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Date: November 4, 2009
Time: 9:30am
Area Of Town: Orange Park
Location: Thrasher-Horne Center For The Arts
Cost: Ticketed
URL: Thcenter.org

School Time/All Seats $8.00/Grades Kindergarten-Fourth

Janell Cannon's Stellaluna

Baby Bat Stellaluna's Life Is Flitting Along Right On Schedule Until An Owl Attacks Her Mother One Night, Knocking The Bewildered Bat Out Of Her Mother's Loving Grasp. Stellaluna Is Lucky Enough To Land In A Nest Of Baby Birds, But Her Whole World Has Just Turned Upside Down. Stellaluna's Adoptive Bird Mom Accepts Her Into Her Nest, But On One Condition That Stellaluna Will Act Like A Bird, Not A Bat.

INFO: 904.276.6750

Ritz Chamber Players Opening Concert

Date: November 11, 2009
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Area Of Town: Downtown
Location: Times-Union Center For The Performing Arts
Cost: Ticketed
URL: www.ritzchamberplayers.org

The Ritz Chamber Players Opening To Our 2009-2010 Concert Season Will Highlight History-Making Harpist, Anne Hobson-Pilot The First Black Woman In The World To Hold A Principal Position In A Major Symphony Orchestra!

BEETHOVEN Serenade In D Major For Flute, Violin, And Viola
DEBUSSY Sonata For Flute, Viola & Harp
ANDERSON Vocalise For Violin And Harp
RAVEL Introduction And Allegro For Harp, String Quartet, Flute, And Clarinet

Ann Hobson-Pilot - Harp, Judy Dines - Flute, Kelly Hall-Tompkins - Violin, Kyle Lombard - Violin, Amadi Azikiwe - Viola, Owen Young - Cello And Terrance L. Patterson - Clarinet

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