Reciprocal Concerts
Ottawa Concerts –
Call Ruth Ann Robertson for more info at 815-672-9694
Saturday September 19, 2009 - 7pm – Ottawa High School
Barbary Coast Dixieland Band
“Not just another band – but a complete stage show!”
Not only is their music sensational, but they punctuate each performance with wit and zany comedy and include a variety of novelty numbers that add seasoning to each well planned concert.
Their jazz message has been spread far and wide, from Minnesota to Florida and from Arizona to Japan. “Bring them back next year!” is the comment heard consistently from audience members. A Barbary Coast performance is truly a memorable experience!!!!
Friday October 16, 2009 - 7pm – Ottawa High School
Paul Asaro
Known as one of the finest of a select group of pianists who perform the demanding two-handed piano styles, including the Stride piano of Fats Waller, the New Orleans style of Jelly Roll Morton, the ragtime of Scott Joplin, plus stomps, boogie-woogie and swing.
Friday March 5, 2010 - 7pm – Ottawa High School
Everything Fitz – The Fitzgerald Family
A family band featuring the high-energy fiddling and percussive step dancing of four of Canada’s finest young musicians. Julie, Kerry and Tom are all champion fiddlers. Additional instrumentation includes Pat on percussion along with parents Pam and Paddy providing accompaniment on piano and bass guitar. An audience favorite is the award-winning step dancing routines performed by all four siblings.
Friday April 16, 2010 - 7pm – Church of the Nazarene (Rt.23 across from Farm & Fleet)
Home Free –A Cappella
A perfect fusion of comedy and four-part harmony
While Home Free has four singers like other a cappella groups, and produces all the percussive effects with their voices and microphones, like the others, Home Free is carving new ground, expanding their audience’s horizons, and introducing its own unique flavor to the musical world. Their genre of music is an expansive mix ranging from pop songs to classical and even techno...all successfully done with only the human voice, their mikes and a state of the art sound system.
Freeport Concerts –
Call Marjorie Phillips for more info at 815-232-4214
All concerts in the Masonic Temple in Freeport
Sunday October 18, 2009 –3pm
Profile of Two
Saturday December12, 2009 –3pm
Dickens Carollers
To Be Announced
A pianist
Korean Opera Singers
Jazz Ensembles