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2012 Live at the Hollywood Theater Season - Double bill: Count Basie Orchestra guitarist, Will Matthews and his Quartet with Reggie Thomas on B3 organ and the duo of the brilliant pianist/composer Mike Pagan and vocalist Millie Edwards.

Series History and Background

With a founding mandate and primary purpose to showcase the world-class talent based in the Kansas City area, Live at the Hollywood Theater is a new concert series that began in November 2010 with concerts by The Sons of Brasil and the Roger Wilder Quartet. Audio engineers from Kansas Public Radio (KPR) conducted a live recording of this first highly successful event in November 2010. The live concert of performances by both, The Sons of Brasil and The Roger Wilder Quartet is to broadcast over the air in coming weeks....

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2012 Live at the Hollywood Theater Season - Double bill: Count Basie Orchestra guitarist, Will Matthews and his Quartet with Reggie Thomas on B3 organ and the duo of the brilliant pianist/composer Mike Pagan and vocalist Millie Edwards.

Series History and Background

With a founding mandate and primary purpose to showcase the world-class talent based in the Kansas City area, Live at the Hollywood Theater is a new concert series that began in November 2010 with concerts by The Sons of Brasil and the Roger Wilder Quartet. Audio engineers from Kansas Public Radio (KPR) conducted a live recording of this first highly successful event in November 2010. The live concert of performances by both, The Sons of Brasil and The Roger Wilder Quartet is to broadcast over the air in coming weeks.

The series is hosted at the Performing Arts Center in Leavenworth, Kansas. The Leavenworth Performing Arts Center is based in the historic Hollywood Theater on the recently renovated Delaware Street corridor in downtown Leavenworth. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places, this 1938 theatre is a wonderful architectural example of the later phase of the Art Deco movement. Formally called the Hollywood Theater, this structure entertained the public on its silver screen for nearly forty years. Donated to the city by Durwood, Inc., former owners, in 1977, the theater now hosts live theatrical productions by Leavenworth’s River City Community Players. Built in the 1930′s, this art deco theater has a rich history.
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See: http://LeavenworthConcertSeries.org

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