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Cirque Dreams comes to NOLA
See below for info on local musician auditions for Jammin with Cirque Dreams. See ya in NOLA!
Sharon Denise Talbot
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Jammin’ with Cirque Dreams Contest CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION offers a local musician the opportunity to perform with the WORLD RENOWNED PRODUCTION
WHAT: New Orleans is known for its music and talent so come blow your horn, slap the bass, tickle the ivories, shred your axe or whistle, snap or tap your way into the experience of a lifetime by Jammin’ with Cirque Dreams. Bring your rhythm, soul and talent to the Mahalia Jackson Theatre and win an opportunity to accompany the world renowned, international artistry of Cirque Dreams when it illuminates New Orleans with its newest and grandest production of Cirque Dreams Illumination. One lucky musician will be selected to perform live on stage as part of the national tour launch of Cirque Dreams Illumination and integrate their style of music into this multi-cultural, diversified genre of cirque, music, theatre and stage spectacle beyond imagination. The winner will train locally with the Cirque Dreams design team for their debut performance and will receive six complimentary tickets to the show in which they appear.
WHEN: Saturday, September 18th, 2010 11:00AM-2:00PM WHERE: Mahalia Jackson Theater, 1419 Basin Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116 (Theatre Lobby)
WHO: The audition is limited to the first 100 attendees and is open to performers of all ages. Participants will be given two minutes to impress the judges with their musical skills and must provide any equipment required for their audition. A sound system with CD & digital input will be provided. Complementary parking will be available in the Mahalia Jackson parking lot.
WHY: This special event celebrates the return of Broadway Across America to New Orleans and the first show of the 2010-11 season. Tickets for Cirque Dreams Illumination are affordably priced stating at $25.00. Cirque Dreams Illumination will perform eight shows at the Mahalia Jackson Theater September 28 through October 3, 2010.
Tickets for Cirque Dreams Illumination are available for purchase at the Mahalia Jackson box office located in Armstrong Park at 801 N. Rampart Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. Tickets are also available at all Ticketmaster locations, www.ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-982-2787 (ARTS). Information on the Broadway Across America – New Orleans series and venue policies and accommodations may be obtained online at www.mahaliajacksontheater.com. Group Sales information, including group discounts for 20 or more, is available by calling 504-287-0372. Box Office information is available at 504-287-0351. For more information on Cirque Dreams Illumination, please visit: www.cirqueproductions.com Become a Fan on Facebook: www.facebook.com/cirquedreams Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cirquedreams Check out our Videos on YouTube: www.youtube.com/cirquedreams New Orleans Theatre Association is a 501( c ) 3 non-profit corporation whose mission is to attract and present the finest theatrical and performing arts attractions available in New Orleans. NOTA is also dedicated to financial and technical support of local non-profit institutions in New Orleans which are dedicated to the furtherance of theatrical and musical education and production. Arts Center Enterprises – New Orleans, LLC – (ACE) is a theatrical facility management company with more than 30 years of experience in the field of professional performing arts facility management and theatrical property development. Allen Becker, together with his partners David Anderson, Gary Markowitz and Kirk B. Feldmann have succeeded in establishing a successful business model that combines an entrepreneurial operating strategy, with a wealth of industry relationships which result in active, vibrant, well-managed and self-sustaining performing arts facilities. Not only has this business model served to uplift communities through the presentation of powerful live performances, but it has served to also provide economic stimulus into urban corridors in need of revitalization.
Please visit ACE New Orleans on line at www.mahaliajacksontheater.com. Broadway Across America is owned and operated by British theatre producer John Gore (CEO) and entertainment industry veteran Thomas B. McGrath (Chairman). Broadway Across America presents first-class touring Broadway musicals and plays, family productions and other live events throughout a network of 43 North American cities.
Broadway Across America is also dedicated to the development and production of new and diverse live theatre for productions on Broadway, across America and throughout the world. Broadway Across America most recently produced the Broadway productions of HAIR, WEST SIDE STORY and Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS. Upcoming productions include MINSKY’S, PROMISES, PROMISES, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET and the West End production of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S. Touring productions include Nickelodeon’s STORYTIME ADVENTURES featuring Dora the Explorer and DREAMGIRLS. For more information or to purchase tickets through an authorized agent go to BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.
Swing Back In New Orleans (Hurricane Katrina Tribute)
UPDATE:You can now download the free mp3 at mikegreca.com. I will be recording a studio version next week for iTunes.
I wrote this for the people of New Orleans shortly after Katrina hit. Now as the five year anniversary approaches, I would like to share it with them. If anyone knows Harry Connick Jr. I would love to pitch this to him!!!! Just imagine him on keys 
Lyrics:
And now we all know what it means
to miss New Orleans
especially if you called it home
Lake Pontchartrain went and flooded them streets
of Louis Armstrong’s town
We’ll build it brighter than it’s ever been
Well I swear we’re gonna get the swing back in New Orleans again
Mardi Gras, she’ll be boppin real soon
and crooners crooning to that creole moon
Street cats playin them old Orleans tunes
So hard to not sing along
We’ll build it brighter than it’s ever been
Well I swear we’re gonna get the swing back in New Orleans again
No storm ain’t ever gonna keep
them horns from blowin, people tappin their feet
I bet if old Satchmo were here he’d sing
“Oh, what a wonderful world”
So now we all know what it means
to miss New Orleans
Some how it just feels like home
We’ll build it brighter than it’s ever been
Well I swear were gonna get everyone to sing
“We’ll bring that swing back in New Orleans”
Duration : 0:3:55
If hurricane Gustav hits New Orleans and does major damage, should the American tax payers rebuild it again ?
Tax payers around America has paid and are paying billions to rebuild New Orleans after Katrina, if it happens again (which it will) should we have to rebuild it again ? The area around New Orleans is below sea level….its already sank so why try to save a sunk ship ? Move New Orleans to higher ground is what I think should happen ! What about you ?
The tax payers should not have to rebuild New Orleans. If the people of New Orleans want to rebuild, then they can on their own.
FLEUR: We shouldn’t kick out the people of California for living in areas that continually burn due to being dry and lightning or live on the side of mountains and continuously get hit with mudslides. We also shouldn’t pay for them to rebuild if they are willing to continue making the same dumb choices over and over again. This goes for people in the Midwest that want to live in low areas along the Mississippi too.
TEQUILA: Congratulations for taking responsibility for yourselfs and not waiting for the government to do everything for you. That used to be the "American Way" but doesn’t seem to be today. I understand the ties of culture to a given area and would never tell people to give up what is theirs but if people want to live in damage prone areas they should, like you, take care of themselves. If the government is going to get involved, it should be to assist people in moving to safer places nearby but on higher ground.
New Orleans Saints Cut Wide Receiver and Quarterback
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A review of several roster cuts made by the New Orleans Saints.
Duration : 1 min 24 sec
Mike Anderson’s Journey Home To New Orleans
12 News reporter Mike Anderson returns to his childhood home in New Orleans on the 5 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Duration : 0:6:6
New Orleans School Meals Get A Makeover
Fresh, healthy food is now on the menu at New Orleans College Prep School. A non-profit group called Liberty’s Kitchen, a culinary program for at-risk teens, has taken over the cafeteria to give kids better options on their plate.
Duration : 0:2:24
Best advise for dining in French Quarter?
I am going to the French Quarter in October and want some advise on veggie eats. Food is not high on the priority list but eating would be nice : ) Fellow vegetarians that have been there with any advise would be great. Other useless stupid comments will once again be reported as usual <eg>
Thanks Frank! Great links : )
I’m so excited to go…it’s my first time. Amy ideas on hotels around $100 a night IN the French Quarter? From everything I am reading…it’s best to stay in the FQ and not venture out.
I have been wanting to go back for a while now…. I used to live there and haven’t been back in a few years. Although I wasn’t veggie at the time, let me see what I can find out…
Here is one link….
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31749.asp
http://www.happycow.net/north_america/usa/louisiana/new_orleans/index.html
http://zzzone.net/veggie/neworleans.html
Let me talk to my wife and see what she can think of, it may take me a day or two but I may be able to talk to a couple of people down there and see what they might know for you. This is a good question for me because I have been wanting to make the trip and I wouldn’t have even thought about it, thanks girl.
Edit:Yes it is best to stay in the quarter. Everything for visiting is right there, riverwalk, jackson square, bourbon st. cafe du’ monde, the market, the cathedral & the cabildo, streetcars down st. Charles street (if you like beautiful old houses), canal st., jax brewery, etc. (I’m missing being there) and unless your are going to be there for a while I wouldn’t be worried about venturing out… I always use hotels.com for things like that. When we went to Europe for a month early this summer that is what I used for the whole trip and it was great. The Quarter… The only time I stayed there when I lived there was one time when my wife and I went down into the quarter for the day, had too many hurricanes( pat o’brian’s is the best) and hand grenades (watch these if you drink, they are yummy but can fool you), and ended needing a place to stay to keep from driving. We stayed in a place that was mediocre and it cost about 175 best I can remember. If you walk up to a place or try to reserve it online… that is what you can probably expect to find. However, I looked on hotels.com and found several under 100 that were nice and right around that amount. good luck.
How hard is it to get into clubs in New Orleans?
I am planning a birthday trip for me and 7 of my friends. I live in south louisiana (about two hours from New Orleans) and we are going to NOLA for my 18th birthday. I was just wondering if its hard to get into clubs down there when you are 18, because I know a lot of place are like 21+.
You can get into tons of places at 18, especially if you’re female. A lot of bars and clubs admit ladies at 18 and men at 21. Try the Republic on Friday nights if you’re into 80s music (trust me, it’s an awesome night, and I was never one to like 80s music). You can always wander through Bourbon. Other clubs include Ampersand, Voila, Le Phare, Metro…check the age for the specific night you want to go, though.
Big Al Carson – French Quarter Festival 2007
Big Al Carson, venerable New Oleans R&B singer, belts out a fine performance with his satin voice.
Duration : 0:3:2
New Orleans Ladies
This is a picture slide show of New Orleans with music I made myself a couple of years ago .
The music is a song by: Louisiana’s Le Roux entitled New Orleans Ladies. My mother who is deceased, would sing this song all the time. When I watch it I think of her.
Duration : 0:3:56
