Silver State's 150th birthday celebration ramps up with signature Vegas events leading to Nevada Day 2014
Submitted by editor on Wed, 08/20/2014 - 1:34pm
The Smith Center will celebrate the Nevada Sesquicentennial with a concert event showcasing the Silver State’s very own entertainment featuring extraordinary performers from all around the state on Monday, September 22 at 7 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Hall inside The Smith Center. The star-studded event will feature artists, entertainers and celebrities who all call Nevada home.
The ultimate variety concert will feature some of the best of the Las Vegas Strip and around the Silver State. The following are scheduled to appear thus far: Cirque du Soleil, Jubilee!, Jersey Boys, Million Dollar Quartet and Penn & Teller. Additionally, singers Human Nature, Clint Holmes, Frankie Moreno and Bob Anderson will be accompanied by The Lon Bronson Band and the Las Vegas Mass Choir.
The evening will also include an inspiring reading by Nevada Sesquicentennial Honorary Poet Waddie Mitchell and tributes to Frank Sinatra, Mark Twain and Liberace. Las Vegas legend Jerry Lewis is also scheduled to appear, along with Las Vegas residents Susan Anton, Antonio Fargas, Mark Shunock from “Rock of Ages” and Wayne Newton. More artists will be announced in the near future.
“Nevada’s 150th birthday will be long remembered as one of the grandest celebrations in our state’s history — and the Smith Center concert will be one of the crowning events,” said Lieutenant Governor and Nevada 150 Chairman, Brian Krolicki.
“By the end of our year-long celebration commemorating Nevada’s Sesquicentennial we will have had over 400 specially recognized events honoring the rich history and culture of our extraordinary state and paying tribute to the many characters who have made Nevada their home. What an exhilarating and fitting year it has been.”
“Nevada has a rich and eclectic history that started with President Lincoln during the Civil War,” said Myron Martin, president and CEO of The Smith Center and Nevada 150 Commissioner. “What better way to commemorate the state’s one hundred and fiftieth anniversary than by inviting the entertainment community to come together to celebrate Nevada’s cultural heritage in Las Vegas – The Entertainment Capital of the World?”
Tickets start at $25 and net proceeds will benefit The Smith Center’s education outreach programs. Tickets can be purchased at The Smith Center Box Office, located at 361 Symphony Park Avenue, by phone at 702-749-2000 or 808-326-6868 (TTY) and online at www.TheSmithCenter.com.
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