Bianca Ryan, Winner of “America’s Got Talent” to perform at Holiday Show

 

The Mainstage Center for the Arts presents it annual Holiday Concert and Cookie walk on Sunday, December 21st at 2:00 pm in the Dennis Flyer Theatre located in Lincoln Hall on the Blackwood Campus of Camden County College at 200 College Drive, Blackwood, New Jersey.

As you enter the theatre, take a short walk down the cookie high way and treat your self to the purchase of a variety of home made cookies and treats. Then settle down into the comfort of the recently renovated Dennis Flyer Theatre to enjoy the sights and sounds of three professionally staged and directed youth choirs. Merry are the sights and sounds of Encore and Harmony Show Choirs, two auditioned groups of professionally staged and choreographed middle and high school performers from all over the Delaware Valley. Their fully staged tribute to Christmas will be complimented by the melodious sounds of the Gloucester County Children’s Choir, a select group of South Jersey vocalists between the ages of 9 and 17 under the direction of Sylvia Richardson. An afternoon of musical treasures both new and old will help to keep your family in the holiday mood. In addition to the choirs, our new dance troupe, High Pointe will debut with three new dances celebrating the holiday season. Additionally, Bianca Ryan, winner of the season premiere of NBC America’s got Talent will perform in our concert. Bianca is currently working with arranger, Quincy Jones, on a new album.

Don’t miss a minute of these melodious medleys of musical treasures and an opportunity to stir holiday merriment in family members of all ages. Tickets are $11.00 and $8 for senior citizens, children and groups. They can be purchased on line at www.mainstage.org or by calling 856-227-3091. This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and funds from the National Endowment for the Arts .

 

Sinatra Big Band Birthday Bash

Get Ready to Celebrate the Holiday Season as Mainstage Center For the Arts and Kortair Productions presents “The Sinatra Big Band Birthday Bash,” Sunday, December 14th, from 1- 4 pm, at the beautiful new Stardust Ballroom, on Browning Rd, in Bellmawr, NJ.  Andy Kortman of WNJC1360 and WFYL 1180 will be your host as we mark what would have been Frank’s 93rd Birthday by welcoming The John Hoey Orchestra and vocalist, Rick Anthony, as they showcase the timeless classics made famous by Frank Sinatra. The orchestra will also be joined by the Harmony and Encore Showchoirs in-between acts with an assortment of holiday tunes to liven your holiday spirits.

This is going to be a GREAT party. Door open at 1:00pm. The All New Stardust Ballroom features the largest sprung  dance floor in South Jersey. We will provide some light desserts and coffee, please feel free to bring your own bottle and any addition munchies you may crave. We’re having a party!!!!!! For those who love to dance, you can’t ask for more than Sinatra at the Stardust, but for those who just want to watch a great show, you will be transported back to the supper clubs of the  of the 1940’s with a ringside table. The Stardust is all on one level and  is easily accessible. 

You will also enjoy the holiday sounds of the Harmony and Encore Choirs as they sing and dance in a professionally choreography production. These talented young performers are some of the best that South Jersey has to offer. Harmony recently performed at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World and was featured during the 4th of July Welcome America activities at the foot of the Art Museum in Philadelphia.

All of this for only $25!!!!!!

Lovers of Sinatra’s music know that not only did he sing the best songs from the best composers and lyricists, but he also had the best arrangers. Hearing Sinatra’s music on CD or record is one thing, but to hear it live sends a rush to any lover of the big band sound. There are many Sinatra impersonators around and make no mistake, there was only one Frank Sinatra, and there will never be another. What makes this concert so special is that song stylist Rick Anthony does not try to impersonate Frank Sinatra, but is himself, a wonderful stylist of the classic American standard song. He has performed at private parties as vocalist for both Frank Sinatra, Jr and Nancy Sinatra. At a private party in New York for the Sinatras, Rick seranaded Nancy Sinatra with the song “Someone to Watch Over Me” - a song her dad use to sing to her when she was a little girl. 

The 8-piece John Hoey Orchestra, on the other hand, is an extremely hot band. The music is first class with tight arrangements and virtuoso performances that captures accurately the Sinatra music. This will be a fabulous concert. If you love the sounds of Sinatra, the arrangments of Nelson Riddle, and Quincy Jones, the music and lyrics of Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Oscar Hammerstein, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin, then this is the concert for you at a great price.