Enjoy a great evening of smooth and soulful classic hits with Tony Reynolds and pianist Bob VanStee! 

Tony Reynolds is a professional singer with a smooth four-octave voice, a classy style and years of experience in the entertainment world.  For seven years Tony traveled the world singing back up for famed performer Tom Jones.  Tony has also had the privilege of singing back up with Elton John.

Check out some video and audio samples of Tony in action at www.ynotsing.com! 

Bob Van Stee started playing piano by ear at the age of 7.  Some of the bands he has worked with are The New World Singers during the 1960’s, Kenny Gordon & the Sound Gathering and Checkers Morton during the 1970’s,   Turning Point in the 1980’s, and Madhouse in the 1990’s.  For the last year he has been a part of the piano vocal duo with Tony Reynolds. 

7:30 p.m.  Black Box.  Tickets $10.

The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

The Borogoves are an eclectic folk duo from Howell, Michigan.  With influences ranging from blues and jazz to acoustic rock, Danny “Finn” Cheyne and Erin Cheyne have created a strong, organic blend of raw vocals and percussive guitar spiked with a dash of ukulele. 

The name “Borogoves” was pulled from the works of Lewis Carroll, whose whimsical style is mirrored in the duo’s lighthearted lyrics.

The Borogoves have recently been nominated for the 11th annual WYCE Jammie Awards.  Go to www.grcmc.org/radio/ to find out more!

7:30 p.m.  Black Box. Tickets: $10.

The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

An evening not to be missed!  Soulful blues with West Michigan’s own Jimmie Stagger, Kathy Lamar, and pianist Bob VanStee.  They are sure to provide a vibrant and energetic show!

Jimmie Stagger has a big rich voice and makes you feel his pain and share his joy through his music.  His growing list of accomplishments includes receiving the “Jammie” award for “The Triumphant Return of Slim Jim” as the Best Local Blues CD from Grand Rapids WYCE public radio in 2002.  As a community leader, Stagger contributes much of his time honoring his commitment to support several charities in the West Michigan area.

LaMar has displayed her vocal talents from Vegas to Shang-hi for the past 20 years.  As a background vocalist, she has performed with Gladys Knight, The Four Tops, and Lola Falana.

Her style ranges from Billy Holiday, Nancy Wilson, Anita Baker, Tina Turner, Sade and Ella Fitzgerald with her sultry Jazz, R/B, and Blues sound.  Kathy sings with Ronald McNeir, of the legendary Motown group the Four Tops, on his CD “Ronnie Mac & Company”. 

With a smoky evocative voice, she has mesmerized audiences and captured the hearts of Jazz and R/B lovers around the globe.  She was born and raised in Grand Rapids and is back in Michigan for a short time only!

Accomplished accompianist Bob Van Stee started playing piano by ear at the age of 7.  Some of the bands he has worked with are The New World Singers during the 1960’s, Kenny Gordon & the Sound Gathering and Checkers Morton during the 1970’s,   Turning Point in the 1980’s, and Madhouse in the 1990’s.  For the last year he has been a part of the piano vocal duo with Tony Reynolds, who is the vocalist with The Tom Jones Band.

Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Black Box.

The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

Pianist and composer Bob Dogan is considered Chicago’s jazz treasure.  He is one of the most revered and enigmatic players on the Chicago music scene, having been right at the roots of modern jazz. 

Bob Dogan has played and recorded with Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, Glenn Miller, Louis Bellison, Gordon Brisker and many more.  He has taught at Berkely Jazz College in Boston.

The Bob Dogan Trio consists of Dogan on piano, Dan Delorenzo on bass, and Joe Adamik on drums.  Their latest cd is “My Blue Roots”, just out Fall 2009.

7:30 p.m.  Black Box. Tickets: $10.

The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

This full-length, one-man drama by Rick Plummer, celebrates beloved WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle and the GIs for whom he spent his life in loving sacrifice. 

Ernie Pyle was America’s favorite newspaperman during the war.  Syndicated in over 200 dailies and 300 weeklies, this Pulitzer Prize winning journalist served as a link between men at the front and their loved ones back home.  His articles were a folksy style much like a personal letter to a friend.

Following the entry of the U.S. into World War II, Pyle became a war correspondent, applying his intimate style to the war.  Instead of the movements of armies or the activites of generals, Pyle wrote from the perspective of the common soldier, an approach that won him not only further popularity but also the Pulitzer Prize.  He did not glorify war, but rather the simple heroism of the American GI who fought and was prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice.  His style was a journalistic, unadorned, rugged way of writing, more so than almost any other writer of his time or since.

Among his most widely read and reprinted columns is “The Death of Captain Waskow.”  His wartime writings are preserved in four books:  Ernie Pyle in England, Here is Your War, Brave Men, and Last Chapter.

This gritty production captures the horrors of war and celebrates their sacrifice and our freedoms.  The play takes the audience just behind the front lines in France, to a ship at sea, to Sicily, and to Italy, Anzio, Normandy, Cherbourg and the liberation of Paris.

Rick Plummer has directed over 150 productions and has played many roles in a thirty year career as a professional actor, director, and theater educator.  Dr. Plummer manages the Theater and Performing Arts program at West Shore Community College.

7:30 p.m.   Main Stage.  Tickets: $10.

The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

The Dillonaires are a family band out of Jackson, Mississippi who capture the essence of American Folk Music.  Sherman Lee (the dad) along with son Andrew John and daughter Anna Lee provide the voices and musical accompaniment served up with an unforgettable helping of down-home honest energy.  From the worn pages of an old shape-note hymnal to brand new tunes penned in the style of A.P. Carter and Hazel Dickens, they will take you on a musical journey! 

 

Wielding an impressive array of instruments the Dillonaires are as much fun to watch as they are to listen to.

 

Sherman Lee is a slide guitar and banjo player and has worked as a consultant to the filming  of “Brother, Where Art Thou”.  His harmonica workshops are among the most eagerly attended at folk festivals.

 

Andrew John has a rich baritone voice, a deft touch with the fiddle, and a capacity to write songs that sound decades older than his 21 years.

 

Anna Lee, 25, plays rhythm guitar with authority, but it’s her voice that reaches out and grabs you. 

 

Together they offer a memorable show that will echo in your ears and stay in you heart for years to come.

 

Tickets $10.  7:30 p.m.  Black Box.

 

The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

Electrifying blues artist Big Daddy Fox and the Krewe are coming to the Dogwood!  Big Daddy is one of the Muskegon area’s seminal blues figures!

Big Daddy Fox was recently the headliner for the nationally recognized “Detroit Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise”, was the winner of the 2008 Battle of the Bands Regional Competition in Petoskey and competed in the finals at the Memphis International Blues Contest.  He also was recently recognized and presented the Mid-Northern Michigan Blues Society’s Farmhouse Music Organization “Lifetime Achievement Award for 40 years of Blues, Soul and R&B”.

Big Daddy Fox and the Krewe include, of course, Big Daddy Fox, with Sam “I Am” Morgan on keyboards, and Miss Kelly-Kelly as guest vocalist.

Big Daddy has the groove to make you move!  And just between you and me….Big Daddy has a mission…..and that mission is to make sure EVERBODY has a good time!  Join us for a great night!

Tickets $10.  Black Box.  7:30 p.m. 

The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

Big Daddy Fox photo courtesy of Stacy Niedzwiecki.

Braunschweiger Blues Band is back!  Playing a little country and good old classic rock and roll with a few surprises thrown in, this band creates a fun and entertaining experience for the audience.  

A little Credence Clearwater Revival, Lynyrd Skynrd, and Rolling Stones and much more……all the great tunes you love to dance to and sing along with!

Band members include John Chandonnet on drums and vocals, Todd Juengel with guitar, bass guitar, keyboards and vocals, Wade Perkins with bass guitar, horns and vocals, and Doug Harmon on guitar and vocals.

“Hunter’s Ball” is the theme for the night, so feel free to come in your best camo attire!!

The Braunschweiger Blues Band performance is sponsored by Ace Hardware - Fremont, Hendon & Slate PC, and Harmon, Inc.  Thank you!

Tickets $10.  Black Box.  7:30 p.m.

The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

A musical experience in silent film not to be missed!  F.W. Murnau’s 1922 horror classic “Nosferatu” with the live performance by Kalamazoo’s Blue Dahlia. 

The film sets the stage for an unsettling performance of modern music and visual arts collaboration.  For just over a decade, Blue Dahlia has developed an extensive repertoire of silent film scores for live performances.

Blue Dahlia band members include Derek Menchinger, Leslis Boughton, Cara Lieurance, Levi Strickland and Carolyn Koebel.  An independent band formed in 1995, Blue Dahlia has completed six arresting studio releases and continues to create a captivating hybrid of world fusion and adult alternative music.

“Nosferatu”, a silent film masterpiece, is a classic horror film.  F.W. Marnau used the 1897 Bram Stoker book Dracula and centuries-old vampire legends to create this frightening tale.  While not “terrifying” by today’s horror show standards, the film is still considered “good and creepy”!  Blue Dahlia ventures into experimental territory for this film, using modified instruments, pieces designed with “chance operations”, and a great deal of atmospheric improvisation.

This performance is funded in part by the Michigan Humanities Council.

Tickets $10.  7:30 p.m.  Main Stage.

The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

Bob Milne is a world renowned “Boogie-Woogie” ragtime pianist who has performed in Japan and Ireland.  Bob has been recorded by the Library of Congress, played at Bill Gates’ private club in Palm Springs, and for the past president George Bush. 

Bob’s enthusiasm is contagious; he loves to share his knowledge, and is excited about keeping  ragtime music alive.

Bob is regarded as an American Treasure.  As a recording artist, he has produced ten collections of solo piano rags, blues, boogies and folk/traditional tunes, and has written a Concerto for Orchestra and Ragtime Piano.  The Library of Congress has collected memorabilia and made a film of a day in his life to be stored for posterity as part of the American Music Project.  Bob lives in La Peer, Michigan.

Tickets $15.  7:30 p.m. Main Stage.

The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.