Season Program | Big Top Chautauqua 2016 | Page 23

STEERAGE SONG

July 31
7:30pm

Opening set TBA
Box*
Tickets: $40/$50/$62 $77

musical arrangements by Dan Chouinard

THU

Aug 4
7:30pm

FRI

Aug 5
7:30pm

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By Peter Rothstein and Dan Chouinard

SUN

Box*

Tickets: $22 $37
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11 student
Also plays Sept. 9

SAT

Aug 6
7:30pm

SUN

Opening set: The
Okee Dokee Brothers
Aug 7
Box*
7:30pm Tickets: $40/$50/$62 $77

Grammy Award-winning artists Shawn Colvin and Steve
Earle unite as Colvin & Earle, launching a worldwide tour
in celebration of their new collaborative album. Fueled by
deep emotional connection and spiritual bond, the album
Colvin & Earle captures the once-in-a-lifetime magic of two
extraordinary folk artists so in tune that they seem to be
able to read each other's minds, creating a whole that is much
greater than the (already great) sum of its parts. Both Colvin
and Earle have played the Big Top before, Colvin only once in
2005, and Earle three times with his band The Dukes, most
recently in 2012.

"Steerage Song" is a docu-musical, blending the songs of 20
countries of Old Europe and the rhythms of Tin Pan Alley into
a moving, fully-staged, new musical. The Duluth Playhouse
joins Big Top Chautauqua in a grand collaboration featuring
members of the Blue Canvas Orchestra and special guests in a
moving, musical theatre piece originally produced by Theater
Latte Da in Minneapolis. Ellis Island was the gateway to
America – a land of opportunity for some, a land of exclusion
for others. Packed into the steerage of steamships, they left
their homelands with few possessions but a wealth of hope,
promise and music.

Fifty years ago, in 1966, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was
founded in Long Beach, California. Featuring founding
members Jeff Hanna and Jimmie Fadden, pl us Bob Carpenter
and John McEuen, the band has performed at the Big Top
nine times since 2003 and even produced a Live from the Big
Top EP. The band's successes include several Grammy and
CMA awards and nominations, the seminal 1972 album Will
the Circle be Unbroken plus hit songs too numerous to mention
including: "Mr. Bojangles," "An American Dream," "Make a
Little Magic," and "Fishin' In the Dark."

Sponsored by:
•Bent Paddle Brewing Co.•

Sponsored by:
August 4 •Jim & Joanne Collins•
August 5 •CF Design•

Sponsored by:
August 6 •Haukaas Law Office•
August 7 •Lulich Implement•

*Box Seating: in back of the tent on a raised deck; great view, excellent sound, and cocktail service; A-price+$15

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