{"id":129114,"date":"2020-03-10T07:24:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=129114"},"modified":"2020-03-10T07:53:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:53:36","slug":"diamond-music-experience-comes-to-npac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/03\/10\/diamond-music-experience-comes-to-npac\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond music experience comes to NPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Niswonger Performing Arts Center, along with Enrich Series Presenting Sponsors Unverferth Family Dentistry and Roger and Kay Okuley, have announced the addition of a second show for the vastly popular \u201cI Am, He Said\u201d Celebrate the Music of Neil Diamond concert at 2 p.m. March 21. The 7:30 p.m. show is officially sold out.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both performances will feature select choirs from Coldwater High School, directed by Cindy Wendel, Parkway High School, directed by Leslie Baltzell, and Wayne Trace High School, directed by Joni Wenning. Over 50 vocalists will provide back-up choir vocals for five popular Neil Diamond hits and close out each show with a special fanfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I Am, He Said” Celebrate the Music of Neil Diamond will be coming to the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio on March 21. photo provided<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presenters and audience members are raving about the show. “This show was a lot more than a tribute. Instead it was an authentic presentation of the Neil Diamond hit list, with stories of the man and his compositions interspersed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our audiences were on their feet from the start. \u2026 Nobody could do it better. One of the best shows we\u2019ve had this year,” states Bob Johnson of Paramount Theater in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, after selling out four shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are saying what he said,\u201d laughs Matt Vee referring to the one and only Neil Diamond.\u00a0Vee, along with cousins Jeff and Tommy Vee, local music scene veterans and sons of the legendary Bobby Vee, join forces with their family and friends as The Killer Vees to celebrate the music from a timeless catalog.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With songs like “Cracklin’ Rosie,” “Song Sung Blue,” and “Sweet Caroline,\u201d Neil Diamond sold over 100 million records worldwide with music that became the soundtrack to one generation after another with hits spanning five decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a Tin Pan Alley song writer in the mid 1960s, Diamond penned songs recorded by everyone from Elvis Presley to Deep Purple and, of course, the Monkees classic, \u201cI\u2019m A Believer.\u201d
\u201cThis is not a tribute show,\u201d says Tommy Vee. \u201cThis is a celebration of an amazing musical icon, one we all love and respect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have been fans since we were in grade school and first learning our respective instruments and played many of these tunes over the years in various bands,\u201d he added. \u201cWe have recruited an incredible group of singers and players and have gone back to the original records; it is all about the vocals and Matt nails it. It\u2019s a rockin\u2019 show!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting sponsors of the Enrich Community Concert Series at the Niswonger are State Farm agent Tisha Fast, Gary Taylor of Taylor Auto Sales Inc., Van Wert Health, E&R Trailer, Putman Law Offices. and First Financial Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Niswonger Performing Arts Center is also supported by the Van Wert County Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets for the 2 p.m. show range from $25 to $45 and are now available by contacting the Box Office by phone, 419.238.6722, in person at 10700 State Route 118 in Van Wert, or online at NPACVW.ORG<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information The Niswonger Performing Arts Center, along with Enrich Series Presenting Sponsors Unverferth Family Dentistry and Roger and Kay Okuley, have announced the addition of a second show for the vastly popular \u201cI Am, He Said\u201d Celebrate the Music of Neil Diamond concert at 2 p.m. March 21. The 7:30 p.m. show is […]<\/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-129114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 04:25:54","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\/129114","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=129114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}