{"id":27967,"date":"2012-08-22T05:58:14","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T10:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=27967"},"modified":"2012-08-22T05:58:14","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T10:58:14","slug":"a-gala-celebration-of-5-years-at-npac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/08\/22\/a-gala-celebration-of-5-years-at-npac\/","title":{"rendered":"A gala celebration of 5 years at NPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember when Doug Wolf and Beachfront Property with Tom Dustman returned to Van Wert to open the Niswonger Performing Arts Center?\u00a0Or maybe when Country star Lee Greenwood sang \u201cGod Bless the USA\u201d on our stage the following night. Perhaps you were in attendance on Sunday night when Christian artists Sandi Patty and Larnelle Harris brought the house down with \u201cI\u2019ve Just Seen Jesus\u201d.\u00a0That was March of 2007, over five years ago!\u00a0It\u2019s hard to believe.<\/p>\n<p>To mark five years of existence, we are using this year to celebrate and it all kicks off on September 14 and 15.\u00a0 A weekend of festivities that include a gala dinner, a lecture with one of the world\u2019s most inspirational speakers, and an incredible concert featuring the dynamic voice of tenor Ronan Tynan. \u00a0I invite you to take part in one or all of these festivities next month.<\/p>\n<p>To be completely clear about the gala\u2019s festivities, here is the schedule of opportunities:<\/p>\n<p>Friday, September 14, at 5 p.m. &#8212; Social time at Willow Bend Country Club, followed by our Gala Dinner at 5:30 p.m. with Ronan Tynan, Scott and Nikki Niswonger and other notable guests.\u00a0This is open to the public and tickets are on sale at the NPAC box office, with proceeds going to the new NPAC Endowment Fund.\u00a0The dinner is $50 and includes admission to Ronan\u2019s speaking engagement later that evening.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, September 14, at 7 p.m. &#8212; Ronan Tynan speaks at the NPAC.\u00a0Tickets are available for this for just $10.\u00a0 If you have paid for the dinner, it includes admission to the speaking engagement. I hope by now, many of you have heard or read all about Mr. Tynan.\u00a0He has an incredible story to tell of overcoming physical handicaps to become a world renowned tenor, medical doctor, 18-time Paralympics champion, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, September 15, at 7:30 p.m. &#8212; Ronan Tynan will be in concert with the Lima Symphony Orchestra and will be performing everything from Classics to Broadway and Pop.\u00a0It will be a tremendous wrap up to our gala celebration.\u00a0 Tickets for this blockbuster concert are on sale at the box office and start at just $22!<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t met Mr. Tynan, I invite you to visit the newly designed NPAC website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npacvw.org\/\">www.npacvw.org<\/a> and click on his picture for an interview done for CBS-TV.\u00a0You will be amazed!<\/p>\n<p>His singing is so amazing that he was invited to sing at the funeral of President Ronald Reagan at the request of Mrs. Reagan, the inauguration of President George W. Bush, the 9\/11 Memorial Service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., and now you have the opportunity to hear him give a full concert backed by a symphony orchestra right here in Van Wert at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center! \u00a0I don\u2019t think you will want to miss it.\u00a0It will be the talk of the town come Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to seeing you at one, two or maybe all three events as we celebrate five years of performing arts at the region\u2019s No. 1 venue for inspiration, education and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember when Doug Wolf and Beachfront Property with Tom Dustman returned to Van Wert to open the Niswonger Performing Arts Center?\u00a0Or maybe when Country star Lee Greenwood sang \u201cGod Bless the USA\u201d on our stage the following night. 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