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Double feature concert Nov. 11 at the Orpheum |
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 |
 ACCORDION PLAYERS – Gracing the stage at the Orpheum Theatre/Wiegand Auditorium on Nov. 11. will be from the left in front is, Doris Seaton, Pat Sharp and Elaine Tweet. In the back row is Adam Dahlman, Dale Meier on the Sax, Bob Antonich, and Dan Mathern.
Now the Pondera Arts council is proud to bring the musical wit and wisdom of the Accordion Players to the Conrad Orpheum Theatre/Wiegand Auditorium Nov. 11 for the entertainment of all who appreciate wonderful music with a local accent.
Pat Dobyns Sharp, an accordionist formerly of Shelby, formed the Accordion Players of Great Falls in 2000. The group includes Bob Antonich, Dan Mathern, Doris Seaton, Pat Sharp, Adam Dahlman and Elaine Tweet (formerly E. Jung of Conrad).
Dale Meier plays the sax, Harry Moritz guitar, Jim Davidson the banjo, Judy Lee piano and Carl White the bass guitar.
The group plays for monthly dances at the Great Falls Eagles, Elks or Moose clubs, every other month at a nursing or retirement home and occasionally performs out-of-town engagements, such as the upcoming concert at the Orpheum Theatre/Wiegand Auditorium.
Their music spans numbers from the 1940s to the ’70s and the concert here will include a yodeling duet “Yodel Sweet Molly.”
As a double feature, the concert will also feature four songs by young local vocalists Shannalee Finlayson and Katey VenderVeen.
These two Conrad High School students have received top vocal ratings at music festivals and are in demand for church and community events.
They will sing two duets The Lonely Goatherd from the Sound of Music, and Pie Jesu from the Requiem.
VanderVeen will also sing Rogers and Hammerstein’s Edleweiss, and Finlayson will sing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Whistle Down the Wind. Nov. 11, 3 p.m. at the Orpheum theatre/Wiegand Auditorium.
Tickets will be available at the door, $8 for adults, $5 for students. Those under five years of age are admitted free.
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