Southeastern Louisiana University

Individual Fanfare, Columbia tickets available beginning Sept. 6

Contact: Christina Chapple

9/1/06

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LOUISIANA ARTISTS, TOPICS STAR AT FANFARE 2006 – “Louisiana Roots,” a special series during Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University’s annual October arts festival, will honor state artists and subjects, including entertainer Ronnie Kole and author John Barry. Fanfare tickets, along with individual tickets for Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts 2006-07 events, go on sale Sept. 6. 

     HAMMOND – Tickets for the 21st season of Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University’s annual October arts festival, and for the 2006-07 season of the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts will go on sale Sept. 6.

     Patrons can purchase tickets in person at the Columbia box office, located in the lobby of the historic downtown Hammond theater at 220 E. Thomas St., or online at www.columbiatheatre.org. The box office will be open from noon-5 p.m., weekdays, and until one hour before performance time for events at the Columbia Theatre.

     “We are very excited about this year’s season, especially Fanfare’s ‘Louisiana Roots’ series, which honors Louisiana artists and topics,” said Donna Gay Anderson, director of Fanfare/Columbia.

     The Louisiana Roots series includes lectures by Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose, “Rising Tide” author John Barry, and Rice University’s John Boles; concerts by legendary entertainers Ronnie Kole and Irma Thomas, and the Last Straws jazz ensemble; readings by Louisiana writers Bev Marshall, Alison Pelegrin, and Tim Gautreaux; New Orleanian M.I. Scoggin’s tribute to the great French vocalist Edith Piaf; and Roberts Batson’s “post-Katrina” version of his one man show, “Amazing Place, This New Orleans.”

     While many Fanfare events are free, tickets for 13 events will be sold at the box office and on the Fanfare/Columbia Web site. They are:

     ▪ “Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular” (Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m., Columbia), $28.50, adults; $24.50, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni; $20 group rate; $15, non-Southeastern students; Southeastern students free with ID.

     ▪ The Last Straws (Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Music Building Auditorium), $15, adults; $12, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni; $8, non-Southeastern students; $5, Southeastern students.

     ▪ Soprano Nicole Cabell (Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium), $15, adults; $12, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni; $8, non-Southeastern students; $5, Southeastern students.

     ▪ “Soirée Edith Piaf” (Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Columbia Conference Center), $30, general admission.

     ▪ “Rising Tide” author John Barry (Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m., Columbia), $12, adults; $10, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni; $8 group rate; $5, non-Southeastern students; Southeastern students free with I.D.

     ▪ Aquila Theatre Company in “Romeo and Juliet” (Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m., Columbia), $22, adults; $20, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni; $18 group rate; $12, non-Southeastern students; $8, Southeastern students.

     ▪ Ronnie Kole (Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m., Columbia), $12, adults; $10, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni; $8 group rate; $5, all students.

     ▪ Southeastern Opera/Music Theatre Workshop in “Songs for a New World” (Oct. 18-21, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium), $14, general admission; $10,senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni,and non-Southeastern students; Southeastern students free with ID.

     ▪ Missoula Children’s Theatre in  “Snow White” (Oct. 21, 2 p.m., Columbia), $12, adults; $10, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni; $8 group rate; $5, all students.

     ▪ Zagreb Saxophone Quartet (Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium), $15, adults; $12, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni; $8, non-Southeastern students; $5, Southeastern students.

     ▪ L.A. Theatre Works in “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” (Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m., Columbia), $38 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $32 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $25 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2.

     ▪ Southeastern Wind Symphony, “Euphoria!” (Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m., Columbia), $5, adults; $3, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni, free for all students.

     ▪ Southeastern Chamber Orchestra (Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m., Columbia) $5, adults; $3, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni, free for all students.

     Tickets for the Southeastern Theatre’s Oct. 4-7 production of “Blythe Spirt” at Vonnie Borden Theatre will be available at the Southeastern Theatre’s box office in the lobby of D Vickers Hall. Tickets are $10, general admission; and $6, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni. Southeastern students are admitted free with their university I.D.  The D Vickers Hall box office, 985-549-2115, will open weekdays beginning Sept. 27 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The box office will also open at 6 p.m. on performance nights.

     Since “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” is also part of the Columbia’s 2006-2007 season, ticket availability may be limited. Anderson said more than 407 Columbia season tickets where sold during the August 10-31 campaign.

     “Our record season ticket sales indicate that our patrons are as excited as we are about this year’s season,” Anderson said. “And it indicates, too, that the remaining seats are going to go quickly, so we encourage everyone to purchase tickets early.”

     Sept. 6 also marks the date that patrons can begin purchasing tickets for individual Columbia season events. In addition to “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,” those events and prices are:

     ▪  “Children’s Letters to God” (Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m.), $32 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $28 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $20 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2.

     ▪  “Children’s Letters to God (Nov. 18, 2 p.m.),  $28 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $24 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $15 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2.

     ▪ Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Holiday Concert (Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.), $38 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $32 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $25 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2.

     ▪ Maureen McGovern (Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m.), $38 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $32 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $25 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2.

     ▪ Winter Dance Party, (Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m.), $35 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $30 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $26 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2.

     ▪ “Urban Cowboy, the Musical” (Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m.), $38 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $32 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $25 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2.

     ▪ Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra March Madness (March 2, 7:30 p.m.), $35 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $30 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $26 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2.

     ▪ Russian American Kids Circus (March 24, 2 p.m.), $32 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $28 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $20 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2.

     ▪ Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, “Peter & the Wolf” narrated by Margaret Orr (April 28, 2 p.m.), $32 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $28 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $20 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2.

     ▪ Eric Burdon and the Animals (June 29, 7:30 p.m.), $38 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $32 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $25 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2.