Richardson Performing Arts Center
Upcoming Artists
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Previous Artists
Dennis Watkins - Magician
Date: November 1, 2012
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Price: $10 adults, $5 non-SC students, Free for SC students, staff and faculty with I.D.
Tickets: Call 1-620-229-6141
Artist Website
With awards and honors from the Texas Association of Magicians, the Society of American Magicians, the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Desert Magic Seminar, Dennis Watkins bring the highest standard of live entertainment to events nation wide.
A classically trained actor (degrees in performance from SMU and the British American Drama Academy in London), his shows have wowed audiences in virtually every type of venue including The Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Chicago's United Center, Chicago's Navy Pier, dozens of Colleges and Universities, and countless private venues across the country.
Now a Chicago Magician, he brings his world-class magic to corporate events, colleges, and upscale private parties all over the United States!
Terry Quiett Band - Blues/Rock Band
Date: September 28, 2012
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Price: $10 Adults, $5 with SC ID, $3 Children under 1
Artist Website
Since 2006 the Terry Quiett Band has logged 200,000+ miles and played over three-hundred shows across America's Heartland. From 6th Street in Austin to Beale Street in Memphis, they've mesmerized audiences with their original and contemporary blues-soaked sound. They've also paid their share of dues (and tolls) traveling the Rocky Mountains of Denver, the blue grass of Kentucky, and every state in between, winning fans and expanding their core grassroots audience with each performance.
Their self-produced 2008 CD titled "Cut the Rope" sold out and helped spread TQB's inventive blues-rock to over 300 radio stations worldwide (including tracks spun on syndicated blues shows such as: Bluesville XM, Blues Deluxe and House of Blues Blues-mobile, and being ranked on the Top 20 radio chart in Maine for three consecutive months).
But it was their 2011 album "Just My Luck" recorded with world renowned, Grammy-winning producer Jim Gaines (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Carlos Santana, Steve Miller Band, George Thorogood, Luther Allison, Albert Collins) that really raised the stakes and their profile to another level. It received glowing reviews across the globe and was in the Top 100 most played albums of 2011 on the Root Music Report Blues Chart.
Along the way the Terry Quiett Band has shared the stage with international guitar legends including B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Robert Cray, Los Lonely Boys, 38 Special, the Doobie Brothers, Edgar Winter, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Walter Trout, Robin Trower, Tab Benoit, Eric Sardinas, Albert Cummings, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Bernard Allison, Bugs Henderson, Gary Hoey, and Anthony Gomes as well as numerous talented regional artists.
Tallgrass Express String Band
Date: September 21, 2012
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Price: FREE
Artist Website
A special donation was made to the Kansas Native Plants Society to bring the Tallgrass Express String Band to play a concert at the Richardson Performing Arts Center. The Arts Center is located in the Christy Administration Building located off of King Drive. The concert is open to the public with no cost for admission. They perform original songs that are inspired by the prairie. This concert will feature songs about Flint Hills plants and animals like “Big Bluestem: King of the Prairie” and “Wildflower Reunion.” The four-member string band sings and plays a variety of instruments including fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, upright bass, dobro, harmonica, and concertina. This FREE concert is part of the 2012 Annual Wildflower Weekend.
Tallgrass Express String Band: http://tallgrassexpress.com
Kansas Native Plants Society: http://www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org
