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ARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
VALENTINE POP CONCERT
Five by Design
"Radio Days"
Presented by the Hot Springs Village Symphony Guild
February 2001
From the Program :
"Imagine a voice coming from a crafted piece of furniture, an "electronic
marvel". During the 1940s, the radio console evoked visions of
make-believe ballrooms and big band remotes from Chicago, New York City and
Hollywood.
It was the era when Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, The Shadow, and Little
Orphan Annie ruled the airwaves; hawking everything from shake-up mugs to
pedometers and secret decoder rings ... all for one thin dime and a box
top." Five
by Design is a St. Paul-Minneapolis based vocal quintet (Lori Carpenter-Niska,
Catherine Farr, Kurt Niska, Michael Swedberg and Terrence Niska. 
David Itkin introduced the afternoon's program by describing the 'treat' the
audience was going to enjoy. (The show had been in Little Rock at Robinson
Auditorium the day before.)
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clicking
We can't play the music but we can show you
the many costumes the Five wore. 
From
serious to ....
Superman; Wheaties; The Lone Ranger; and more. 
Who's the man under the big hat? (The
music was "Managua, Nicaragua")
"Call
for Phillip ...." 
Kay
Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge 
Betty
Grable and Carmen Miranda and ? 
Final
Bows and a Standing Ovation! Behind
the Scenes ..
When a show comes to
Woodlands, lights have to be gelled and focused - and that's where the lighting
person with the show comes in. He or she works with the technical staff at
Woodlands to get the right colors in the right instruments - and to make sure
the lights hit the stage where needed for the performance.
Sound is also a very specialized field. The sound man (or woman) must plan
microphones and speakers to enhance the sound of the performance for the
particular house in which the performance takes place. In some cases they
use the Woodlands system, sometimes they bring in their own sound system and
sometimes it's a combination of both.
 
Dean Kolze, Lighting and
Phil Henrickson, Sound
John and Duane (Woodlands staff) enjoyed working with them.
9/4/04
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