Morgan Opera House, 
State Route 90 and Cherry Avenue, P.O. Box 327, Aurora, New York 13026, (315) 364-5437
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2007 Season

Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 11:00 AM

Taikoza

Free Admission

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Taikoza will take listeners on a journey through the seasons in Japan using Japanese Taiko drums, bamboo flutes, and colorful dances. Taikoza has appeared on the History Channel and in The Last Samurai. Please join us for this fun event! This performance is funded by Mandel Therapy Group and a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program through the Aurora Free Library .


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Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 8:00 PM

Ithaca Brass

Adults $12, Seniors/Students $10, Children $8

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A quintet of world class brassists will electrify the audience with Bach to Bernstein by way of Brahms, plus some of their own excellent arrangements of jazz and other traditional numbers. Take advantage of this unusual opportunity to hear "the cream of the cream" in Aurora as these Ithaca College professors of music let loose.


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Friday, May 11, 2007 at 7:30 PM

The Pirates of Penzance

Adults $7, Seniors/Students $5, Children $3, Family Cap of $20

Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved operetta - full of swashbuckling pirates, fearless police and modestly beautiful maidens - will be performed by the talented students of Auburn's Tyburn Academy. Relish the wordy wit of William Gilbert and the unforgettable tunes of Arthur Sullivan. Guffaw at the antics of the "Modern" Major General. This is the group that brought us "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" in 2005.


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Friday, May 18, 2007 at 8:00 PM
The Zabriskie Folk Art Series

Nightingale

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Adults $12, Seniors/Students $10, Children $8

Nightingale is a trio from Vermont - usually fiddle, guitar and accordion-with three splendid albums to its credit and a host of happy fans, especially in the contra dance community of the Northeast. Inspired by the musical traditions of French and Scotch Canada, Ireland, France and Scandinavia, they make music to dance, swoon and live by.


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Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 2:00 PM

Tales of Gettysburg
Charles Snyder

Donations Welcome

Charles Snyder, historic tour guide, Elderhostel instructor and Civil War buff will regale us with stories and anecdotes both humorous and somber arising from the great battle at Gettysburg. Confederate casualties in dead, wounded and missing were 28,000 out of 75,000 and Union casualties were 23,000 out of 88,000. Place names like Little Round Top, Devil's Den, the Wheat Field, the Peach Orchard, and Cemetery Ridge became familiar to all.


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Saturday and Sunday, July or August

Community Youth Theater

TBA

Aurora Childrenıs Theater is tentative this year. Without a volunteer adult coordinator (or pair of coordinators) to oversee the program, it will not take place. Call Ellen Wikstrom at (315) 364-7237 if you are willing to help.


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Friday, August 10, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Amphitheater of the United Ministry Church

Klezmer Kings

Donations Welcome

Klezmer is the music by the people for the people. Enjoy it from your lawn chair or on a blanket or on a bench, in the lake side amphitheater behind the United Ministry Church. This traditional klezmer group of mandolin, bass, clarinet, accordion and drum, will perform music to move your heart as well as your feet. Dancing encouraged! Sponsored by Mandel Therapy Group of King Ferry and Moravia.


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Saturday, August 11, 2007 at Noon

Annual Teddy Bears' Picnic
featuring Moreland the Magician

Free Admission

David Moreland is a born comic showman. He has appeared in films and television shows including Legally Blonde, Friends, Seinfeld and Becker. Come see David and his pal, Chester the library rabbit, for magic and storytelling. You'll be spellbound! Bring your favorite bear, a picnic lunch, and your imagination to this fun-filled event. Co-sponsored by the Aurora Free Library and the Morgan Opera House.


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Saturday, September 8, 2007 at 8:00 PM

Perplex

Adult $8, Student/Senior $5, Child $3

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Heather MacKenzie-Childs Chaplet brings a unique event to the opera house. Perplex is a combination of live music and livelier dance, of powerful visual, audio and tactile experiences. Dave Tobin of the Syracuse Post Standard: ". . . an electric performance, with live improvised jazz, that drew upon word play, traditional clowning, European cabaret singing and ... visual playfulness . . ." This performance is not to be missed.


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Saturday, October 13, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Gloria Peter Theater Series

Henry's Wives
by Aoise Stratford
Gloria Ann Barnell Peter Playwright Competition Winner

Adult $10, Student/Senior $8, Child $6

This original play is the winner of the first Gloria Ann Barnell Peter Playwright Competition. The Henry in question IS the King Henry of many wives. In this quasi-historical piece, some of the more feisty of them reminisce, compare notes and generally compete verbally, if posthumously, for precedence in the throne room and in the boudoir.


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Saturday, October 27, 2007 at 8:00 PM

Contradictions

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Adult $7, Student/Senior $5, Child $4

Contradictions in concert offer an eclectic mix of fiddle tunes and songs from American and European traditions. The quartette performs Irish jigs, French Canadian reels, bluegrass tunes, enchanting Venezuelan waltzes and 30s swing standards. They've got it all and more. Your toes will tap and your hands will clap with this lively musical group.


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Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 2:00 PM
Renate Rewald Literary Arts Series

Historic Markers of Southern Cayuga County

Donations Welcome

Slow down! Read the text on those cast iron New York State historical markers along the roadside. In 1923 the growing popularity of the automobile brought about a new style of tourism. The NYS Education Department created a program to identify roadside historical attractions with these distinctive signs. The quirky stories behind some of our local markers will be explored in this afternoonıs event.



All of us at the Morgan Opera House hope that you will find many occasions to join us this season. We look forward to welcoming you in person.



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