Tickets are now on sale for the SRC Community Chorus production of Playin’ Favorites: The Great American Songbook – Music from the 1930s to the 1950s. The four performances are scheduled for June 7 at 7:00 p.m., June 8 at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., and June 9 at 3:00 p.m. at the SRC Theatre in Taylor Hall on the SRC Canton Campus. Tickets may be purchased by visiting the SRC Community Chorus webpage. Seating is limited so early purchase is suggested.
The Musical Revue includes full cast numbers and medleys such as Summertime; For All We Know/Some Other Time; an all-male swing medley consisting of Steppin’ Out With My Baby, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Sophisticated Swing; a blues medley by the women which include Mean to Me, The Man That Got Away, and Blues in the Night; plus a wide variety of solos, duets, and trios such as Heat Wave, Skylark, and Moonlight in Vermont.
“Director Tony Roberts has assembled an extremely talented cast from the best theatres in central Illinois for this musical revue,” said Carol Davis, Artistic Director of the SRC Chorus and producer for the show. “We have performers and musicians from the SRC Chorus, Eastlight Theatre, Corn Stock, and Peoria Players who will engage our audiences with best loved songs from the Golden Age of Radio and the war years.”
Featured in the cast are Bob Juraco, Chad Murphy, Jarod Hazzard, Bryan Blanks, Katie McLuckie, Helaina Kalman, Cecily Pearson, Sheri Barr, Lauren Deppe and Tori Albanito.
The combo band members include Tony Roberts on keyboard, Deb Coots on bass, and Peggy Bonner on percussion.
Proceeds from the concert fund the Susie McMillen Memorial Scholarship. The SRC Community Chorus is celebrating its 24th season and will offer its Winter Concert: Winter Blues and All That Jazz in December. For more information visit, the SRC Community Chorus webpage or contact us by email.