Martin Lund’s annual Funhouse Commons benefit will highlight jazz this year.
Friday & Saturday, June 21 & 22 at 7:30pm – The Orcas Center
from Donna Laslo
JAZZ – “America’s Greatest Cultural Achievements”
It’s time to get your tickets for one of the most popular show of the year! Martin Lund and producer Donna Laslo have cooked up yet another fantastic show to usher in the summer season: Martin Lund’s One World Music Festival 2013
JAZZ has been called the purest expression of American democracy: a music built on individualism and compromise, independence and cooperation. Jazz is an integral part of our American experience and It has influenced so many other styles of music. With an all star line-up combining the island’s finest musicians along with world class Seattle pros, Lund will take us on a historical journey of JAZZ; America’s greatest cultural achievements.
“We’ve been working on this for months now,” says Lund. “For me, it’s about the talent that is coming this year and what will happen when we are set loose together on the Orcas Center stage with our combined mastery; it’s guaranteed to be amazing! We will hit the ground running Friday night and this will not be a dress rehearsal; it will be two nights of fantastic music that we will talk about and remember for a long time.”
Headliners include: Bernie Jacobs, scat singer/flutist; Shanetta Brown, singer/African dancer; African/Cuban drummers Thione Diop and Teo Shantz; masters of Bee Bop Jay Thomas & Willie Thomas; pianist/singer Dawn Clement; Grammy award winner Nancy Rumbel; master of the vibes Susan Pascal; Jon Hamar on Bass and special guest Jovon Miller an award winning rising star of tap and dance will wow you with his moves!
This show will sell out, so don’t delay. Tickets available through the Orcas Center Box Office: 376-ACT1 and online at orcascenter.org. All net proceeds benefit The Funhouse Commons.
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