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Concert by the beach

By Deborah Sederberg
Staff Writer

Published: Friday, July 13, 2012 5:07 PM CDT

MICHIGAN CITY — Those who attend the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra Summer Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Guy F. Foreman Bicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington Park should be preapred for an evening of Olympic proportions, said Lee Bauman, executive director of the orchestra.

“When you hear the ‘Olympic Fanfare and Theme’ by John Williams (the composer who made Superman fly), you will think you have been transported to London,” she added.

What’s more, promises Bauman, whose husband, Philip Bauman, serves as conductor to the orchestra, the music, the fun and the excitement build throughout he concert.

Concert guests, she says, will be “dazzled” by Hoosier STAR finalist Lauren Mazur, who will reprise the zingy song, “Lippa’s ‘Life of the Party’” in a flapper style that she performed as a 2011 finalist.

“Heroic adventures featuring water sports, gymnastics, dance, theater and synchronized bowing will take over the stage,” Bauman said.

As the orchestra presents gold-medal achievements from stage and film, listeners will hear music from “Fiddler on the Roof” and music from Eric Korngold’s “The Sea Hawk.”

The concert will include plenty of movement. The Three-Ring Circus will be represented and audience members will see Russian Sailors dance. Bohemian guests will celebrate as they dance to the music from Smetena’s “The Bartered Bride.”

In keeping with Maestro Bauman’s programmatic leaning toward adventure fantasy, the concert also will include “Titanic” by James Horner.

Sponsored by the Michigan City Enrichment Corporation and hosted by Mayor Ron Meer, the concert is free to the public, although customary parking fees apply to those who do not have Washington Park parking stickers.

The orchestra formerly gave five summer orchestral performances, Lee Bauman said. Money for concerts has dried up in other communities.

“But we’re glad to be in Washington Park,” she said.

Bauman noted that audience members are invited to “bring a lawn chair or a blanket or come relax on a bench at this recently updated facility to enjoy this free concert” at 7 p.m. Sunday at the amphitheater, just steps from Lake Michigan.

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We saw last Thursday's municipal band concert. The new facility is wonderful, and the show was great.

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Municipal Band to perform Thursday

Staff Reports

Published: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:07 PM CDT

MICHIGAN CITY — The Michigan City Municipal Band will present its seventh concert of the 2012 summer series on Thursday. The concert will be held at the Guy F. Foreman Bicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington Park, in Michigan City. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. It's free, although customary parking fees apply to those who do not have Washington Park parking stickers.

Appearing with the band will be vocal soloist Sheryl Edwards, lyric soprano. Sheryl has performed with orchestras and theatrical groups throughout Northern Indiana. She has been an actress as well as director of the La Porte Service League children's plays for 27 years and is a past president of this organization. She served on the Board of Directors of La Porte Service League and La Porte County Symphony Orchestra and currently serves on the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra artistic committee. Sheryl most recently performed for Purdue North Central's 2012 Graduation Ceremony, the La Porte County Historical Museum's Hoosier Entertainers program, the American Veterans' Traveling Tribute and with her husband, Thomas, co-hosted La Porte Little Theatre's Starstruck Lounge Cabaret Alive fundraising event. She also serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate.

Edwards will be performing "Signore, Ascolta!," from G. Puccini's opera, "Turandot" and "The Girl in 14G," music by Jeanine Tesori, and lyrics by Dick Scalan.

Also appearing with the band is instrumental soloist, Elaine Hornyak, flute.

Elaine Hornyak is a Cum Laude graduate of Indiana University with majors in flute performance and music education. She was Principal Flutist in the Grand Rapids, Michigan Symphony Orchestra and currently performs with the South Shore, Elkhart and LaPorte Symphony Orchestras, the Valparaiso Summer Rhapsody Orchestra, the Michigan City, LaPorte and Elkhart Municipal Bands and Windiana Concert Band. Mrs. Hornyak also enjoys playing the piccolo, especially the piccolo solo in John Philip Sousa's "Star and Stripes for Ever," with the Michigan City Municipal Band.

Elaine will perform "Concertino," by Cecile Chaminade, arranged by Clayton Wilson.

The band, directed by Richard D'Arcangelis, will perform a variety of music including: "The Glory of the Yankee Navy March," by John Philip Sousa; "Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio," by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; "Concertino," by Cecile Chaminade; "American Flourish," by Robert W. Smith; "Signore, Ascolta!," from G. Puccini's "Tarandot; "The Girl in 14G," by Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scalan; "The Wizard of Oz," by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, arranged by James Barnes; "Summer of ‘69: The Music of Woodstock," arranged by Ted Ricketts; "Sabre and Spurs March," by John Philip Sousa; and "The Star Spangled Banner,: by Francis Scott Key and John S. Smith.

The announcer will be Rick Carlson.