Season Program | Big Top Chautauqua 2014 | Page 14

The Okee Dokee Brothers Sat., July 12, 1:00 Essentia Health Free Family Series Show As childhood friends growing up in Denver, Colorado, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing were always exploring the outdoors. Whether it was rafting down their neighborhood creek or discovering hiking trails through the Rocky Mountains, Joe and Justin were born adventurers. Now, as the Grammy-winning Okee Dokee Brothers, they have put this passion for the outdoors at the heart of their Americana Folk music. Their music inspires you to get outside and experience nature. Sponsored by: Essentia Health, Von Holzen Chevrolet, Memorial Medical Center, Chippewa Valley Bank, and The Inn on Madeline Island
Tent Show Radio Live
Celebrating 20 Years of Tent Show Radio With Michael Perry, BCO, Okee Dokee Brothers & Laughing Fox Sat., July 12, 7:30 Tickets: Adults $ 22 / Ages 3-17 $ 11 Box Seats: $ 37 Broadcast since 1994 on Wisconsin Public Radio and other non-profit and community stations in 10 states, Tent Show Radio is heard by over a million listeners every year. We bring the radio show to the big stage where we feature music by our Blue Canvas orchestra and monologues from New York Times best-selling author and TSR host Michael Perry. Big screen visuals accompany, adding a new dimension to the traditional radio show. Award-winning children’ s musicians The Okee Dokee Brothers, and Native American flute player and storyteller Laughing Fox will join making a night jam-packed with entertainment. And we’ ll be recording for a future radio show! Sponsored by: The Madeline Island Museum. Media support provided by: Wisconsin Public Radio
The Oak Ridge Boys Sun., July 13, 7:30 Tickets: $ 55 /$ 67 /$ 78 Box Seats: $ 93 The four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of Country hits and a Number One Pop smash, earned them Grammy, Dove, CMA, and ACM awards and garnered a host of other industry and fan accolades. The group has scored 12 gold, three platinum, and one double platinum album— plus one double platinum single— and had more than a dozen national Number One singles and over 30 Top Ten hits. Some of the best include:“ Elvira,”“ Bobbie Sue,”“ American Made,” and“ Come On In.” Sponsored by: Johnson Motors of New Richmond, WI
Take Me To The Islands Thurs., July 17, 7:30 Tickets: Adults $ 22 / Ages 3-17 $ 11 Box Seats: $ 37 Chautauqua Founder, Warren Nelson, debuts a brand new show,“ Take Me To The Islands,” an original musical celebration of the Apostle Islands. Like“ Riding the Wind,” it is a multi-media extravaganza featuring an all-star band.“ This new show is a people’ s history of those who immigrated here, a portrait of daily life, work and play, from the Ojibwa’ s arrival to present day, a song of why we all love it here,” says Nelson. Also plays 6 / 28 & 8 / 1 Sponsored by: Pat & Judy Sebranek and Bayfield County Tourism
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