Friday, September 8, 2017 • 7:00PM
Tickets: $ 22 adult / $ 11 student Also plays July 27 and August 13
Jan Lee and Severin Behnen lead the Blue Canvas Orchestra in a new show about the queen of all the Great Lakes- Lake Superior. Celebrate the power, majesty, history, and natural wonder of Gitche Gumee through original songs, stories, and spectacular images on the big screen. Jan Lee is the founder of StageNorth in Washburn and a regular performer on the Big Top Stage. Severin Behnen is Big Top’ s Musical Director during the summer and a teacher and professional musician in Los Angeles in the offseason. They will be joined by BCO members and special guests including Frank Montano, Tom Draughon, Tom Mitchell, Jack Gunderson, Phil Anich, Liesel Wilson, Emily Belanger, and Bruce Qualey, along with visual director Betty Ferris, for this special original production.
Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 • 7:00PM
Tickets: $ 22 / $ 30 / $ 36
Join us for our traditional closing night of the 2017 season. Old Last Night is always a mashed-up variety show featuring the music of our own BCO with special guests. Michael Perry, host of Big Top’ s Tent Show Radio, brings his band The Long Beds to the stage to help close out the season with his original country folk tunes that feature important lyrical themes such as mud, cheese and trucks. C. Willi Myles,“ America’ s Everyday Comedian,” is an old friend of the Big Top and a veteran of many an Old Last Night. C. Willi will have everyone in the tent rolling in the aisles with his insightful and hysterical observations of life in the Northland and elsewhere on this crazy planet.
Monday
, September 11, 2017 • 7:00PM
Tickets: $ 22 adult / $ 11 student
Special pre-show appearance by: Native Expressions Drum & Dance Troupe
Celebrate the wild side of our nation’ s waters and landscapes with our Blue Canvas Orchestra and Singers. From the rivers to the Great Lakes, and from the wetlands to the forests, this show features the stories, songs and images of our own flora, fauna and greatest natural resources. It is a celebration of these gifts and a renewed call to keep them safe for future generations.
Sponsored by:
• Jim & Joanne Collins •
Sponsored by:
• Maggie ' s Restaurant •
Sponsored by:
• 13 th Annual International Coregonid Symposium •
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∆Dance Alert We never know when joyous dancing or standing may break out. We try to make it fun for everyone. If you are not a dancer and don’ t want to be caught behind one, try choosing seats in the mid-center or back sections.