Season Program | Big Top Chautauqua 2017 | Page 19

Saturday, July 1, 2017 • 7:30 PM Sunday, July 2, 2017 • 1:00 PM Sunday, July 2, 2017 • 7:30 PM
Reserved Seating: $ 49 FREE event - No ticket required Tickets: $ 22 adult/ $ 11 student
Opening set: Barefoot Wonder Native American flutist Darren Thompson, Ojibwe from the
Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, performs
and tells the history of this iconic and ancient instrument.
He is joined by guest Laughing Fox from the Red Cliff Band
of Lake Superior Chippewa and violinist Aleah Eagleboy,
Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South
Dakota. Dancer Michelle Reed, Lac Du Flambeau Ojibwe, joins
with members of her Woodland Sky Dance Troupe. A special
appearance by magician Reuben Fast Horse, Hunkpapa
Lakota, who will talk about the importance of magic and
illusion in Native Culture and perform some mystifying tricks. Ride the winds of time and have fun while you learn in this
classic “illuminated musical history” of Bayfield and the Island
Environs, with secrets of Red Cliff and Old LaPointe. Original
music and song-stories tell the tales while the Big Screen shines
with hundreds of then and now photos featuring Lighthouse
Keepers, Ojibway life, dreamers & schemers, town scenes,
Voyageurs, sailing, fishing, the big flood and more. Created
in 1985 by Warren Nelson and Betty Ferris (Nelson Ferris
Concert Company), “Riding the Wind” was the first show
performed on the Big Top stage and is still a season highlight.
∆Dance Alert
Eight-time Grammy winner, Emmy winner, humanitarian,
singer, songwriter, and producer Ziggy Marley continually
progresses at every turn. Ziggy’s musical history dates back to
ten-years-old when he sat in on recording sessions with his
father, Bob Marley. His eight-album catalog with the Melody
Makers encompasses three Grammy Awards, countless sold
out shows, and anthems including “Look Who’s Dancing,”
“Tomorrow People,” and “Conscious Party.” Since making his
solo debut in 2003, he received the Grammy for “Best Reggae
Album” in 2006, 2012, and 2015 in addition to the Award for
“Best Children’s Album” in 2011.
“Everything happens when it’s meant to happen,” he says.
“That’s how my career has been since the beginning.”
Sponsored by:
•Bent Paddle Brewing Co.•
Also plays August 20
Sponsored by:
Essentia Health - Ashland Clinic
•Apostle Island Cruise Service•Ashland Rotary Club•Bad River Lodge & Casino•
•BMO Harris Bank•Chequamegon Bay Arts Council•Chippewa Valley Bank•
•In Memory of Scot Geissler•Ruth & Bruce Goetz•The Inn on Madeline Island•
•Deb & Jeff Lewis•Pier Plaza•Karen Traut•Von Holzen Chevrolet, Buick, GMC•
•Walmart-Ashland Store•Washburn IGA•WI Arts Board w/funds from State of WI
and the National Endowment for the Arts•Media sponsor: Wisconsin Public Radio•
Sponsored by:
•Pat Effertz & Terry Panien•
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