The Capitol Steps - September 25, 2010 @ 7:30

The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom (“Don’t quit your day job!”), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together the performers have worked in a total of 18 Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.

Adults $30 - Students $10

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - October 9, 2010 @ 7:30

Sometimes in life, things come full circle. That’s the story of Ricky Skaggs. By age 21, he was already considered a “recognized master” of one of America’s most demanding art forms, but his career took him in other directions, catapulting him to popularity and success in the mainstream of country music. Now the road has brought him back to where it all began - bluegrass music. He has had 11 Billboard #1 hits, including Crying My Heart Out Over You, Heartbroke, Country Boy, Cajun Moon and Lovin’ Only Me.

All Tickets $40

Sponsored by Guaranty Bond Bank

The St. Petersburg String Quartet - November 20, 2010 @ 7:30

One of the world’s leading string quartets, the St. Petersburg was founded in 1985 as the Leningrad Quartet by Alla Aranovskaya, Alla Krolevich (Goryainova) and Leonid Shukayev, all three graduates of the Leningrad Conservatory. The Quartet blazed a trail through international chamber music competitions. Audiences from Toronto to Tokyo, from Lithuania to London and in music halls across the United States give the St. Petersburg Quartet standing ovations. No classical CD collection is complete without recordings by the acclaimed group.

Adults: $30 - Students $10

Anonymous Sponsor in honor of Betty Whitlock & Ron Clinton

Simply Sinatra - December 16, 2010 @ 7:30
Holiday Program featuring Steve Lippia

Steve Lippia is a singer’s singer. He has quickly become one of this country’s most prominent vocalists and interpreters of classic pop music. It is immediately apparent that Steve’s sound is reminiscent of a younger Sinatra, combined, perhaps, with that of Harry Connick, Jr. and Bobby Darin. His repertoire includes such great standards as “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “The Lady Is A Tramp,” “Mack The Knife,” “Summer Wind,” “You Make Me Feel So Young,” “That’s Life,” and “The Best Is Yet To Come.”

Adults: $30 - Students $10

Sponsored by Cypress Bank

The Texas Tenors - January 29, 2011 @ 7:30

Over 100 million people from around the world tuned in to America’s Got Talent last fall to see THE TEXAS TENORS become “2009’s #1 Vocal Group of the Year”. From John Denver to Puccini, The Texas Tenors bring their unique blend of Country, Gospel, Classical, and Broadway to the stage with breathtaking vocals, humor, and cowboy charm. These incredible voices of classically trained tenors belong to JC, Marcus and John. From well loved arias to unexpected songs The Texas Tenors bring to the stage one genre of music they all grew up with–country.

Adults $30 - Students $10

Sponsored by East Texas Medical Center

The Music Man - March 1, 2011 @ 7:30

An affectionate paean to Smalltown, USA of a bygone era, THE MUSIC MAN follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa in 1912 into buying musical instruments and uniforms for a boy’s band he vows to organize – despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef! His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the town librarian, with chaos ensuing as the townsfolk get wind of his scheme.

Adults $30 - Students $10

Sponsored by Charlie & Helen Hampton

Ray Price - April 2, 2011 @ 7:30

During his long and distinguished career, Ray Price has accomplished the remarkable feat of re-inventing hard-core honky-tonk and also gaining success with lushly arranged love ballads in rhinestone suits or tuxedos. He has maintained an independence characteristic of great innovators in all artistic fields and has recorded numerous top country hits from the 1950s to 1970s. Price was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996. He resides near Mount Pleasant.

Adults $35 - Students $10

Sponsored by NTCC Foundation