Events of the 2011-2012 Season

Dick Orange Presents:Frank and Friends

Saturday  October 22 2011      7:30pm      

Tickets $18 advance  $21  at thedoor       $10 students  

Dick Orange returns to Carysbrook producing and starring in Frank and Friends. A musical revue that will feature the songs made famous by Frank Sinatra,Tony Bennett,Dean Martin,Mel Torme,Nat “King”Cole and other great artists of the 30s,40s and 50s.

Dick brings two good friends to the stage who are both beautiful and talanted singers and dancers. You may recognize Jane Scaterna and Geri Carlson Sauls from recent smash performances at local theaters. They will add their star power to this night of outstanding musical entertainment.

Expect an evening filled with the songs from the Great American Songbook,stories about Fank and friends (including the Rat Pack and opprtunities to sing along. Accompanying them will be the Jim Niederburger Jazz Trio. This will be a memerable and fun evening. One you won’t want to miss!

 
Willow Branch and Grass &Eclectic Co.                                              

Saturday,November 12  7:30pm

Tickets   $18 advance   $21 at the door   $10 Students

Award winning bluegrass takes the stage with two great performances!

From the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains comes “Willow Branch”  a traditional bluegrass band. Winners of the “Best Bluegrass Band In Virginia”by the Virginia Folk Music Assosiation. Willow Branch has taken their music to The Grand Ole Oprey and The Govenors Mansion…. and on November 12th they’ll bring it to Carysbrook!

The Grass and Eclectric Company is bringing dynamic powered accoustic music to The Central Virginia area. Favorites in bluegrass,country,gospel,Americana and original music performed with great musicianship,tight harmonies and sincere enthusiasm! As their name inplies they tend to bend the traditional rules of bluegrass a bit. Don’t be surprised to hear your favorite classic rock,R&B or even a country tune laced a dobro and mandolin. Their special brand of humor and high energy is allways a hit. Bluegrass at it’s best!!

Fluvanna Community Singers –Free Concert

Saturday December 10 2011    7:30pm

 Sunday Dec. 11,3:00PM      3:00pm

They are your neighbors friends and family- The Fluvanna Community Singers- “sing in”the holiday with their special Christmas concert. Come and celebrate this special time of year by attending the magical performance featuring old favorites,sing alongs and seasonal classics. An uplifting and spirited FREE community event. Bring the entire family and make this an annual tradition.

Barter Theatre Players ”Just So Stories”  Adapted from Rudyard Kipling  By Will Bighan

January 22 2012    Free Workshop 1:00pm  and   Show starts at 3:00pm

Tickets    $5  Students     $10 Adult

Why? How? When? The mind of a child is always curious and the author of ”The JungleBook”knew this when he wrote Just So Stories. Discover wild imagination and the fun of Rudyard Kiplings ”How the leapord got his spots”,“How the first letter was written”and other tales. A group of madcap actors have gathered to out do each other in telling these intriguing stories with lots of singing,dancing and laughs.

Big Ray And The Kool Kats

Saturday February 25 2012    7:30pm

Tickets  $25 advance  $ 28 at the door

Always a crown favorite with recent performances in Las Vegas,New York,Cabo San Lucas and the White House. Ray Caddell and his band are back for another spectacular performance this year. With big band swing,motown,beachband top 40 hits there is something for everyone. Trumpeter ray is accomannied by a crisp four piece rythem section,four sizzling horn players,two stylish female vocalists and premier Sinatra stylist Dan Borale.

Fluvanna’s Got Talent

Saturday March 31 2012    7:30pm

Do you Sing,Tell Jokes,Play an instrument? Do you have a talent that the world needs to see? Than you need to audition for Fluvanna’s Got Talent! Auditions will be held March 3,2012 from 1-4pm at the Carysbrook Performing Arts Center. Tryouts will be judged by a group of local and talented judges. The top performers selected by the judges will perform before a large appreciative audience on Saturday,March 31st at the Carysbrook Performing Arts Center. Cash prizes will be given for 1st ($500),2nd ($300) and 3rd ($200). For more information or an application call:434-842-1333 or 434-962-1928.

Robert Jospe

Saturday April 21 2012   7:30pm

Tickets   $18 advance   $21 at the door   $10 Students

Drummer,percussionist and composer Robert Jospe’is known for his inventive use of rythamic styles incorporating Sals,Samba, Swing,Funk and African rythams into his own unique and distinctive style of contemporary jazz. Jospe’leader of his own jazz and world beat ensemble,Inner Rythem,has been performing at festivals,concert halls,college venues,clubs and private functions throughout the Mid Atlantic region since 1990. 

Fluvanna Community Singers - Free Concert 

Saturday May     2012     7:30pm

Sunday May      2012      3:00pm

Spring is in the air! The comunity singers present there annualspring concert! Come and celebrate this special time of the year as friends family and neighbors burst into song. Listen and sing along to their musical favorites. Bring the entire family to this FREE concert.