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May 2019
City High AND West High Jazz Ensembles
Under the direction of Aaron Ottmar, the City High Little Hawks Jazz program will again be playing at the Friday Night Concert Series. The Little Hawks play at multiple venues each year, and always look forward to the opportunity to play at the Friday Night Concert Series. Rich & Rob Medd direct the dynamic West High Trojan Jazz program, presenting their top two jazz ensembles. The Friday Night Concert Series is a great opportunity for the students to get…
Find out more »Annie Savage and the Savage Hearts
The Savage Hearts are a rising bluegrass-meets-honky-tonk band on Colorado’s musically innovative Front Range. Featuring string pedagogue Annie Savage along with songwriter/educator Kevin Slick, Old Town Pickin’ Parlor owner Kit Simon, fiddle phenom Nancy Steinberger and the driving bass boogie of Keith Summers, this Southwestern Bluegrass band specializes in high energy performances and has a passion for providing educational outreach. Members of The Savage Hearts band have recorded, performed and produced more than 30 albums. Headed up by fiddler and…
Find out more »June 2019
Home Brewed AND Brad & the Big Wave
Home Brewed is a fun-filled, mixed generational group, playing Bluesy Rock and Roll and Rockabilly, mostly in support of non-profit organizations who are helping the less fortunate in society. They play a mix of tunes: from classics by the likes of Johnny Cash, Stray Cats, Keb Mo, LIttle Walter, and, Eric Clapton, to current bands such as Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Kaleo, and JJ Grey and Mofro as well as some original songs. Singer-songwriter Brad Pouleson, formerly of…
Find out more »Jumanji, Welcome to the Jungle
Run time: 1hr 59min Rating: PG-13 Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillian, Kevin Hart, Jack Black Plot: Four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QKg5SZ_35I
Find out more »Everyday People AND James Tutson & the Rollback
Everyday People is a local Iowa City trio(sax, bass, drums)that creates original groove oriented conscious soul music-E.D.P.S.W’s music touches on various issues that concern the human race in today’s world. James Tutson and The Rollback are a soul/rock band from Iowa City. Their debut album On Hope was released in the fall of 2017 and is available on iTunes and Spotify. Critics have described their music as “roughed up soul,” which speaks to the pairing of frontman James Tutson’s deep…
Find out more »The Greatest Showman
Run Time: 1hr 45min Rating: PG Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron Plot: Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXCTMGYUg9A
Find out more »The Fez
If you are a Steely Dan fan, The Fez is going to knock your socks off! The Fez is a 15-piece band composed of some of the finest musicians in Eastern Iowa dedicated to faithfully reproducing the jazz/rock fusion masterpieces of Steely Dan. Featuring a 4-piece horn section, 3 backup singers, 2 keyboardists (including a genuine Rhodes 88), 2 guitarists, and one of the best rhythm sections around, The Fez captures the magic of Steely Dan’s glory days. The band…
Find out more »Galaxy Quest
Run time: 1 hr 42 min Rating: PG Starring: Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver Plot: The stars of a 1970s sci-fi show - now scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions - are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft. Believing the cast's heroic on-screen dramas are historical documents of real-life adventures, the band of aliens turn to the ailing celebrities for help in their quest to overcome the oppressive regime in their solar system. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B34jbC43XzA
Find out more »Soul Sherpa AND Plastic Relations
Soul Sherpa is a Funk/Soul Musical collective ranging from 5-10 members. From a groove pumping rhythm section to a four-piece sizzling horn section, Soul Sherpa mashes multiple styles and genres of music creating a massive musical experience. Soul Sherpa recorded their debut LP ‘Same Wave Train’ with Luke Tweedy of Flat Black Studios in June of 2016. Plastic Relations is a locally-grown cover band focused on good times and great fun. They tailor set-lists to fit a theme or event,…
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