Concert: DeVos Hall Grand Rapids, MI

[Pamela]

Confirmed holiday performance at Devos Hall, Grand Rapids MI, with the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra on December 19.  Clay is replacing previously scheduled LeAnn Rimes.

Tickets go on sale Thursday, August 24 at 9 am.

Grand Rapids Symphony - DeVos Performance Hall

Posted by Flozie at the CB:

Clay will be performing with the Grand Rapids Symphony on December 19, 2006 at 7 PM Devos Hall-replacing LeeAnn Rimes.

http://www.grsymphony.org

Office opens 12/24/06 at 9AM

Purchase can be made with single tickets. At this time you would call their number -616-454-9451 extension 4. Single tickets requests would be date and time stamped and filled on October 2, after the season (series) ticket holders. OR
Purchase can be made as part of a series (cost varies-check www.grsymphony.org for Symphonic Boom tickets, sections and costs). If you purchase the series the symphony will issue a tax credit IF you donate the tickets for concert 1 and concert 3 of the series back to the symphony. This way you get a tax credit and they get 2 other concerts not playing to an empty house. For the tax credit they will need your name, address, telephone number.

If you have questions feel free to .....call the Symphony office tomorrow at 616-454-9451.

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[Pamela]

GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY PRESENTS “AMERICAN IDOL” STAR CLAY
AIKEN, DEC. 19 IN DEVOS PERFORMANCE HALL

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. August 24, 2006 – His popularity continues to skyrocket with millions of fans worldwide and now “American Idol” star Clay Aiken is coming to Grand Rapids. Clay Aiken will join the Grand Rapids Symphony for an all-holiday music program Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in DeVos Performance Hall.

Aiken rose to fame in 2003 propelled by his appearance on the Fox Network’s “American Idol” show. RCA offered him a CD deal and his debut single, “This is the Night” immediately claimed the number one spot on the Billboard charts. The first week alone, he sold a mind boggling 392,000 copies and he possesses the record for the most
sales of a single in one week. The previous record holder was Elton John for his “Candle In The Wind” performed in honor of the late Princess Diana in 1997.

His first CD “The Measure of a Man” sold a whopping 613,000 copies in October of 2003 during the first week of sales and eventually hit number one on the charts.  Aiken’s second CD, “Merry Christmas with Love,” went platinum and was the bestselling album of the 2004 season. A third release, “A Thousand Different Ways” is scheduled to go on-sale Sept. 19th. Orders for the album has made the CD number one of in pre-sales on Amazon.com.

“Christmas with Clay Aiken” will include an all-orchestral first half of Christmas favorites, followed by Aiken’s performance with the orchestra.

Tickets to “Christmas with Clay Aiken” are available now to current Symphony subscribers. Tickets are also available by subscribing to the Symphony’s three-concert SymphonicBoom Series, which includes “Bugs on Broadway,” Oct.13 and The Music of Pink Floyd, April 27. All concerts are in DeVos Performance Hall. “Bugs on Broadway,”
which has sold out houses nationwide, features the original Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny cartoons projected above the orchestra, while the Symphony plays live accompaniment to “The Rabbit of Seville,” “A Corny Concerto,” “What’s Opera Doc?” and more. “The Music of Pink Floyd,” features a full rock band with vocals performing Floyd’s timeless hits accompanied by the Symphony.

Subscribers get the best seats and save 10 percent off single ticket prices. Subscriptions range from $84 to $204. To subscribe to the SymphonicBoom Series, call the Symphony office at 616/454-9451, or visit in person at 300 Ottawa NW, Suite 100, open Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Single tickets go on sale to the general public for these concerts on the following dates: August 28 for “Bugs Bunny on Broadway,” Oct. 2 for “Christmas with Clay Aiken,” and for “The Music of Pink Floyd.”

©Grand Rapids Symphony
and
Grand Haven Tribune

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Grand Rapids sure has the promotion going on!  These were passed out to the audience after a recent performance.

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[mrs. c.]

Yeah Michigan!!!!!