Fly Me to the Moon, A Tribute to Sinatra
Event published by Citadel Dance & Music Center
"Fly Me to the Moon" will be presented at the Grand Upton Hall at Mendel Center in Benton Harbor on September 7th at 8 pm. The Lake Effect Jazz Big Band, Andrew Fisher & Rebecca Selvidge, vocalists, the Citadel Dance Companies and the Citadel Strings are featured. The 8 pm show will feature two sets featuring the music of Frank Sinatra and other music from the Golden Age Songbook. Audiences and performers alike will experience a “jazz night club”
atmosphere in
the Grand Upton Hall at the Mendel Center. This fundraiser premiered in 2019 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Citadel
Dance & Music
Center. The Lake Effect Jazz Band is a 22-piece big band led by Steven
Reed, a well-known area performer
and retired music educator. LEJBB performs over 10
annual concerts and is the headliner at the South Haven Jazz Festival. Andrew Fisher teaches voice
at the Citadel and leads the Andrew Fisher Quartet.
Rebecca Selvidge is the Director of
Choirs/Music Lecturer at Lake Michigan College. The Citadel Dance Companies are Citadel’s premier
dance ensembles led by Lari Lawrence-Gist, Director
of Dance. The Citadel Strings,
new this year, comprises faculty & students and will join the band on
6 tunes.
Sponsors
include BSC Investments, Rogers
Foodland, Sturgis Bank St Joseph, Xpress Printing, and individual donors. Tickets
are available at www.citadeldmc.org. Doors open at 7 pm for the 8 pm show. A cash bar and small plates will be available for purchase.
The Citadel Dance & Music is a 501.3c non-profit that provides year-round dance and music instruction to nearly 300 students of all ages and is located in the Benton Harbor Arts District. Its mission is to inspire a sense of excitement and curiosity and to instill the disciplines of dance & music as Art forms and a way of life.
For more information contact
Susan Dietrich-Reed, Executive
Director/Director of Music at
dietrichreed@citadeldmc.org
or 269.925.1099.
Admission: $50 - $85
Sponsor: Citadel Dance & Music Center