This Sunday kicks off our 10th season at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center: \u201cTen Years of Wow!\u201d\u00a0 The season is filled with so many different events, but we get started on Sunday with two performers you still see quite regularly on PBS broadcasts of \u201cThe Lawrence Welk Show\u201d.\u00a0Guy & Ralna are a singing duo who appeared regularly in millions of homes for 12 years on the very popular Welk show.<\/p>\n
Their show will be filled with many styles of music and will include the wholesome, family entertainment so many experienced each week on their TV.\u00a0And I say experienced, but millions still do because \u201cThe Lawrence Welk Show\u201d is the most popular rebroadcast show on PBS.<\/p>\n
Guy & Ralna will be performing with a big band filled with outstanding musicians from throughout the Midwest.\u00a0This concert is the start of our Community Concert Series, which also includes Doc Severinsen, the flashy trumpeter from Johnny Carson\u2019s \u201cTonight Show\u201d for over 30 years, and his Big Band.\u00a0This concert is on October 23.\u00a0Also later in the season, the series includes Broadway & Beyond, featuring J. Mark McVey of Les Miserables<\/em> fame, along with the talented Heartland Vocal Singers, in a concert developed specifically for our Niswonger audience.<\/p>\n That concert will be followed up by the zany Mutts Gone Nuts & Robert Post Comedy Theater — an afternoon of lots of laughs.\u00a0The series concludes with The Hitmen, legendary performers from Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Tommy James, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Chicago, and many more.<\/p>\n You can still purchase this entire series for as little as $75 or you may purchase individual tickets.\u00a0Either way, don\u2019t miss our kick-off concert this Sunday afternoon starting at 2 p.m.\u00a0 Single tickets for Guy & Ralna may be purchased from the box office in advance or immediately before the concert.\u00a0Single tickets range from $15-$35.<\/p>\n Showing our concern for the heroin\/opium epidemic. which affects communities all over the U.S., including our very own Van Wert County, we team with Westwood Behavioral Health Center for a free event on September 20 at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0 Sam Quinones, a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist and author, will be speaking of his experiences covering the growing situation.\u00a0A panel of professionals will also be on hand answering questions.\u00a0The public is invited to learn more about this dangerously growing epidemic, which affects so many.<\/p>\n The following Saturday, September 24, features two outstanding jazz musicians: Jonathan Butler and Gerald Albright.\u00a0If you have seen Butler when he performed at the Niswonger as part of the Dave Koz & Friends concert, you know what you are in for.\u00a0Butler literally stopped the show in the middle with a standing ovation of his performance.<\/p>\n This time he teams with saxophonist Gerald Albright, fresh off a world tour with Phil Collins.\u00a0If you love jazz, if you love music, if you love inspiration, you won\u2019t want to miss this concert.<\/p>\n Phew!\u00a0That\u2019s a jam-packed opening to our \u201cTenth Season of Wow\u201d!\u00a0We look forward to seeing you at the Niswonger real soon!<\/p>\n FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This Sunday kicks off our 10th season at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center: \u201cTen Years of Wow!\u201d\u00a0 The season is filled with so many different events, but we get started on Sunday with two performers you still see quite regularly on PBS broadcasts of \u201cThe Lawrence Welk Show\u201d.\u00a0Guy & Ralna are a singing duo who […]<\/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-79822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 21:56:46","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\/79822","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=79822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}