{"id":77375,"date":"2016-06-22T05:56:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T10:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=77375"},"modified":"2016-06-22T06:07:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T11:07:04","slug":"beginnings-to-a-new-npac-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/06\/22\/beginnings-to-a-new-npac-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginnings to a new Niswonger season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The context of this column tells it all in the title, \u201cBeginnings to a new Niswonger\u00a0season.\u201d\u00a0 It may not be exactly as you were thinking.\u00a0 It actually has a double meaning.\u00a0 You see, this week in Fountain Park, the band Beginnings is performing on Friday night.\u00a0 But we also just announced a new season at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center: Ten Years of Wow!<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll start with Beginnings — the Ultimate Tribute to Chicago.\u00a0 It seems today that just about every band is the ultimate tribute to whomever.\u00a0In this case, Beginnings has been around since 2002 and is filled with outstanding New York musicians who love the music of the band Chicago and have had a great deal of success since giving tribute concerts.<\/p>\n

This is not the same Chicago tribute band we have had in the past.\u00a0Their name is Brass Transit and they are an outstanding band too.\u00a0So many of you enjoyed them a few years back and they are still one of my all-time favorites.\u00a0Beginnings is a group I heard showcased in New York City this past January.\u00a0Some showcases I attend, I listen and move on; however, in this case, I didn\u2019t want these guys to stop playing.\u00a0They went on for about 30 minutes and obviously, I just didn\u2019t get enough of them.\u00a0I felt you might think the same way, so here they are this Friday night in Fountain Park.\u00a0To be quite honest, I felt the horn section with this band was one of the best I have heard.<\/p>\n

The concert starts at 7 p.m. and the First United Methodist Women will be serving up some delicious food out of the Rotary Concession Booth beginning around 5:30 that evening.\u00a0The weather should be great and the music will be filled with tunes nearly everyone will know, recognize and love.\u00a0Spread the word, this band is worth hearing.\u00a0Invite your friends to a fun-filled family evening in Fountain Park this Friday night.<\/p>\n

Now to the new season at the Niswonger.\u00a0 We had a tremendous unveiling event last week to announce the 2016-17 season at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio.\u00a0 It is filled with 28 performances and events throughout the upcoming year.\u00a0 When a season offers everything from Daniel Tiger\u2019s Neighborhood to REO Speedwagon, you can truly say it offers something for everyone.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just the two extreme concerts I just mentioned, but it\u2019s really everything in between.\u00a0You really need to check it out.\u00a0 Go to our website at NPACVW.ORG<\/a> or take a look at our catalog (which can also be viewed on the website) and see what hidden gems might be in the middle of this season: Ten Years of Wow!<\/p>\n

And if you aren\u2019t yet wowed enough, we have planned a Ten Year Gala Celebration concert featuring Bernadette Peters and the Boston Pops Orchestra.\u00a0This is literally more than I could have even imagined, but sometimes the stars just line up.\u00a0The Boston Pops just happened to be touring the Midwest this spring and I just happened to call at the exact right time.\u00a0They had just performed with Bernadette Peters twice the previous year, opening the Tanglewood season as well as the Pops\u2019 own season.\u00a0Keith Lockhart, director of The Pops, will be conducting and loves working with Bernadette.\u00a0Thanks to the Big Three: Scott Niswonger, Central Insurance, and The Van Wert County Foundation, along with support from The Kenn-Feld Group, we have been able to put this truly once-in-a-lifetime concert event together for Van Wert, Ohio.<\/p>\n

The Niswonger Box Office is currently accepting memberships that allow early purchase options to the season.\u00a0Check with the box office to see how you can be included in the Season of Wow! at the Niswonger.\u00a0All sale dates are listed on the website and in the catalog.\u00a0We mailed nearly 15,000 copies to past ticket buyers and they are being delivered in the mail as we speak.<\/p>\n

When you attend the concert in Fountain Park this Friday, we will have an information table and people who can answer questions and distribute materials.\u00a0 I look forward to seeing you in the park as we celebrate Beginnings to a new season!<\/p>\n

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

The context of this column tells it all in the title, \u201cBeginnings to a new Niswonger\u00a0season.\u201d\u00a0 It may not be exactly as you were thinking.\u00a0 It actually has a double meaning.\u00a0 You see, this week in Fountain Park, the band Beginnings is performing on Friday night.\u00a0 But we also just announced a new season at […]<\/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-77375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 13:54:59","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\/77375","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=77375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}