Well, it happened this past Saturday- the sleeper concert of the year.\u00a0\u00a0It seems one occurs once every year or two.\u00a0\u00a0This time it was Chloe Agnew and the Atlanta Pops.\u00a0\u00a0No matter how much publicity you put out, people don\u2019t recognize the name and therefore make the judgement they aren\u2019t interested in seeing it because they don\u2019t think they will enjoy it.<\/p>\n
Here is how a Niswonger volunteer explained her experience in a Facebook posting:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Atlanta Pops Orchestra performed with Chloe Agnew.\u00a0If you were like me, I did not recognize the talent names and I usually turn away from the word orchestra, but what a mistake I would have made if I would have volunteered and not stayed for the performance.\u00a0Chloe Agnew is a young Irish woman who started her career at age 11.\u00a0She was a Celtic Woman for 10 years and probably has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard.\u00a0Not only did we share in the music of the Atlanta Pops but an Irish tenor who sang with her so beautifully was also part of the concert.\u00a0This truly was a wonderful unexpected show.\u00a0And to those PAC-goers that passed on last night\u2019s performance, you really passed on a great show.\u00a0What I have learned from this experience is that I should research carefully the performance before I disregard it.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n I think it\u2019s better to hear the sermon preached from different people occasionally rather than from the same old preacher all the time.\u00a0After all, I probably am biased because I booked them!<\/p>\n Our mission at the Niswonger is to inspire, entertain, and educate.\u00a0I feel no better gratitude than when we are able to introduce an audience to new performers they may have never known.\u00a0There are so many more talented (and entertaining) performers out there than what we see and realize.\u00a0I guess this is the education part of our mission.\u00a0And for those who were there, it was so inspiring too!<\/p>\n There will be more to come and I hope you will give some of the concerts a chance, even when you don\u2019t think you\u2019ll like it because you don\u2019t know them.\u00a0\u00a0Most often, you will be like this PAC volunteer and be glad you did.<\/p>\n It may not feel like it, but spring is here!\u00a0The Fountain Park Summer Music Series has been announced and The Van Wert County Foundation office is taking names of non-profit organizations wanting to be considered to serve food at one of its concerts.\u00a0Call 419.238.1743, stop by at 138 E. Main St., or email me at\u00a0paulhoverman@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0to have your organizations name included in the lottery.\u00a0The selection will be done on April 2 and names will be received throughout this month.<\/p>\n Next up at the Niswonger?\u00a0Kenny G this Saturday.\u00a0It is sold out, but I hope you enjoy the concert if you have a ticket.\u00a0You might try checking when the box office opens at 6:30 p.m. before the concert.\u00a0Performer holds are sometimes released and you could get an excellent seat.\u00a0No guarantees, but a chance!<\/p>\n FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, it happened this past Saturday- the sleeper concert of the year.\u00a0\u00a0It seems one occurs once every year or two.\u00a0\u00a0This time it was Chloe Agnew and the Atlanta Pops.\u00a0\u00a0No matter how much publicity you put out, people don\u2019t recognize the name and therefore make the judgement they aren\u2019t interested in seeing it because they don\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 11:29:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}