Doug Woolverton – Hometown trumpet hero returns for Dawson show

We’re so excited to have Doug Woolverton play for us next week at the Chicago Tribute show. (April 7!) We’re glad to see excitement has spread to the West Central Tribune  and their feature on Doug and the upcoming performance…

Woolverton is a 1999 graduate of the Lac qui Parle Valley High School in rural Madison.

It’s where he said a lot of good things happened to him that played a very big role in making his career as a professional trumpet player possible.

“I didn’t realize how much I had learned naturally just living in such a great place,” said Woolverton in a recent telephone interview. The small town values of working hard to succeed and being nice to others, which he acquired while living in Minnesota, helped him create his career as a professional musician, according to Woolverton.

And of course, the people he came to know on the Minnesota prairie also played a big role in shaping this career, he said.

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Beginnings: The Ultimate Chicago Concert Experience of New York to perform in Dawson April 7

Dawson-Boyd Arts Association announces the performance of Beginnings: The Ultimate Chicago Concert Experience on Friday, April 7 at 7:30pm at Memorial Auditorium in Dawson. This show brings to life the timeless classics of the band Chicago and expertly recreates every decade of the band’s hits. Produced and performed by professional musicians and veterans of the New York music scene, Beginnings is an enjoyable and entertaining show.

The Beginnings band includes trumpeter Doug Woolverton, a 1999 LQPVHS graduate and son of former Montevideo pastor Paul Woolverton. Doug joined the Beginnings band in 2015, but also plays with the group Roomful of Blues and has created A Tribute to: Miles Davis, performed annually at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island.

Event sponsor is Dawson Co-op Credit Union. Coffee from Marc’s on Main will be served in the lobby. Tickets to this reserved seating performance are available through the box office by calling 320-312-2311 and are also available online

Meet Simone Perrin: then come see her at DBAA on Feb 4

We are looking forward to the Feb 4 show – Simone Perrin with Kevin Kling. They have been here before. We loved them. We invited them back. They said yes. We are excited.

Want a sneak peek? Check out the video from MNOriginal where Simone performs two original songs onboard a gondola floating down the St. Croix river.

Storyteller Kevin Kling, Accordionista Simone Perrin in Dawson for Winterfest Weekend!

We are excited to have audience favorites Kevin Kling and Simone Perrin return to Memorial Auditorium on Saturday, February 4 at 7:30pm as part of Winterfest Weekend activities in Dawson.

Author, playwright and storyteller Kevin Kling will be joined by accordionista and singer Simone Perrin to bring us their newly-debuted show “Kindly Relying on the Strangeness of Others.”  Kevin Kling’s sharp perspective on the world pairs beautifully with Simone Perrin’s music in this humorous and poignant show. You’ll meet some eccentric yet familiar characters – both adversaries and angels – who’ve crossed their paths and changed their lives.

Kling, a Minnesota native and the author of five books, performs internationally and is an award-winning storyteller. His plays and adaptations have been performed around the world. His commentaries can be heard on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.

Coffee and refreshments will be served in the lobby prior to the show. The annual meeting of the Dawson-Boyd Arts Association will take place at the start of the evening.

This event is sponsored by Johnson Memorial Health Services and Ralph and Sue Gerbig.

Tickets are available online or by calling the box office at 320-312-2311 and will also be available at the door.

Come see Cinderella on Sunday October 23

Cinderella attitudeTickets are now on sale for Continental Ballet’s production of Cinderella. It will be performed on Sunday afternoon, October 23 at 3:00 pm at Memorial Auditorium in Dawson.

It’s reserved seating. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students.

You can purchase tickets in one of three ways:

  1. In person! The box office will be open on Oct. 12 from 9am-noon. [And also all weekdays after that.]
  2. By phone! Our NEW direct phone number is 320-312-2311 with voicemail 24/7. Leave your request and we’ll call you back to confirm payment method.
  3. Online!  You’ll have a chance to list your seating preference in the comments box.

We are looking forward to another beautiful production by Continental Ballet of Bloomington.

Event sponsors are Peggy Crosby & David Pederson and Kluver Law Office & Mediation Center PLLC.

Coffee from Marc’s on Main will be served in the lobby.

Our phones weren’t working. We apologize!

phoneDue to a technical difficulty, the Memorial Auditorium box office phone number was not  functioning. It has recently been fixed.

If you have requested tickets by phone and have not received an answer, we were NOT ignoring you!

Rest assured that there are still tickets for Saturday’s concert.You will be able to purchase them at the box office 30 minutes prior to the show.

We apologize for this inconvenience and we thank you for your patience.

Remember you can also purchase them online or try calling us now!

A taste of the New Standards – Snow Day in 360 view!

We’re excited to have New Standards here Meander Weekend (October 1st at 7:30 pm). To get you in the mood we thought we’d play a video of their videos between now and then. The cool thing about this video? Click your mouse on the video to move your view!

Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students. Get them online, or by calling the box office at 320-312-2311. Tickets will also be available at the door that evening.