Fly Me to the Moon, A Tribute to Sinatra

"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 10^th 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