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Welcome To CHERRY BLOSSOM MUSICAL ARTS from Eugene Oregon, home of VISUAL MUSIC- THE ORIGINAL ART MUSIC VAUDEVILLE SHOW AND NISSE'S DREAM- A MUSICAL FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART!
VISUAL MUSIC is a show with dance of all kinds, divas, juggling, aerial acrobatics and GREAT music by Music director Paul Safar! NISSE"S DREAM is a children's musical about a boy, a cow, a witch, and a pack of TROLLS! See the bios/mission section for more info. You can find our videos on you tube at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBKGVY69p8E&feature=channel
In just over a week, On July 10-12 we will premiere our first comic operetta, “The Cat and Bird Vaudeville Extravaganza” at the Oregon Country Fair! Written by Nancy Wood with music composed by Paul Safar, this show combines the silly and the sublime, from an Old Crow, and a ditzy Yellow Warbler to breathtakingly beautiful work by the Agnieszka Laska Dancers and aerial artist Kerry Kresinski .
The full cast includes:
Izzy Whetstine, our resident Old Crow
Cat Juggling with Roger Fountain and Simon Waddell
Classical Divas Nancy Wood as “Yellow Warbler” and Alli Bach as “Alli Cat” singing Safar and Rossini
Alli Bach and her tapping, scatting virtuosity
The Agnieszka Laska Dancers in “Cat Tango” and “Nectar: the Hummingbird pas de deux” (See them at http://www.a-laska.com/)
Kerri Kresinski in “Cat on a Wire”. (Kerri’s site: http://skysiren.com)
Gustav Verdouw, as little kitty G-Cat, the sign bearer
As always, our band includes some of Eugene’s finest players, featuring:
Ben Farrell, clarinet, bass clarinet
Craig Bender, flute, saxophone
Diane Chaplin, cello
Nate Waddell, bass
Andrew Teem, drums, dumbek
Music Director/Composer Paul Safar on piano
This year we are also pleased to have Quint Ehley as Technical Director and Kim Still on props. With all this expertise,this show promises to be our finest ever. It’s a rollicking ride from beginning to end, and will appeal to audiences of all ages.
W.C. Fields Stage, at the Oregon Country Fair (www.oregoncountryfair.org)
