COLORADO PERFORMING ARTS JAMBOREE 2012
JANUARY 27, 2012, 9AM-3PM |
SHOWCASE SCHEDULE AND ARTIST PROFILES
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9:15-9:30am Ricky and the Radios
With highly skilled musicianship and tight three-part harmonies, Ricky and the Radios' repertoire spans the gamut from Tommy James and the Shondells to Steely Dan and Chicago, with a little Weezer thrown in for good measure. Quite simply, they play your favorite songs, from the 60s to the new millennium. |
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9:45-10:00am Beats Noir!
Beats Noir! began as an experiment. As with all experiments, its conductors were unsure what to expect when they set out to combine J.T. Nolan's love of Americana and Rock n Roll with Paul Mullikin's background in Hip Hop and Jazz. Their collaboration led to an intriguing blend of electronic and acoustic sounds, of infectious beats and undeniable musicianship. The result is equal parts style and substance - big, bold, intelligent music that will make you move. |
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10:15-10:30am Molly Greacen and the Sweet Life Brazilian Jazz Band
This group plays beautiful, high-energy, spicy, sensual Brazilian jazz. They bring their own special and unique blend of music that appeals to a wide audience. It combines the flavor of Brazil mixed with smooth and melodic jazz, and alternating with upbeat, danceable music with fabulous Brazilian rhythms. Molly sings in both English and Portuguese. The band plays bossa nova, samba, jazz, and pop music. It is alternately soothing, energetic, soulfully funky, and is always uplifting to the human spirit. |
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11:00-11:15am The ReJuveniles
The members of the ReJuveniles grew up with a passion for the music of the 60s and while each has played a variety of music over the last 40 years of performing professionally, their hearts belong to 60s rock and roll. When you hear them perform those iconic songs of the Beatles, The Stones, Jefferson Airplane and The Who, or even the one-hit wonders of ? and The Mysterians or The McCoys, you can't help being transported back to a time when no two groups sounded alike and the music was helping to shape our culture. And for you baby-boomers, like The ReJuveniles themselves, it will make you feel young again for a little while, and understand why the band slogan is "The sixties aren't over 'til WE say they are!" |
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11:30-11:45am SOUL SACRIFICE, A Tribute to Santana
With great passion and precision, SOUL SACRIFICE faithfully recreates
the music of the legendary band SANTANA. Featuring burning renditions
of Latin-infused rock classics such as Oye Como Va, Black Magic Woman,
Jingo, and Soul Sacrifice; plus breathtaking delivery of guitar ballads
including Europa and Samba Pa Ti, SOUL SACRIFICE captures and delivers up the signature multi-cultural sound and spirit that is SANTANA. |
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LUNCH
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12:30-12:45pm
The Rifters
The Rifters are Rod Taylor (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Don Richmond (guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, pedal steel guitar, dobro, harmonica, vocals), and Jim Bradley (bass, vocals). Putting out more music than it seems should be right for three guys on stage, the Rifters employ a wide range of acoustic and electric instruments, combined with soaring three-part harmonies, to provide a mesmerizing variety of music from driving blue-grama-grass to ethereal desert beauty. Their years of playing to the dance crowds in their northern New Mexico homeland have given their music a toe-tapping rhythm that is engaging and undeniable. With a pedigree of bands like Hired Hands, the Rounders, and South by Southwest among them, the Rifters are truly a musical voice of their region of high desert vistas and mountain majesty. |
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1:00-1:15pm Salida Circus
Led by Jennifer Dempsey, whose twenty-five years of circus performing include twelve years with the Belfast Circus in Northern Ireland and stints with Circo Rum Ba Ba in London and the Scarlet Sisters Circus in California, Salida Circus offers professional stiltwalkers, acrobats, jugglers, and trapeze artists for festivals, corporate events, birthday parties, promotions, and parades. Salida Circus performers have appeared at the Hollywood Bowl in LA and Wembley Stadium in London, as well as Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Westcliffe Western Days, The Incredible Circus MAT Show in Manitou Springs, and libraries throughout southern Colorado. Number of performers varies. |
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2:00-2:15pm Meghan Casey of Rocky Mountain Puppets
Meghan Casey, now in her teens, has been a performing ventriloquist since age 6. She excels at this difficult artform! She and her puppets engage audiences with her signature zany, yet natural-feeling, humor. Rocky Mountain Puppets also offers larger shows: “Our 2012 show theme is DREAM BIG, a performance with colorful and lively characters leaving a dream world and Magically coming to life. We also offer an instructional puppet workshop, TRASH to TREASURE, where kids and adults can learn how to assemble incredible functioning puppets with recyclable plastic bottles. For hire is Bonnie Bunny, our 7-foot tall Rabbit, along with Carlos the TALKING Carrot. Planning a Parade? Be sure to include PUPPETS ON PARADE, a motorized puppet stage float complete with lights and music.” |
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2:30-2:45pm Phat Daddy
Phat Daddy is one of the West's premier dance bands. Featuring great showmanship, vocals and a powerful rhythm section, Phat Daddy can cover a wide range of musical styles from current dance hits to R&B, Motown, Rock, Blues and Jazz hits from the past. |
