The Wabeno Area Players are looking for actors to fill our Tall Tales Readers Theater cast for “Paul Bunyan” and also “Pecos Bill with Sluefoot Sue”, which we will perform at Wabeno’s WamFest. Are you an articulate and expressive reader? Do you want a low-risk introduction to being on the stage? Readers Theater might be a great way to join The Players.
Tryouts are June 4 and 5 at 6:00pm at the Wabeno Public Library. Scripts are available to check out for two days at a time at the Wabeno Public Library. If you have questions, please call Carol Bartlein @ 715-473-5466. Leave a message and she will return your call.
Join us for a live performance of two time Grammy nominated bluegrass band “The Special Consensus.” Tickets still available, but going fast! Click here to purchase.
The internationally recognized bluegrass band, The Special Consensus, is coming to the Northwoods. The band is hoping to play to a sell-out crowd at the Nancy Volk Auditorium, in Wabeno High School, on Saturday, May 4, at 7:00PM. Don’t miss this great evening of music!
The Special Consensus is a bluegrass band that has achieved a contemporary sound in their four decades of performing, making their music a modern classic. Special Consensus has received seven awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association and two Grammy nominations (Scratch Gravel Road in 2012 and Rivers and Roads in 2018). The band is led by Greg Cahill, banjo player and recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Achievement Award from the IBMA, and includes Dan Eubanks (bass), Greg Blake, the 2023 IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year (guitar) and Michael Prewitt (mandolin). See more information and listen to their music at https://specialc.com
The repertoire of these four talented vocalists and instrumentalists primarily includes songs from band recordings that incorporate the traditional bluegrass music sound, as well as an occasional swing song or gospel quartet or even a well-known country or rock and roll selection performed in the bluegrass format. This performance will especially feature songs from their most recent albums Chicago Barn Dance and Great Blue North.
Chicago Barn Dance (Compass Records, 2020) is the 20th Special Consensus recording that celebrates both the 45th band anniversary and the long-standing connection of country and bluegrass music with Chicago. The title song “Chicago Barn Dance” received the 2020 IBMA Song of the Year award.
Great Blue North (Compass Records, 2023), the 21st Special Consensus recording, is a tip of the hat to their Canadian friends and fans made throughout nearly four decades of touring throughout the country. All songs included on the recording were written by Canadian writers and numerous Canadian musician friends of the band made guest appearances. The Gordon Lightfoot song “Alberta Bound” received the 2023 IBMA Collaborative Recording of the Year award.
At the Doctor Egglehoffer Retreat and Sanitarium, tensions are rising. Guest have been enduring Wisconsin winters only to be fed beans and bull crap from the good doctor. When new staff begins mixing up the status quo, who comes out on top? Find out- this weekend only at the Nancy Volk Auditorium!
