A performance by Order of Canada recipient Susan Aglukark will round out the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts Presents 2015-16 season. A new date has been announced for the show, originally scheduled for Thursday, June 9. The concert has been rescheduled to Thursday, May 26 at 8 p.m.
All tickets with the June 9 date will be honoured at the May 26 performance.
The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts Presents 14-show season began last fall with a concert by Codie Prevost, the winner of 12 Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards, including 2015 Male Vocalist of the Year. Prevost also took part in a fundraiser for the Battlefords Humane Society, which is in need of a new building.
Up second was something completely out of the ordinary – a chance to sing along to the most successful movie musical of all time. In the 50th birthday year of the blockbuster movie Sound of Music, the Battlefords dressed up and sang along during Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music, an interactive audience participation entertainment that has become a world-wide phenomenon.
The Claire Lynch Band entertained Oct. 25, 2015,winning the audience over. Claire Lynch has soaring references from such talents as Dolly Parton, EmmyLou Harris and Linda Ronstadt.
From Alberta, Juno-award winning country artist Brett Kissel sold the Dekker Centre out and delivered an interactive performance with selfies galore.
Quartette, featuring Cindy Church, Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford and Gwen Swick, amazed on Dec. 4.
A Celtic Christmas with the Ennis Sisters closed out the season for 2015.
Jan. 29 of 2016 saw Jeffrey Straker performing, a Saskatchewan entertainer who has a world-wide following after winning the prestigious Vina del Mar (Chile) song competition in February 2014 where he represented Canada, performing live to a festival crowd of 20,000 people and to a TV audience of 100 million viewers across the Spanish-speaking world.
It was another sell-out when Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal came to the Dekker Centre. For over 40 years, this internationally renowned repertory company has been touring to places like Rome, London, Paris, New York and Los Angeles – and now North Battleford.
The Globe Theatre from Regina returned to the Dekker Centre in February, this year presenting Ring of Fire, the Music of Johnny Cash.
The Glenn Miller Orchestra brought the incredible sound of big band to the stage March 8, featuring the music of the famous bandleader as it should be played. The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year all around the world.
Coming up April 9, Marie-Josée Lord, Haitian-born Canadian soprano will present a sizzling mix of popular and classical music titled Jumbalia.
Known as a warm, melodious and emotionally generous singer, Lord has received many prestigious awards and was chosen to represent Canada at the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.
Six members of the internationally acclaimed Leahy Family will be onstage May 4 delivering rich harmonies and exceptional musicianship in The Leahys in Song.
May 26 wraps up the season with Susan Aglukark, Arctic Canada’s first ever Juno Award winning Inuk singer/songwriter. Aglukark has performed for HRH Queen Elizabeth, Jean Chretien, Brian Mulroney, Nelson Mandela and Billy Graham.
The 14-show season package was made available in June of last year for $350 plus GST, a 35 per cent saving off the retail price of $544.50 for individual tickets. Priority seating for the full-season package began immediately at the preview evening. The packages were limited to 70 seats and priced at the same amount as the previous year's season.
A second package was also available to purchase any seven of the 14 shows at $31 per show plus GST, for a 20 per cent saving, again the same as the previous year.
Each of the season shows is sponsored by local corporations and individuals who, as manager Moe McGuinty describes, "see the value of bringing world-class entertainment to the community."
