{"id":57904,"date":"2014-11-19T07:45:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T12:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=57904"},"modified":"2014-11-19T07:45:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T12:45:20","slug":"local-children-to-shine-on-npac-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/11\/19\/local-children-to-shine-on-npac-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Local children to shine on NPAC stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Thanksgiving Day quickly approaching and the first significant snow fall, we turn our attention to the Christmas season.\u00a0 Christmastime is always extra special at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center and this year will be no exception.\u00a0 We have five different concerts during the Holiday Season and six actual performances when you figure in two Nutcracker productions.<\/p>\n

Kids and Christmas are made for each other and we are about to create some special memories for some local kids and their parents and grandparents.\u00a0 The Ballet Theatre of Toledo will be moving into Van Wert in the near future for two performances of the beloved Nutcracker<\/i> ballet on December 6.\u00a0 We like working with this outstanding organization because they give us the opportunity to involve local children in the performance.\u00a0Auditions were held awhile back and there will be numerous local dancers filling the stage.\u00a0You may not recognize them under their mice costumes, etc., but it will be a neat experience for these youngsters.\u00a0 Some will even get to show off their dancing skills.\u00a0 Additionally, our Van Wert Area Boychoir will be part of the performance, as well as sing for you in the lobbies before the performances.<\/p>\n

As I said, we have scheduled two performances; one at 2 p.m. and the other at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0 We already have 1,300 seats filled, so in essence we are starting to fill our second show.\u00a0 Tickets can be purchased at the box office at 419.238.NPAC (6722) or online at www.npacvw.org<\/a>.\u00a0 This is a holiday tradition you won\u2019t want to miss!<\/p>\n

Then on December 12, Country, TV, movie and Pop Music star Kenny Rogers brings his \u201cChristmas & Hits through the Years\u201d to our stage.\u00a0Five local children were selected to perform with Kenny and his guest, Linda Davis.\u00a0They were selected from 26 who auditioned, including many who were worthy; however, only five could be selected.\u00a0You will recognize the kids even though they will be dressed in their finest Christmas outfits.\u00a0What an experience for these kids to perform on stage with a legend like Kenny Rogers!<\/p>\n

Other Christmas concerts coming to the Niswonger this season are \u201cA Peter White Christmas\u201d with Rick Braun and Mindi Abair on December 9.\u00a0If you like a jazzy Christmas, this one is for you!\u00a0 One that has a lot of people talking is the \u201cHoliday Ice Spectacular\u201d coming to our stage on December 15.\u00a0 It\u2019s almost sold out, so don\u2019t delay your ticket buying if you want to see how we turn the Central Insurance Stage into an ice rink with world-class skaters, entertainment, comedy and music.\u00a0 We close the Christmas season on December 19 with what I am told is an absolutely beautiful Christmas concert featuring Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.\u00a0 This married couple has made its mark on the music world on its own, as well as part of the famous Fifth Dimension.\u00a0They even had their own TV show at one time.<\/p>\n

As I said, Christmas is always special at the Niswonger.\u00a0We will have the halls decked with beautiful new decorations and you can expect some pre-concert lobby music to help put you in the Christmas spirit.\u00a0 You just never know what you might experience at a Niswonger performance, especially at the Holiday Season!\u00a0 Some might even find their very own kid on stage!<\/p>\n

FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Thanksgiving Day quickly approaching and the first significant snow fall, we turn our attention to the Christmas season.\u00a0 Christmastime is always extra special at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center and this year will be no exception.\u00a0 We have five different concerts during the Holiday Season and six actual performances when you figure in two […]<\/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-57904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 06:41:12","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\/57904","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=57904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}