Tesh to kick off Thalian attractions series

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WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Musician and radio show host John Tesh will kick off the 2010-2011 season at Thalian Hall in Wilmington.

The six-time Emmy winner will perform two shows on Saturday, October 9th on the main stage.

Also appearing in concert in October is the winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing, Comedian Jon Reep. He will have two shows on Sunday, October 24th.

The following is the rest of the schedule sent from a news release:

Sat. Nov. 6 • The Red Clay Ramblers
NCs's Tony Award-winning ultra-eclectic, label-defying string band who's the favorite of everyone from symphonies to hoe-downs. Mainstage. www.redclayramblers.com

Sat., Dec. 4 • The Raleigh Ringers Holiday Concert
Jingling bells and seasonal classics from this renowned 17-member handbell choir are paired with hits from Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Led Zeppelin & Queen to become a typical night with the un-typical Raleigh Ringers. Mainstage. www.rr.org

Wed., Dec. 15 • Natalie MacMaster: Christmas in Cape Breton
Canada's fiddling royal one has graced the stage with world luminaries from Pavarotti to Yo-Yo Ma. Her holiday concert can peel the wreaths off the walls with ferocious foot-tapping rave-ups, heart-wrenching ballads and world-class step dancing. Mainstage. www.nataliemacmaster.com

Fri.-Sun., Dec. 17-19 • Barbara Bailey Hutchison: Songs of The Season
With almost twenty CDs, this richly talented Grammy Award-winning artist has performed in almost all 50 states, including three performances at the White House. You've heard her voice on hundreds of national TV commercials. (A Rainbow Room Attraction, four sets, Friday thru Sunday, table seating, limited capacity.) www.bbhsings.com

Fri.-Sun., Jan. 14-16, 2011 • Frank Vignola's Tribute to Django Reinhardt
The virtuoso guitarist's trio plays homage to Django Reinhardt and the centennial of the legendary gypsy jazz legend's birth. Vignola has collaborated with Lionel Hampton and Madonna, covered Mozart and Black Sabbath on the same record, and is regarded among great guitarists' as their own favorite guitarist. (A Rainbow Room Attraction, four sets, Friday thru Sunday, table seating, limited capacity.) www.frankvignola.com

Sat., Jan. 22 • Blood Done Sign My Name, the play
A powerful and riveting multi-character portrayal by playwright/actor Mike Wiley in the theatrical adaptation of author Tim Tyson's best-selling memoir of the 1970 racial murder in Oxford, NC before Tyson's father, Rev. Vernon Tyson and his family, relocated to Wilmington. Co-presented by UNCW. Mainstage. www.mikewileyproductions.com

Fri., Jan. 28 • Bettye LaVette
With her unforgettable performance of "A Change Is Gonna Come" with Jon Bon Jovi at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, and her visceral, jaw-dropping "Love Reign O'er Me" that brought Pete Townsend to tears during the Kennedy Center Honors, Bettye LaVette has commandeered the world stage. No one can argue with the Minneapolis Star Tribune in calling this Grammy-nominated artist "the most deeply emotional and physically emotive R&B singer on the planet." Mainstage. www.bettyelavette.com

Fri.-Sun., Feb. 18-20: Susan Werner
The brilliantly creative singer-songwriter likely holds the world speed record for building rapport with an enraptured audience. "In such complete command of her gifts that it's almost scary..." All Music Guide (A Rainbow Room Attraction, four sets, Friday thru Sunday, table seating, limited capacity.) www.susanwerner.com

Thur., Feb. 24 • Danny Ellis: 800 Voices
Released last year, the CD has received international acclaim, with Ellis named JPF's worldwide Lyricist of the Year. Danny Ellis' stunningly poetic musical memoir of his years in Ireland's Artane Industrial School orphanage is a testament to the power of the human spirit. The narrative musical concert spans days of loneliness to the revelatory joy that music brought to a young lad, yielding an ultimate hope and optimism "bursting through hardship like a flower through concrete." Shades of Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen and James Taylor blend into a singularly unique Celtic voice from Dublin. "Breathtaking." The Irish Times www.dannyellismusic.com

Sat., Mar. 5 • In the Mood, the WWII Musical Revue
The hit-after-hit audience favorite, two hours of two-dozen swinging big band musicians, singers, dancers, almost every hit song from the 1040s, jitterbugging that stops your breathing – and an instantaneous, nostalgic journey to the last decade when all of America was listening to the same music and its promise for the future wore the uniforms of our Armed Forces. Matinee and evening performances. Mainstage. www.inthemoodlive.com

Fri., Mar. 11 • Galumpha
Three dance wizards, much stronger and more twisted than most of us will ever be, entwine stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, knee-slapping physical comedy and inventive choreography into a world of outrageous imagination, beauty, muscle and merriment. Mainstage. www.galumpha.com

Thur., Mar. 24 • Cantabile, The London Quartet
A grandly entertaining, white-tie-and-tailed a cappella vocal group who goes from madrigal to McCartney. Having recorded 13 solo albums, with more than 2,000 live performances including musicals in London's West End, galas aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2, Carnegie Hall, Covent Garden operas, concerts with the BBC Big Band, and their famed classical parodies in front of 40,000 people at the BBC Proms in the Park, they are considered "One of the finest vocal groups in Europe." Classic FM Magazine. Mainstage. www.cantabile.com

Sat., Apr. 2 • Dr. Etta, Family Specialist
Comic-of-the-Year Etta Mae says she's finally had to set up a therapy practice because "Dr. Phil and Dr. Laura don't know jack!" No matter what your problem is, Dr. Etta's already had it. Real life. Real problems. Real prozac. It's the new two-act seminar from the star of "The Southern Fried Chicks" who's become a family specialist – with a family you'll be so thankful is not yours... Mainstage. www.ettamae.com

Sat., Apr. 16 • Yesterday and Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience
The audience determines the song list and even the narrative in this expert recreation of the music and harmony of The Beatles, a show about the music, how it became a worldwide soundtrack for life. Beatlemaniacs can rejoice. Mainstage. www.yesterdayandtodayshow.com

Fri.-Sun., Apr. 29-May 1 • Comedienne Ventriloquist Lynn Trefzger
First on TV's "Star Search," she has since appeared on ABC, A&E, TNN and Lifetime, and with the Smothers Brothers, Jeff Foxworthy, Drew Carey & more. You could find yourself onstage in a hysterical conversation without an ounce of control of what you're saying. Her puppets include a tipsy camel who's stored up far too much Jack Daniels, and old man Judd – so crotchety and outspoken -- that what comes out of his crinkly latex mouth is bound to remind you of someone you just left at home. (A Rainbow Room Attraction, four sets, Friday thru Sunday, table seating, limited capacity.) www.lynntrefzger.com

Fri., May 13 • Orquesta GarDel
They've been called "a locomotive of energy on steel rails, with endless momentum and irresistible motion." This 12-member beat-driven band plays classic and modern salsa music rooted in the sound of the New York-Puerto Rico connection of the 1970s. Mainstage. http://www.myspace.com/orquestagardel

Tickets go on sale in person and online beginning August 7th.

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