Evening of Jazz… With the FTC Jazz Orchestra & Swing Band Directed by Demetrius Spaneas Tues., Dec. 13, 7:30 pm. $10.00

Posted on November 27, 2011 by admin

“Evening of Jazz”

Featuring

 The Five Towns College “Jazz Orchestra” & “Swing Band”

Directed by Demetrius Spaneas

      This is a classy evening… Especially designed to entice and invite all of you “Big Band Jazz Orchestra” and “Swing Band” music lovers to come on out and treat yourself the excitment of a live concert..!  Enjoy the tradition and tribute to the compositions of the most well renowned Jazz Greats.!  Including the music of… Duke Ellington, Paul whiteman, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Tito Puente and Braziliian Jazz Styles… You will be pleasantly entertained with the glorious sounds of one of  “The Best” Big Bands on Long Island..!!  Let them enlighten and inspire you with a night to remember… It’s the very dedicated and talented… Five Towns College “Jazz Orchestra” and “Swing Band”….! 

Right here in your own home town is the *Hidden Treasure* of…

“The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center” 

Where “Live Music” is always availabe for you to experience…

Enjoy the Delightful Theater at Five towns College…

And let the joy of live music enrich your Holiday Season…!!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to feel the magic of this lively ”Big Band” Jazz Music…
Swing into the night…Check for Ticket availability before it’s too late…!
 
by LJC 

Date:  Tuesday, December 13 7:30 pm.  $10.00

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Holiday Concert… Wed. Dec. 14, 7:30 pm. $10.00

Posted on November 21, 2011 by admin

“Holiday Concert”

Five towns College 2011

     Join us for this very special evening of performances and festivities…!  The Five Towns College Holiday concert will celebrate this joyous season with the tradition of music and songs to fill your hearts with light and love…Enjoy the Chamber Orchestra conducted by composer-violinist Mattew Pierce.  Highly praised for his classical scores for major ballet companies performed around the world as well as the City Center in New York, London and Paris… Also, to follow… is the” Vocal Jazz Ensamble”… which will  up-lift you and captivate you with their thrilling vocal harmonies.!!  Songs to warm you with comfort and joyful praise… Performed with such precisely and richly  toned soaring voices… Rejoicing in the spirit of the of the Holiday Season…Under the direction of Stephen Gleason, special-events band leader and vocalist.  And then the finally of our show will be “The Five Towns College Chorus” consisting of 80 vocal members…!!!  Directed by Music Department Chairman and choral expert Jeffrey Lipton…. They will inspire you by singing the Grand Music of the Great Composers…. “Tis’ the Season to be Jolly.!!   Please join us in our presentation of this very special “Hoiliday Concert”… Performances to lift your spirits and shine light upon this joyous time of the year…!!”

byLJC 

 
Let the light shine upon you…!
 With these inspired and gifted students…Come and appreciate the excitement of rich and soaring voices..!! 
 The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center Theater… 
 Will resonate with ”High Quality” blends of vocal harmonies, sure to thrill you…
 Bless us all, and to all…
 We wish you a very heart warming Holiday… Peace… Love and Light in the New Year…!!!
 
Hurry up and check for ticket availability…Be a part of this beautifully prepared Hoiday Concert…One night only…!!!

 

Date:  Wednesday December 14, 7;30 pm.  $10.00

 

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Valentine’s Beatles “Love Celebration” with “Gathering Time”… Sun. Feb. 12, 2:00 pm. Tickets: $20

Posted on November 8, 2011 by admin

Valentine’s… Beatles Love Celebration …

Featuring… The very talented and dedicated band…

“Gathering Time”

     Please come together on this special afternoon listening and enjoying the live music of…  well, some of our most beautiful and honest love songs ever written….!!  You will appreciate and value the essence of richly embellished performances, with a truly genuine ambiance, created by the very honorable and dedicated quality of “Gathering time”… Capturing over two dozen songs of the timeless and lasting music of the one and only…  legendary… “Beatles” ..!   You will be flawed by the performances of these highly mastered musicians as they display precisely defined versions of these treasured love songs, all of the extremely heart felt and purely crafted “Songs youknow and Love“…  And maybe even sing along…!! As this band will undoubtedly combine their well blended vocals, and rich familiar harmonies, with precise guitar and percussion performances throughout this afternoon of  “Magical Music… Memories and Love…..

     This very  finely crafted band… “Gathering times”   will no doubt impress you and take you away into the a mystical journey you long for with the music of the infamous “Fab Four”…“Beatles”… So get ready on this afternoon to go back in time as you reunite and appreciate the everlasting quality, of their true devotion to those romantic love songs…. Some of the best and most memorable songs of our life time… Right…!!!  This highly talented and incredibly devoted band of wonder, has also been voted  the “Best of Long Island” as well as “Top Folk Act” in the 2010 long Island Press readers’ poll…. And that deserves some recognition…!! So don’t hesitate to join in for some great “live entertainment” by this tremendously accomplished  and worthy group of talented guys…. Gather some friends, or that someone special for this great opportunity to cherish a memorable Sunday afternoon in the glow of love… Let me remind you… “Michelle”, ”Something” ,”Yesterday” , “The Long and Winding Road”, Here There and Everywhere”…. And it’s all right here at The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center… In the“Comfortable”, “Intimate” and “Acoustically Refined” Theatre….at Five Towns College…  “P.S. I Love You”  :)   See you there…!!!    

       Call now for tickets…Don’t let this show pass you by…

Can’t you just here those melodies now..?

“You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”…

Call now to reserve Tickets….  631-656-2148

By LJC 

 Date and time:  Sunday, February 12, at 2:00 p.m.   Tickets:  $20.00

 

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The Wild Women of Comedy…Saturday, Jan. 28, 7:30 pm. Tickets: $30, $25, $20

Posted on November 6, 2011 by admin

“The Wild Women of Comedy”

with… Ann Lipuma, Kit Stewart, Carie Karavas,

Marla Schultze and Sherry Davey…

 

             To Purchase Tickets Click here

     Won’t you please join us as we welcome this extremely talented group of down right hysterically animated and funny comedians…!!  This is an original showcase of  “Female” comedians… Get ready to be entertained with “Raucous Laughter”… These ladies have performed at top notch venues including… “Catch a Rising Star” In NYC,  ”Caroline’s”, “Gotham”, to name a few…Marla shultze has performed on Last Comic Standing, and has opened for Chelsea handler as well as touring around the country… Sherry Davey is recognized and honored for her versatility and hilarity and is best known for her variety of characters and dialects, from the giddy “American Valley Girl” to expressions of her Hungarian father…  Carie karavas is a sure crowd pleaser who has been noted for conquering the New York City scene as well as the National Comedy Club circut.  She is noted for her style and dilivery of a tough, wise cracking, street smart stand- up-comic…  She is sure to grab hold of your attention and guarantee constant big laughs…!!  Ann Lipuma has been producing show and fine tuning her comedic skills on stages in the NYC area including the improv for over two decades.. She is also in patenership with the very seasoned and largely noted entertainer and comic, Kit Stewert..!  Combined all together is store for you, is a real showcase of craftmanship and comic relief… 

      ”The Wild Women of Comedy” have been known to sell-out to standing room only…!!  So hurry up and don’t miss out on getting a seat early.!!  With a variety of styles within each of these talented ladies… You will no doubt be truly entertained and brought to belly laughing by these well honed performances… You will see it all… Once again from wise cracking, street smarts, and impressions…  This is one night certain to be filled with hilarity…!! Enjoy these highly seasoned and recognized ”Queens of Comedy”, as we celebrate this honorary evening with the ladies with a sense of humour… “Stand-up Comics”… Let them entertain you..!! 

 

Join in on this fun…!! And Laugh out Loud…

 On this very funny night..!

 At the…

Dix Hills Performing Arts Center…

by LJC

Date and Time: Saturday Jan. 28, 7:30 pm.

Tickets:  $30, $25, & $20

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The Music of YES…!! Performed by the band “Tribute” Fri. Feb. 3, 7:30 pm. Tickets… $35, $30, $25

Posted on November 5, 2011 by admin

The Music of “YES”!

Performed by the band …

“Tribute”

    

     Come and experience the progressive rock the music of “Yes” in a night of energetic and dedicated performances with the band “Tribute”…!  Be a part of the re-creation of the legendary album “Close to the Edge”… Un-Interrupted, as we honor the 40th Anniversary of one of the most successful progressive rock groups of the 1970′s.  The astounding music of  the band “Yes” was admired and recognized for their powerful musical riffs, complex tempos and ever so melodic and delicate vocals…. With a vast musical catalogue, the band “Tribute”, Captures a complete and spectacular delivery of solos as well as visual effects to stimulate their audience and highlight their extraorinary and well executed show…!!  All of us “Yes” fans, will never outgrow the intrigue and the musical brilliance… Remembering one of the most innovative, creative and inspired rock bands of our time, experince the unique virtuosity all over again..!! A band you grew up with and had such “fun-tastic” memories of… 

     Tremendous and powerful musical arrangements… Say “Yes”..!! To a night out with“Tribute“… This will definitely be a night of high energy performances and solos you will remember… Will fill you with, “feel Good Satifaction”… Fans forever.!! You will be rejuvenated…!!  So, Stay close to the edge, with an eye on ticket availability…  This Show Sells out fast…!!  Classic Rock at it’s very best…

A Variety of Musical Greatness…!

Once again, and always…

Right here at The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center…

by LJC

 Date and Time:  Fri. Feb. 3, 7:30 pm.

Tickets: $35, $30, and $25

  

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“The Black Tie Affair Orchestra’s”… “Tribute to the “Big Bands” with Tom Manuel and Ballroom Dancing… Sat. Jan. 21, 7:30 pm. Tickets: $30, $25, & $20

Posted on November 5, 2011 by admin

“The Black Tie Affair Orchestra’s”

“Tribute to the “Big Bands”

with Tom Manuel and Ballroom Dancing…!!

To Purchase Tickets Click Here

 

     Please join us for a Spectacular and Ellegent Evening…!!  As “The Black Tie Affair Orchestra” shines with crisp perfection… Featuring the billiance, of  the timeless musical catalogue… delivered  precisely, with the most memorable “Original Arrangements” of the most renowned and Legendary Greats…!! Tommie Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington and many more…! Enjoy all of the songs you know and love, with this special presentation of the wonderful and uplifting, Classic Sounds of the 40′s.  Your heart will sing as you reminisce, and experience the pleasure of the very beautifully executed performances of the live and exciting “Big Band” celebration…

     “The Black Tie Affair Orchestra”, is known to be Long Islands top choice Tribute Big Band…  Directed by Tom Manuel and his 17 piece Orchestra, performing “Classic Dance Renditions”, and  the “trumpet styles” of Harry James, Charles Spivak and Ray Anthony… Also, featuring Phyllis Tagg on vocals, recently featured in Newsday..!!  Bring in the New Year with the joy and excitement of all the familiar songs that radiate and glow with perfection…  And Dance into the night with the energetic and rich tones of  “The Black Tie Affair Orchestra”…  Forget your troubles, come on get happy…!!  

 

    Join in on this Lively and Classy Evening…

of, Tribute to the sounds of the 40s..

at The Dix Hills Performing Art Center…

by LJC

Date & Time: Sat. January 21, 2012 at 7:30 pm.

 Tickets: $30, $25, and $20 

 

 

 

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“Dr. K’s Motown Review”…Saturday Feb. 11, 7:30 pm. Tickets: $35, $30, $25

Posted on November 3, 2011 by admin

The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center

Presents…

“Dr. K’s Motown Review”

    

      Please join us… as we get down tonight…!!  “Dr. K’s Motown Review” brings back memories of generations of our fun loving past… Hit songs by…“The Supremes”, “TheTemptations”, “Martha and the Vandellas”, and many more exciting favorites..!! You will become involved and rhythmically thrilled with audience participation…  You will be challenged by bits of trivia, and even some surprise give aways…!!  At the same time you will be dancing and tapping your feet to the “Funky Beats” and “Soulful Styles” that will make you want to sing along…

     Don’t miss out on this Spectacular Performance…!  With  “Dr. K’s” immensely talented band… Featuring a high energy stage presence and you will get right back to where it started from… “The Motown Era”… These cats are the complete experience all decked out in the snazzy costumes and dance routines… “Soul Train Style”…. You’ll be diggin’ the vibe and the groove… This Sensational show is a must see and hear  live performance…!!  Be a part of this exciting night out on the town..!! Tonight, Dix Hills is “Funky Town”…  

Get Down Tonight…!!

Right here at The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center…

So get up and Boogie…And get your tickets…!

Call now for tickets..!!!

631-656-2148

by LJC

Date & Time :  Saturday Feb. 11, 7;30 pm.

Tickets :  $35, $30,  and $25 

 

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The Most Popular Songs of the ’30s and ’40s… Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2:00 pm. Tickets: $20

Posted on November 3, 2011 by admin

“The Hits” of the 30s & 40s

Songs of, Julie Styn, Sammy Kahn, Jimmy Van Heusen and more…

Featuring…

“The Phyllis Tagg Trio” with  dancing…!!

    

     Enjoy a night “Out on the Town” with veteran-pianist Vocalist Phyllis Tagg…  She will delight you with her extraordinary ability to express herself with great vocal experience, she will thrill you throughout the evening… Phyllis has a showcase prepared for you that is sure to unlock your most treasured memories as you hear your favorite classic tunes…She will be performing some of the greatest songs of all time…!! “It Had to Be You”,  “Our Love is Here To Stay”, “Tenderly”, and many more… 

      Phyllis Tagg was noted for top-notch skills and entertaining audiences far and wide… Highlighting Frank Sinatra’s Manhattan” hang out, “Jilly’s” and features a profile of the biggest compliment ever received by Frank himself…”Man!! Yyou can sing you bird off”… now that’s a mention worth treasuring…!!  Phyllis is also known to wow you with a joke or two, and will inspire you to get up and dance… Being a dancer herself, she knows exactly how to keep you in step and flowing gracefully with the perfect tempo…!!  Join us in this lively evening and be proudly entertained with the seasoned up-beat style of Phyllis Tagg…. You’ll have a ball…!!! 

     Don’t miss out on these songs of classic treasure…

Songs to bring joy and cherished memories..!!

Get up and Dance…

Right here at The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center…!!

byLJC

Date & Time :  Sunday Jan. 29, at 2:00 pm.

Tickets : $20.00

 

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The Music of “Chicago” with “Beginnings”…Fri. Feb. 10, 7:30 pm. Tickets: $35, 30, $25

Posted on November 2, 2011 by admin

Songs From The Heart

The Love Ballads of “Chicago”…with…

“Beginnings”

 

     What a perfect way to start this special weekend of love…!! With this very special Friday evening, in light of a… “Valentine’s Experience”…  It’s the greatest, most memorable music of the unforgettable band “Chicago”…!!  With Top ten albums, and top ten singles in 1970′s and 1980′s, the band eclected the signature sound that we all have a great respect and admiration for… Let me entice you… “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”, ” Saturday in the Park”, “25 Or 6 To 4″, “Colour My World”, and “If You Leave Me Now” … To name a few…!! Let the very skilled experienced tribute band,“Beginnings” re-unite you with the some of the fondest memories from times in your life… You will definitely be brought back back in time with sweet those ballads and love songs so richly crafted…. This eight piece group of highly dedicated musicains will enrich you with those smooth and velvety vocal harmonies  all combined with all of those beautifully blended guitars strumming tones so lush… Featuring crisp solo performances that will capture elements of the virtuous originals…!!  So come on along this magical musical journey… And experience the genuine talent a special flavours on this night of live music at its very best… With “Beginnings” … We are bringing them back by popular demand…!!  And, you can never get enough of a good thing…   

     This show has sold out in the past..!!  These guys really know how to deliver the sweet sounds of the unforgettable classic rock music and lyrics of “Chicago”… and they are sure to create a melodic, warm and memorable atomosphere in the house…!!  Get into the mood with his wonderful night of love songs and hits, once again performed with  tibute to those fabulous, familiar “Resonant sounds”… By the widely known, highly respected tribute band “Beginnings”….

     What better was to spend a Friday night in the glow of the Valentine’s Day weekend…?  So, go on and put this night on your “Wish List”, or ”Surprise”  someone with  tickets to these satisfying and warm sounds.. Maybe go with a group of old friends just to reminisce and enjoy to this relaxing evening out at your local hometown theatre… The extremely comfortble and  perfectly engineered audio technologies of The Dix Hills Performings Arts Center at Five Towns College..!! 

It’s a Special night of Love Songs…

That you know and Love and Treasure.!

Right here at The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center…

Hurry up and check for tickets.!!

this show sells out fast…

Call  now…!!!  

631-656-2148

by  LJC  

Date & Time: Friday Feb 10, 7:30 pm. 

Tickets : $35, $30, and $25 

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An Evening with Vocalist “Giada Valenti” & Her Orchestra… Sat. Feb. 4, 7:30 pm. Tickets $45, $40, $30

Posted on November 1, 2011 by admin

The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center Presents…

An Evening with The Multi-Talented Vocalist

“Giada Valenti” & her Orchestra…

 

     Join us in welcoming this fabulous and very special performer..!!  “Giada Valenti”… A highly recognized entertainer, that embraces a graceful showcase of  her “unique vocals” and “ stage presence“, as well as expressing her own original music…A lovely lady, with a smooth style and presentation,  as well as gifted songwriter.  Giada is a regular at NYC’s premier Cabaret Room and appears for sell-out audiences in Atlantic City…  Another worthy and honorable mention, is that Giada was chosen  and hand picked to join the dedicated and live performing cast of the highly noted Musical Director Phil Ramone in the Broadway Musical, “Be my Love”… Based on the life story of tenor Mario Lanza.  

     Giada truly exhibits the “European Flavors” in her poise, elegance as she delivers with heart and soul. with her undeniably passionate performances…. You will exhale and be filled with delightful artistry… This is a special night of music, and you are sure to be drawn into her fluid stage presence… Giada will also be featuring her new CD release, “And I Love You So”…

 Giada was named “Woman of the Year” by the organization of Italian Charities in America, and is honored by “Order Sons of Italy in America” for being a virtuous and ”Great Italian Role Model”..!  With talent so vast, she is also a regular at Feinstein’s and Regency in NYC..!!  Enjoy an evening of tasteful entertainment… with one classy, intriguing woman… ” Giada” & her Orchestra…  A Sweetly and richly embellished  night out… Music that you are sure to love and appreciate… Ciao…!!  Andiamo a la cinema…!! Molto bene… Musica fantastico..!!   

Don’t hesitate to book your tickets in advance…

Once again be thoroughly entertained..!!

At The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center…

by LJC

Date & Time:  Sat. Feb. 4, 7:30 pm.

Tickets:  $45, $40, $35, and $30

 

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