Vibrant Orange City, Iowa

Summer Suites 2014
2014-06-18 18:25 - 20:45 (America/Chicago) | Three backyard gardens, Orange City IA, 51041
ORANGE CITY – UPDATE July 18: Summer Suites will be held outdoors!
The Orange City Arts Council’s annual celebration of flowering gardens and music – and irresistible sweets – is coming soon. The 2014 Summer Suites will be held Wednesday, June 18 in three backyard gardens in Orange City.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m.
The “progressive concert” will feature cellist Hannah McGarvey, storyteller Jim Schaap, and ventriloquist Lisa Laird.
Hannah McGarvey invites Summer Suites guests to immerse themselves in the world of tango from Argentina and Brazil.
A recent graduate from Biola Univeristy in cello performance, McGarvey plans a program featuring music from South America’s most well-known composers. Listeners will get a chance to hear tango music by Astor Piazzolla, songs of the Argentinian gaúchos by Alberto Ginastera, and folk-influenced Brazilian pieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos.
McGarvey, of Alton, is actively teaching private lessons and working as a freelance musician in northwest Iowa, and plans to attend graduate school in the near future to pursue a degree in ethnomusicology.
Lori Vande Brake is McGarvey’s accompanist.

Lisa Laird and Lily

Lisa Laird, of Orange City, was honored to be asked to be a featured performer at the International Ventriloquism ConVENTion in July. Other performers include Jeff Dunham (seen on David Letterman and The Tonight Show) and Terry Fator (winner of America’s Got Talent, season two). So Laird is doing her adult ventriloquism show first at Summer Suites. Kids will love it too!
Fourteen years ago, Laird was drawn into the world of puppetry by her sons Matt and Dan, and completed several levels of training. She worked with puppets in the preschool classroom until ’08, and now travels full-time as a family entertainer with Pockets Full of Fun.
She has received four Gold awards as well as first place in the Axtell Video Contest in ’13, and has performed at various conferences sponsored by Creative Ministry Solutions.

Jim Schaap

James Calvin Schaap – Jim! – will read and tell stories at the third garden. Schaap has been writing all kinds of things for almost 40 years. This summer a collection of his newest stories will come out, Up the Hill, folk tales from the cemetery of a small Dutch town in northwest Iowa. “That’s all we’re saying, really,” said Schaap, “but if you’ve never heard a story that features Calvinist zombies, you will soon.”
Schaap recently left Sioux Center after 37 years of teaching at Dordt College. He and his wife moved to rural Alton.
Summer Suites will be held in the backyard gardens of Marilyn Mayberry, Shay and Jackie Davis, and Dale and Jill Pluim.
The event, part of the Onstage Orange City series, is sponsored by the Orange City Arts Council. Instead of a show in Windmill Park, the event happens in three backyards.
Advance tickets are necessary, at $10 for adults and $7 for students. If purchased June 13 or before, tickets are discounted, at $7.50 for adults and $5 for students at the Orange CIty Arts Council office, Orange City town hall and Dove Christian Book Store. Maps and schedules are provided to ticket purchasers.
For more information, contact Orange City Arts Council, 712-707-6514 or ocArts@orangecityiowa.com.
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And more info… about the gardens for Summer Suites!
The progressive concert/ garden tour – with desserts at each location – will be held at the backyards of Marilyn Mayberry, Dale and Jill Pluim and Shay and Jackie Davis, all in Orange City.
Dale and Jill Pluim’s yard features birch trees, a large maple tree, evergreens and lilacs. A red playhouse/ storage shed sits at the edge of the shady property, complementing the Pluim home. It’s an intimate setting. Ventriloquist Lisa Laird will do a program for adults, but children will enjoy the show too!
Shay and Jackie Davis live on the northwest edge of town, on a property that reminds them of their childhoods. Jackie grew up on a farm, and Shay’s childhood home was like their Orange City home. “When I went out the front, I was a city kid. The back, a farm kid,” he said.
Their front yard features perennials: day lily, bleeding heart, spiderwort, sweet william, columbine, coral bells and a variety of hosta. In the back is a two-tired deck and a large yard with mature evergreen, maple and cottonwood trees. Behind their tree border is a creek and cornfield, and their own zipline.
Their latest addition are homemade outdoor “lights,” attached to the side of their home – created with the help of Mariah and Makenna, with mason jars, pebbles and candles.
Author and storyteller Jim Schaap will entertain the audience at the Davis yard.
The third garden is Marilyn Mayberry’s, a large yard filled with ash, spruce, locust, amir maple, pagoda dogwood and Japanese lilac. Marilyn has planted 17 trees since moving to her home about 18 years ago.
Fritz Kroese was the artist of her backyard patio, created last summer from a picture Marilyn found. There’s a two-sided pergola with Italian wedding lights, stamped concrete and a water rock fountain. “This is the only water front I’m going to have,” she said with a smile.
Marilyn’s garden also features Siberian iris, witch hazel, key lime hydrangea, and pachysandra.
Cellist Hannah McGarvey, accompanied by Lori Vande Brake, will perform at Marilyn’s place.
Rain location for Summer Suites is the Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre.

Onstage OC: Community Band
2014-06-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
ORANGE CITY – The Orange City Area Community Band will take the stage for their first 2014 concert on Wed. June 25, and Tom Forkenbrock of Chicago will be the guest soloist.
The concert is beginning the 17th year of the band under the direction of Carla Van Beek. It is part of the Orange City Arts Council’s Onstage Orange City series, and sponsored by Diamond Vogel Paint and Van Engelenhoven Agency.
The concert will be held in Orange City’s Windmill Park at 7:00pm.
It promises to be a fun-filled evening of music, featuring some of Van Beek’s favorites over the past 17 years: A Day at Disneyland, Grease!, Pop & Rock Legends: Neil Diamond, I Dreamed a Dream, Star Dust, That Old Time Religion, Praise to the Lord the Almighty and Flight of Valor.
Forkenbrock, who played trumpet with the U.S. Army Band for nine years, will solo with the band this week. Forkenbrock will be featured in I Dreamed a Dream, Star Dust and That Old Time Religion.
The Orange City native graduated from M-OC High School in ’82, then enlisted in the U.S. Army. He has performed for two presidents, Ronald Reagan and George Bush Sr., plus Prince Charles and other dignitaries from around the world. He also played for the Pan American Games and the ’88 Olympics in South Korea.
Since leaving the Army, Forkenbrock has performed with big bands, wind ensembles and other performing groups in the Chicago area, and with artists including Bill Watrous, Dick Oatts, Joe LaBarbera, Chuck Findley and Bill Porter. His bands have opened for Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, Ramsey Lewis and Count Basie’s Big Band.
Forkenbrock regularly performs with “Brass From The Past”, a 60’s-80’s classic rock, Motown and soul group, as well as in the College of Lake County Wind Ensemble. He also plays French horn, baritone and tuba, but his first and most enduring love, he said, is the trumpet, which he has played for nearly 40 years.
Forkenbrock is returning after performing with the Orange City Area Community Band in 2010 and ’11.
The concert is free and open to the public. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Concessions will be offered.
Rain location is Unity Christian Knight Center. For more information or weather-related announcements, contact the Orange City Arts Council: ocArts@orangecityiowa.com or 712.707.6514 or see orangecityarts.net.

Onstage Orange City: EXIT 113
2014-07-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
ORANGE CITY – High-spirited. Exuberant. Entertaining. First-class! That’s Exit 113 from Des Moines. Exit 113 takes the stage at Orange City’s Windmill Park Wednesday, July 2 at 7:00pm.
The free concert, part of the Onstage Orange City series, is sponsored by Northwestern Bank and Quatro Composites™.

Exit 113 features Bob Long on lead guitar; Jill Belgarde, lead vocals and saxophone; Travis Belgarde, bass; Marty Fisher, percussion; Taylor Telford, keyboard; and Jerry Anderson, sound. Their specialty is classic rock ’n’ roll from the 50s and 60s, but they throw in 70s and 80s favorites, a bit of country, and originals. They call themselves a “rockin’ roll band.”
“Watch out! You’ll be blown away with their versatility!” said Diane Larson of Snus Hill Winery. “Sultry, upbeat and wild… they do it all and do it well.”
Their playlist is listed on orangecityarts.com and Facebook.com/ocArts, classics including I’m a Believer, Great Balls of Fire, Hound Dog and Mustang Sally. Vote for your favorites on Facebook by June 26. Watch their music video on orangecityarts.net.
Bring your dancing shoes; a dance floor will be available.
Onstage Orange City is a program of the Orange City Arts Council.
Concessions will be offered July 2. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Rain location is the Unity Christian Knight Center. For more information or weather-related announcements, see the OC Arts website or Facebook page, call 712-707-4885 or email ocArts@orangecityiowa.com. Exit 113’s website is exit113.com .
And vote on facebook.com/ocArts for your favorite songs from their play list!

Exit 113’s Play List
Old Time Rock & Roll
I’m a believer
Splish Splash
Jambalaya
Sweet Home Alabama
I’ve Got it Good *
These Boots are Made for walking
Smokey Joe’s Café
Hanky Panky
Heard it Through the Grapevine
Mustang Sally
You Don’t Know Me *
Georgia on My Mind
Never Been to Spain
Chivalry *
Free Ride
Joy to the World
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
I’ve Got ways Like the Devil
Don’t Know Why
Blue Suede Shoes
Fun, Fun, Fun
Surfin U.S.A.
Can’t Buy Me Love
Drive My Car
Day Tripper
Jailhouse Rock
Hound Dog
Rubberneckin’
Too Much
Trouble
Money Honey
Rip It Up
Rockin’ Robin
At the Hop
Rock Around the Clock
Saturday Night *
Simple Like Blue Jeans *
The Twist/Let’s Twist Again
Twist and Shout
La Bamba
Do You Love Me?
Some Kind of Wonderful
It Hurt so Bad
Bring it on Home
I feel Lucky
Boot Scootin’ Boogie
Footloose
Your mama Don’t dance
Jump, Jive & Wail
Bei Mir Bist Du Shoen
Give me one reason
Lovin’ Life & Layin’ Low *
Kansas city
Proud Mary
Free bird
Black Magic woman
Spooky
No Particular Place to Go
shake Rattle & Roll
Long Tall Sally
Great Balls of Fire
Johnny B. Goode
Takin’ Care of Business
Rock & Roll
Reelin’ & Rockin’
Money (That’s What I Want)
Whole Lotta shakin’ goin’ on

* denotes original songs

Check their website, exit113.com, for additional slow songs.

Onstage OC: Community Band
2014-07-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
ORANGE CITY – It’s been 17 years. Wednesday, July 9 will be Carla Van Beek’s final evening as director of the Orange City Area Community Band.
The concert, part of the Onstage Orange City series, will begin at 7:00pm in Windmill Park. Sponsors are CIVCO Medical Solutions and Fareway, in conjunction with the Orange City Arts Council.
Van Beek began as director of the Community Band in 1997, recruited by Joyce Bloemendaal, then director of the Arts Council. Of course, Van Beek and music have been a duo all of her life… young Carla played piano and flute, and teenage Carla served as drum major for the Rock Valley marching band. She fell in love with all three.
After the Van Beek children started school, she returned to college at Northwestern, then taught at Hospers Christian School. She became band director at Unity Christian High in ’96.
And she played in the community band, under directors Steve Connell and Brad Miedema, prior to taking the baton herself.
It’s amazing, said Van Beek, that these high school and adult musicians can get together for one night of rehearsal – “90 minutes in a hot and humid garage, the back of the bandshell” – and create wonderful music. Obviously they are outstanding musicians, she said.
Of course, those night-before-the-concert rehearsals don’t always go smoothly. Plans change, and Van Beek hustles to find another trumpeter or percussionist. Or the weather refuses to cooperate.
“One rehearsal night, the tornado siren went off… we ended up in the basement of the Vogel paint store!” she said. Dave Bloemendaal, tuba player for the band, had his keys to the Vogel-Vande Brake store, and led the troops, leaving his oversized instrument to fend for itself.
Van Beek has loved finding music with audience appeal: marches, musicals, Disney songs, hymn arrangements, and patriotic tunes. In fact, her first concert as director – July 9, ’97 – was a patriotic concert, so July 9, ’14 will be also. The show will include Washington Post March, Semper Fidelis, Stars and Stripes, El Capitan, Colonel Bogey, and Armed Forces Salute.
Van Beek commends the Orange City Arts Council and City of Orange City for their long commitment to the band… and she has so many people to thank, including the audience, the performers, and her husband Arlo, that she could go on for days.
The July 9 concert will be the second community band concert this summer. The final will be held July 30, with Dan Mangold directing.
The concert will follow the Orange City Community appreciation meal. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs.
Rain location is Unity Christian Knight Center. For more information or weather-related announcements, contact the Orange City Arts Council: ocArts@orangecityiowa.com or 712.707.4885 or see orangecityarts.net.

Onstage OC: Festival Latino
2014-07-16 17:00 - 21:00 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
Orange City, IA – On Wednesday, July 16, Orange City will hold its third Festival Latino, an event that celebrates diversity and appreciates Latin culture. The Onstage Orange City event will be 5:00-8:30pm at Windmill Park.
The evening begins at 5:00pm. Experience arts and crafts, mural painting, games, and a “fun zone” for kids between 5:30 and 7:30. Starting at 5:00 and going until 7:00, authentic Latin cuisine will be available for purchase and enjoyment. The main event is Mariachi Los Rancheros from Hawarden, playing from 7:00 to 8:00. The evening ends with participation by festival attendees in some high-energy Zumba.

Throughout the event, t-shirts with the festival logo as well as t-shirts from CASA featuring the slogan “Love Our Immigrant Neighbor” will be available for purchase.
Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Rain location is Unity Christian High School.
Bus transportation will be available to and from Sioux Center. The bus will leave from the mall parking lot in Sioux Center at 5:00 and 5:45. The bus will leave Orange City for Sioux Center at 8:15 and 9:00.
For more information and to join the conversation, visit facebook.com/FestivalLatinoOrangeCity.
Free, thanks to our sponsors: Staples, Center Fresh Eggs, ViBella Jewelry & CASA
Bring lawn chairs or blankets.(For changes related to the weather, check orangecityarts.net, facebook.com/ocArts or local radio. Or email ocArts@orangecityiowa.com)

Onstage OC: Chris O’Leary Band
2014-07-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
ORANGE CITY – A six-piece “perfectly rounded, energetic blues band” from New York, the Chris O’Leary Band, takes the stage Wednesday, July 23 at Windmill Park in Orange City. It’s the Onstage Orange City series, sponsored by Revival Animal Health in conjunction with the Orange City Arts Council.
The evening begins with Revival’s annual pet costume contest, at 6:00pm. All local pet owners are invited to join the fun; pets will be judged for presentation, uniqueness and creativity.
At 7:00pm, the Chris O’Leary Band takes the stage.
O’Leary spent many years as frontman, lead singer and harmonica player for Levon Helm. He has appeared on stage with many artists: Bobby Keys of the Rolling Stones, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jimmy Vivino, James Cotton, Dan Akroyd and more.
He has moved on to his own 6-piece band and his first release “Mr. Used to Be” won the 2011 Blues Music Award (Memphis) and the 2011 Illinois Blues Blast Award (Chicago) for “Best New Artist Debut”. Now the band has released a second CD: “Waiting For The Phone To Ring.”
Reviews include this one from the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange: “Chris O’Leary’s got it, man, he’s got it. From rollickin’ rock to weekend stomp to slinkin’ down-lo back-alley swank to barrelhouse balladry and well beyond.”
And from Eric Gleason: “Every so often you’re lucky enough to see a band and realize that everything is just right. The right personalities, the right arrangements, the right instruments, the right attitude… ‘Tight’ doesn’t describe it. Bands that work hard and can stop and start on a dime are tight. Bands that know each other like the back of their hands are something special.”
And Bob Margolin: “While you and your fine band were playing I heard people say, ‘Who cares about the rest of the show, I just want to hear them all night!’ What a strong and impressive set. You and your band rock, big time.”
Concessions on July 23 will be offered by the Kiwanis. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Rain location is the Unity Christian Knight Center. For more information or weather-related announcements, see orangecityarts.net, facebook.com/ocarts, call 712-707-4885 or email ocArts@orangecityiowa.com. Or checkthechrisolearyband.com.
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Free, thanks to our sponsor: Revival Animal Health

Missoula Children’s Theatre
2014-07-28 - 2014-08-02 | Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre, 809 Albany Ave SE, Orange City IA 51041
King Arthur’s Quest, featuring two actors from Missoula Children’s Theatre – Vicki Pace and Augustus Bennett – and 54 local children.
Performances August 1 at 7:30pm, August 2 at 2:00pm at NWC DeWitt Theatre.
CAST for King Arthur’s Quest named!
ORANGE CITY – King Arthur, of legend and song, strode across Medieval England with courage and confidence…or did he?
Missoula Children’s Theatre brings their original twist on the tale of King Arthur’s Quest, and 54 local students are part of the production in Orange City August 1 and 2.
The performances are scheduled for Friday, August 1 at 7:30pm and Saturday, August 2 at 2:00pm at Northwestern College’s DeWitt Theatre. Vicki Pace of Missoula Children’s Theatre is part of the cast, and Augustus Bennett is director for the week.
Bennett and Pace conducted auditions Monday morning, July 28 and are rehearsing this week with the cast. Assisting them are Jenna Hayungs, Chloe Krommendyk and Mullin Smith, assistant directors.
Marissa Beaty will take the stage as King Arthur; Haley Smit is Guinevere; Josh Jorgensen will be Sir Lancelot; and William Minninck will be Merlin.
Other young actors will be Landon De Jong, the Raven; Anna Karen Pauls, Taleisin; Nick Grossmann, Uther Pendragon; Isaac Krommendyk, Mordred; Reagan Rowenhorst, Morgan Le Fey; and Riley Rowenhorst, Lady of the Lake.
Vicki Pace of MCT will play the Keeper of the Keep, the Recalcitrant Giant and the Intractable Dragon.
Rounding out the cast are the Knights of the Round Table, the Squires, the Damsels of the First and Second Order, the Citizens of Camelot and the Minis. Local actresses and actors in these roles include Isabel Arteche, Maren Beaty, Kendra Breems, Zachary Cruse, Makenna Davis, Sarah Diekevers, Faith Elgersma, Faythe Groeneweg, Leah Hayungs, Jayden Veldkamp, Arika Van Gelder, Megan Brower, Addaly Miller, Breeah Miller and August Hubbard.
Other students serving as citizens, knights, squires, damsels or minis are Courtney Joiner, Tara Joiner, Rachel Jorgensen, Cloda O’Boyle, Rebecca Philipsen, Jenna Smit, Kolton Smit, Annika Smith, Reagan Snieder, Amalia Visser, Maggie Winn, Kaitlyn Bruinsma, Sam Walhof, Kate Walhof, Sydney Krommendyk, Annalise Elliott, Mikayla Turek, Dylan De Jong, Amelia Holmquist, Alivia Holmquist, Katherine Pauls, Karoline Pauls, Gabe Andres, Luke Andres, Lindsay Kuiper and Katie Kensak.
Mary Reinders of Orange City will serve as the piano accompanist.
Admission to King Arthur’s Quest is $7 for adults and $3 for K-12 students. All tickets are general admission. No advance tickets will be sold.
The Missoula Children’s Theatre residency is sponsored by the Orange City Arts Council. For more information, contact ocArts@orangecityiowa.com or 712-707-4885. The website is orangecityarts.net or facebook.com/ocArts.
Pictured below (front row, left to right) are cast members and assistant directors: Augustus Bennett of Missoula Children’s Theatre, Landon De Jong, Isaac Krommendyk, Jenna Hayungs, Haley Smit, Riley Rowenhorst, and Chloe Krommendyk. Second row, left to right, are: Josh Jorgensen, William Minnick, Mullin Smith (in front of William), Anna Karen Pauls, Nick Grossmann, Marissa Beaty, Vicki Pace of Missoula Children’s Theatre and Reagan Rowenhorst.

Other details:
Auditions: Monday, July 28 – 9:45am to noon. $17. Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre
Shows: August 1, 7:30pm and August 2, 2:00pm
Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre
Sponsor: Orange City Arts Council
King Arthur, of legend and song, strode across Medieval England with courage and confidence…or did he? What if the troubles of his kingdom threaten to overwhelm him? Follow the original twist on this familiar story as it weaves its way through a landscape full of surprises!
Auditions: Monday, July 28 – 9:45am to noon. $17. Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre
Interested students, entering grades 1-12, may audition. Students must attend school at MOC-FV, OCCS, Spalding or Unity (or be homeschoolers in the MOC-FV school district).
Audition does NOT require a prepared song or reading, but students must attend entire audition. All children who audition MUST be available for rehearsal Monday through Friday, July 28 – August 1, from 10am to 2:30pm, and have Friday evening and Saturday afternoon free for the performances. There are spots for 50 or 60 students. We’re very sorry, but there is no guarantee that everyone who auditions will be cast in the play.
CASTING: For King Arthur’s Quest, MCT can cast a maximum of 60 students plus 4 assistant directors. DETAILS: number of students entering 1st grades thru age 7: 16 students maximum. Number of students ages 8-12: 28 students maximum. Number of students ages 13-18: 16 students maximum. Ages are approximate, of course. It depends on whether you fit in the costume! : ) Good luck, everyone!!
Everyone who auditions must pay the participation fee of $17. If the student is not cast in the play, the participation fee will be refunded.
Register online by July 24 at orangecityiowa.com/parks-recreation. Go to the registration tab, then Register for Activities. Select Arts, Crafts, Library link and then Missoula Children’s Theatre. (Registration is available in person on July 28 if you miss the online deadline.)
Rehearsals: Monday, July 28 through Friday, August 1, from 10am to noon and 12:30 to 2:30pm. Students must attend when their part is scheduled. Some students will attend morning and afternoon rehearsals, and will need to bring a sack lunch.
Performances: Friday, August 1, 7:30pm and Saturday, August 2, 2:00pm at Northwestern College’s DeWitt Theatre. Admission will be: Adults $7; K-12 students $3. A DVD will be recorded of the local production of King Arthur’s Quest, for a $15 charge.
Workshops: Free & open to all students. Please register with Orange City Arts Council. Northwestern’s DeWitt Theatre.
* Acting 1-2-3. (Children entering grades 1-2) When odds & evens come together, everyone has a fun time! July 29, 2:45 – 3:30pm
* Behind the Scenes. (Children entering grades 3-6) What happens before the curtain rises? How role-play helps group dynamics! Wed., July 30, 2:45 – 3:30pm
* Versed in Verse. (Youth entering grades 7-12) Is Shakespeare boring? Incorporate Elizabethan English with pop culture & discover Shakespeare’s humor & creativity. Thurs., July 31, 2:45 – 3:30pm

Parents: If you are willing to assist with the Missoula Children’s Theatre project by volunteering an hour or two of your time, please contact Janine at the Orange City Arts Council, 707-6514 or OCArts@orangecityiowa.com.

Community Forum on arts, culture, history
2014-07-30 09:00 - 10:30 | Northwestern College, 601 Central Ave SE, Orange City IA 51041, 51041
The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs wants to hear from you about arts, culture & history in Iowa.

Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
Community Conversations Town Hall
Orange City
Wednesday, July 30th
9:00am – 10:30am
Northwestern College
Vermeer Dining Room
Orange City, IA 51041

Join a community conversation online and in Orange City, and R.S.V.P today!
RSVP at http://www.iowadcacommunityconversations.org/attend-a-conversation.html Scroll to the bottom of the page and RSVP for the Orange City event.

The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is coming to your community to help connect Iowa culture across the state. Your participation is key to the conversation about current activities, needs, and concerns among the people who live, work, and engage with Iowa’s culture every day. We encourage you to invite your partners in culture and the broader audiences you serve.

The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs impacts Iowans through the State Historical Society of Iowa, the Iowa Arts Council and Produce Iowa – State Office of Media Production. We engage Iowans by elevating the role arts, history and culture play as an economic driver, a catalyst for the creative sector and a key ingredient in our quality of life. As we look to revitalize the State Historical Building in Iowa, we invite you to help shape the vision for the future while fostering a greater sense of connectivity and shared purpose across our state.

About the Community Conversations:
The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is fully engaged in Master Planning for the State Historical Building of Iowa Revitalization. As a part of the Master Planning, we are conducting Community Conversations to hear from Iowans as they give input on the visitor experience at the State Historical Building, its Museum and Library, along with a potential visitor center for the Capitol Complex. Since the State Historical Building is the hub for the DCA, it serves as the heart and soul of our statewide outreach and funding programs. This is the opportunity for Iowans to have input as we develop our vision for the future for all of the quality of life initiatives under the DCA umbrella. We are traveling across the state in July for Community Conversation Town Hall Meetings.

Onstage OC: Community Band
2014-07-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
ORANGE CITY – The Orange City Area Community Band will take the stage for its final 2014 concert on Wed. July 30 in Orange City’s Windmill Park. Dan Mangold will be guest director.
The concert will feature a variety of music, including España Cañi, a Spanish pasodoble march often used as background music in bullfights in Spain, and occasionally in baseball matches in the States; and Ammerland by Dutch composer Jacob de Haan, named for a beautiful lake region in Germany.
The community band will play a famous Pirates of the Caribbean piece: Symphonic Suite from The Curse of the Black Pearl.
Other pieces will be Trombone King, a march by Karl King; the hymn arrangement of Beautiful Savior by James Swearingen; and a piece written in the classic American folk style: Cumberland Cross by Carl Strommen.
Guest conductor Dan Mangold is band director at MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School, assistant marching band director for the Pride of the Dutchmen marching band, and a trumpeter in the Orange City Area Community Band and Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra.

Long-time community band director, Carla Van Beek, directed her final concert July 9, after 17 years.
The concert is part of the Onstage Orange City series, sponsored by the Orange City Arts Council. It will begin at 7:00pm. The concert is free and open to the public. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Concessions will be offered.
Rain location is Unity Christian Knight Center. For more information or weather-related announcements, contact the Orange City Arts Council: ocArts@orangecityiowa.com or 712.707.6514.

Charlie Brown moves indoors!
2014-08-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
ORANGE CITY – Onstage Orange City’s Wed., August 6 show will be a SchoolHouse Company show, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Because of rain, it will be held at the Unity Christian Knight Center.
The musical theatre production will be at 7:00pm August 6, at the Knight Center, 216 Michigan Avenue SW.
It will also be presented August 8 at 7:00pm at Central Park in Sioux Center.
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown is an average day in the life of Charles M. Schulz’s Charlie Brown — from Valentine’s Day to baseball season, his moods ranging from wild optimism to utter despair, with his best friends — both human and not.
It’s a familiar story and a fun musical, said Lois Estell of The SchoolHouse Company. “It’s our first official musical. We’ve done shows with music in them, but this year the majority of the show is sung or has underscoring. Best of all, we have an orchestra pit!”

Meet the cast of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Clockwise from bottom left are Amanda Vander Stelt as Sally; Drew Lemke, Charlie Brown; Tanner Van Wyhe, Linus; Trevor McMahan on doghouse, Snoopy; Zach Wright, Schroeder; Hannah McGarvey, orchestra director; and Lois Estell, Lucy.

The SchoolHouse Company is drawing from both the Orange City and Sioux Center artistic pool, said Estell, plus bringing in Chris Haak from Sioux Falls to play flute, clarinet and alto saxophone. Haak switches between the instruments at a moment’s notice, she said. “He makes it look so easy!”
Actors are Drew Lemke as Charlie Brown; Amanda Vander Stelt: Sally; Lois Estell: Lucy; Tanner Van Wyhe: Linus; Zach Wright: Schroeder; and Trevor McMahan: Snoopy.
Orchestra members are Hannah McGarvey, director; Pam DeHaan, piano; Chris Haak, reed; Ashley Wielenga, strings; Lexy Kraayenbrink, bass; and Braden Jahn, percussion.
The free show is 90-minutes long.
The SchoolHouse Company has presented theatre in Orange City and Sioux Center for the past six years.
The Onstage Orange City event is sponsored by the Pizza Ranch Restaurant and Onstage Orange City contributors, in conjunction with the Orange City Arts Council. Pizza Ranch will offer concessions: pizza by the slice, cactus bread, soda, water and candy.
The Sioux Center production is sponsored by the Sioux Center Recreation and Arts Council.
Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Rain location in Orange City is the Unity Christian Knight Center August 6 and Centre Mall in Sioux Center August 8. For more information or weather-related announcements, see orangecityarts.net or facebook.com/ocArts, call 712-707-4885 or email ocArts@orangecityiowa.com.
Meet the cast of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Clockwise from bottom left are Amanda Vander Stelt as Sally; Drew Lemke, Charlie Brown; Tanner Van Wyhe, Linus; Trevor McMahan on doghouse, Snoopy; Zach Wright, Schroeder; Hannah McGarvey, orchestra director; and Lois Estell, Lucy. The musical production will be featured August 6 at 7:00pm at Windmill Park, Orange City and August 8 at 7:00pm at Central Park, Sioux Center. The Onstage Orange City show is sponsored by Pizza Ranch and the Orange City Arts Council. Sioux Center Recreation & Arts Council sponsors the August 8 show.

Onstage OC Sponsors & Cosponsors 2014
Center Fresh Eggs
CIVCO Medical Solutions
Community Bank Alton/ OC
Diamond Vogel Paint
Fareway
Four-Way Roofing of Alton Iowa State Bank
Joe’s TV & Appliance
Northwestern Bank
OC Sanitation
Orange City Area Health System
Orange City Communications
Pizza Ranch Restaurant
Quatro Composites™
Revival Animal Health
Staples
Van Engelenhoven Agency
ViBella Jewelry

Onstage Orange City Contributors 2014
Ag Partners, LLC
The Bike Store
Boonstra Kirby Co.
Casualty Insurance
Culligan of Sioux County
D & L Plumbing & Heating
Art & Doris De Hoogh
DeZoete Winkel
Dutch Mill Corporation
David L. Gohman, OD
Headquarters for Hair
Joiner & Zwart Dentistry
Motor Inn of Orange City
Neal Chase Lumber Co.
Northwestern College
Oolman Funeral Homes
Orange City Chiropractic
Orange City Dentistry, Inc.
Premier Communications
Rensink, Pluim & Vogel,
Attorneys at Law
Siouxland Travel & Tours
Stange Chiropractic Clinic
Weber Law Office
Jan Wilbeck
Woudstra Meat Market

Onstage Orange City: Monroe Crossing
2014-08-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
“A unique sound that truly is bluegrass.”
ORANGE CITY – Classic bluegrass, bluegrass gospel and originals – it’s Monroe Crossing. The Twin Cities-area band takes the stage at Windmill Park in Orange City on Wed. Aug 13 at 7:00pm.
Monroe Crossing’s show is part of the Orange City Arts Council’s Onstage Orange City series. Sponsors are Quatro Composites™ and Community Bank of Alton & Orange City.
The evening will begin at 5:00pm with a motorcycle show, then a hot dog supper, with donations collected for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Following the bluegrass show, at dusk, will be the showing of “The Lego Movie,” sponsored by Orange City Parks & Recreation.
Monroe Crossing has been selected as an official showcase band at the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Convention in Raleigh, NC. They performed in New York City’s Carnegie Hall last year as part of Carol Barnett’s “The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass.” They were inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
The only bluegrass band ever nominated as “Artist of the Year” by the Minnesota Music Academy (MMA), Monroe Crossing won the 2003 MMA “Bluegrass Album of the Year” award.
Monroe Crossing includes five distinct personalities with differing musical backgrounds and tastes, combining for a unique ensemble sound. They are Derek Johnson: guitar, lead & harmony vocals; Lisa Fuglie: fiddle, mandolin, lead & harmony vocals; Matt Thompson: mandolin, fiddle, baritone vocals; Mark Anderson: bass & bass vocals; and David Robinson: banjo. Their paths crossed through the music of Bill Monroe, “the father of bluegrass music,” so they like to say they had a “Monroe Crossing.”
The group plays an average of 125 shows annually, at venues and festivals across the U.S. and Canada… and have recorded 13 CDs.
KCBL Radio of Sacramento said, “Monroe Crossing strikes again. Each and every song keeps you wanting more. I can foresee many of (their) original songs becoming classics down the line.”
Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Rain location is the Unity Christian Knight Center. For more information or weather-related announcements, see orangecityarts.net or facebook.com/ocArts, call 712-707-4885 or email ocArts@orangecityiowa.com.
monroecrossing.com
5:00pm: motorcycle show
5:30pm: hot dog meal, donations collected for Big Brothers Big Sisters
Dusk: Orange City Recreation’s Family Film, The Lego Movie.
Free thanks to our sponsors: Quatro Composites™ and Community Bank of Alton & Orange City

Onstage Orange City: Tuey Wilson
2014-08-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
ORANGE CITY – “I think he’s nuts. Or he’s one of the X-Men and does this show to pass the time.”
That’s Tuey Wilson’s favorite quote from a fan. This comic stunt juggler from St. Cloud is bringing his nuttiness in Orange City’s Windmill Park Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 7:00pm.
Wilson’s show is part of the Orange City Arts Council’s Onstage Orange City series. Sponsors are Diamond Vogel Paint and Four-Way Roofing of Alton.
Wilson grew up skiing, skateboarding and waterskiing, all perfect for this self-described “introverted show-off.” His life changed when a friend loaned him professional juggling equipment… and he checked out jugglers at the Minnesota Renaissance Fair. So when he considered college and career options a few months later, he decided to set his sights on becoming a professional juggler.
He succeeded, and has been a crowd favorite at the Renaissance Fair for more than three decades.
Wilson likes performing stunts that involve the whole body. Rather than simply standing still while throwing things, he now has some bizarre skills: rope walking, ball spinning, balancing on a ladder, manipulating objects on mouthsticks, and more. At age 50, he mastered balancing on a ladder… on a rope… on fire!
In addition to manipulating props, Wilson also builds them, for himself and other professional jugglers. His ball-spinning mouthsticks are considered by many to be the best in the world.
Wilson – who is an unlikely blend of “regular guy” and “quirky oddball” — presents a blend of family-friendly comedy, jaw-dropping skills and danger.
The St. Paul Pioneer-Press said, “Modern people, TV-addled, sensation-drenched, hard to engage. Right?… Two minutes into Tuey’s act, they were goggling like tots.”
Come early for the family safety fair – 3:30 to 6:30. See a fire truck, walk through a giant inflatable heart to see how the heart works, check out the Sanford/ Great Plains Zoo express, and more.
Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Concessions will be available. Rain location is the Unity Christian Knight Center. For more information or weather-related announcements, see orangecityarts.net or facebook.com/ocArts, call 712-707-4885 or email ocArts@orangecityiowa.com.
tuey@tueywilson.com
family safety fair
Free, thanks to our sponsors: Diamond Vogel Paint & Four-Way Roofing of Alton

Onstage Orange City: Amy Noelck moved to Northwestern’s Chapel
2014-08-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Northwestern College Chapel, 601 Central Ave SE, Orange City IA 51041
ORANGE CITY – Singer-songwriter Amy Noelck of Dallas is performing in Orange City Wednesday, August 27. It’s the final Onstage Orange City show of summer 2014, sponsored by the Orange City Arts Council. The show will be held at 7:00pm in the Northwestern College Christ Chapel in Orange City.
Sponsors of the event are Iowa State Bank and Quatro Composites™.
Opening the evening are Northwestern College students Sean Russell and Clarissa Oehler, “This Much,” performing from 7:00 to 7:30pm. From Prairie de Chien, WI, the duo has performed and led worship together for years, and competed in NCDC here last year. They sing, with Russell accompanying on guitar or piano.
Amy Noelck will take the stage at 7:30pm. Noelck, who has roots in Iowa, performs songs of love, faith, heartbreak and hope. “I try to write music with lyrics that reveal the transparency of life… I write about brokenness so those that are hurting and longing for something to fulfill them, will see that they are not alone. We are constantly searching for peace and joy, but I am confident that lasting peace and joy cannot be found in anything, unless first found in Jesus.”
The proceeds from her album go to anti-human trafficking organizations around the world, especially Traffick 911, the Dallas/ Fort Worth organization working primarily with children; and the A21 Campaign, an organization which raises awareness, prevents future trafficking, takes legal action and provides rehabilitation services for survivors.
Noelck works with family life and children’s ministry in a Dallas church, and is looking into opportunities to work as a singer-songwriter, teaching music to orphans overseas.
The concert will not be Windmill Park or the Northwestern College Green. Because of the forecast of rain, it will be in the Northwestern College Christ Chapel. Questions? Call 712-707-4885 or email ocArts@orangecityiowa.com.

amynoelck.com
http://ncdc.nwciowa.edu/videos (click on “This Much”)
Free, thanks to our sponsors: Iowa State Bank & Quatro Composites™
Sean & Clarissa, pictured here!

Classical guitarist Peter Fletcher: October 3
2014-10-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Sioux Center Public Library, 112 Albany Ave SE, Orange City, 51041
ORANGE CITY – Acclaimed classical guitarist Peter Fletcher will perform in Orange City Friday, October 3 at 7:00pm at the Orange City Public Library, part of a nationwide tour.
Fletcher began guitar study at age seven, and a few years later, spent a week in a master class with José Tomás, assistant teacher to Andrés Segovia. Fletcher, at age 12, was the youngest student to perform. He earned his masters in music from the Eastman School of Music, under Nicholas Goluses.
He has performed across the country, making his New York debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in ’07, and, in 2010, playing to a sold-out crowd.
Fletcher’s many recordings include Federico Mompou: Guitar Works. In Barcelona, when Fletcher performed for Mompou’s widow, Carmen Bravo, she commented on Fletcher’s “high technical level” and “refined sensibility.”
His most recent album features the music of Edvard Grieg, transcribed by Fletcher. His October 3 program will feature music by Grieg, Praetorius, Frescobaldi, and Villa-Lobos plus Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Bach, Fandango by Spanish composer Rodrigo, and Four Catalan Folksongs by Llobet.
He also performs the traditional Shaker hymn, Simple Gifts. The last half of this guitar setting modulates down a step to C major. To accommodate this key change, the bass string of the instrument must be tuned down one whole step in performance, producing a sound reminiscent of a country fiddler.
The final work on the program will feature Fletcher’s transcription of Paganini’s dazzling Caprice no. 24.
Reviewers of Fletcher’s music have been effusive: “Lush and intricately detailed.” “Bold interpretive imagination.” “Shimmering technique.” “Vibrant!” “A stand-out in the classical guitar world.”
Hear and read more about Fletcher at peterfletcher.com or phone 712-707-4885.
In fall 2010, Fletcher performed in Orange City to a full house. This intimate concert is a joint venture of the Orange City Arts Council and Orange City Public Library, and will be held in the main library area, after regular library hours. The concert is free, but donations will be received. Fletcher’s CDs will be for sale.
Complimentary coffee will be provided by Old Factory Coffee Shop, and refreshments will be offered by Old Factory, for a small charge.

Paulo Padilha & Group from Brazil: Oct 5-10
2014-10-05 - 2014-10-10 | Unity Knight Center Friday; other venues thru week, Orange City, 51041
ORANGE CITY – Catch the swing and rhythm of urban Brazil! Paulo Padilha and Group, from Sao Paulo, will spend a week in the Orange City area October 5-10, conducting workshops and performing. The public concert is Friday, Oct. 10 at 7:30pm at the Unity Christian Knight Center.
See a video taken in Orange City!

The Orange City Arts Council’s 2014-15 Beyond Onstage series begins will Paulo Padilha. Padilha and his band are part of a series of international music ensembles coming to Orange City, from Brazil, China, Quebec and Israel.
Highly acclaimed as a musician and clever lyricist with a mischievous sense of humor, Padilha’s songs take interest in everything from mother-in-law as his inspiring muse to philosophic ramblings on the function of art.
Padilha – singer, composer, instrumentalist and writer (second from left) – performs with his ensemble: Léo Mendes, guitar, electric bass & vocals (left); Dani Zulu and Samba Sam (right), percussion & vocals; and André Magalhães (not pictured), sound engineer, percussion & vocals.
Tickets for the public concert on Friday, Oct. 10 may be purchased at Orange City Arts Council or Dove Bookstore, at $10 adults and $7 students. Children age five and under are free. Season passes for the five Beyond Onstage shows are $35, adults; $20, students, until Oct. 1.
Padilha and Group will also do coffee house shows Monday, Oct. 6 at Fruited Plain Cafe in Sioux Center at 8pm, and Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Old Factory Coffee Shop in Orange City at 7:30pm. There will be a $2 cover charge for each show. Brazilian cuisine will be available for sale at Old Factory.
The ensemble will also do several school assemblies and workshops.
Diamond Vogel Paint is sponsoring the residency of Padilha and Group in the Orange City area.
Through the Orange City Arts Council, Orange City was selected as the one city in Iowa to host the 2013-2015 Arts Midwest World Fest. A program of Arts Midwest, this Arts Midwest World Fest season is generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, 3M Foundation, BNSF Railway, the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese Heritage Foundation Grants Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation, and the Iowa Arts Council.
For more information, contact the Orange City Arts Council at 712-707-4885 or ocArts@orangecityiowa.com.
A little samba, a little pop –– you’ll dance all the way home!
SCHEDULE FOR PAULO PADILHA & GROUP
Monday, Oct. 6: afternoon workshop with 7th and 8th graders at Orange City Christian School
Afternoon performance at Village Northwest Unlimited
8pm Public performance at Fruited Plain Cafe, Sioux Center $2 cover
Tuesday, Oct. 7: morning workshop with band and orchestra students from Unity & Western Christian High Schools
Afternoon assembly at MOC-Floyd Valley High Schoool
Wednesday, Oct. 8: 10:45am: short performance at Trinity Reformed Church Knitting Circle
Late morning: follow-up workshop with 7th and 8th graders at Orange City Christian School
7:30pm: Public performance at Old Factory Coffee Shop, Orange City $2 cover (+authentic Brazilian food for sale. Come early!)
Thursday, Oct. 9: 11am performance for Northwestern College campus community, at choir room (east end of Chapel/ Music building)
Afternoon assembly for students from OCCS, Ireton Christian, Boyden-Hull and Home Educators at Unity Christian Knight Center
Friday, Oct. 10: Afternoon assembly for students from Unity High and Home Educators at Unity Christian Knight Center
7:30pm: Public concert at Unity Christian Knight Center. $10 adult, $7 student, age 5 & under free.
other links: http://www.ushispanics.com/2014/10/paulo-padilha-and-the-songs-of-a-dollar-store-millionaire/
http://theworldmusicreport.com/2014/10/02/cd-reviews/paulo-padilha-no-lojinha-de-eu-me-sinto-milionario/

A program of Arts Midwest, the 2013-2015 Arts Midwest World Fest cycle is generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, 3M Foundation, and BNSF Railway. Additional support is provided by the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China for Shanren, Délégation du Québec a Chicago for Le Vent du Nord, and the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest for Baladino. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Arts Midwest is also generously supported by Illinois Arts Council Agency, Indiana Arts Commission, Iowa Arts Council, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Minnesota State Arts Board, North Dakota Council on the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, South Dakota Arts Council, and Wisconsin Arts Board.

Onstage Orange City begins at Tulip Festival
2015-05-14 19:30 - 2015-05-16 21:00 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
Three bands will perform during Tulip Festival to kick off the Orange City Arts Council’s annual summer series, Onstage Orange City.
Orange City’s own Usual Suspects (pictured above: Steve Mason, John Hubers, Sam Martin, Gary Reinders & Joel Westerholm) will perform on Thursday night, May 14. The band plays a variety of musical styles, including classic acoustic-based pop and rock, blues, contemporary folk and original songs. The Usual Suspects will also perform during Tulip Festival’s ArtBurst event on Saturday, May 16, from 10 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6 p.m. in the Straatmarkt.
Now Serving 7 (right), a Christian electro-coustic pop/rock band based in Pella, Iowa, will take the stage on Friday night, May 15. They have performed with artists like Jeremy Camp and Superchick and at official NASCAR events. Making their third consecutive-year appearance at Tulip Festival, Now Serving 7 will perform songs from their debut album, “I Will Go.”
Damon Dotson (below left) is a singer-songwriter originally from Okoboji, Iowa. He performs in a variety of venues throughout the Midwest, including Minneapolis, Omaha and Chicago. He has opened for artists Willie Nelson and the Beach Boys, among others. Dotson and his band members will perform songs from their new and rising album, “Tumblin’,”on Saturday night, May 16.
“We’re excited to partner with the Orange City Arts Council to open their summer series during Tulip Festival,” says Juliana Pennings, Tulip Festival & Community Tourism Director. “We are grateful for the many ways the Orange City Arts Council continues to promote and bring the arts to our community.”
The concerts will take place at the band shell in Windmill Park at 7:30 p.m. each evening, and there is no cost to attend. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. The rain location for the concerts is the Orange City Town Hall.
Onstage Orange City is a program sponsored by the Orange City Arts Council, and brings in local, regional, national and international artists to perform throughout the summer. To view a full schedule for the 2015 season, visit orangecityarts.net. This summer will mark the sixth year of Onstage Orange City.

Orange City’s Got Talent!
2015-05-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
Onstage Orange City begins its sixth season of Wednesday evening shows, and the stage will be popping with entertainment. It’s Orange City’s Got Talent!
Windmill Park is the place, Wednesday, May 27 the day. The show begins at 7:00pm.
This annual show promises a variety of performances from talented locals. And the talent comes both from within Orange City and beyond city limits.
Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third places: $100, $75 and $50, respectively.
Judges will be Tulip Queen Cara Venema, City Administrator Duane Feekes and Steve Mahr of Old Factory Coffee Shop. Lois Estell and Amanda Haverdink are emcees. The 2014 winner of Orange City’s Got Talent, Sydney Krommendyk, will treat the audience to a song during the judges’ deliberation. (Sydney is pictured above, with other 2014 OC’s Got Talent winners.)
This free event, part of the Onstage Orange City series, is sponsored by Orange City Communications and State Farm: Matt Weg Agency, in conjunction with Orange City Arts.
Additional thanks go to Orange City Floral, Windmill Park Jewelers, Headquarters for Hair and Mary Kay Beauty Consultant Christie Conover.
The planning committee includes Aaron Beadner, Leanne Bonnecroy, Lois Estell and Mike Stokes.
Concessions will be offered. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Rain location is the Unity Christian Knight Center.

Onstage Orange City is a program of Orange City Arts. For more information or weather-related announcements, see facebook.com/ocArts, call 712-707-4885 or email ocArts@orangecityiowa.com.
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Orange City’s Got Talent! 2014 winners announced
ORANGE CITY – Sydney Krommendyk, Hannah McGarvey and The TriTones took the prizes in the fifth annual Orange City’s Got Talent!
The area talent show was held Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Windmill Park in Orange City.
Sydney Krommendyk, (left in photo at top of page) sixth grader from Orange City, took the top prize with her vocal rendition of Titanium.
Hannah McGarvey of Alton (2nd from left in photo at top of page) played a cello piece by Astor Piazzolla, Libertango, and earned the second place award. Her accompanist was Lori Vande Brake.
Tri-Tones (right in photo at top of page), an a cappella trio of Ben De Groot and Sam De Groot of Sioux Center, and Joel Pasma of Ripon CA, won third place.
The three winners won cash prizes of $100, $75 and $50.
The other seven acts in the talent show were Ensemble Royale, The J’s, Kari Broadway, Julie Junck, Jade De Kock, Miranda and LaRae Bloemendaal, and Christie Conover and Angela Riedeman.
The evening ended with Popular from Wicked, performed by emcees Amanda Haverdink, the 2013 OC’s Got Talent winner, and Lois Estell.
The Onstage Orange City 2014 event was sponsored by the Orange City Area Health System and Quatro Composites™, in conjunction with the Orange City Arts Council.
2015:
SIGN UP to be part of the 2015 Orange City’s Got Talent! Click here to register. Please sign up for an audition time by May 12. Auditions will be May 19-21.
First, second & third place winners of OC’s Got Talent 2014 are not eligible to be contestants for this year’s event, but may audition again in 2015.

Blogging 101
2015-06-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Old Factory Coffee Shop, 110 4th St. SW, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Two-part workshop: June 1 and 8 — Mondays
ORANGE CITY –– Develop your voice, find your passion and create a blog! Laura Gilleland’s class will cover writing, marketing and the logistics of posting. Both new and experienced bloggers are welcome. Bring your laptop.
Check Gilleland’s blog: accordingtolaurajean.com.
To register, send name, email address, phone number and payment to Orange City Arts Council, PO Box 202, Orange City IA 51041, or drop your registration information & payment in the city hall mail slot. Checks should be written to Orange City Arts Council. For more information, call 707-4885 or email ocArts@orangecityiowa.com.
Register by May 25: $15. After May 25: $25.
Sponsored by Orange City Arts Council

Snapshots: Intro to Photography
2015-06-02 | Orange City Town Hall, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Tuesdays & Thursdays: June 2- June 18
Learn with Lauren McDonald! Take great photos of almost anything. Be creative every time. Bring a digital camera to class… and plan to be out & about often, shooting photos.
Class limited to 12.
Tuesdays & Thursdays: June 2-June 18
Grades 1-3: 3:30-4:30pm
Grades 4-6: 2:15-3:15pm
Grades 7-8: 1:00-2:00pm
Instructor: Lauren McDonald
Location: City Hall Community Room
Register here!

Onstage Orange City: Moon Hooch
2015-06-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
Moon Hooch — an energetic trio with genre-bending music — is performing a free show Wed., June 3, at 7 p.m. at Windmill Park in Orange City.
When Orange City Arts members heard locals buzzing about the band’s unique sound — two souped-up saxophones and a drum — they knew they had to see if they’d perform for the Onstage Orange City series.
Steve Mahr, co-owner of The Old Factory, became entranced with the band’s wailing sax and staccato snare after watching them perform in NPR’s popular Tiny Desk Concert series.
“I’m not sure what others’ responses are, seeing a wild man blowing the sax with a traffic cone as a mute – but mine was love at first sight,” Mahr said.
His enthusiasm for the “cave music” band spread to Janine Calsbeek, director of Orange City Arts, who reached out to the band’s reps.
To her surprise, Moon Hooch — comprised of saxophonists Mike Wilbur and Wenzl McGowen, and drummer James Muschler — had an open date available on their tour from Ohio to Minnesota, and were interested in making a pit stop in Iowa.
There was just one minor caveat — Orange City Arts had to drum up the funds to keep the show free. Mahr stepped in to help fundraise, and Old Factory Coffee Shop, along with Orange City’s Quatro Composites™, joined as corporate sponsors for the free outdoor event.
The concert is open to all ages, and the original, unexpected tunes are sure to wow the young — and young at heart. But to describe the band’s sound? That’s a tough one. They have an inventive style all their own — something between jazz and dubstep, with a rock-vibe for good measure.
Each band member studied in New York at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Their stylistic choices — like using modified saxophones to create pulsing beats — creates indescribable music.
The band (which provides soundtracks for famously epic NYC subway dance parties, according to The New Yorker) describes their work “like house music, but more wild, more jagged, more free, more natural to live in.”
Moon Hooch got its start playing on subway platforms, and quickly grew a devoted fanbase that led to a national tour with They Might Be Giants, and multiple gigs on the festival circuit.
“Moon Hooch is amazing! They’re over the top,” Calsbeek said. “Very energetic and crazy. Their music is not for the faint of heart — it’s something different and I think it’ll be appealing to a lot of ages.”
Judging from previous shows, Moon Hooch’s power-packed performance promises to get audience members talking — and maybe even dancing out of their seats. Attendees are invited to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets. Concessions will be available for purchase.
“This is going to be something different,” Calsbeek says. “Orange City Arts has never had anything like Moon Hooch.”
The Orange City Town Hall is the event’s rain location. For changes related to the weather, visit orangecityarts.net or facebook.com/ocArts.
Free, thanks to our sponsors: Old Factory Coffee Shop & Quatro Composites™

http://www.moonhooch.com

National Public Radio’s tiny desk concert: http://www.npr.org/event/music/329521706/moon-hooch-tiny-desk-concert
Wall Street Journal… Moon Hooch’s “underground” following:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323977304578654184158962310

Watercolor batik workshop with Judy Thompson: June 6
2015-06-06 09:00 - 14:00 | Korver Art Center, Northwestern College, Orange City IA 51041
Watercolor Batik Workshop
Create translucent watercolor on textured Japanese Paper
Artist/Instructor Judy Thompson
(for high school and adults)
Saturday, June 6: 9am to 2pm
Northwestern College Korver Art Center, Room 103
Batik is a century old process of decorating cloth using wax and dye. Using a similar process, you will create beautiful translucent watercolor paintings on textured Japanese paper. Judy will demonstrate and instruct each step of this unique and fascinating process. Come join us for a fun, hands-on workshop. Adult learners of all levels are welcome.
Class members will complete a tulip painting similar to the one below. Each student will use the same template, but all of the paintings will be unique.
The day will include a break for lunch.
Judy Thompson’s artwork has received regional and national awards and has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the Midwest. She has been selected twice as an Artist-in-Residence with the National Park System (Nebraska and South Dakota), and is an approved teaching artist for the Nebraska Arts Council. Through a grant, awarded by the Iowa Arts Council, her Homestead Series has toured the Midwest to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act. Judy is a signature member of the Iowa Watercolor Society and enjoys teaching drawing and painting techniques to students of all ages.
One of Judy’s most recent projects has been creating the cover art for recently released Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
http://www.judythompsonwatercolors.com
COST: $65 per student.
Fee includes materials.
Registration deadline: May 30
Register by sending name, email address, phone number and payment to Orange City Arts Council, PO Box 202, Orange City IA 51041. Checks should be written to Orange City Arts Council.
If you wish, bring your own materials:
Tube Watercolors – Artist Quality
Assorted Watercolor Brushes (flats and rounds)
Palette or Paper Plate
Water Container
Pencil
Ultra fine tip Sharpie Marker
Paper towels
Everyone is asked to bring old newspapers or news print (no magazine sections/color inserts)
Batik materials—wax, Japanese paper, wax brushes & professional grade watercolors—will be provided.

Fairy Tale Fun & Games
2015-06-08 | Orange City Town Hall, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays: June 8-18
We’ll play fun drama games and enact fairy tale stories that will activate your imagination and engage your bodies in vocal and physical storytelling. Classic fairy tales: Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Hansel and Gretel. Class limited to 12.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays: June 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18
Grades 1-3: 2:30-3:30pm
Instructor: April Hubbard
Location: City Hall Gym
Register here!

Stage Combat & Storytelling
2015-06-08 15:45 - 17:15 | Orange City Town Hall, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
June 8-18 (Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays)
Want to learn basic stage combat moves and help create scenes to showcase the moves, then perform for your friends and families? Work with Northwestern College theatre professor, actress & director April Hubbard.
Music, props and improv will be used to help create fun and dramatic material to exercise your bodies and imaginations. Show will be June 18 at 5:15 pm, for family & friends. Class limited to 15.
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays: June 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18
Grades 4-8: 3:45-5:15 pm
Instructor: April Hubbard
Location: City Hall Gym
Register here!

Onstage Orange City: Summer Suites
2015-06-10 18:30 - 20:45 | Three backyard gardens, Orange City IA, 51041
ORANGE CITY – Orange City Arts’ annual celebration of flowering gardens, music, art – and irresistible sweets – is coming soon. The 2015 Summer Suites will be held Wednesday, June 10 in three backyard gardens in Orange City.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m.
The “progressive concert” will feature The Copoetics of Sioux Falls, the Le Mars Flute Choir and several visual artists working while the public watches, with violinist Bethany Dykstra gracing that garden with music.
• The Copoetics — Dan Finch and Louisa Soli-Holt — invite Summer Suites guests to enjoy their guitar and ukelele, and Louisa’s “strikingly clear and penetrating voice.” A few years ago, both left South Dakota for Denver; both taught secondary school; both adored The Grateful Dead and Joni Mitchell. But Louisa’s heart was captured by Dan, the 5-string ukelele and most recently, their newborn son. The couple, now living in Sioux Falls, has traveled 10,000 miles, performing across the American West and educating many people on the differences between North Dakota and South Dakota.
Their name, The Copoetics? “It represents the collective poems of life we all share and create every day,” said Louisa. http://thecopoetics.com
• The Le Mars Flute Choir brings together flutists from Le Mars, Marcus, Sioux City and Orange City… and performs all kinds of music, from grand flute quartets to jazz. Watch for C flutes, G flutes and piccolos.
For Summer Suites, the seven-member choir will play a lovely variety, including Irish lilts, a rag, Camptown Races, a light classical piece by Boyce and the fun Little Red Monkey by Jordan. Another Summer Suites performance on June 10 is the Le Mars Flu
Left to right are Kathy Moore, Sue Ashenfelter and Dr. James Schroeder of Le Mars; Lynn Gross of Sioux City; Glenda Drennen of Le Mars; June Palleson of Marcus; and Donna Mortenson of Orange City.
• Visual artists, with violinist Bethany Dykstra, will grace the third garden. While attendees watch, seven visual artists will work. Bethany Dykstra, who has played violin for 11 years as part of eight honor orchestras and now the Northwestern College Chamber Orchestra, will perform pieces by Ten Have, Handel and Bach, accompanied by Kate Noteboom.
Visual artists: Emilee Berry sat on a poppy-covered stone staircase in Greece, and discovered the connection between the “light, organic feel of nature” and hard, rough architecture. So she loves both strong lines and repetition, and movement and texture. A recent award-winning art graduate from Northwestern College, originally from Battle Creek, she does sculpture, printmaking and photography, and will paint at Summer Suites.
Mary Jane Davidson, of Manitoba—and now Sioux City, comes from a family of artists, and learned about painting/ dying on silk from her sister. She stretches white silk, then hand-paints, using a variety of methods. Some are unpredictable designs, others complex and defined, with the help of gutta or soy wax resists. Many of Davidson’s paintings are on silk scarves.
Ron Erickson, of Remsen, has been woodturning for 15 years, using wood from fallen trees to create bowls, Christmas ornaments and small boxes. He loves trying new things. It’s a hobby, so he doesn’t advertise, but he has exhibited his work in Spencer and Storm Lake. We’re lucky to have Erickson for Summer Suites, since his June through August priority is not woodturning, but golf.
Lynne Hubers, of Orange City, learned to quilt from a friend in ’97, and hasn’t looked back. She loves choosing colors, working with beautiful fabrics, and designing. She enjoys geometric quilting, appreciates the finesse of traditional quilting, and especially likes the slow pace of appliqué work. She’s done one hand-quilted wallhanging — otherwise it’s machine quilting and piecing for Hubers.

Marena Nachtigall, a SE Iowa native, studied art at Hesston and Bethel Colleges in Kansas, graduating in ’03. She opened Earth & Art, ceramics and floral design in Noble. Functional wheel-thrown ceramics is the basis for her work, with an emphasis on carved and beaded embellishments. Currently Nachtigall and her family live in Orange City.

Lauren and Barb Ochsner have spent a combined 50-plus years on custom glasswork and framing, from their shop — Golden Prairie Art — of Maurice. They have designed and created stained glass for many area churches, plus Prairie Winds, the Dordt College library and Orange City Area Health System. They will demonstrate processes in creating stained glass art.

Judy Thompson, watercolor artist originally from Chicago and now Orange City, painted the cover art for the recently published Laura Ingalls Wilder autobiography. Her art has been exhibited across the Midwest, and she has done many artist residencies, including two at national parks. Acclaimed as “capturing a sense of place,” Thompsons’ recent work includes her “Homestead Series.”
Some artists will offer their art for sale at Summer Suites.
Summer Suites will be held in the backyard gardens of Sally and Laird Edman (featuring The Copoetics), Jodi and Kent McDonough (visual artists and violinist Bethany Dykstra) and Anita and Jack Vogel (Le Mars Flute Choir).
The event, part of the Onstage Orange City series, is sponsored by Orange City Arts. Instead of a show in Windmill Park, the event happens in three backyards.
Advance tickets are necessary, at $10 for adults and $7 for students if purchased by June 6 at the Orange City Arts office, Orange City town hall and Dove Christian Book Store. After June 6, tickets are $13 and $10. Maps and schedules are provided to ticket purchasers. Rain location will be the Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre.
Special thanks go to Sodexo of Northwestern College and Orange City Floral Company.
For more information, contact Orange City Arts, 712-707-6514 or ocArts@orangecityiowa.com

Sponsor: Orange City Arts

Poetry with Steve and Trish
2015-06-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Old Factory Coffee Shop, 110 4th St. SW, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Four-week class. June 11-July 2.
Steve Mahr and Trish Sandbulte are taking on a new challenge– teaching anyone and everyone to write poetry! Learn how to use literary tools like alliteration and assonance, allusion and metaphor. Build your own poems that are rooted in your story. Discover your voice, your beat, and spit your poem in front of an actual audience.
Steve Mahr has written poetry for nearly ten years, and performed at poetry slams in Chicago, Vermillion, Des Moines, and Orange City–winning several. He has worked hard at discovering an original voice to his poetry and has coached others from kids to adults on how to engage their story and rewrite it into poetry that is all their own.
Trish Sandbulte teaches English at MOC-Floyd Valley High School, entertaining and inspiring young poets every year.
The class meets Thursday evenings, June 11-July 2, at 7pm at Old Factory Coffee Shop.
Registration fee is $25 prior to June 4, and after June 4: $35.
Register by sending name, email address, phone number and payment to Orange City Arts, PO Box 202, Orange City IA 51041. For more information, see orangecityarts.net, or contact Janine Calseek at 707-4885 or ocArts@orangecityiowa.com.

Onstage Orange City: Orange City Area Community Band
2015-06-17 19:00 - 20:15 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
ORANGE CITY – The Scottish folk song Loch Lomond and music from The Lord of the Rings will be featured in the Orange City Area Community Band concert Wednesday, June 17.
The Community Band will take the stage at 7:00pm for its first 2015 concert in Orange City’s Windmill Park, part of the Onstage Orange City summer series. Dan Mangold is the director, taking over from long-time community band conductor Carla Van Beek.
Mangold, originally from Sioux Rapids, is band director at MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School, assistant director for the Pride of the Dutchmen marching band, and director of the MOC-FV High full orchestra. He is a trumpeter in the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra and directed the orchestra for the Tulip Festival night show, Mary Poppins. For several years Mangold played trumpet in the Orange City Area Community Band.
The June 17 concert will feature a variety of music, including the rousing Cut to the Chase by Todd Stalter; a Spanish march by Texidor, Amparito Roca; and a medley from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
The band will also play Frank Ticheli’s beautiful arrangement of the Scottish folksong, Loch Lomond; a standard wind piece by Charles Carter, Overture for Winds; and the hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.
The National Emblem March, a classic American band march, plus the Star Spangled Banner, will round out the evening.
Assistant to the community band director is Char Ten Clay.
Come early (5:00-7:00pm) for grilled hot dogs, chips and ice cream, courtesy of Iowa State Bank. Sponsors for the evening are Diamond Vogel Paint and Onstage Orange City contributors, in conjunction with Orange City Arts.
The concert is free and open to the public. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Concessions will be available for purchase.
Rain location is Unity Christian Knight Center. For more information or weather-related announcements, contact Orange City Arts: ocArts@orangecityiowa.com, 712.707.6514 or see orangecityarts.net.

2015 Onstage Orange City contributors: Ag Partners, LLC; Big Brothers Big Sisters; The Bike Store; Birdhouse Rentals; Boonstras Kirby Co.; Casualty Insurance; C & H Body Repair; Culligan of Sioux County; Art & Doris De Hoogh; De Jong Chiropractic; De Jong Oil & Repair; D & L Plumbing & Heating; Dutch Mill Corporation; Edward Jones, Mark Lundberg; Family Eye Care; David L. Gohman, OD; Greenwood Landscaping & Nursery; Hair Clinic; Hands Around the World; Joiner & Zwart Dentistry; Motor Inn of Orange City; Natural Food Holdings; Neal Chase Lumber Co.; Leona Noteboom; Oolman Funeral Homes; Orange City Chiropractic; Orange City Dentistry; Pluim Publishing; Rensink, Pluim & Vogel, Attorneys at Law; Sfumato Pizza; Siouxland Town & Country Realty; Siouxland Travel & Tours; Jeff & Sara Tolsma; Western Iowa Dairy Alliance; Jan Wilbeck; Woudstra Meat Market, Amy & Dustin Vanden Hull.

Watercolor: Drawing & Mixed Media class
2015-06-22 | MOC-FV Elementary art room, 312 1st Street SW, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Mondays & Wednesdays, June 22- July 8
Bring your ideas to life with a variety of paints, colors, and textures. Experiment with different painting media, play with various styles, and learn about painters from history. Wear old clothes and be ready to use your imagination! Class limited to 12.
Grades 1-3: 1-2pm
Grades 4-6: 2:15-3:15pm
Instructor: Laurie Taylor
Location: MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary art room (use west door)
Register here!

Español for boys & girls
2015-06-23 | Orange City Town Hall, Orange City, IA, 51041, United States
Tuesdays & Thursdays, June 23-July 9
Learn Spanish words and phrases through games, songs and crafts that focus on exploring Latino culture! Themes include holidays, family and food. All children are welcome—from those who only know a few words in Spanish to those who know a lot!
Grades 4-6: 1-2pm
Grades 1-3: 2:15-3:15pm
Instructor: Erica Davis
Location: City Hall Community Room
Register here!

Onstage Orange City: Festival Latino
2015-06-24 17:00 - 21:00 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
Festival Latino — a free outdoor event highlighting Hispanic heritage — will fill Orange City’s Windmill Park from 5 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24. The event is part of Orange City Arts’ Onstage Orange City summer series.
The fourth annual community-wide festival will feature authentic Latin cuisine, an interactive kids’ zone featuring free crafts and activities, and live music from internationally-known Latin fusion band Tropicante.
“The Hispanic population has begun to be an important part of the Orange City community, and it’s important to have shared spaces where we can learn to understand each other and learn about each other’s cultures,” says Olga Alvarado, an Orange City Arts board member of Colombian descent who helped plan the event.
With nearly 10 percent of Sioux County identifying as Hispanic according to the 2013 Census, the event aims to foster deeper cultural understanding while providing top-notch food and quality entertainment.
Tropicante, an energetic Latin-style band led by singers Ed East (Panamanian) and Karin Stein (Colombian), will have attendees dancing cumbias, merengues, sambas and other irresistible Latin rhythms.
“Our principal goal is always to have people’s minds opened to the diversity of Latin American cultures through a beautiful, fun medium — music,” Stein said.
Stein and East will host a free, all-ages interactive percussion workshop at 6:15 p.m. before their performance at 7 p.m.
Separate from the larger band, the duo (known as Calle Sur, right) will also provide a free children’s workshop for grades kindergarten through fifth at 1 pm at the Orange City Public Library. The participants will make simple instruments, sing, dance, and act their way through a Brazilian rain forest.
Free transportation from Sioux Center will be available. A bus will leave the Centre Mall parking lot at 6 and 6:30 p.m., with rides returning from Orange City back to Sioux Center at 8:30 and 9 p.m.
Harold Heie, chair of the Festival Latino planning team and chair of CASA (Center for Assistance, Service, and Advocacy), says Festival Latino is a collaborative effort that aims to bring people together.
“Part of it is just getting to know one another,” Heie says. “When you get to know people, things always change.”
Attendees are invited to wear traditional clothing from their country of origin.
Festival Latino made possible by CASA, Center Fresh Group, Hands Around the World, Natural Food Holdings, Birdhouse Rentals, Western Iowa Dairy Alliance and Al & Carol Kramer, in conjunction with Orange City Arts.
Unity Christian Knight Center in Orange City is the event’s rain location. For changes related to the weather, visit orangecityarts.net or facebook.com/ocArts.
Bring lawn chairs or blankets.

Onstage Orange City: Kelley Hunt brings blues, roots & gospel July 1
2015-07-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Windmill Park, 200 Central Ave NW, Orange City IA 51041
Beloved Blues Singer Kelley Hunt Returns to Orange City for Free Outdoor Concert
Back by Popular Demand, Kelley Hunt and Her Band Bring Blues, Roots and Gospel Music to Northwest Iowa
Singer Kelley Hunt is bringing her soul-filled performance back to Orange City with a free concert in Windmill Park on Wednesday, July 1 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Hunt is a triple threat — attracting fans as she writes, arranges and plays her energetic, southern-style music. She performed with her band in Orange City three years ago, leaving a lasting impression. Her Iowa fan base is thrilled to welcome the powerhouse singer-songwriter back.
“She has drawn quite the following,” says Jane Vogel of Birdhouse Rentals, co-sponsor of the Onstage Orange City concert. “Her music has an uplifting message, and it draws all ages. It’s the kind of music you want to get up and dance to.”
Hunt’s tour stop will feature boogie-worthy new music from “The Beautiful Bones” — her sixth album.
She describes her toe-tapping tunes as a combination of blues, roots, Americana and R&B.
“A lot of it is upbeat with a few ballads. I’m really influenced by traditional gospel music, and most of the things are pretty uplifting and high energy,” Hunt says.

Hunt’s music has wide-reaching appeal.
“As a family, we’ve been following Kelley Hunt for 15 years,” says Lisa Burg of Orange City. Burg’s employer — Orange City Area Health System — is a co-sponsor of the concert. “Our children became fans. She’s an incredible singer. Everything she has produced we’ve loved. She has a huge range, is an amazing keyboardist, and truly crosses generations.”
Hunt’s performances draw fans from across the country. She has appeared six times on American Public Media’s A Prairie Home Companion and is currently embarking on a national tour.
But there’s just something about Orange City that draws her back.
“I’m really looking forward to coming — it’s a nice community with a beautiful setting,” Hunt says. “I know several people in Orange City, and I’m excited for the band to see it. Plus, I want to get some almond patties!”
The concert is part of Orange City Arts’ Onstage Orange City summer concert series. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to the outdoor concert.
Unity Christian Knight Center in Orange City is the event’s rain location. For changes related to the weather or more information, visit orangecityarts.net or facebook.com/ocArts, email ocArts@orangecityiowa.com or call 712.707.4885.
Listen: http://kelleyhunt.com/audio.html
