The 2006 - 2007 Season
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Big Band Showcase at the Dixie Leaves ‘Em Wanting More
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The Lawrence Gibbs Orchestra’s debut at the Dixie Center for the Arts on November 4 filled the dance floor more than once in this musical showcase. Big Band music fans enjoyed tunes from the biggest names of that era—Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Count Basie and more. Lisa Lee McCalmon provided her voice for songs like “I’m In The Mood For Love” and “Almost Like Being in Love” among others.
The newly formed Ruston Jazz Singers (Lisa McCalmon, Laura Ulrich, Luke Lusted and Stuart Amidon) performed Tommy Dorsey’s “Sunny Side of the Street”. It was an evening of good music and sweet memories for many. This event was sponsored by Bruce Cowan and Bobby Conville of A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc.
NCLAC Performances presents
Mahogany Ensemble Theatre’s production of CROWNS
by Regina Taylor
CROWNS is a spirit-filled tribute of the faith and fashion of African American women and their church hats. This popular musical peers into the lives of women as it celebrates family, faith, love, loss, and finding one’s true identity. Directors Robert Alford and Angelique Feaster have assembled an ensemble cast featuring Neverlyn Townsel as Mother Shaw, Danielle James as Yolanda, Myra Robinson as Mabel, Tunya Williams as Wanda, Jackquenline Sudds as Velma, Angelique Feaster as Jeanette, and Jamal Hall as Man.
All kinds of good things are happening at The Dixie! |
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We Three Kings Concert
Providing us with holiday season selections, both sacred and secular, will be the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council's second "dream team" Ensemble-In-Residence. The group, which started out being playfully called "We Three Kings", consists of Rick Novak, tenor; Corey Trahan, baritone; and Louis Nabors, bass. Pianist Coralie White will provide the accompaniment.
Come join regular season members and get in the Christmas spirit. We Three Kings perform as an Ensemble-In-Residence of the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council through a grant from Chase Bank.
 The Three Kings invited James Fallin, Rose Kassab, and Carole Harris up on stage to help sing Christmas songs to the crowd |
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Artists give to the Dixie
Rick Hohlt, Publisher, The Ruston Daily Leader
12-08-2006
The Bank of Ruston is continuing its tradition of holding art exhibitions featuring local artists with “M3: an exhibition” which is open now through Jan. 4, in the Bank of Ruston Main Lobby.
The artists who will display their work include Catherine McVea, Charlie Meeds and Mary K. Morse; however, another local artist, Patricia Tait Jones, is also directly involved in the organization of the holiday presentation.
“This exhibition has a dual purpose,” said Bank of Ruston President Benny Denny. “We want to continue to support our local artists and to display their work for the pleasure of the community; however, in this case, the artists have generously agreed to donate a portion of the proceeds from the sales of their work to the Dixie Center for the Arts. This will promote and support the broader body of the arts in this region.”
Denny said that he takes great pleasure in bringing the high quality of the work done by local artists to the attention of the public.
“This is a particularly great time to have this exhibition,” Denny said. “People are shopping for gifts and the paintings in this exhibition are ideal for truly special Christmas gifts, not to mention that the purpose will also aid the Dixie Center for the Arts for years to come.”
The three artists whose works will be shown — McVea, Meeds and Morse — each have their own views as to the role of artistic expression in their lives and they each have their own unique styles and subject matter which come from that.
In this case, the artists involved have stepped beyond simply sharing their work and personally reaping all the proceeds from sales and have donated a portion of the many hours spent and the resulting striking paintings and sculptures to the benefit of the Dixie Center for the Artists.
Let us all express our appreciation to those involved in this special event.
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