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The BlueMoon
is published bi-monthly by the Kentucky Arts Council. Please send comments,
questions and information to The Blue Moon, Kentucky Arts Council, Old
Capitol Annex, 300 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601-1980 or call 502/564-3757V/TDD
Toll Free: 1-888-833-2787
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Choirs from all over the Commonwealth will perform for the chance to be recognized as the finest gospel choir in Kentucky. |
During this past summer in Owensboro, Hazard, Paducah, Louisville, Bowling Green, Hopkinsville and Lexington, gospel choirs have participated in regional showcases to determine who would compete in the National City Great Kentucky Gospel Shout Out to be held Sunday, October 19 at a festival celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts.
Choirs from all over the Commonwealth will perform for the chance to be recognized as the finest gospel choir in Kentucky. All choirs will perform gospel music from the roots of the African-American experience is the style of Mississippi Mass Choir, Kirk Franklin and James Cleveland. This is the first statewide showcase ever held and everyone is encouraged to come and support our excellent choirs. The showcase is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Shout Out director John Gage at (502) 562-0757 or visit The Kentucky Center Web site at www.kentuckycenter.org/anniversary.
The
Kentucky Center will celebrate twenty years of performing arts and arts
education with a five-day festival, October 15 to October 19: Wednesday,
October 15,- and Thursday, October 16 The Kentucky Center Arts and Culture
Festival Celebrate the region's arts and cultural community with two days
of exhibits, performances, displays and fun. Free and open to the public.
Friday, October 17
20th Anniversary Black Tie Gala
Rub elbows at a fundraiser with circus acts, the Kentucky premiere of Disney's The Lion King presented by PNC Bank Broadway in Louisville, and an after theater supper. Tickets $1,000 and $750.
Saturday, October 18
The Kentucky Center Governor's School for the Arts Celebration
Enjoy a full day of visual exhibits, film, poetry, music, dance and theater from alumni and faculty of GSA. Free and open to the public!
Saturday, October 18
Country Concert on the Belvedere
It's a real country showcase featuring Russian bluegrass sensations Bering Strait and rising star Steve Azar. Tickets just $10!
Sunday, October 19
The National City Great Kentucky Gospel Shout-Out!
Kentucky's finest will perform in the final round of the statewide showcase,
celebrating the Commonwealth's best with this old-fashioned gospel shout-out!
Sponsored by National City Bank. Supporting Sponsorship by KFC.
Shakespeare
in American Communities is a major initiative of the NEA in cooperation
with Arts Midwest to introduce a new generation of audiences to the greatest
playwright in the English language. This program will tour six professional
theatre companies across the nation for performances and educational activities.
In addition to the performances and community residencies, educational
activities will be augmented by a comprehensive teachers' toolkit developed
specially for Shakespeare in American Communities by the
National Endowment for the Arts.
On October 18, the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre will perform Romeo and Juliet for audiences in the Paducah area for the Four Rivers Center for the Arts. Throughout its history, Chicago Shakespeare Theater has received critical acclaim for artistic excellence and its accessible, creative approach to Shakespeare-the hallmarks of this company's work. Infusing the Theater's work with new vision, world-renowned guest artists, together with Chicago's finest actors, designers, and technicians, continue to create work of the highest artistic caliber. For more information about the performance and activities in the Paducah area contact Stephen Paulsen, Four Rivers Center for the Arts at (270) 443-9932.
The Aquila Theatre Company from New York City will come to participate in the Greater Hazard Performing Arts Series with their production of Othello on November 10, 2003. Innovative and dynamic, the Aquila Theatre Company has gained a well-earned international reputation as one of the foremost producers of touring classical theatre. Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Peter Meineck, Aquila presents fresh and inventive productions of classical drama without unnecessary textual compromise. Founded in 1991 by Peter Meineck, the company has won both critical and academic acclaim for its work worldwide which includes extensive touring throughout Europe, the United States, and Canada. For more information about the Hazard performance of Othello, contact Tammy Duff at (606) 436-5721.
It's
not too late to buy that ticket! Or maybe it is...if all seats are sold
out for the September 6 evening of the arts, when the Kentucky Center
will be host to the last In Performance at the Governor's Mansion.
The lineup of Kentucky talent for the KET videotaped performance will
include African dance and drumming with Harlina Churn, cellist Michael
Fitzpatrick & the Gordon Dance Project, the Bluegrass sounds of Hog
Operation, the Imani Dance & Drum Company, the Kentucky Jazz Connection
and the American Spiritual Ensemble. The American Spiritual Ensemble,
whose members come from all over North America, has delighted audiences
throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Keeping the American Negro
spiritual alive, the Ensemble was founded by Everett McCorvey, Professor
of Voice and Director of Opera at the University of Kentucky and current
board member of the Kentucky Arts Council.