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Season Tickets are available for purchase on the following schedule Benefactors - July 28 Donors - August 4 General Public - August 11 Orchestra $130 Balcony $110
MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies are powerfully talented musicians and entertainers who immerse the audience into all original Cajun and Zydeco music and dancing in the Southwest Louisiana tradition. No one will be able to sit still, and everyone will remember MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies forever. Click for MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies Live In Concert (YouTube) MOJO's truly unique musical adventure literally delivers lifetime memories. MOJO music is infectiously happy, and all ages go nuts - to put it simply. MOJO shows are wild, but totally natural and positive, appealing to EVERYONE in all walks of life--Boomers, kids, teens, and even seniors. MOJO website "I love Mojo's music! " Wolfman Jack, Rock & Roll Legend
"We love their music. Check 'em out, Everybody!" FOX TV Ticket are on sale now. Call the Dixie Center for the Arts at 318-255-1450 (Visa/Mastercard) or come by the ticket office at 212 N Vienna, Ruston, LA 71270. Office hours are 9-4 weekdays. Kids Show and evening concert tickets will also be available at the Ruston/Lincoln Convention & Visitors Bureau and with Dixie Board members as well as the door. Dinner reservations/tickets are available at the Dixie only. Sponsered by Kilpatrick Funeral Homes. Jazz Quintet to be presented at the Dixie
September 9 7:30 pm The Dixie Center for the Arts and Gnemi Financial Strategies are proud to present a much requested jazz event. On September 9 at 7:00 pm, the gypsy jazz sounds of the John Jorgensen Quintet will fill the Dixie stage. This event is the first event of the 2008-2009 Dixie Season. (website) The John Jorgenson Quintet features guitarist John Jorgenson, a founding member of the Desert Rose Band (five #1 hits), the Hellecasters (3 award winning CD's and video), and six-year member of Elton John's band. Artists such as Barbra Streisand, Sting, Billy Joel, Bonnie Raitt, and Earl Scruggs have sought out Jorgenson's guitar work. Recently, John Jorgenson was chosen to portray Django Reinhardt in the feature film Head in the Clouds. At a John Jorgenson Quintet performance, audiences are amazed by John's dazzling guitar work as well as his mastery as a clarinet player and vocalist. Whether playing his own accessible compositions or classic standards, John and his band make music that is equally romantic and ecstatic, played with virtuosity and soul. John Jorgenson is known as one of the pioneers of the American gypsy jazz movement. He has performed as a solo artist as well as collaborated with other musicians all over the world. His articles and lessons on gypsy jazz have appeared in prominent guitar magazines and he has given master classes around the country, and he has performed with some of the most respected European proponents of this style, Bireli Lagrene and Romane. His playing has been included on a CD with Babik Reinhardt and Jimmy Rosenberg, and on another featuring Angelo Debarre and Moreno. In 1988 Curb Records released Jorgenson's After You've Gone CD, a collection of Reinhardt- and Goodman-styled 30's swing, featuring guest artists Darol Anger and David Grisman. This event is sponsored by Gnemi Financial Strategies. Admission is by season ticket or $18 Orchestra/$15 Balcony. Senior citizens $15 Orchestra/$12 Balcony. Student tickets are $10 (day of event only). All seats are reserved. Call 318-255-1450 (Visa/MasterCard) to reserve tickets. Season tickets that cover all eight season events are still available ($130/$110). Get the ultimate Branson style show experience in Ruston! A Legendary Night of Music Saturday. September 13th @ 7:00 pm
Special guests: Ruston Police Department and the Ruston Fire Department Tickets: $15/Adults, $10/Children under 12, Seniors and Military Tickets available at the Dixie Center for the Arts (cash or check) Donations to the Louisiana Military Museum will be accepted This event is presented by Southern Festivals Productions |
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MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies play RED HOT MOJO MUSIC in the Zydeco tradition. All songs are Mojo originals, a fusion of his 44 years of music performance, based upon family, friends, and a heavy dose of personal life, expressed by the incredible musicianship of the Bayou Gypsies. From the shuffle "Hey, Pancho," to the waltz, "Cypremort Point," to the funky spooky "Madame Magique", their songs are all different, all fun, and offer the spicy taste of a MOJO house party every time. The audience is engaged, enriched, and exhausted by the end of the night!
Shea Arender, is a Louisiana/Mississippi native, world champion Elvis tribute artist. Shea captures Elvis's moves, on stage charisma and vocal range. Being vocally trained in Italy, his extensive music education comes into play when you hear the music from his band, the CC Riders, during the opening vamp. Shea has a tribute album on Timeless Records called "American Trilogy" and now with thousands of CD's sold, the "American Trilogy" CD got 5-star reviews from various tribute websites around the world. Get the ultimate Elvis experience, www.sheaaselvis.com. Shea brings an all star cast of musicians with him-- the CC Rider Band. The CC Riders' drummer Steve Wade worked with Elvis Presley himself in 1974 -1977 in Monroe, Louisiana.
Legendary Gospel pianist Gerald Lewis of Ferriday, Louisiana, is a member of the famous Lewis family as he is first cousin to the great Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart. Gerald is often compared to all three of them in his country/rockabilly style playing of the Gospel piano. You are not left without Jesus Christ. Lewis can burn the keys up on the piano just like his cousins. He has recorded 2 Gospel albums and his hits include, "Feeling Mighty Fine", "If God Is Dead?" and "The Lewis Gospel"