Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival
Entertainment

 

Friday, August 22, 2008

 
The StingRays  (50's & 60's) www.thestingrays.com
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM  

"The StingRays play the greatest music ever written and play it with the energy, passion and authenticity of the artists whose music they love.  They've played their 50's, 60's, 70's Rock & Roll for dancing crowds at festivals, concert series, clubs, corporate events and parties throughout the Midwest, playing with and opening for 50's & 60's greats like Danny & the Juniors, the Ides of March, the Grass Roots, Joey Dee and the Starliters and Dion.  Top rate musicians, the StingRays love interacting with audiences through trivia, dance contests, joining the audience, and zany moves.  They always get the crowd dancing and singing. With the success of their two CDs, Electric Sea and Walk The Plank, people from Hawaii to New York are listening to the band's authentic, yet definitely StingRays sound."

(photo & quote from www.thestingrays.com)

   

 

Saturday, August 23, 2008

 
Harbor Lights  (Doo-Wop) www.harborlightsdoowop.com
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM  

"'Harbor Lights' is a five member a cappella doo-wop group singing 50’s and 60’s music.  No band!  Not even a pitch pipe!  Just an amazing blending of the oldest instrument known to man, the human voice.  Totally a capella, completely portable, toe tappin’, finger snappin’, slick vocal arrangements that make you forget that there is no instrumentation.  Up-tempo numbers that make you want to dance, groovy love ballads that will jar loose some of your fondest romantic memories.  All this, enveloped into a polished presentation that leaves audiences on their feet begging for more.  It's simply the purest form of vocal entertainment... its Harbor Lights!"

(photo from www.harborlightsdoowop.com, quote from www.indianafestivals.org)

   
   
   
Blue Stone  (Blues / Southern Rock) www.myspace.com/bluestone07
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM  
Blue Stone is a straightahead Blues and Rock band with an up-tempo, "keep the house rocking" kind of sound.  Their sound ranges from The Allman Brothers Band to Muddy Waters and ZZ Top, to name a few.  Blue Stone is a group of veteran musicians from the DeKalb County area and they have played several venues in the Northern Illinois region.  Blue Stone’s members are Dave Miller on bass guitar, Gary Skinner on vocals, guitar and harp, John Hill on drums, Steve Rutan on guitar and vocals, and Timm Taylor on guitar and vocals.
   
   
   
Grand Avenue  (Rock) www.grandavenue.dk, www.myspace.com/grdavenue
6:15 PM - 7:45 PM  
  Bio pending
   
   
   
Billy Childers Band  (Country) www.billychildersband.com
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM  

"BILLY CHILDERS BAND is a modern country rock group based in the Chicago land area.  A very energetic and interactive stage show is one of the hallmarks of this unique ensemble of select musicians.  Serving up a fun mix of both traditional and contemporary country music hits, the group is a favorite with those who love the growing craze of country-dance, as well as a hit with those who just love to be entertained."

(photo & quote from www.creativesoundz.com)

   

 

Sunday, August 24, 2008

 
Daniel James  (Hypnotist) www.danieljames.com
4:45 PM - 6:15 PM  

"Daniel James is one of the most sought-after comic hypnotists today.  Daniel’s career began in 1980 when he joined National Assemblies, an entertainment bureau in Hollywood, California.  Daniel performed at over 400 schools and Universities across the country each year.  Mr. James is a popular, featured entertainer onboard many of today’s top cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Commodore, and Royal Viking.  Corporate event planners use Daniel’s Hypnotic Revue on a regular basis; clients include Rice Lake Weighing Systems, SYSCO Food Services, Seiko Freight, Coca-Cola, Kodak, American Heart Association, and Compaq Computers.  From Atlantic City to Las Vegas, from universities to corporate events, Daniel James is one of today’s most respected and popular hypnotists.  His shows are lightning fast and outrageously funny!  You will laugh until it hurts."

(photo & quote from www.leeproductionsinc.com)

   
   
   
John Ellis & Double-Wide  (Jazz) www.johnaxsonellis.com
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM  

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"'Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow,' the new record by the saxophonist John Ellis and his band Double-Wide, is a New York-New Orleans collection of jazz: something intrinsically promising and, in this case, worth a listen.  Rhythmically it has that New Orleans duality of being full of funk and lighter than air.  Jason Marsalis, a New Orleanian, plays tidy backbeats, with brilliantly arranged little solos; replacing the thump of the bass is the cool puffing of the sousaphone, from Matt Perrine, who’s become known around New Orleans in the band Bonerama.  Gary Versace of New York plays Hammond organ and a little accordion.  For his part Mr. Ellis is a hybrid.  He grew up in North Carolina, now lives in New York, but he spent four years working in New Orleans.  He wrote all the warm, sweet, humorous songs here and plays with an easy flow but careful control over his tone; the arrangements are tamped down around the edges, a severely edited kind of party music."  (quote from New York Times, March 23, 2008)
   

 

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