[Vision2020] Tendai returns for Plaza COncert finale!

[Linda Pall]

Dear Visionaries:

I thought you would be interested in this!

All the best,

Linda Pall

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HEART OF THE ARTS, INC. CONTACT: LINDA PALL 882-7255 8/5/09

SIXTH SEASON PLAZA CONCERTS 

CLOSES WITH MARIMBA ENSEMBLE FOUNDER!


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MOSCOW, ID: Heart of the Arts' sixth season of the Plaza Concerts closes on Monday, August 10 at 6 P.M. on the plaza at the 1912 Center, 412 East Third Street with Setushaya Marimba Ensemble and the retun of its founder, Tendai Mutparutsa.

Headlining Monday's concert is the Setushaya Marimba Ensemble. The African marimba group was organized by an international student from Africa, Tendai Mutparutsa, while he was a student at the University of Idaho. Tendai now lives and studies in Canada. Group member Mimi Pengilly said, "He was a gifted teacher of all of us! He is an extremely energetic performer! We are very happy that he will be able to join us for this event."


Performers for the event from Moscow include Mimi Pengilly, Diane Walker, Sue Byrne, Mary Donohoe, JoAnn Evans, Elinor Michel, and Brian Davies. Some regula4r group members will be absent for the evening but the eight marimbas will be covered for the evening along with some African percussion instruments. Heart of the Arts Producer of the Plaza Concerts, Linda Pall, will join the group with Ghanaian gourd and shell instruments from her visits to West Africa.

As an extra benefit of the Plaza Concert series, value priced food for dinner will be available for purchase from Peri of Peri's Middle Eastern Kitchen, featuring tasty Turkish savories and sweets as well as beverages. Heart of the Arts has arranged for tables for the evening as well as individual seats. Food service begins at 6 PM and continues throughout the evening. Music begins at 6:30 and continues until 8 P.M.

The public is invited to the Sixth Season for free. The musicians donate their services. Linda Pall, producer of the series since its inception, commends the musicians for their generous donation of time and talent to the community through this concern series. "It is a testament to the artists of the community that they are willing to donate their services to make summer a vibrant, exciting experience in Moscow! It's a chance to extend the weekend to Tuesday!"

The August 10 Plaza concert was originally planned as a box supper auction benefit for the 1912 Center but the auction/fund raiser has been postponed until October. 

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