This past Saturday we put our Niswonger Season to rest with a fun, rollicking and rocking \u201cMusic of Queen\u201d concert.\u00a0I had the unique perspective this time from the stage of seeing the audience enjoy the concert.\u00a0I wish you could have the perspective I enjoyed.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s what inspires performers to do what they do.\u00a0Thanks (again) for being such a great audience!<\/p>\n
Looking back on this season, I pause and think about what really stands out in my mind. Certainly the soaring tones, melodic lines and inspiring lyrics of tenor Ronan Tynan got us off to a great start to the season.\u00a0 Then who could forget the memorable stories from legendary Coach Bob Knight or the Lennon Sisters, who took us back to our childhood memories with their still vibrant and beautiful blending voices?\u00a0The U.S. Army Field Band & Soldier\u2019s Chorus inspired us and the Oak Ridge Boys gave us a memorable Christmas.\u00a0\u201cShrek: the Musical\u201d was an amazing production and the American Spiritual Ensemble once again was superbly inspirational!\u00a0Gordon Goodwin\u2019s Big Phat Band provided the best big band sound I have maybe ever heard and then we just rocked out to the music of Queen.<\/p>\n
These are the ones that really stood out for me.\u00a0I am certain there were others that many of you enjoyed.\u00a0Looking back on the season helps remind us as to why we enjoy live entertainment and music, especially at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n
Now, believe it or not, as I look at the upcoming 2013-14 season, I honestly think it may be the most outstanding of all!\u00a0 It has been nearly six months in the making and our programming committee and I are anxious to share it with you.\u00a0 We will announce it on June 12 and we want you to join us for the exciting news.\u00a0We will be holding a noon press conference at the Niswonger PAC and want you, as well as all the media, to be a part of it.\u00a0 We will even serve up lunch for you.\u00a0 Stay tuned for details.<\/p>\n
Our new Community Concert season has already been announced and we are busy processing directors, sponsors and patrons.\u00a0If you would like to be an extra supporter of the Community Concert series, we invite you to join now for the best available seats in the house.\u00a0Beginning May 31, we will open the series to all who would like to purchase the four-concert package at the low price of just $60.\u00a0 Debbie Boone is featured in this series and will be joined by the SONOS hand bell ensemble at Christmas, the music of Rodgers & Hammerstein with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, and the amazing Voices of Unity Choir from Fort Wayne, Ind.<\/p>\n
Tucked between all this excitement will be the Fountain Park Summer Music Series this summer.\u00a0 The fun gets started on June 9 with Phil Dirt & the Dozers during the Peony Festival\/ArtRageous on Main.\u00a0 It\u2019s always a good time in the park when the Dozers come to town.\u00a0 A warm-up concert in the park will be held May 24 with the Van Wert Area Concert Band.\u00a0 Director Richard Sherrick will have the band tuned and ready to entertain you just a week from this Saturday.<\/p>\n
Find information about all the upcoming Van Wert County Foundation Sponsored concerts in Fountain Park by going to Facebook \u201cFountain Park Summer Music Series\u201d or visit the County Foundation website at www.vanwertcountyfoundation.org<\/a> or the NPAC website at www.npacvw.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our friends at Visionary Promotions also have the concerts listed.\u00a0We thank them for their courtesy.\u00a0 We also have brochures available at the VWCF office and the Niswonger box office.<\/p>\n Stay tuned for many exciting announcements as we move forward!<\/p>\n FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This past Saturday we put our Niswonger Season to rest with a fun, rollicking and rocking \u201cMusic of Queen\u201d concert.\u00a0I had the unique perspective this time from the stage of seeing the audience enjoy the concert.\u00a0I wish you could have the perspective I enjoyed.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s what inspires performers to do what they do.\u00a0Thanks […]<\/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-38582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 03:50:04","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\/38582","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=38582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}