OSU Jazz Ensemble | Friday May 7, 6p

At the PARK platform, Main Street Coshocton

Rain Site | Presbyterian Church

 

The OSU Jazz Ensemble led by Dr. Ted McDaniel will be performing as part of Dogwood Festival First Friday Celebration, May 7 at 6p in the center of town. The performance will mark the opening of the PARK Platform in the old Park Hotel space.

The Jazz Ensemble is one of several outstanding performing ensembles in the School of Music at OSU.  It has performed throughout the United States and has received major awards at the prestigious Notre Dame Jazz Festival, Elmhurst Jazz Festival (Chicago), and Tri-C Jazz Festival (Cleveland).  In addition to numerous appearances in the state of Ohio, the Jazz Ensemble has performed in California and New York. The Ensemble is heading to Europe this summer to perform at international jazz festivals there.

Event sponsored by the Simpson Family Fund at the Coshocton Foundation

Dogwood Festival Gala Dinner Theater | Saturday May 8, 5:30p

At the Pomerene Center for the Arts

 

 

MAKE IT GROW | 4th annual Gala on the Saba Terrace and the 2nd under our own tent. Previous guests proclaim this an unmatched event in our small river city–great food and singular entertainment surrounded by the beauty of the Pomerene spring gardens. see the photos from last year's gala

In the face of our sluggish economy, this year's Dogwood Festival theme is MAKE IT GROW as opposed to LET it grow. In the spirit of the theme we are pleased to present Michael Roy Baldridge and his Cirque de Papier. Having trouble making the connection between an origami performance and growth & progress? Ah! There is more than meets the eye to the art of paper folding-this seemingly simple art is at the heart of nano-technology development –growth as in taking up less space? But for the purposes of our evening, it is pure magic and entertainment.

On the culinary arts side (please don’t think “waistline growth”, think "education"),  we’re proud to present a five-course gourmet dinner by Chef Mike Cichon and his CCCC Culinary Arts students.

make your reservations $50 per person Proceeds from the event go to the benefit of the Pomerene Center for the Arts and the Coshocton County Career Center Culinary Arts Program.

Michael Roy Baldridge–Interactive Origami Entertainer, Visual Artist, and Juggler–started out life in the foothills of eastern KY at a very young age. He quickly grew out of that (well, actually . . . not so much), and in 1975 at the age of 20, he left for San Diego, CA where he worked as a graphic artist, illustrator, and juggler for the acclaimed theatre company Lamb's Players. During those years he met and developed stage productions with Armando  (Classic Enchantment) and Richard Turner (The Third Hand) as well as street performing in Balboa Park. He also learned to speak fluent English. Within three years he was doing solo stage and television work in the southern California region.

In 1980 he moved with his wife Diane to Aurora, Ohio and later to Kent, Ohio where they raised their sons Tyler and Dylan. By 1985 Michael Roy Baldridge was traveling the world with a 90minute one-man theatre show featuring choreographed juggling, a silent movie with contemporary music, origami, visual art, and humor. Throughout the years Michael Roy has performed in a wide range of venues in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Taiwan including 92 Air Force bases and the Illusion Theatre at Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus World in Orlando, Florida. He has made stage appearances with Taiwan's top TV and Pop Stars and performed with The Flying Karamazov Brothers. He even opened for Victor The Wrestling Bear in Grand Rapids, Michigan (Baldridge considers that a highlight in his illustrious career . . . OK, at least memorable)!