It’s hard to decide what’s better-the amazingly diverse talent on the stage from 11 am until dusk, or the fact that it’s all free. You be the judge.
Join us at the bandshell morning, noon or night to enjoy a range of talent you simply can’t find anywhere else. From high school bands to ethnic dance groups, to jazz, singers, poets and more—there’s never a charge to feed your soul.
Interested in performing? Find out how you can take the stage.
Here is the full performance schedule for 2011.
Bandshell Performances
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY FIESTA PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE)
THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2011
10:00 A.M.
Wyoming Valley West Chorus, Christopher Wilski, Director
11:00 A.M.
Wyoming Valley West High School Orchestra, Diane Wojciechowski, Director
12:00 Noon
Opening Ceremonies, Mickey Nieman – Chairperson, Joseph Persico – Master of Ceremonies, Alfred S. Groh – Fiesta Poet Laureate, Honorary Chairperson, Honorable Thomas Leighton – Mayor of Wilkes-Barre, David Kerr – President of the Board of Directors
12:30 P.M.
Lunchtime Celebration Concert: Luis Colon Salsa Band”
1:30 P.M.
E.L. Meyers High School Jazz Band, Karen John, Director
3:30 P.M.
Coughlin High School Concert Band and Coughlin High School Jazz Band, Carol Lynn Rensa, Director
4:30 P.M.
Wilkes Barre Area All-Area Orchestra, Featuring members from E.L. Meyers, Coughlin, G.A.R. High Schools and Sullivan Jr. High School, Carol L. Burke, Director
5:30 P.M
Awards Ceremony Prelude –Hazleton Area High School Jazz Band, Neil Forte, Director
6:30 P.M.
Fine Arts Fiesta Arts Awards Ceremony, Gary T. Womelsdorf, Master of Ceremonies and Brian Benedetti, Master Of Ceremonies, Micky Nieman, Art Show Co-Chair, Poster Contest Winners, Memorial Award for Howard B. Fedrick, 2011 Howard B. Fedrick Friend of the Arts Award—Mary Ellen Fowler (aka Flossie
the Fiesta Clown)
7:30 P.M.
Performances by members of K.I.S.S. (Kids Innovating Sound and Stage)
8:00 P.M.
“Musical Theatre Favorites by: “The Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre”
MUSICAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: Tribal Waves
STROLLING MUSICIAN: Bill Kuklevich, Accordion
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2011
10:30 A.M.
Wyoming Valley West Middle School Honors Orchestra, Joe Luksa, Director
12:15 P.M.
Lunchtime Dance Performance, by “Benches” – from NYC
1:00 P.M.
Friday Afternoon Musicale:, Dallas Middle School Jazz Band and Select Chorus, Holly Major, Director
2:00 P.M.
Wyoming Seminary Lower School Jazz Band, Bob Lugiano, Director
3:00 P.M.
Wyoming Seminary Jazz Band, Bob Lugiano, Director
3:30 P.M.
The Suzuki School for Strings, Jule Supplee, Jean Supplee Brubaker, Directors
4:00 P.M.
Rogue Chimp Band, featuring Mark Woodyat
5:00 P.M.
Music by: Mark DeRose and The Way Home
6:00 P.M.
Keystone Kids Starmakers
7:00 P.M.
A Fine Arts Fiesta Feature Presentation –
“CABINET”
8:30 P.M.
The Jack Grace Band
STROLLING MUSICIAN: Bill Kuklevich, Accordion
SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2011
10:00 A.M.
Conservatory of Dance, Danielle Dorzinsky, Director
10:30 A.M.
RJG Latino Multicultural Dancers, Carmen Vasquez, Director
11:00 A.M
Joan Harris Conservatory Dancers, Jim Harris, Director
12:00 Noon
Lunchtime Concert: “Doug Smith Dixieland All-Stars”
1:00 P.M
Ray Owen, Americana
1:45 P.M.
Red Shoes Dance Company, Valeria Myers, Director
2:00 P.M
Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, Gina Malsky, Director
2:25 P.M.
Starring U Kid!, Danielle Moton, Director
2:45 P.M
The Whirlygig Hoop Troop, Suki & Wrenna – Directors
3:15 P.M.
YOUniversal Suzuki Violinists, Mary Ann Saylor, Director
3:45 P.M.
Without Walls Dance Company, Bridget Giunta Husted, Director
4:15 P.M.
BALLET NORTHEAST, Kristin Degnan, Director
5:00 P.M
Luis Colon Salsa Band
6:30 P.M.
Back by Popular Demand –“Unity Community” – African Drum and Dance Ensemble
MUSICAL ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE: Mark Woodyat and Dierdre White
STROLLING MUSICIAN: Bernie Gardzala, Accordion
SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2011
11:00 A.M.
Annual Spring Poetry Contest and Reading, The Wyoming Valley Poetry Society, Jim Spock, Poet and Director
12:00 Noon
David Blight Dance Studio, Candice Miscavage, Director
1:00 P.M.
“Freilox and Bagels”, Klezmer Band
2:00 P.M.
Northeastern Pennsylvania Academy of Dancing and Children’s Ballet Theatre Company, Barbara Woronko-Anzalone, Director
3:15 P.M.
Wilkes Fencing Club, Semion Kiriakidi, Director
4:00 P.M.
Mary Baker, Storyteller
5:00 P.M.
***Special Presentation ***
*** The George Wesley Band ***
MUSICAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: Tribal Waves
STROLLING MUSICIANS: Bernie Gardzala, Accordion, YOUniversal Suzuki Strings
