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Tim Hawkins

Lakeside Symphony Orchestra Concert

Tuesday, Aug. 118:15 p.m.Hoover Auditorium

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Some of his most popular parodies include, “Pretty Pink Tractor,” “Cle-tus Take the Reel,” “Short Songs” and “Smells Like Birthday Cake.”

He develops new material daily, simply by absorbing the world around him. Hawkins pokes fun at everyday life and spoofs hit songs, which takes him only minutes to complete.

The Lakeside Symphony Orches-tra (LSO), under the direction of Rob-ert Cronquist, will present an evening concert commemorating the 485th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confes-sion. This LSO season is supported by the Ohio Arts Council.

To open the program, the LSO will perform “Overture to Der Meisters-inger,” which was composed by Rich-ard Wagner in 1862.

The optimistic, light-hearted tone of the piece, paired with Wagner’s

ability to tap into the revolutions taking place in the German-speaking states of central Europe in the 1860s, meant that the work was a triumph at its Munich premiere in 1868.

Next, the LSO will play “Sympho-ny No. 39” in E flat major by Wolf-gang Amadeus Mozart. The piece includes four movements, Adagio-Al-legro, Andante con moto, Menuet-to-Allegro and Finale-Allegro.

Mozart composed the piece in 1788, during the war between Turkey and the Roman Empire in Vienna.

This particular symphony is un-usual, because it is the only compo-sition from Mozart’s adulthood that does not use oboes. This means the clarinets are given more prominence throughout the piece.

To begin the second half of the program, the LSO will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 5,” known as the Reformation.

The selection was composed by Mendelssohn in 1830 in honor of the 300th Anniversary of the Presentation

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of the Augsburg Confes-sion.

This symphony was written for a full orchestra and was Mendelssohn’s second extended sympho-ny. It was not published until 1868, 21 years after the composer’s death.

It is divided in four movements, Andante-Al-legro con fuoco, Allegro vivace, Andante and Andante con moto–Allegro.

Andante-Allegro con fuoco begins with a slow introduction and is Men-delssohn’s version of the “Dresden Amen” on the strings.

Allegro vivace, a B-flat major scherzo, is very different in spirit from the first movement, being much lighter in tone.

Andante, in G minor, is a lyrical piece primarily for the strings. There are references to the “Dresden Amen.”

Andante con moto–Allegro is a sonata form and is in 4/4 time. It is

“I used to write what I thought was funny,” said Hawkins. “Now all I do is live my life and make notes.”

Hawkins recently released his sixth concert DVD, titled “That’s the Worst,” which was added to his col-lection of DVDs that include “Push Pull Point Pow,” “Rockshow Comedy Tour,” “Insanitized,” “I’m No Rock-star,” “Full Range of Motion” and “Greatest Hits & Bits.”

He also finalized the manuscript for his first book, titled Diary of a Jackwagon.

The book, released this past week, tells his stories about marriage, par-enting, homeschooling, worship mu-sic and food, while keeping true to his comedic flair. Diary of a Jackwagon

based on Martin Luther’s chorale Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God). At the very end of the coda, a powerful version of Lu-ther’s chorale is played by the entire orchestra.

The Augsburg Confession is the primary confession of faith used in the Lutheran Church and one of the most important documents of the Protestant Reformation.

It was created to defend the Lu-therans against misrepresentations and to provide a statement of their theology that would be acceptable to the Roman Catholics of the time.

From his debut as a jazz and blues artist to be-coming a pop icon, A.J. Croce has traveled a long musical journey that he will share with Lakesiders at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 in Hoover Audi-torium.

Croce, son of legendary singer Jim Croce, be-gan his career at the age of 18 when he opened for jazz singer B.B. King while on tour. Since then, he has headlined festivals, concerts and venues worldwide.

Just like the countless jazz musicians who influenced him, Croce continues to create stellar

music with authenticity and truth. For the A.J. Croce show on Thursday, Aug.

20, Hotel Lakeside and the Fountain Inn are of-fering a ‘Weekday Gem’ deal with reduced rate Single Rooms at $89 and Family Rooms at $109 per night.

Make an online reservation by visiting www.lakesideohio.com/accommodations, and use the promotional code: GEM 2015.

Reservations may also be made by phone at (866) 952-5374, ext. 230. Please note that the pro-motional code must be mentioned over the phone.

Family Night in the Park:

Dennis Stroughmatt et l’Esprit Creole

Sunday, Aug. 96 p.m. Steele Memorial Bandstand

For this week’s Family Night in the Park concert, Dennis Strough-matt et l’Esprit Creole will take the audience on a journey through Upper Louisiana’s Creole Culture with a vi-

brant blend of music, language and stories.

The band’s music bridges the gap between contemporary Canadian and Louisiana Cajun-style music from a tradition that has been passed down for more than three centuries. The style blends together Celtic, Canadi-an and old-time music preserved by families in the Ozark region.

This medley of music, language, stories and culture stowed away in the Missouri Ozarks has been given a voice, in this tapestry of the world, with concerts by Dennis Stroughmatt et l’Esprit Creole.

The group has performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fes-tival, Smithsonian Folklore Festival and The Library of Congress.

They have also been Old Mines

This week’s Hoover Movie Night is “The Pajama Game” (1957) star-ring Doris Day, John Raitt and Ralph Dunn.

Directed by George Abbot and Stanley Donen, “The Pajama Game” tells the story of a strike at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory, where workers

Hoover Movie Night: “The Pajama Game”(1957)

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are demanding a seven and a half cent per hour raise.

Company owner, Myron Hasler (Dunn), is oblivious to the fact that this wage increase would bring the employees’ wages in line with the in-dustry standard.

Hasler hires a new superintendent, Sid Sorokin (Raitt), to fill the role of negotiator with the union and supervi-sor of the factory workers.

Soon after arriving to the facto-ry, Sid meets Babe Williams (Day), the union President and Chair of the Grievance Committee.

Despite their professional strug-gles between management and the union, both Sid and Babe become at-tracted to one another. However, Babe knows their professional and personal lives should not intersect, especially with the union’s outstanding griev-

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ance with the pa-jama factory.

Thus far, Hasler has refused to grant their mo-tion for a wage in-crease and blames the company’s Board of Direc-tors, who has the final approval of all company deci-sions.

With the trials of the ongoing strike lingering, it could ruin any chance of a personal relationship between Babe and Sid, unless the problem is re-solved.

Now, Babe and Sid must work to-gether to end the strike, meeting both sides’ demands without taking any drastic measures that could hurt either

Area Historical Society’s Fête de L’Automne (Festival of Autumn) for the past 17 years running.

Stroughmatt has been playing fiddle for 23 years. He was taught to play by local Creole fiddlers Roy Boyer and Charlie Pashia, in the same Creole tradition as their fathers.

Stroughmatt has been the fea-tured keynote speaker at the Na-tional Association Teachers of French Conference and the Mis-souri Folklore Society Conference.

His band members include Doug Hawf on guitar and bass; and Jim Willgoose on upright bass.

Hawf is a member of a French Creole family in Southern Illinois with a real passion for playing music from his family’s heritage.

reminds readers that during life’s struggles, laughter will always be the best medicine.

In addition to his DVD and book releases, Hawkins has released five CDs since 2002, including Tuna Fish Sandwich (2002), Extreme-ly Madeover (2004), Cletus Take the Reel (2009), Rock-show Comedy Tour (2011) and Pretty Pink Tractor (2011).

Hawkins lives in St. Louis, Mo. with his wife, Heather, and their four chil-dren, three sons and one daughter.

Willgoose is a longtime folk mu-sician from Boston, Mass., who now teaches at Kaskaskia Community College in Centralia, Ill.

party in the end. The film is based on the hit Broad-

way musical, The Pajama Game, fea-turing choreography by Bob Fosse.

It also showcases the same popular musical selections as the Broadway show, including “The Pajama Game,” “Racing with the Clock,” “I’m Not At All in Love” and “Hey There.” (101 mins)