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Quick
Art Numbers
| Lowndes/Valdosta
Arts Commision |
229-247-ARTS
(247-2787) |
| Theatre
Guild Valdosta, |
229-24-STAGE
(247-8243) |
| Wild
Adventures |
229-559-1330 |
| VSU
Art Department |
229-333-5835 |
| VSU
Theatre Box Office |
229-333-5973 |
| VSU
Music Department |
229-333-5804 |
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| THEATRE
GUILD VALDOSTA |
The Guild
is in its celebratory Encore Season, featuring repeats of four major
productions from the theater group’s first decade. Audiences
from the last season’s shows voted for the plays they wanted
to see again and, for the
2002-03 season, the Guild delivers.
Times: Guild performances traditionally start 8 p.m. for two sets
of Thursday through Saturday shows, with a 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee
for each show. Thursday performances usually offer an optional,
advanced reservations dinner-theater setting, at 6:30 p.m., for
an additional price. Children’s performances traditionally
are offered at different times.
GUILD
SCHEDULE
The Odd Couple: playwright Neil Simon, Feb. 6-9,
Feb. 13-15.
Oscar Madison and Felix Unger are together again.
Children’s Spring Performance:
March 21-23.
Arsenic And Old Lace: playwright Joseph Kesselring,
May 8-11, May 15-17. Classic comedy of two older women and a set
of mysteriously disappearing boarders.
Location:
The Dosta Playhouse, 122 N. Ashley St., Valdosta.
Cost: Show tickets, $10, except where noted; dinner theater and
show, $25, except where noted; season tickets available. More information:
24-STAGE (247-8243).
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| WILD
ADVENTURES THEME PARK |
In addition
to hundreds of rides, amusements and animals, the park also regularly
features bigname music concerts and other events throughout the year.
Times and days vary for each event and concert. Most oncerts
are located on the park’s outdoor stage, with festival and reserved
seating available. Cost: Concerts and events are usually included
in the park’s regular admission price: $29.95 (plus tax), adults;
$23.95 (plus
tax), seniors (ages 55-up), juniors (ages 3-9); free, children under
3; reserved seating available for an additional cost. More information:
559-1330.
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| THEATRE
CHORAL GUILD |
Valdosta Choral
Guild is composed of people who enjoy singing in the region. The Guild
presents an average of two concerts annually — one in late fall
and one during the spring. More information, call 794-2155.
VALDOSTA CHORAL GUILD SCHEDULE
Fall/Holiday Season Concert: Dec. 8-9, Park Avenue
United Methodist
Church, 100 E. Park Ave. Guild is scheduled to perform composer John
Rutter’s “Gloria,” choruses from “The Messiah,”
etc.
Spring Concert: May 4-5, Park Avenue United Methodist
Church. Concert line-up to be announced.
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| VALDOSTA
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA |
The VSO presents
its 13th season of concerts as well as celebrates the 10th season
with its music director and conductor James Plondke.
Times: All concerts are 8 p.m. Saturdays, except
where noted.
Location: Whitehead Auditorium, Valdosta State
University Fine Arts Building, corner of Oak and Brookwood.
Cost: $17.50 per individual concert; $50, season
tickets (which includes four concerts but not the concerts listed
as “Pops”). More information: ArtSouth, 333-2150.
VSO
SCHEDULE
Greatest Generation: (Pops concert), Dec. 7. Music,
composers: “Symphony No. 3,” Aaron Copeland; “Dance
Episode from On The Town,” Leonard Bernstein; “Victory
at Sea (symphonic suite from “South Pacific”), Richard
Rodgers; “Moonlight Serenade,” “In The Mood,”
Glenn Miller; “Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy,” Andrew Sisters;
“Theme from Saving Private Ryan,” John Williams, etc.
Valentine
Pops (Pops oncert): Friday, Feb. 14, with guest: John Hagstrom,
trumpet. Music, composers: “Carmen Fantasy,” Bizet/Proto;
“Believe Me All Those Enduring Young Charms,” traditional/Hunsberger;
“The Girl with the Flaxen Hair,” Debussy; “American
in Paris,” Gershwin; “Stardust,” Carmichael; Love
Song Premiere, Tayloe Harding, etc.
Perfect
Piano — Take Two!: March 8, with guest: the return
of John O’Conor, piano. Music, composer: “Overture to
Coriolanus,” Beethoven; “Symphony No. 101 in D Major
(Clock),” Haydn;
Piano
Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major” Beethoven.Viva Italia:
May 3, with soloists, guests: Leigh Adoff, soprano, Paul Spencer
Adkins, tenor, David Lee Johnson and Valdosta Symphony Chorus. Music,
composers: “Overture
to Semiramide,” Rossini; “Recondita armonia from Tosca,”
Puccini; Un bel di, Intermezzo, and Con onor muore from Madame Butterfly,”
Puccini; Overture and Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco,
Verdi; “Final Scene, Act II, La Traviata,”
Verdi; “The Pines of Rome,” Respighi.
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| LVAC
ART EXHIBITS |
Lowndes/Valdosta
Arts Commission has several exhibits, from local and regional artists
monthly.
Times: Each show opens with a 5-7 p.m. Monday reception
on the opening date.
Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays;
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays; 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sundays.
Location: Lowndes/Valdosta Arts Center, 1204 N. Patterson
St.
Cost: Receptions and exhibits are free to the public.
More information: 247-ARTS (247-2787).
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| VSU
MUSIC DEPARTMENT |
Valdosta
State Music Department has numerous recitals, concerts and events
planned during the next several months. The majority are held within
the VSU Fine Arts Building, though some are located in other areas.
Cost: A large number of the events are free and
open to the public. For more detailed information on any of these
events, call VSU Music Department, 333-5804.
VSU
MUSIC SCHEDULE
Recitals: Dec. 2; Brian Bondari, composition, 7:30
p.m. Dec. 8.
Ensembles: Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4.
Special performances: VSU Choirs, 7:30 p.m. Dec.
9; South Georgia String Project, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10.
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LVAC
PRESENTER SERIES |
Lowndes/Valdosta
Arts Commission has scheduled four shows featuring performers from
national touring companies for its 2002-03 Presenter Series season.
Times: 8 p.m. for all shows, plus a 6:30 p.m. optional,
advanced-reservations dinner prior to each show.
Location: Mathis City Auditorium, 2311 Williams St.,
with pre-show dinners served in the auditoriums multi-purpose room.
Tickets: $30 per show; $50 for dinner and show; $95
season tickets (does not include pre-show dinners).
More information: LVAC, 247-ARTS (247-2787).
LVAC PRESENTER SERIES SCHEDULE
Radio Days!: Tuesday, Jan. 21. A story wrapped around
the golden era of radio, featuring songs such as “Moonlight
In Vermont” “Dream,” “The Trolley Song,”
etc.
Porgy & Bess: George and Ira Gershwin, Tuesday,
March 4. A musical masterpiece, featuring songs like “Summertime,”
“It Ain’t Necessarily So,” “I Got Plenty of
Nuttin’” etc. |
| VSU
THEATRE |
Valdosta State
University Theatre Department presents several shows in the 2002-03
season.
Times: Most performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and run
a week with a 3 p.m. Sunday matinee, except where otherwise noted.
Location: In the various stages within the VSU Fine
Arts Building, corner of Oak and Brookwood.
Cost: Tickets for all shows, except where noted,
are priced at $7, adults; $6, senior citizen; $5, child or non©VSU
student; $4, group; free, VSU student with ID.
Season tickets: $35 ($30, for VSU faculty and staff).
More information: VSU box office, 333-5973.
VSU THEATRE SCHEDULE
Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! JR. (annual children’s production):
10:30 a.m. Feb. 8, March 1; 7:30 p.m., Feb. 7 and 28. Musical numbers
based on the educational cartoon shorts of the 1970s. Fun for kids
and adults.
The Laramie Project: playwright Moises Kaufman, Feb.
20-26. A dramatization of the brutal 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard,
a gay University of Wyoming student.
Picasso at the Lapin Agile: playwright Steve Martin,
March 20-26. An imaginary, comic meeting between Picasso and Albert
Einstein as young men.
Children of Eden: lyricist/composer Stephen Schwartz,
April 24-30. A musical
based on The Bible’s Book of Genesis. Tickets: $10, adults;
$8, senior citizens; $6, child, non-VSU student; $6, group; free,
VSU student with ID.
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| VSU
ART EXHIBITS |
Valdosta
State University Art Department presents several art exhibits during
the 2002-03 season. The majority of the exhibits opening dates are
public receptions, which are generally 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays, except
where noted.
Gallery hours: Various times and days.
Location: Art Gallery, VSU Fine Arts Building.
Cost: Free and open to the public. More information:
333-5835.
VSU
EXHIBIT SCHEDULE
Nov. 17-Dec. 9, with a 2-4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 17, reception. The
works of VSU students graduating in December.
Valdosta National 2003, Jan. 21-Feb. 16, with a
reception, 7-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 21. The second year of VSU’s
expanded exhibit which invites artists from across the nation to
enter for a juried show.
VSU Student Competition, Feb. 24-March 9. VSU art
students compete for gallery space in a juried show of their best
work. Ronald M. Zaccari — Sculpture, March 17-April 8. VSU’s
president displays his sculptures.
VSU Senior Exhibition Spring 2003, April 13-May
5, with reception 2-4 p.m.,
Sunday, April 13. Spring art graduates present their best work. |
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