Family Entertainment Series

Family Entertainment

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT SERIES

    The Family Entertainment Series offers a variety of different style shows to satisfy everyone. Classics, jazz, drama, and contemporary music are available for your entertainment. Sponsors for the series are: The Southern Arts Federation, Lakeway Publishers, Inc., Jacobs Sverdrup, Mike Thompson Ford-Mercury-Mazda, Ray of Hope Center, Woodard's Diamond Showroom, Joe Orr Realtors, Harton Realty, The Marvel Clinic, and Jameson Inn.

    Season tickets for the Series can be purchased for $65 or tickets for individual shows may be purchased. For more information, call 455-5321 or email sjcc@southjackson.org.

    For reservations, click here: Reservations.

This years events are listed below.

The Family Entertainment Series for 2003-2004

Saturday
October 25, 2003
8 pm

Tickets:
Adults $15
Students $10

Montana Skies
cello & guitar

Adams Duo
    Jonathan and Jennifer Adams combine classical sensibilities and modern style with the use of electric cello, acoustic cello, and nylon and steel string guitars.
    The music of Montana Skies includes folk music and pop music as well as originals and classical music. Drawing on a diverse repertoire from classical and ethnic music to jazz and popular style, the group's program is among the most original today.
    This unique and rare combination, that the lyric poetry of the cello with the diversity and charm of the guitar, has entertained and inspired a wide variety of audiences.

"...a unique combination who perform with confidence and fiery determination…" — Charleston Post and Courier

Thursday
November 20, 2003
7:30 pm

Tickets $10

A Tribute to Lewis Grizzard
"Bill Oberst as Grizzard is uncanny … eerie...marvelous "
    Join actor Bill Oberst, Jr. as he transports you inside the Southern world of Lewis Grizzard, best-selling author and syndicated columnist.
    This is the show that Lewis was planning to take on the road in 1994, had he survived his last surgery. It is a personally selected tribute from both his classic stories his fans loved, and new readings from his columns and books. Some of this material has never been performed live.
    Oberst, an actor from South Carolina, captures Lewis' look and his mannerisms faithfully, in the great tradition of the stage.

"The audience laughed 'till they cried...funny and touching" —The Times

Friday
January 16, 2004
8 pm
Tickets $25

Jazz On Jackson:
Vikki True

    Vikki True has delighted audiences around the country from coffee houses to symphony halls, from night clubs to cabarets, and festival appearances.
    She is "...the soulful redhead with a style that's Dyn-o-mite" (Town Squire Magazine, Kansas City, MO)
    Vikki True is a force of nature, a one woman jazz explosion who can scat intricate vocals, croon a gentle ballad, or shout a mean blues.
    She came up through the ranks, "schooled" the old way in jazz club cutting sessions at the feet of veteran jazz musicians for whom the MUSIC was paramount. That experience is evident. She loves what she is doing.

"...her songs are presented with deep inner feelings and her ability to caress her listeners, move and spellbind them…" — Town Squire Magazine, Kansas City, MO.

Friday
May 21, 2004
8 pm

Tickets:
Adults $15
Students $10

Gaelic Storm
"..dynamic stage show.."
    Long after their memorable appearance in James Cameron's "Titanic", Gaelic Storm continues to make headlines and dazzle audiences around the world. This is an explosive band that creates chart-topping musical excitement with wild Celtic melodies, thundering grooves, memorable lyrics and spontaneous humor.
    A night with Gaelic Storm is a non-stop, high-intensity, power-packed show, a perfect pint of pure entertainment.
    Gaelic Storm has headlined some of the largest Celtic and Folk music festivals in the world, attracting unprecedented crowds.
    Their show features rousing, upbeat vocals, wild energetic dance tunes, haunting Celtic ballads and infectious madcap humor.