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Brainerd dancers perform at Outback Bowl
Brainerd Just For Kix sent 18 dancers to perform in the Jan. 2 pre-game and half-time Outback Bowl game in Tampa, Fla., between Michigan State and Georgia with Michigan winning in triple overtime.
Dancers performed before a crowed of 55,000 plus fans at the Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. There were 300 dancers that performed in pre-game and half-time show. The pre-game show performance was a Patriotic Tribute that was performed just before the National Anthem. During the half-time show, the dancers were arranged on the field from the 35-35 yard lines. The mass band of 1,500 surrounded the dancers on the field. The Half-Time Kickin’ It Country themed show featured such numbers as “Oh Suzanna,” “Get Along Home Cindy Cindy,” “Silver Haired Daddy” and “Buffalo Girls.” All the dancers came to close the half-time show with a Patriotic Finale’. Choreography was done by Cindy Clough, executive director of Just For Kix.
In an email release, Clough said, “The Brainerd group was great this year. The moms who chaperoned ... I think were amazed to see the whole show come together. We had dancers from 14 states. We only had 12 hours of practice to put together a nine-minute show. They worked hard but managed to have fun as well.”
Chaperones and family members traveling from Brainerd were: Lori Abear, Matt and Amanda Clough, Jody Davis, Robin Halverson, Cindy, Jarrett and Madison Leas, Vicki Mann, Maureen Mau, Rhonda McKeever, Amy Nameniuk, Tina Perrin, LeAnn Peterson and Ambre Sollid.
Wire sculpture next Flipside activity
The next Flipside children’s event will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Franklin Arts Center cafeteria.
Michelle Pfeiffer, art instructor, will teach wire sculpture.
There is a $3 suggested donation per child or $5 per family, however, no one will be turned away.
For more information on Flipside call Paulette Buck at 828-8062.
Brainerd artists work on display
Artists Phyllis Frankum and Barbara Morgan will have their work on display through March at the Crow Wing County Community Services building.
Frankum has worked with many different mediums, including oil and acrylic, but watercolor, which is her favorite. Frankum wants her art to communicate her love for nature and flowers. Her art has been selected twice to be featured on the cover of the Brainerd Community Education brochure. She received a merit award in 2008 at the Artists of Minnesota Show, a merit award in 2011, a People’ Choice award in 2010 at the Brainerd Art Show and a People’s Choice award in 2011 at the Lakes Area Art Show.
Morgan began writing poetry and painted sceneries in oils and pastels which was inspired by the love of the area she grew up at a resort on Mille Lacs Lake. She took art classes at Brainerd Junior College and had many other classes. She has taught at the Lakes Area Senior Activity Center, night classes at the technical college and the Times Before Television at Riverside School.
Morgan, who also creates Norwegian Rosemaling, is a member of the Brainerd Art Club, Encore Artists and Getting REAL Enthusiastic Artists Together.
Jaques Art Center events
AITKIN — The Jaques Art Center recently hosted a Head & Tails Exhibit. The annual juried exhibit showcased multi-media interpretations of art that contains a head or a tail in the composition.
The winning entries of the exhibit were Best in Show was awarded to “Red Tail Hawk” by John Kinzer; first place, “Ascending,” Anna Sumpmann; second place, “Snowy Shelter,” Mary White Kochenderfer; third place, “Before the Freeze,” Doug Fradette; Honorable Mentions, “A Chilly Night,” by Sumpmann, “Native American,” William Archibald, “Belted Kingfischer,” Kinzer and “Babe,” Brenda Pfeffer.
The center will host an Art of Taxidermy Lecture by Dave Dickey 1 p.m. Saturday.
The center currently is calling for entries in pencil, pen and ink. The deadline is Feb. 1. Details and entry form available at the Jaques Art Center or online at: www.jaquesart.com.
Tickets available for March 18 Father- Daughter Ball
LITTLE FALLS — Tickets are now available for purchase for the Father-Daughter Ball scheduled March 18 at the Falls Ballroom in Little Falls.
Targeting fathers and welcoming daughters of any age, the Father- Daughter Ball scheduled from 4-9 p.m. is a memorable night celebrating the important relationship between fathers and their girls.
The Father-Daughter Ball is a formal night of fine dining, music, dancing, photographs, flowers and a ceremony calling fathers to sign a covenant on behalf of their daughters promising to “live as a man of integrity before God and protect the heart of my daughters.” Likewise, daughters are invited to participate in a special prayer with their father designed to strengthen the bond of their relationship and to ask God’s blessing upon her life.
“It’s our job to be the best role model we can to our children,” Dave ZumBerge said in an email. ZumBerge plans to escort his three daughters, ages 14 – 19, to the ball. “I want my girls to realize that there is a man out there who will one day present himself worthy of her affection. In the meantime, her mother and I need to do our part to help instill confidence in her and model what a committed relationship looks like in our own marriage.”
Tickets are available for purchase at Coborn’s Superstore in Little Falls, Good Book and Gifts in Little Falls and Sundays between 8:30-11 a.m. at LFC Middle School Commons or by contacting Faith Lutheran Church office at (320) 631-1008. Deadline for purchasing tickets is March 10. Tickets are $25 per person, with fathers with more than one daughter receiving a discounted ticket price of $20 after the purchase of two tickets. Ticket includes meal choice, keepsake photograph, flower and certificate.
To learn more about the event or to volunteer, contact: Kate Bjorge at (320) 632-0748 or Mark Whittington (320) 360-4095 or at www.faithlutheranlittlefalls.org.
Garrison Seniors to take bus to production
GARRISON — The Garrison Seniors will be taking a Coach bus to the production of “Oklahoma!” for a 2 p.m. Feb. 25 performance at the Lyric Arts Main Street Stage in Anoka.
Reservations and payment is required by Feb. 1. Cost is $32 and includes bus, ticket and tip. The bus will leave Brainerd at 11:15 a.m. and leave Garrison at noon. Adults of all ages are welcome
For more information contact JoAnn at (218) 678-9942.
