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Winter 2021

Winter/Spring 2021 Performances



• *** LATE ADDITION *** Queen City Jazz Band

• Sunday Mar 14  3:00 PM

• Colby High School Auditorium

• This late addition to the schedule brings back the Queen City Jazz Band, a favorite from Longmont Colorado!  For over sixty years the QCJB has been delighting audiences with the happy sounds of the 20s, 30s and 40s—Gospel, Early Jazz, Ragtime, Swing, Blues and Spirituals.

• Michael Fitzsimmons - Drums of the World

• Sunday Jan 24  3:00 PM

  Hoxie High School Auditorium

  International touring artist Michael Fitzsimmons will present Drums of the World featuring rare instruments from Switzerland called hang drums as well as a variety of other drums, pan pipes, and kalimbas from various parts of the world.

  Monday Jan 25 - Hoxie

  School programs

• Nashville Legacy

  Sunday Feb 14  3:00 PM

  *** CANCELLED *** Oakley High School Auditorium

  Nashville Legacy will be a nostalgic show of music from Nashville stars of the past.

• The New Odyssey Guy

  Sunday Feb 21  3:00 PM (2:00 Mountain)

  *** CANCELLED *** Wallace County HS Auditorium, Sharon Springs

  The New Odyssey Guy, a one-man show dynamo, will perform a high energy show featuring his mastery of 10 instruments, music, song, comedy, and more.

• Wichita Children's Theatre

  Mon-Wed March 1-3

  *** CHANGED TO ONLINE - INFO TO COME *** Area schools

  Wichita Children's Theatre will present "Alice in Wonderland" in seven area schools.

• Ball in the House

  Sunday Mar 14  3:00 PM

  *** CANCELLED *** Cultural Arts Center, Colby

  Ball in the House is an R&B / soul / pop a capella group that makes "music that'll move ya" with beatbox and vocal bass under their cool harmonies.

• The Duttons

• Tuesday Apr 6  7:30 PM

  Oakley High School Auditorium

  The Duttons, famous family of entertainers from Branson, will delight the audience with their stunning performance.

• Bettman & Halpin

  Sunday Apr 18  3:00 PM (2:00 Mountain)

  Goodland High School Auditorium

  Nationally touring and award-winning duo Bettman & Halpin perform a fresh and enduring combination of Americana, folk, and bluegrass.

• Back to the 70's Tributes

  Sunday Apr 25  3:00 PM

  St Francis High School Auditorium

  Back to the '70's Tributes will perform "A Tribute to Neil Diamond" in a nostalgic show of beautiful reminiscing in song.

  Monday Apr 26  School program

• Pride of the Prairie Orchestra

  *** CANCELLED *** Sunday May 2  3:00 PM

  Cultural Arts Center, Colby

  Pride of the Prairie Orchestra will perform a variety of selections.

Queen City Jazz Band