Alan Hoskins, Supervisor of Public Information
Friday, January 15, 2010
College Advancement
The award-winning Blue Edge recording artists, “Trampled Under Foot,” will be featured in concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center on the KCKCC campus at 7250 State Avenue.
“It’s a new concert series we’re starting with two primary objectives – to encourage student participation and to bring students and the community together to have fun on the campus,” said Bill Yeazel, Performing Arts Center Director, “Toward these goals, 100 percent of the ticket sales will go directly to student organizations and programs.”
Individual tickets are on sale for $5 but the big push is for sponsorships, which will sell for $25 and include two tickets and recognition from the stage and in the printed program.
Presented in cooperation with the KCKCC Student Activities office, advance tickets are available in the Student Activities Office in Room 2313 in the lower level of the Jewell Center or by calling the Student Activities Office at 913-288-7652 or Yeazel at 913-288-7690.
An electric blues family trio of two brothers and a sister, “Trampled Under Foot” has toured the U.S., Europe and Caribbean and won several awards including the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn.
“By special request, they will cover classic blues standards during their first set and their popular ‘festival set’ of all original songs will close the show,” said Yeazel.
One of Kansas City’s most popular boogie piano players, Shinetop Jr., will get the Performing Arts Center jumping about 6:30 p.m. with a performance in the lobby.
“This promises to be a high energy evening and there may be a few surprises thrown in,” said Yeazel. “With any luck, we might score some Kansas City blues-style hors d’oeuvres.”
Yeazel said the initial concert will kick off a series of three different style shows in 2010.
“Linda Sutton, the Director of Student Activities, and Brian Bode, Dean of Financial and Administrative Services, have been very supportive in this,” said Yeazel. “We want to use local talent and have some fun. It’s all about including students and the community in a variety of ways.”