrie Underwood tied on train tracks, Kenny Chesney being attacked by robots on a beach, Reba McIntire being chased by a dinosaur and Alan Jackson, Martina McBride and Sugarland being threatened by a bomb, which the super hero threw out the window.
When faced with a tied up Toby Keith being tortured by the Dixie Chicks, the screen read, “We’ll stay out of this one.”
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TweetMontgomery Gentry, Shelton rock; Paisley to come
Friday’s Country Concert started out with Kacey and Kate performing a set including their own songs and Rolling Stones and Garth Brooks covers.,
The duo, who are twin sisters from Denver, got their start on the reality show ‘Can You Duet?’ They didn’t win, but did get noticed.
On Friday, they had a lot of competition. Those sitting in the fancy seats get free dinner, which started right in the middle of the twins’ performance.
Keith Anderson was up at 6 p.m. and riled the ladies up big time with his performance of XXL. He was every inch his body builder self, let’s just say. Anderson came in second in the Mr. Oklahoma bodybuilding competition.
Fans reacted as positively to Blake Shelton on Friday as perhaps they did super group Sugarland on Thursday. It helped that he added the location ‘Ohio’ to every song possible and spoke of once considering moving here.
During his song, ‘Country Strong’ he told the audience they were ‘cowboys, plow boys and good-lookin’ redneck women.’
Applause!
He performed his first hit, Austin in the middle of his set and closed to Old Red, which was surprising, but really well received.
Montgomery Gentry closed the night with a raucous performance of their hits and cuts from their upcoming CD.
The audience was chided to be louder repeatedly by Eddie Montgomery, wearing his usual stark black hat and long coat.
He twirled the microphone stand and smiled maniacally at fans.
They loved it.
Coming Saturday: It’s the big day. Dierks Bentley plays at 8 p.m. but bigger yet, Brad Paisley at 10 p.m.
Return to DaytonDailyNews.com for stories and pictures from Saturday’s performances.
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TweetBlake Shelton does NOT need makeup
Yesterday I met the very sweet Rockie Lynne, an emerging performer who played in the saloon. I also met Rory from Joey and Rory, who also was very kind.
I have not met Blake Shelton but he is about 10 feet from me right now and it is so cool.
He is really tall.
Before he performed at 8 p.m. on Friday, he did an interview.
The interviewer at one point stood on a bale of straw to stay in the camera shot with him. At first refusing a ‘touch-up’ of makeup, he agreed. A woman in line for a meet-and-greet with Shelton, shouted, “He don’t need it.”
Later, as fans clamored for his attention, he yelled, “Hey!!!” (and scared me to death.)
“Don’t’ tell people I’m getting makeup, y’all,” he said later.
Go to our web gallery to see pictures of this and come back later to see pictures of his performance.
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TweetDayton man gets freaky in D.C.
A Dayton man is performing in the Washington D.C. premiere of a drama about “freaks” in a carnival sideshow.
Andrew Mitakides, a graduate of Centerville High School who has a theater degree from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, has also lined up his first film role later this summer.
He is appearing in the Carson Kreitzer play “Freakshow” at the annual Capital Fringe Festival. He plays Mr. Flip, owner of the show, who sees himself as another P.T. Barnum.
“Freakshow” will be presented through July 23 in the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent at 607 New York Ave. NW. More information is available at (866) 811-411, or www.capfringe.org.
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TweetFatima Washington debuts at Therapy Cafe’s Soul Food Sunday
It’s difficult for a new singer from another state to play a local bar for the first time and knock the audience off its feet, but that doesn’t scare vocalist Fatima Washington of Ft. Wayne, Ind.
She’s an R&B singer, gushing with confidence, who will make her debut in Dayton on Sunday, July 12, at 8 p.m. for Soul Food Sunday at Therapy Cafe, 452 E. Third St.
“I sang a lot while I was in high school,” Washington said from Ft. Wayne. “But from 2001 to 2005 I quit singing professionally to go to college. After college I made up my mind to pursue music full time. I have a really good management team working for me and I’m confident our show will be great.”
Since revitalizing her career Fatima has performed for Ft. Wayne Women’s Magazine and has opened for artists such as Keith Sweat, Bobby Valentino, the SOS Band, The Whispers, Paul Anka and others.
Emma Downs, features writer for the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette, said Washington’s style is “both soft and powerful filled with the echoes of R&B and soul pioneers such as Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle.”
Washington, who will be accompanied by a local band, is crystal clear on where she sits on the musical map.
“I’m not neo-soul or pop,” she said. “I’m an R&B singer but I can end up writing songs with a totally different sound. One of the songs on my new album has a Kelly Clarkson rock sound. So, my music spans the gamut.”
HOW TO GO Who: R&B singer Fatima Washington When: Sunday, July 12, 8 p.m. Where: Therapy Cafe, 452 E. Third St. How Much: $7 For More Information: Call (937) 461-4000
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TweetWhat to expect at Friday’s Country Concert
Today is expected to be a lot hotter at Country Concert, with temperatures in the high 80s and high humidity, but when people are so friendly, it’s pretty easy to tolerate.
The fans are friendly, the staff is friendly and the artists, bands and crew were friendly. My first Country Concert has been a pleasure so far.
Come back to this site to see how Kate and Kacey’s 4 p.m performance went, along with how Keith Anderson at 6 p.m. did and how Justin Moore’s two performances at the Saloon were.
The big names tonight are Blake Shelton at 8 p.m. I’ll be on the lookout for girlfriend Miranda Lambert in the crowd or backstage.
Montgomery Gentry performs at 10 p.m. I found a group of people listening to the concert behind the fence (yep! No tickets.) on horseback. They said a few years ago they took Gentry horseback riding. They promise to tell me the story today and I’ll give you the scoop.
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TweetStadium seats available for Dylan show
If you want to see Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson at Fifth Third Field today, Friday, July 10, then sitting down on the job won’t do.
About 200 reserved seats in the stadium were still available as noon. They were made available after promoters determined that sightlines would offer a clear view, not an obstructed one. They had previously announced that stadium seating was sold out .
There’s also still plenty of room on the field. Those passes are for standing, but are located closer to the stage. Price for all tickets is $67.50 for adults and free for each youth (14 and under) accompanied by a paying adult.
They are on sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Dayton Dragons box office at Fifth Third Field, 220 N. Patterson Blvd.; by phone at the box office, (937) 228-2287; or online from Ticketmaster or at www.daytondragons.com.
Gates will open at 5 p.m. Opening act The Two-Man Gentlemen Band will play at 5:30. Nelson is scheduled to take the stage at 6:30, Mellencamp at 7:35 and Dylan from 9:30 to 10:45 p.m
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TweetHighlights from Thursday’s Country Concert
Here are some highlights of the first day of Country Concert at Hickory Hill Lakes.
Country duo-married couple Joey and Rory posed for pictures with fans in a formal meet-and greet setting, but the best moment was seeing the couple pose casually with a family, especially the moment where Rory helped them with their camera.
The duo also travel with their old dog, Rufus, who sniffed for a long time in the gravel to find somewhere to go.
Rockie Lynne performed in the intimate setting of The Saloon. The setting is so intimate that Rockie started handing out beer to those in front.
Little Big Town members also participated in formal photo sessions for fans. They’re positively stunning in person. Each one of them.
After their performance, they hung around backstage with many taking turns holding Kimberly Roads’ nearly-two-year-old daughter, who she was very pregnant with last time the group performed in Fort Loramie.
Little Big Town was part of another highlight. When Sugarland performed, the crowd lost it when Jennifer Nettles invited Little Big Town back on stage to sing Life in a Northern Town with them.
Sugarland alone was worth the price of admission. Nettles and Kristian Bush always have a high-energy concert, but it was even more on Thursday as Bush was in constant motion, often running across the stage. They sung their biggest hits and an 80s medley featuring Madonna, Michael Jackson and the Emotions, ‘Best of My Love.’
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TweetCountry Concert kicks off with fans, performers mingling
Country Concert at Hickory Hill Lakes kicked off Thursday, July 9 with country stars mingling with fans and each other.
After doing a soundcheck, fans descended on Joey and Rory for autographs and pictures.
After a meet-and-greet with fans with VIP tickets, Rory hung out at a backstage picnic table with Rockie Lynne, discussing music, reality TV and tractors.
Before introducing himself to a stranger, Lynne said he heard the “greatest performer since Garth Brooks” was playing at one of the stages.
Turns out it was him. His 16-year-old daughter Allie busted him.
Lynne said he was excited to play at this event that he called “legendary.” He was quite the fan of the event, listing many facts about the Country Concert’s history.
“This is unique in the fact that this is the big event that happens in this place every year,” Lynne said. “What I love is we’re able to play this year in the side stage so we’re able to get real up close and personal with people.”
Allie, 16, is was happy to be traveling with her dad this summer while he tours.
“I am having fun,” Allie said. “This is a cool thing to get to experience.”
Later tonight Little Big Town and Sugarland perform. Return to DaytonDailyNews.com to read about their performance and see photos of the concert. Coverage will continue through Sunday.
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TweetCulture Works may cut allocations
Culture Works, which has extended its annual campaign for two months in response to declining donations, said constituents should anticipate smaller portions as a result.
Scheduled to end June 30, the 2009 drive will continue to Aug. 31 in hopes of closing an estimated 18 percent gap between contributions and the goal of $1.7 million.
President and CEO Denise Rehg said the united arts fund anticipates being able to provide less to area arts groups including Cityfolk, Dayton Ballet, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Dayton Opera, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, The Human Race Theatre Company, and The Muse Machine.
Smaller and emerging groups including K12 Gallery for Young People, the Dayton Playhouse, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Kettering Children’s Choir, Rhythm in Shoes and others will also be affected.
Despite overall results, Culture Works has seen record numbers in individual donations and workplace giving. “Over 260 new individual donors and 1,280 new workplace giving donors gave to the arts so far this year. We’ve also seen over 102,000 new dollars come through the campaign,” said board chair Laura Nyquist.
Call Culture Works at (937) 222-2787 or go online to www.cultureworks.org. Individuals who give $75 or more will receive the Passport, good for two-for-one tickets and discounts to a variety of arts events around the Dayton region as well as restaurant and retail discounts, and a one-year subscription to the quarterly “The Living Arts.”
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TweetFriends gather yearly for Country Concert
Steven Gels heads to the Country Concert at Hickory Hill Lakes each year and reunites with about 10 of his friends.
The Oakwood resident says wives and girlfriends are invited, but decide to skip a weekend with no indoor plumbing and five days in the heat.
“Most of us have kids, families, and the weekend has evolved into a chance for us to catch up with each other once a year and reminisce a little, with no distractions or obligationsm,” Gels said.
And country music. By the time the concert is over they will have heard Sugarland, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Little Big Town, Montgomery Gentry and Rodney Atkins.
The friends comes from Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana, but most are from southwestern Ohio.
“We joke about the fact that one guy drives from Nashville, Tennessee to Ft. Loramie, Ohio to listen to country music! ”
Check back with DaytonDailyNews.com to read about and see many pictures of the concert and concert-goers. We will have coverage from Thursday through Sunday.
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TweetDayton Art Institute closes library to the public; plans change in weekend hours for fall
DAYTON — It’s a sign of the times. The Dayton Art Institute continues to make adjustments as a result of continuing economic pressures.
The Lott Memorial Library, previously open to the public by appointment, is now closed to outsiders, effective July 1. Established in 1922, the library holds a large collection related to the visual arts and architecture.
“There seems to be an impression that we might be selling the library, but that is not the case,” said DAI director Jan Driesbach on Tuesday, July 7. “We will be looking to develop a long-term plan to address the library.”
Museum docents, who regularly meet on Mondays, will now be meeting on Tuesdays. Because the museum is now closed on Mondays to the public, Driesbach said it will make it easier to have the classes when the museum is open and that there will be a “slight savings” in terms of keeping the lights off. “It is also a security guard and safety issue,” she said.
Other recent announcements: • As of Sept. 1, weekend hours at the museum will be noon to 5 p.m. instead 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Driesbach said that change is designed to accommodate visitors. “That will realize slight savings, but the true motivation is the traffic in the museum: we’re finding we don’t have people especially on Sundays before noon, and on weekends people do come in at 3 or 3:30 p.m. and are surprised that the museum isn’t going to be open longer.”
•The DAI’s most recent staff cutbacks, she said, involved three full time and two part time positions. They included visitor services/volunteer manager, web site manager and a development assistant. The part-time jobs included the museum librarian and an art handler. “We will be working with both volunteers and remaining staff to cover responsibilities as much as possible,” said Driesbach.
Driesbach said the various changes are a result of the continuing impact of the economy “on both our endowment and fund raising” and also “our commitment to assuring that we are fiscally responsible and positioning the museum for a strong future.”
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TweetField seats left for Dylan stadium show
Stadium seats are sold out for the Friday, July 10, concert with Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson at Fifth Third Field. But plenty of on-field, general admission passes remain.
There will be no seats on the field. Those admissions for standing only, but will be located closer to the stage.
Dayton will be the fourth stop on the musical icons’ 22-city tour of minor league ballparks. The opener is July 2 in Sauget, Ill. The finale is Aug. 15 in Stockton, Calif.
Jeff Stewart, vice president of ticketing for the Dayton Dragons, who play at Fifth Third Field, said the event is selling even better than concerts the past two summers — Counting Crows with Collective Soul in 2007 and Vanessa Hudgens with Corbin Bleu in 2008.
Gates for the show will open at 5 p.m. The tentative lineup will be: opening act The Two-Man Gentlemen Band at 5:30 p.m., Willie Nelson at 6:30 p.m., John Mellencamp at 7:35 p.m. and Bob Dylan from 9:30 to 10:45 p.m.
Tickets are $67.50 for adults and free for each concertgoer age 14 and under who is accompanied by a paying adult.
They are on sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the Dayton Dragons box office at Fifth Third Field, 220 N. Patterson Blvd.; by phone at the box office, (937) 228-2287; or online from Ticketmaster or at www.daytondragons.com.
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TweetCityfolk Festival wrap up
It didn’t take long for Cityfolk Executive Director John Harris to find words to describe the 2009 Cityfolk Festival which took place Friday through Sunday, July 3 - 5.
“It was great,” Harris said. “It came off very well.”
The festival got off with a bang on Friday July 3 with what Harris called the largest crowd on RiverScape MetroPark ever at one time.
But on Saturday, Mother Nature held sway.
“Saturday was a little disappointing,” Harris said. “The rains came and it drizzled all day. But we did get good crowds on Saturday night and I think some of the performances were the best of any festival we’ve hosted.”
The highlight of Saturday’s lineup was a performance by banjo artist Bela Fleck and Malian singer Oumou Sangare.
“It was just amazing,” Harris said. “It was unbelievable. By the time they performed the drizzle had kind of tapered off. But the moment they walked off stage it started raining again. It was a huge crowd and I don’t think it affected them too much. The Family Stage and the Dance Stage are always completely enclosed. We do that for the very reason of rain.”
The Sunday must-see was Bluegrass artist, Ralph Stanley.
“He’s a legend,” Harris said. “He still has it and his band is still great. Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper is a much younger band but I think everyone is convinced that they are one of the top Bluegrass bands in the business.”
The Dance Stage featured the propulsive rhythms of Afromotive and Chicago Samba.
“There was great stuff on the dance stage,” Harris said. “The festival was a great success. Now we have to get about the work of planning next years Cityfolk Festival.”
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TweetDCDC moving out of downtown
The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company has announced plans to move its studios and offices from the Metropolitan Arts Center in downtown Dayton to Central State University’s branch campus building at 840 Germantown St.
Executive director Ro Nita Hawes-Saunders said the agreement between the two predominantly black institutions marks a new collaboration with CSU, but does not preclude long-standing discussions about a connection between the 40-year-old dance company and the University of Dayton.
“We can and will form relationships with other universities, colleges and suitable institutions in the future,” she said.
It solidifies DCDC’s withdrawal from downtown. Several weeks ago, the troupe announced that it will not be performing at the Victoria Theatre in the coming season. Its home concerts have been moved to the performing arts center at Centerville High School.
The decision grew out of a new strategic plan and business model that calls for DCDC and a university or college to benefit mutually by exchanging resources and services. It was widely expected outside the company that UD might be that institution, based on previous announcements.
CSU president John W. Garland said CSU is “thrilled to house a nationally recognized dance company of DCDC’s caliber” on its Dayton campus. “This will help us realize our longstanding goal of expanding opportunities for students in the fine and performing arts.”
DCDC artistic director Debbie Blunden-Diggs said the step takes the company and its dance school back “full circle to their origins” in West Dayton at the nearby Linden Center in the Wright-Dunbar district.
DCDC’s departure will leave offices and three dance studios vacant on the second floor of the Metropolitan Arts Center, which is adjacent to the Victoria Theatre and is owned by the Arts Center Foundation. Other tenants on that floor include Culture Works and Cityfolk.
It continues a downsizing trend by Dayton’s three professional dance companies. Earlier this year, the Dayton Ballet moved its administrative offices from a wing on the second floor of the Victoria Theatre building into the small dance studio on the third floor of the same building. Rhythm in Shoes has announced that the 2009-10 season will be its last.
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TweetAerosmith show postponed
The Aerosmith show with ZZ Top scheduled to happen tonight — July 1 — at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati has been postponed. The Riverbend site states the following: “AEROSMITH TONIGHT IS POSTPONED! Due to an injury within the band tonight’s concert is postponed! We will announce the rescheduled date asap and tickets will still be vaild at this date.” Click here to see the Riverbend page. It may down the road in Cincinnati but we’re guessing there are plenty of folks in town planning on attending, which is why we bring it to your attention.
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