Chetola's ASU Performing Arts Series Package is available from October 9, 2008 through April 2, 2009.
Packages begin at $178 per night (per couple).
Call today to book your package!
Celebrate Appalachian State University’s Performing Arts Series with a stay at Chetola Resort and
admission to the performance of your choice. Your Applause Package also includes a $25 Gift Card to the Tanger Shoppes on the Parkway and a Value Certificate to the Bob Timberlake Gallery.
Breakfast is included for guests staying in Chetola Lodge or the Bob Timberlake Inn.
Performances Include:
Teatro Lirico D’Europa: “Carmen”
Friday, November 14
8pm, Farthing Auditorium
Teatro Lirico D’Europa brings the lavish production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen to the stage of Farthing Auditorium in November. Considered to be one of the best known and most popular operas of all time, Carmen is a skillful combination of a love story with passionate, lyrical music, and above all, a heroine who is a true free spirit. Based in 1820s Seville, soldier Don José falls in love with Carmen, a gypsy woman working in a cigar factory, while escorting her to jail. What follows is an intense sensual attraction that leads to a crime of passion in a compelling evening of musical theatre. This opera is performed in French with English supertitles and features a full orchestra and chorus, as well as flamenco dance ensemble Ballet Arabesk.
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Special Holiday Performance: “Go Tell It on the Mountain”
Saturday, December 6
8pm, Farthing Auditorium
Since 1939, the Blind Boys of Alabama have sung a fervent blend of traditional and contemporary Gospel music. While much has changed over the past seven decades, the Blind Boys of Alabama have remained the Iron Men of the music industry, evidenced by four Grammy Awards (an accolade that didn’t even exist when they first started out). They have performed at the World's Fair, the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and many other venues. In this special holiday performance at Farthing Auditorium, the Blind Boys will bring their soulful touch to familiar works such as Joy to the World, White Christmas, and Away in a Manger. From their innovative Grammy Award-winning album Go Tell It On the Mountain, this eclectic and enchanting performance by the Blind Boys of Alabama is sure to spread holiday spirit.
African Children’s Choir: “Journey of Hope”
Tuesday, January 27
8pm, Farthing Auditorium
Following the brutal reign of Uganda’s Idi Amin, during which thousands of children were orphaned and left starving, the African Children’s Choir was founded by human rights activist Ray Barnett. The choir is comprised of children ages seven to eleven, each of whom have lost one or both of their parents to poverty or diseases such as AIDS. Blending traditional song and dance inspired by Africa, the choir delights audiences all over the world with their moving and motivating message of hope. They have performed at many prestigious events, including for Kofi Annan at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York, with Mariah Carey and Sir Paul McCartney at Live 8 in London and at Nelson Mandela’s AIDS awareness concert in South Africa. They have also been featured on top-rated shows Good Morning America, Ellen and American Idol. Experience for yourself this unforgettable “Journey of Hope” that tells of the Choir’s inspirational passage out of war-torn Uganda.
LA Theatre Works: “The Great Tennessee Monkey Trials”
Wednesday, February 11
8pm, Farthing Auditorium
Based on the original transcripts of the 1925 Scopes Trial, and starring a cast drawn from the ranks of L.A. Theatre Works Radio Theater, the characters at the center of one of the greatest debates of American society come to life in this magnificent, semi-staged production of The Great Tennessee Monkey Trials. Broadcast in America on NPR and internationally on BBC, CBC and Voice of America, L.A. Theatre Works has been the leading radio theater company in the United States. In this thought-provoking performance, unlikely heroes Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan, H.L. Mencken and John Scopes set the stage for an ongoing national debate over the freedom of inquiry and the separation of church and state. This semi-staged performance will revisit the groundbreaking court case that enraged some and enlightened others, changed ideals and set standards. Even though the collision of social and intellectual values played out in a rural Tennessee courthouse nearly eighty years ago, the core issues of this noteworthy story remain unresolved even today.
Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary On Tour
Tuesday, February 17
8pm, Farthing Auditorium
To mark the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records- the premier label in jazz- an all-star band featuring some of the finest musicians today will bring their celebration of this rich catalog of jazz music to the stage of Farthing Auditorium. Led by Blue Note Records artist and pianist Bill Charlap, the group explores classic tunes by Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter, among many others. This Blue Note Records performance will feature Peter Bernstein, Bill Charlap, Ravi Coltrane, Lewis Nash, Nicholas Payton, Peter Washington & Steve Wilson. This will be an evening of jazz celebration that you won’t want to miss.
North Carolina Dance Theatre: “American Masterpieces”
Thursday, April 2
8pm, Farthing Auditorium
Internationally lauded North Carolina Dance Theatre brings some of the best American choreography to the stage of Farthing Auditorium its its performance of American Masterpieces. This three-part production includes Alvin Ailey’s classic Night Creature, George Balanchine’s wildly popular ballet, Who Cares?, and Tony Award-winning Twyla Tharp’s classic Nine Sinatra Songs.
*Package pricing subject to reservation dates*
