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La Porte County Symphony
Orchestra
presents
State Fair: A Blue Ribbon
Event
an evening with a festival atmosphere of
orchestrated antics and a carnival that
includes
the thrill of American competition
Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: La Porte Civic
Auditorium
1001 Ridge
Street
La Porte
Indiana 46350
Table Seating: $25, 8-10 people per table
Table Reservations: Call TODAY!
Balcony: $18 Adult, $15 Senior (65+), Free Student/Children
Purchase tickets at www.LCSO.net,
219-362-9020, or mail a check to LCSO, P.O. Box
563, La Porte, IN 46352
Balcony Tickets available also at the La Porte Civic Auditorium
PRESS CONTACT ONLY: Additional information from Lee Bauman, Executive Director executive@LCSO.net, 219 362-9020 office, 630-235-8676 cell, photos available from admin@LCSO.net
It is time to get your table reservation
for the April Pops Concert! The La
Porte County Symphony Orchestra season of Symphonic Surprises will finish with
dazzling and award winning entertainment for the whole family. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, the La Porte Civic Auditorium will be transformed into the theme of State
Fair: A Blue Ribbon Event. The
musical selections, the sights, extra performers and perhaps some "smells" will
remind the audience of a great State Fair evening. The Robert J. Hiler Family is one of the concert sponsors, a
long-standing tradition for the April Pops. In addition this year, Dr. & Mrs. Charles F. Hagenow
have chosen to be designated as concert supporters of this event, showing their
support of the orchestra's work with the community.
For many weeks, Matt Nelson has been rehearsing an
eager group of elementary students who make up the LCSO Children's Chorus. This group has a desire to sing, is enthusiastic about learning, and is ready to entertain the Pops audience for this spring concert. Funded by a La
Porte County Unity Foundation grant, a variety of 2nd-5th
Graders previously had the opportunity to join the orchestra at a concert in
November.
Award winning starlets will perform when Kyrie
Anderson and Katie Reeves take the stage.
These singers were the Hoosier Star 2009 vocal competition winners. It
will be a fantastic chance for the audience to have the benefit of enjoying the
excellent performances of these first rate winners.
There also will be three featured guests to show off
their particular talents accompanied by the full symphony. The first guest will be Hans Martin
Werner, a professional artistic whistler.
While Mr. Werner is a classically trained whistler, he is looking
forward to the relaxed variety of music that is programmed in a Pops concert.
The second guest is Thomas Misch, making a return
performance with the orchestra.
Known as "The Juggling Fanatic," Thomas made a lasting impression upon
the symphony crowd a few years ago at a January concert. He is very gifted at juggling and will
demonstrate an enormous assortment of objects that he can suspend in the air while in motion as the orchestra accompanies him.
This Pops Concert marks the final concert of the
2009-2010 season. As the theme of
the year suggests, there will be one more featured Symphonic Surprise that the
orchestra will not fully disclose before the concert begins. The only part of this
secret to be given is that there will be a third featured guest. Only the audience attending the concert
will be able to be completely flabbergasted by an astonishing display of
entertainment of unimaginable proportions, the likes of which could only be at
"a larger than life" State Fair: Blue Ribbon Event.
Purchase tickets at www.LCSO.net, 219-362-9020, or mail a check to LCSO,
P.O. Box
563, La Porte, IN 46352
Balcony Tickets available at the La Porte Civic Auditorium during business hours
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La Porte County Symphony
Orchestra's MAGIC BATON
La Porte County Symphony's Magic Baton Auction provides funds that go toward symphony projects that foster musical growth in the young people. These programs include the LCSO Children's Chorus, the Young Artist Competition and outreach to schools.
This year the Magic Baton will be held in a new way, in
order to involve more people and to save time for the concert itself:
1. Until April 1st, an individual interested in conducting
the orchestra may "throw his/her hat into the ring" with a $25 donation to the
orchestra. Send your nomination to MagicBaton@LCSO.net or call 219 362-9020.
2. Nominees will be posted online at www.LCSO.net and any
individual can vote for them by pledging a donation to the orchestra. Send your pledge amount & vote to MagicBaton@LCSO.net. Each vote costs one dollar. Donations of all sizes are
encouraged. Voting for people even a hundred times is completely appropriate.
3. At the concert, photos of the nominees with donation
boxes will be prominently displayed so that more voting/donations can be made.
4. The winner will be the one who has raised the most money
for the orchestra by the end of intermission at the Pops Concert. That person will perform with the
symphony that evening, April 17.
HISTORICALLY
The Magic Baton has a rich history with the La Porte County
Symphony Orchestra. The idea began in 1981 at the symphony's second annual pops concert, titled "To
La Porte With Love." The concert opened with a rousing "Stars and Stripes
Forever," conducted by Mayor A. J. Rumely. It was part of the city of La
Porte's 150th birthday celebration.
The following year the "Magic Baton" was born. The
conductor's baton, previously mastered by Mayor Rumely, was transformed into a
"Magic Baton." It has become an integral and indispensable feature of
the La Porte County Symphony's Pops Concert. An auction is held to determine the winner of the
baton. The magic instantly
transforms the highest bidder into an experienced symphony conductor.
After the bidding concludes, the winner steps to the
conductor's podium to lead the orchestra in John Philip Sousa's "Stars and
Stripes Forever." In addition to their moment as Maestro, winners are presented
with an engraved plaque and a photograph of their experience.
Previous
Baton Auction winners, listed alphabetically, include:
Miss Janet Ault
Mr. Keith Bancroft
Mr. C. Phillip
Barning, Jr.
Mr. Jeffrey Bernel
Mr. James
Bruno
Ms. Suki Cho
Mr. Phillip
Drayton
Ms. Cherie
Fuller
Mr. Jon Goble
Mayor Elmo
Gonzalez
Mr. Ray
Grivetti
Mrs. Rita Hagenow
Mr. Bob Jackson
Mr. Lew Jagger
Mr. Keith Jones
Mayor Carl
Krentz
Judge Kathleen
Lang
Mayor Leigh Morris
Dr. Hester Muller
Mayor A. J. Rumely
Mr. Chuck Sauers
Mr. John Utley
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LCSO STATE FAIR BLUE RIBBON PIE CONTEST
Contestant should submit one fully baked pie on Saturday April 17th between 11-2 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium.
Entrance fee is $20. All pies must be in disposable pie tins.
Pie slices will be sold at the April Pops Concert.
No professional bakers please.
No refrigeration is available and cream pies will not be accepted.
Judging will take place before the
April Pops Concert.
State Fair: A Blue Ribbon Event
Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
La Porte Civic Auditorium
Homemade pie will be judged on the following basis:
· Overall
Appearance: 15 points
· Crust: 20 points - color, texture, and
doneness
· Flavor: 30 points - overall
· Filling: 25 points -
consistency, doneness, and moistness
· Creativity: 10 points - recipe
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