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Event title:
Jazz at Ford House - Detroit Divas Sing, Sing, Sing
Date:
August 24, 2012
Time:
6:00pm-9:00pm
Description:

ADVANCED TICKET SALES HAVE ENDED.  GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE GATE

 

Featuring Shahida Nurullah, Ursula Walker and Judy Cochill with the
Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra.
 
Celebrate the region’s powerful music history with an evening by the lake as these legendary vocalists bring their distinct styles to songs from the American songbook.   The three “divas” also will be joined by an emerging “diva” as the winner of the Detroit Jazz Festival’s Youth Vocalist Competition is chosen on Aug.15 at a Dirty Dog Jazz Café performance, and the J.C. Heard All-Star Youth Ensemble, a select group of students from the Festival’s J.C. Heard Jazz Week at Wayne program. Members of the ensemble  are: Mike Hudson-Casanova, Kasan Belgrave, Chris Tabaczynski, Nolan Young, Stephen Grady, Allen Dennard, Nick Masters and Trevor Robertson.
 
Grounds open at 6 p.m. , concert begins at 7 p.m.
$30 - preferred seating
            Includes reserved seating, parking and shuttle service to concert area
$15 - general admission, in advance
$20 – general admission, at the gate
$12 - general admission in advance for Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Members and Detroit Jazz Festival Rhythm Section Members
  
For additional information on directions, parking and inclement weather, click here.
  
Made possible in part by Ford Motor Company Fund, Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, Crest Lincoln, Miller Canfield, Henry Ford Health System
 

 

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