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    Orion Performing Arts Center

                      2022
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Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, Jan. 16, 2022-- 2:30 pm
"Voices from America"
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Nkeiru Okoye: Voices Shouting Out
Philip Carlsen: Rowing in Eden
Johannes Brahms: "I. Allegro non troppo" from Violin Concerto
-- featuring Anne McKee, Violinist
-- Anne is the winner of MSO's 2020 Judith Elser Concerto Competition
Antonín Dvořák:  Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”

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Elementary Band Concert  --  Wednesday, Jan. 19, 7 pm

Conducted by Joyce Lavoie

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Mt Ararat High School Chorus Winter Concert -- Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022--7 pm
Conducted by Ms. Kristen Thomas

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Mt. Ararat Stage Company--Presents " You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown "
-- March 4 & 5 at 7:30 pm., March 6 at 3 pm
Based on The Comic Strip Peanuts by Chalres M. Schulz.  Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner 
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer.  Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa 
 
Happiness is great musical theatre! Join Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang as they explore life’s great questions, play baseball, struggle with homework, sing songs, swoon over crushes, and celebrate the joy of friendship.

 FMI visit www.mtastage.weebly.com 

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MAMS Band Concert, Tuesday, March 22, 7 pm
Conducted by Ms. Rachel Williams

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Mt Ararat Middle School Stage Company presents Roald Dahl’s "Matilda, the Musical JR." 
--April 8 at 7 pm, April 9 & 10 at 3 pm

Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin, Book by Dennis Kelly 
Listen up Maggots! Based on the beloved novel by Roald Dahl, Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who dreams of a better life. Armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, Matilda dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.  
FMI visit www.mtastage.weebly.com 

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Hypnotist Joe Devito
Saturday, April 30, 7 pm
Project Graduation Fundraiser

 
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Ampersand Dance Academy Performance
Friday, May 13, 6 pm
Saturday, May 14, 1 pm

Dance Academy of Rachel Waterbury-Parkinson.

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Vicki's School of Dance Spring Recital
Saturday, May 21, 2 shows:  11 am, and 5 pm


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MSAD#75 Budget Hearing
Thursday, May 19, 6:30 pm
For voters in Topsham, Harpswell, Bowdoin, and Bowdoinham
 
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Midcoast Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, May 22, 2022-- 2:30 pm

"Conductors Galore"
 Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
-- Rohan Smith, Conductor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, pas de deux
-- "Conduct the Orchestra" winner, Guest Conductor
Colin Britt:  Storm, for Orchestra
-- Rohan Smith, Conductor
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5
-- Jinwook Park, Guest Conductor

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MAMS Band Concert
Tuesday, May 24, 7 pm

Conducted by Ms. Rachel Williams

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Topsham Town Meeting
Wednesday, May 25, 6:30 pm

 If needed, Topsham Town Meeting, May 26, 6:30 pm

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Mt Ararat High School and Middle School Choruses Concert
Thursday, June 2, 7 pm
Conducted by Ms. Kristen Thomas and Ms. Renovia Marro-Day

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Moving Company June Dance Performance
Saturday, June 4, 2 pm

Directed by Joanna Patterson


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Mt Ararat High School Spring Sports Awards Ceremony
Tuesday, June 7, 6:30 pm


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The Ballet School Performance
Saturday, June 11, 2 pm

Dance school of Elizabeth Drucker

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The President's Own
United States Marine Band

Wed, October 19, 2022-- 7:30 pm
Tickets are now SOLD OUT.  However, the standby line will form beginning at 6:30, and if reserved tickets are not picked up by 7:15, people in that line will be seated, in order of arrival. 
Free Tickets will be available starting on Wed., September 21, at this link  (4 Tickets Maximum per order.  Tickets guarantee a seat until 7:15.  Please arrive before that.)


​Hosted by MSAD#75 Band Director Ben Cox and ​Brunswick School Dept. Band Director Brandon Duras

Brunswick High School and Mt. Ararat High School will be hosting a performance by "The President's Own" United States Marine Band as part of their Northeast Tour. The performance will take place on Wednesday, October 19 at 7:30pm at The Orion Performing Arts Center. Free tickets are available NOW (limit 4 per request). Seating is general admission and ticket holders must be seated by 7:15 p.m.; remaining seats will be released to the standby line at that time.
Widely respected as the best Band in the world, The Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. Founded in 1798, the band has performed for every U.S. President since John Adams. Known as “The President’s Own” since the days of Thomas Jefferson, the Marine Band’s mission is to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.  They also tour the country, taking the music to all.  This will be a performance you will not want to miss! We look forward to seeing you there!

PictureChiharu Naruse, Pianist
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra     Sunday, October 30, 2022 - 2:30 pm
Season Opener   Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:   Valerie Coleman: Seven O’Clock Shout 
  
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 -- featuring Chiharu Naruse, Pianist
Johannes Brahms:  Symphony No. 4
Tickets at www.midcoastsymphony.org​


Maine Suzuki Association String Festival                 Saturday, Nov. 5
Get all the information at the website: https://sites.google.com/site/mainesuzukiassociation/

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Radium Girls  By D. W. Gregory    Fri/Sat, December 2/3 at 7:30 PM ;   Sun, December 4 at 3:00 PM  
Presented by Mt. Ararat Stage Company 
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.


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"Bah, Humbug"   Dance Concert by Ampersand Academy of Dance 
​ Fri, December 9, 6 pm;  Sat., December 10, 2 pm

More info at www.facebook.com/ampersand.dance

MAMS Band & Chorus Concert    Tues., December 13, 7 pm
Free to the public

MTA High School Band Concert    Thursday, December. 15, 7 pm
Jazz Band, Rock trio, Concert Band
Conducted by Mr. Ben Cox
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Vicki's School of Dance   Christmas Show 2022   "The Nutcracker Remix"
2 Shows-- Sat.,  December 17   (moved to Sun, December 18, snow date)   1:00 PM     and        4:00 PM
 Join us as we read the story of the Nutcracker and take our spin on turning the all-Ballet show into a mix of all styles of dance.  
Tickets can be purchased at the door for $12 (ages 2 & up)   *1:00 PM Show is SOLD OUT!*

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