October 28 – Dance Lessons – "Polka" – 7:00 p.m.

Come take dance lessons from Brad Smith!  Learn new steps, perfect ones learned before and have fun!
One of four sessions being offered during the month, the October 7 lesson will be “Swing”.  Swing is an easy, intuitive, and not terribly structured dance moves.  The style fits perfectly with jukebox swing tunes.  Dance patterns move smoothly either forward/back or side to side while circling freely around the floor.  Danced to a wide variety of music, you can “swing” to almost anything!
Lessons being offered at the Dogwood Center include “Swing” on October 7, “Waltz” and “Cha Cha” on October 14, “Foxtrot” and “Rumba” on October 21, and “Polka” on October 28.  Sign up for one evening of lessons, several, or all four nights!  Show off your new skills at the Otsego Jazz Ensemble concert at the Dogwood on October 30 and dance the night away!
The class will be from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. in the Dogwood Black Box.  Pre-registration is greatly appreciated.  Register today by calling the Dogwood Box Office at 231.924.8885!
Cost: Single Evening Class – $12.50 per person.  Sign up for all four sessions (October 7, 14, 21, and 28) and recieve a free ticket to the Otsego Jazz Ensemble concert on Saturday, October 30!
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

Join us for the classic film “To Catch a Thief” starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly!  This 1955 film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is based on a novel by David Dodge.  It tells a story of retired jewel thief, John Robie (Cary Grant), living a blameless life on the French Riviera.  When a series of jewel robberies begin to take place on the Riviera, Robie is the natural suspect.
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, seemingly the perfect couple, provide a great mischievious love story that is quite unique. 
“To Catch a Thief” is not rated (NR) and runs 106 minutes.
Tickets: Admission is free.  Donations accepted at the door to benefit the programs of the Dogwood Center.  These contributions will be matched $1/$1 by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.  Main Stage.  7:30 p.m.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

Drew Nelson will be performing on October 16 in the Black Box!  Musicians Mark Schrock and Drew Howard will accompany Drew.  This will be a fantastic evening!  Put this one on your calendar today!
2010 has been a big year for singer/songwriter Drew Nelson of Grand Rapids.  In February, Nelson was honored with the WYCE-FM Jammie Awards for “Album of the Year” for his Dusty Road to Beulah Land CD and Song of the Year for his song “Waiting for the Sun”.  In January, the Grand Rapids Press selected his CD for “Local Spin of the Year”.
Drew has performed at The Ark, Wheatland Music Festival, Bliss Fest Concert Series, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Connections Festival, Trinity House Theatre, Porcupine Mountains Music Festival, TriCentric Showcase Artist North East Folk Alliance to name a few.  In September 2010, he will be performing throughout England! 
Nelson is now expanding his love of music to the creation of the instruments he plays.  He hopes to start a tradition of building and signing one a year to auction off for charity.  In addition to giving back to us through his music, Nelson is involved in many community-based efforts to educate the next generation and make our world a better place to live.
Tickets: $12.  7:30 p.m.  Black Box.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

Swing night at the Dogwood Center!  Plenty of room for dancing to the great swing sounds of the Otsego Jazz Ensemble, an 18-piece swing band!
Tickets:  $12.50  Black Box.  7:30 p.m.
The four weeks prior to Otsego Jazz Ensemble’s concert, come take dance lessons from Brad Smith!  Learn new steps, perfect ones learned before and have fun!  Their classes are about having fun and making friends while learning new dance moves.  Brad encourages everyone to join in, even if you have never attempted to dance before!  Show off your new steps at the Otsego Jazz Ensemble concert!  Dance lesson dates are October 7, 14, 21 and 28.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

Come enjoy Bill Bynum & Co. in the Black Box on November 6! 
With songs both traditional and original, and a sound that’s at once as comfortable as old jeans and as fresh as a new blade of grass, Bill Bynum & Co. is a band that’s easy to love and hard to quit.  The band’s core of guitar, Dobro, fiddle, bass and harmony vocals can lean into bluegrass, veer toward country, or take listeners on a unique journey through Bill’s original songs.
Bill is a first-prize winner in the Metro Detroit Songwriting Showcase with his song “Lovin’ You.”  He has collaborated with bluegrass legend Pete Goble, an International Bluegrass Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner.  Bill lives for the joy of entertaining his audiences.  A true showman!
Bynum’s group members come from diverse backgrounds.  Bass player Chuck Anderson has a physics background and served as a sound technician for The Ark in Ann Arbor.  Dave Keeney, guitar/Dobro player, is a former long-haul trucker.  And Mary Seelhorst, fiddler/vocalist, is a former Popular Mechanics writer.  With all of their different experiences….this mix of people is great!
Tickets:  $12.  Black Box. 7:30 p.m.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.

A local favorite band at the Dogwood, Doug Harmon and the other musicians love to have FUN!  Come join us for a great evening at the Dogwood! 
Band members include:  John Chandonnet on drums and vocals; Todd Juengel on guitar, keyboard and vocals; Wade Perkins on horns, keyboard and vocals; Randy Seabolt on bass and vocals; Doug Harmon on guitar and vocals; and Cousin Richie on vocals and sound technician.
Food and drinks available beginning at 6:00 p.m.  Tickets are $15 and will include a pork barbeque sandwich and Richie’s Fries!  Band begins at 7:30 p.m.
Program sponsors include:  “Smokin’ Good Time BBQ”, Ace Hardware, Harmon, Inc., and H&S Companies.  Thank you!
 Black Box.  Band begins at 7:30 p.m. This performance was sold out.

“Satellite” is an original ballet choreographed by Troy Schumacher of the New York City Ballet with musical direction by Nick Jaina and Nathan Lanston of Hush Records, Portland and performance by dancers of the New York City Ballet.  This is a ballet with historical sweep and beauty – a story of love through war and time of crisis.  It is set in an age of decadence.
This new work is set to an epic poem by Kevin Draper with photography by Lora Robertson of Leica Master Photographers.
“Satellite” is an original work of collaboration programmed by Satellite Gallery Arts Retreat and the Dogwood Center.  The work is a product of coast to coast collaboration.  The ballet has geometric sweep and beauty and is a story of love in crisis in an age of war and decadence.
Schumacher’s choreeography is precise and compels with moments of poetic beauty.  Digital stage settings hold the dancers and audience in an atmosphere of surprising boldness and Jaina’s musical ensemble of piano, violin and viola traces an emotional arc that grips the imagination. 
The evening will also include performance of excerpts of Balanchine’s “AGON”, courtesy of the Balanchine Trust, and from recent work by Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martens of the New York City Ballet.
Tickets:  $15.  Main Stage.  7:30 p.m.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event.  For information, phone 231.924.8885.