Link Centre

West of Shake Rag
2019-08-10 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Black Box Theatre
West of Shake Rag

August 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Family friendly, live comedy. Bring the whole clan!
FREE popcorn! (Yeah, you heard that right. FREE!!!)
Tickets $5 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30PM!

Southern Fried Chickie
2019-08-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Concert Hall
Saltillo native Christy McBrayer’s one woman comedy about a prodigal trip from Hollywood back home where she portrays 10 characters of family and friends accompanied by a live band. This is a fundraiser with proceeds going to the Dr. R.B Robison Educational Resource Center to provide educational tutoring and outside resources for Saltillo School Students. Eric Stogner, Chance Moore and Kathy Brown will give musical accompaniment.

Southern Fried Chickie
a one-woman play written and performed
by Christy McBrayer
Friday, August 9, 2019 at 7:30pm
Link Centre Concert Hall
Tickets:
$25/advance
$30/door
proceeds to benefit the Dr. R.B Robison Educational Resource Center

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Thacker Mountain Radio Hour
2019-08-03 18:00 - 22:30 | Concert Hall
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Thacker Mountain Radio Hour
Before the FREE live performance and recording of the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, enjoy a pre-show dinner style in the Link Centre Reception Hall. Dinner tickets are $25 each and include one free beverage and seating in a reserved section of the Concert Hall for the show.
This TMRH will feature Tupelo native author Paige Williams and music by Matt Stansberry & The Romance and bluesman Dexter Allen. The show is hosted by Jim Dees and The Yalobushwhackers. This concert is FREE and open to the public.
Following the radio recording, Matt Stansberry & The Romance and Dexter Allen will each perform additional brief sets. The Link Centre Concert Hall is located at 1800 West Main Street.
For more information call 662-690-4011.

Dinner, 6-7:15PM
Thacker Mountain Show, 7:30-8:30PM
Second Set/After-Party, 8:45PM-Until… 🙂

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Monthly Music Mix - Teardrop City
2019-07-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Concert Hall
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Teardrop City calls Oxford, Mississippi home and formed in 2014. Rock n’ Roll, Americana and Hill Country Blues veterans Tyler Keith (The Neckbones, Preachers Kids, The Apostles and Kid Twist), George Sheldon (Kenny Brown, Blue Mountain, Preacher’s Kids) Laurie Stirratt (Blue Mountain, The Hilltops, Preacher’s Kids, Healthy White Baby), and Wallace Lester (Little Joe Ayres, Reverend Wilkins) are a reassuring reminder that Rock n’ Roll never dies. Keith, Sheldon and Stirratt share songwriting duties as well as lead vocals. Laced with killer harmonies, the songs range in genre from garage rock, high lonesome country, blues and pop to straight up rock n’ roll. Over the last 25 years, TDC members have played in numerous bands, touring the world over. Teardrop City just wrapped up their debut record, “It’s Later Than You Think”, recorded at Dial Back Sound in Water Valley, MS with engineer/producer Bronson Tew.
Mark Adamec will open for Teardrop City.
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Saturday, July 20th, 2019, 7:30PM
Link Centre
Concert Hall
Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

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Sessions Open Mic
2019-07-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-06-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Black Box Theatre
Sessions Open Mic welcomes all spoken word artists, singers, musicians, comedians…come out and show us your talent! It’s a great night out with friends, for meeting new people, or date night. Doors (and open mic list) opens at 7pm, and show starts at 7:30pm. Admission: $7 at the door.

West of Shake Rag
2019-07-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Black Box Theatre
West of Shake Rag

July 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Family friendly, live comedy. Bring the whole clan!
FREE popcorn! (Yeah, you heard that right. FREE!!!)
Tickets $5 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30PM!

MISSISSIPPI TODAY presents Marshall's Mississippi: Tupelo
2019-07-13 10:00 - 11:30 | Black Box Theatre
Marshall Ramsey has seen (and drawn) just about everything in Mississippi for more than 20 years, and now he’s taking his pen and personality on the road. Join us for Marshall’s Mississippi, a dynamic roadshow featuring live interviews, interactive illustrations and intimate discourse from Mississippi Today Editor-at-Large Marshall Ramsey and his acclaimed guests: Mississippi Today senior political reporter Bobby Harrison, Representative Steve Holland and former Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland.
Fans of the Pulitzer-nominated editorial cartoonist have never seen Marshall quite like this: part news magazine, part personal odyssey and wholly Mississippi.
He’s spent two decades drawing some of the most powerful political players in the state, which makes Marshall’s Mississippi look a little different. He doesn’t just see Mississippi politics like we do; he sees Mississippi through lively caricatures and vivid color landscapes that find the humor that we often need in seemingly dark and dire times.
We’re hosting conversations around Mississippi with local politicians, community celebrities and larger-than-life personalities so that you can experience Marshall’s Mississippi. We’ll have panel discussions, meet and greets with Marshall and behind-the-scenes looks into his drawing process. These Saturday morning programs will be full of lively discussions, good company and, of course, plenty of laughs.
Link Centre
Black Box Theatre
10am-11:30am

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TASTE OF THE WORLD for Boys and Girls
2019-07-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Reception Hall
A 4-course dinner!…each course will come from an international tradition represented in Tupelo. A ticket is $50 and all proceeds benefit Boys and Girls Clubs of North MS! Text or call Lauren McElwain (662-837-5178) to purchase your tickets!

BUY YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS!
Text or call Lauren McElwain (662-837-5178) to purchase your tickets!
All proceeds benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of North MS.

Photography Camp
2019-06-25 09:00 - 2019-06-27 11:00 | Art Link Studios
Photography Art Camp
June 25, 26, 27 9:00 am-11:00 am
Taught by guest artist Jenn Hudson of Theia Mingo Photography
Cost is $100 per student per camp. We provide all materials and supplies.
NO CAMERA REQUIRED
Kiddos will learn about basic photography composition, some photography history, and create photographs from different cameras.
Due to the nature of film photography, we will mail photographs that are not developed by the end of camp.

Monthly Music Mix - Teardrop City
2019-06-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Concert Hall
Teardrop City is a rock n roll band from Oxford, Ms. We love real country, blues, and all kinds of rock n roll. We’ve got a record called “It’s Later Than You Think”.
Friday, July 20, 2019, 7:30PM
Link Centre
Concert Hall
Tickets: $15 in advance, $18 at the door.

Rising Star Summer Camp 2019 - Pro Singing, Theatre, & Film
2019-06-19 08:30 - 2019-06-21 12:00 | Link Centre, 1800 Main Street, Tupelo, MS, 38801, United States
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Rising Star Summer Camp 2019 – Pro Singing, Theatre, & Film
June 19th-21st, 8:30am – 12:00pm daily.
Rising Star Summer Camp is a 3 day camp for two groups: Grades 1-6, and Grades 7-12. In camp we will focus on singing technique, and both theatre and film acting techniques. The instructors are Demi Vanderwerff and Maddie’s Ludt.
For more information, please contact Mersaidee@mac.com.
Link Centre
1800 West Main
Tupelo, MS 38801

Demi VanderWerff
Demi VanderWerff, mezzo-soprano, is a graduate Summa Cum Laude from Jacksonville State University with a concentration in Vocal Studies. She works as an active performer, director, and teacher in the Southeastern region. Demi has a passion for working with young singers to foster a positive attitude and a solid musical understanding. Her favorite roles include Hansel (Hansel & Gretel), Musetta (La Boheme), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Kate (Madama Butterfly), Stephano (Romeo et Juliette), Mary (The Nativity According to St. Luke), Adele (Die Fledermaus), and Lucy (The Telephone). Demi has been engaged with Mississippi Opera, University of Mobile Opera, Ars Nova School of the Arts, Jacksonville Opera Theater, Opera Upper West, The Huntsville Community Chorus, Bloomington Cantata Project, National Opera Association, IU Opera, Alabama A&M Choral Studies, Druid City Opera, and Fantasy Playhouse. Actively involved in the outreach of opera, Ms. VanderWerff has directed children’s operas Gertrude McFuzz and Sid the Serpent, and participated in Indiana University’s non-profit Round About Opera for Kids. In 2015, Demi served as the intern for the OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She is pursuing her Masters of Music in Voice Performance at University of Mobile.

Maddie Ludt

Maddie Ludt has over 20 years acting experience, which officially began as a munchkin in the 1996 Tupelo Community Theatre production of The Wizard of Oz, and unofficially began earlier with countless displays of public drama, the most memorable being an applauded performance at a departure gate of the Memphis airport around age five. Maddie’s acting credits include numerous productions, spanning youth and adulthood, with Tupelo High School, Pied Piper, and TCT (most recently as Ellen Roark in A Time To Kill). You can also find Maddie in several short films and in the feature film Driven. In addition to her acting credits, Maddie has assisted with local theatre camps and has served as director and assistant director for productions with TCT, Pied Piper, and Saltillo Performing Arts.

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Storybooks Art Camp
2019-06-18 09:00 - 2019-06-20 11:00 | Art Link Studios
Storybook Art June 18, 19 from 9:00-11:00 am
Cost is $100 per camp. We will provide all materials. Each camp has limited spots available. Pay half the fee now and half the last week of May to hold your spots!
Storybooks and Projects Include:
1. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes- monoprints of shoes (the way Andy Warhol did it!), printmaking with the bottoms of shoes, observational drawings of shoes
2. Goodnight Tupelo- Hound Dog portraits (with watercolors)
3. The Umbrella Queen (A Thai Storybook)- create a Thai elephant on a background of umbrellas (using mixed media to include authentic blue fabrics dyed in Thailand)
Thursday is dress up day. Teachers and students can dress like a character from their favorite storybook!

Monthly Music Mix - na Skylark
2019-06-14 07:30 - 21:30 | Concert Hall
“na Skylark,” which simply means “the Skylark” in Irish, is a trio dedicated to playing the traditional music of Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, and Brittany on Ireland’s national instruments: the Irish harp and the Irish uilleann (“elbow”) pipes. na Skylark weaves these instruments and others – including the Appalachian mountain dulcimer, the Irish fiddle, Irish flutes and whistles, vocals, guitar, and various percussion – into a tapestry of sound and feeling that’s truly unique. na Skylark is available for concerts, weddings, receptions, and other performances both formal and informal. Harpist and leader Lorinda Jones is a board-certified music therapist and music educator, and is well-known for her ability to tailor a memorable performance for every audience. na Skylark also offers a multimedia “Celtic Midwinter” program that’s perfect for warming a cold solstice night, and na Skylark members are available for workshops and teaching sessions. na Skylark is listed with the Kentucky Arts Council (http://artistdirectory.ky.gov/Pages/PerformingArtistPage.aspx?ArtistID=92); the trio’s members are Lorinda Jones, Cathy Wilde, and Jannell Canerday.

Saturday, June 14, 2019, 7:30PM
Link Centre
Concert Hall
Tickets: $15 in advance, $18 at the door.

Summer Art Camp - ANIMALS ART
2019-06-11 09:00 - 2019-06-13 11:00 | Art Link Studios
Summer Art Camps:
This year we are hosting four summer art camps. Each camp has a different theme. Cost is $100 per camp. We will provide all materials. Each camp has limited spots available. Pay half the fee now and half the last week of May to hold your spots!
JUNE 4-6 FAIRYTALES ART 9-11 AM
JUNE 11-13 ANIMALS ART 9-11 AM
JUNE 18-20 STORYBOOK ART 9-11 AM
JUNE 25-27 PHOTOGRAPHY (no camera required) 9-11 AM
Sign-Up HERE!

West of Shake Rag
2019-06-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Black Box Theatre
West of Shake Rag

June 8 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Family friendly, live comedy. Bring the whole clan!
FREE popcorn! (Yeah, you heard that right. FREE!!!)
Tickets $5 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30PM!

Summer Art Camp - FAIRYTALES ART
2019-06-04 09:00 - 2019-06-06 23:00 | Art Link Studios

Acting Workshop-May 25 & Monologue Competition-June 1
2019-06-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-05-25 13:00 - 16:00 | Black Box Theatre
***May 25 – 1:00pm-4:00pm (Actors Bash Workshop)
This special edition of the Actor’s Bash workshop will focus on performing monologues. We invite attending actors to select their own 1-3 minute monologue and have it memorized for the day of the workshop. The monologues can come from any source you choose. This event will precede our ACTORS MONOLOGUE COMPETITION, which will be held one week later on June 1st. (Both events led by Writer/Director/Actor Glenn Payne)
We have a group critique after every monologue performance in which we discuss what decisions worked well and which could have potentially been more successful. From beginners to veterans, all are welcome! It will be held at the Link Centre and the price is $15 per person attending (cash only please – tickets available at the door the day of the event).
***JUNE 1 – 7:30pm (Actors Monologue Competition)***
Join us for the second installment of our new Actors Monologue Competition. Not only will you get to witness some outstanding performances you’ll also be a judge for the evening! The audience votes for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. 1st place will receive a cash prize.
ATTENTION ACTORS:
Performance entry is open to the public. $15 to sign up. 3 minute maximum on monologues. Ages 18 & up. You can perform anything you’d like; original piece or from a play/movie. Judging is on performance only. The order will be random and announced at the event. Email deadleafproductions@gmail.com to submit. Spots are limited so don’t wait!
AUDIENCE MEMBERS:
General Admission is $7 per person. Don’t forget that’ll you’ll help pick the winner! Adult content is possible depending on what the performers select.
*Due to limited spots there are no refunds on entry fees for cancellations.
*For anyone interested in a children’s version, we are planning a similar event for them after this one.
See you guys on June 1st at 7:30pm. Link Centre. 1800 West Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38801.

Sessions Open Mic
2019-05-31 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-04-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Black Box Theatre
Sessions Open Mic welcomes all spoken word artists, singers, musicians, comedians…come out and show us your talent! It’s a great night out with friends, for meeting new people, or date night. Doors (and open mic list) opens at 7pm, and show starts at 7:30pm. Admission: $7 for audience members, $5 if you sign the list to share!

Rankin Elementary Graduation
2019-05-21 14:00 - 17:00 | Concert Hall

West of Shake Rag
2019-05-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Black Box Theatre
West of Shake Rag

May 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Family friendly, live comedy. Bring the whole clan!
FREE popcorn! (Yeah, you heard that right. FREE!!!)
Tickets $5 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30PM!

Comcast Cares Day!
2019-05-04 08:00 - 12:00 | Link Centre, 1800 Main Street, Tupelo, MS, 38801, United States
Register to volunteer HERE via Facebook.

Volunteers are needed for an outdoor beautification project at The Link Centre facility in Tupelo. The Link Centre is a nonprofit arts and social service organization that houses three performance spaces and dozens of other nonprofit organizations.
Projects include landscaping, clearing debris, removing a tree and old metal shed for recycling, building a picnic table, and creating a garden in the courtyard.
Check-in will begin at 7:30am and the project will kick off at 8:00am. Please arrive a few minutes early to sign in and receive your Comcast Cares Day t-shirt.

Register to volunteer HERE via Facebook.
Or…
Print and fill out this form (⬇️) to participate:
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West of Shake Rag presents 2 Fast 2 Furious!
2019-04-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Black Box Theatre
West of Shake Rag

April 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Family friendly, live comedy. Bring the whole clan!
FREE popcorn! (Yeah, you heard that right. FREE!!!)
Tickets $5 at the door.
Show starts at 7:30PM!

Sacred Choral Traditions at THS Performing Arts Center
2019-04-13 08:00 - 17:00 | THS Performing Arts Center, 4125 Cliff Gookin, Tupelo, MS, 38801, United States
With Steven Byess, Conductor
featuring:
First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir – Robert Taylor, Director
First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir – Beverly Clement McAlilly, Director
Saturday, April 13, 2019
7:30PM
THS Performing Arts Center, 4125 Cliff Gookin, Tupelo, MS

72 Hour Film Dash *Screening*
2019-04-11 19:00 - 20:45 | Black Box Theatre
Eight teams will be competing for 16 different awards on April 11th at the Link Centre in Tupelo. They each had just 72 hours to write, shoot, and edit an entire movie. Join us to celebrate their accomplishments as we screen all eight films followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers and awards ceremony. Speaking of awards, YOU get to help decide who goes home with the audience award/cash prize!
Tickets are just $7 and are available at the door. Grab some friends and join us in some indie film fun!
Awards (voted on by our judges):
Best Picture ($100 cash prize)
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Editing
Best Use of Prop
Best Use of Line
Best Use of Character
Best Original Music
Best Special Effects/Makeup
Best Sound/Sound Design
Audience Choice (voted on by the audience – $100 cash prize)
*Best Picture winner also receives entry fee waivers for the Oxford Film Festival, Magnolia Independent Film Festival, Tupelo Film Festival, and Crossroads Film Festival for 2020.

The Mississippians - Monthly Music Mix, Link Centre
2019-04-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Link Centre, 1800 Main Street, Tupelo, MS, 38801, United States
Monthly Music Mix featuring The Mississippians, the jazz ensemble from the University of Mississippi, one of the oldest collegiate jazz bands in the nation!

Saturday, April 6th, 2019, 7:30PM
Link Centre
Concert Hall
Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 at the door, $8 for students.
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John McCutcheon - Monthly Music Mix
2019-03-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Concert Hall
Folk Music’s Renaissance Man, Folksinger, Multi-Instrumentalist, Songwriter, Storyteller, Author.
Saturday, March 30, 2019, 7:30PM
Link Centre
Concert Hall
Tickets: $15 in advance HERE, $18 at the door.
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Singing with The King
2019-03-23 09:00 - 16:30 | Concert Hall
Congratulations to the Vocal and Songwriting Winners for this year’s Singing with The King™!

Grade 5 & Under
1. Eva Brooke Sweeney – Tupelo, MS
2. Skye Dodge – Tupelo, MS
3. Annelise Fagan – Tupelo, MS

Photo: Demi VanderWerff, with Eva, Skye, and Annelise.

Grade 6 – 8
1. Mary Chapel Whitehead – Tupelo, MS
2. Dalton Burney – Coffeeville, MS
3. Seairra Westmoreland – Mooreville, MS

Photo: Mary Chapel, Dalton, and Seairra.

Grades 9 – 12
1. Valerie Robertson – Hamilton, AL
2. Rheagan Skelton – Potts Camp, MS
3. Cole Herrington – Tupelo, MS

Photo: Cole, Rheagan, and Valerie, with Buzzy Orange.

Songwriters
1. Natalie Robertson – Hamilton, AL
2. Josie Beth Jones – Hamilton, AL
3. Coulter Clement – Water Valley, MS

Photo: Coulter, Josie Beth, and Natalie, with Clay Mills.

Elvis Favorites
1. Josie Beth Jones – Hamilton, AL
2. Coulter Clement – Water Valley, MS
3. Rheagan Skelton – Potts Camp, MS
4. Valarie Robertson – Hamilton, AL
5. Natalie Robertson – Hamilton, AL

Photo: Rheagan, Coulter, Josie Beth, Natalie, and Valerie.

See You Next Year!

Congratulations to the Vocal and Songwriting Finalists for this year’s Singing with The King™!
(All finalists will receive an email later today regarding details for the Saturday, March 23rd Singing with The King™ workshops and competition.)
Finalists, in alphabetical order:
Anne Frances Atkinson, Vocal Finalist
Dalton Burney, Vocal Finalist
Emily Clampitt, Vocal Finalist
Coulter Clement, Songwriter Finalist
Josie Deaton, Vocal Finalist
Skye Dodge, Vocal Finalist
Annelise Fagan, Vocal Finalist
Camryn Frazier, Vocal Finalist
Braxton Gibbs, Songwriter Finalist
Samantha Hennings, Vocal Finalist
Sofia Herrero, Vocal Finalist
Cole Herrington, Vocal Finalist
Reese Horton, Vocal Finalist
Abbigall Johnson, Vocal Finalist
Josie Beth Jones, Vocal Finalist
Ava Kilman, Vocal Finalist
Natalie Robertson, Songwriter Finalist
Valerie Robertson, Vocal Finalist
Thomas Roper, Vocal Finalist
Anna Sibley, Vocal Finalist
Rheagan Skelton, Vocal Finalist
Eva Brooke Sweeney, Vocal Finalist
Kensy Brooke Wester, Vocal Finalist
Seairra Westmoreland, Vocal Finalist
Mary Chapel Whitehead, Vocal Finalist

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Singing with The King™.
Tupelo, MS, the birthplace of Elvis Presley, will host its first Annual Youth Singing Contest. Music education scholarships, and many other exciting prizes, will be awarded for each age grouping.
Singing with The King™ is an open talent contest for all youth who would like to sing, and potentially win, music/voice scholarships to further their vocal talent endeavors. The three categories competing will be Grade 5 and under, Grade 6 through 8, and Grade 9 through 12. The winner of these categories will be chosen by voice capability. Participants may sing original or a previously released, mainstream song. For original songs, we will highlight and select an additional winner who will be chosen from all entries of originally written songs which are submitted.
Registration is FREE!
All participants are required to submit (upload) an audio track. You may sing your chosen song either with instrumentation, a track, or a capella. Your song may be either a song you have written or an already published song which you simply wish to sing to showcase your singing talent. Your song must be UNDER 4 minutes in length. You are permitted to enter one song only. Song vocals must be performed individually (no duo or groups). NOTE: If you submit a song which has been professionally recorded please know that in the finals you will be singing live, and you will not be allowed to add various reverb or electronic voice enhancements during the final performance.
All Singers and/or Songwriters are welcomed. As mentioned above, you may enter this contest singing any song of your choice. If you are an aspiring songwriter you may submit an original song. For you to win the songwriter portion of the contest, your song entry must not be co-written with a published writer, attached to a publisher, or released by record label. NO PROFANE LANGUAGE ALLOWED.
Please upload your song entry below and click the button to designate whether you are entering as a singer or as a singer-songwriter.
The deadline for submissions will be Thursday, Jan 31st 2019. Semi-Finalist will be chosen and listed on this site by Thursday, Feb 21, 2019. Semi-Finalist will then have three weeks to prepare for the finals which will be live at the Link Centre in Tupelo MS on Saturday, March 23, 2019. The winners from each category will be asked to perform their winning song they sang for the contest. We invite anyone and everyone to attend the Singing with The King™ event which will take place on March 23rd. The event is open to the general public. So invite everyone you know!
Top professionals for voice instruction, stage performance, and stage presence, as well as a hit songwriter and publisher from Nashville, will provide morning workshop sessions for aspiring singers, songwriters, and entertainers. After lunch on the 23rd, the Finalist will perform. The winner from each singing category will perform on the evening at Dancing with The King™ event which will be held at the Tupelo Furniture Market at 1879 Coley Rd. in Tupelo, MS.
For more information, please visit our website www.dancingwiththeking.com or call (662) 687-2188.
Elvis™, Elvis Presley™ and The King™ are trademarks of ABG EPE IP LLC. Rights of Publicity and Persona Rights for Elvis Presley are used with permission of ABG EPEIP LLC. Photo © 2015 ABG EPE IP LLC.

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SCHEDULE:
9:00 – 9:45 – Workshop: Understanding, Developing, and Taking Care of Your Voice.
9:55 – 10:40 – Workshop: Stage Performance and Stage Presence.
10:50 – 11:35 – Workshop: Music Business – How to Make it in the Music Industry. (Record Labels, Demos, Songwriting, Contracts.)
11:45 – 12:50 – Lunch
1:00 – 1:10 – Roy Turner, President of the Tupelo Elvis Presley Fan Club, will give a short presentation on Elvis Presley.
1:15 – 4:15 – Singing Competition Finals
4:30 – Awards Presentation

Participation Scholarship Awards
Merit Scholarship
Songwriting Scholarship

Workshop Bios:
9:00 – 9:45 – Workshop: Understanding, Developing, and Taking Care of Your Voice.
Demi VanderWerff, mezzo-soprano, is a graduate Summa Cum Laude from Jacksonville State University with a concentration in Vocal Studies. She works as an active performer, director, and teacher in the Southeastern region. Demi has a passion for working with young singers to foster a positive attitude and a solid musical understanding. Her favorite roles include Hansel (Hansel & Gretel), Musetta (La Boheme), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Kate (Madama Butterfly), Stephano (Romeo et Juliette), Mary (The Nativity According to St. Luke), Adele (Die Fledermaus), and Lucy (The Telephone). Demi has been engaged with Mississippi Opera, University of Mobile Opera, Ars Nova School of the Arts, Jacksonville Opera Theater, Opera Upper West, The Huntsville Community Chorus, Bloomington Cantata Project, National Opera Association, IU Opera, Alabama A&M Choral Studies, Druid City Opera, and Fantasy Playhouse. Actively involved in the outreach of opera, Ms. VanderWerff has directed children’s operas Gertrude McFuzz and Sid the Serpent, and participated in Indiana University’s non-profit Round About Opera for Kids. In 2015, Demi served as the intern for the OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She is pursing her Masters of Music in Voice Performance at University of Mobile.

Demi VanderWerff
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9:55 – 10:40 – Workshop: Stage Performance and Stage Presence.
Buzzy Orange has been a vocal/performance coach and Music Theory and guitar Instructor for over 55 years at the Buzzy Orange Studio on Music Row Nashville. He is the President and CEO of Roundabout Records and Roundabout Entertainment and Management Nashville. He has coached Artists for The Stage, Screen, Radio. and TV ” and has vastly improved artist careers coaching them on the importance of diction and stage presence. Some of his clients include Amy Grant, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood.

Buzzy Orange
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10:50 – 11:35 – Workshop: Music Business – How to Make it in the Music Industry. (Record Labels, Demos, Songwriting, Contracts.)
One of our Judges for Singing like the King in 2019 will be Clay Mills. Mississippi born, Multi-Platinum, Two Time Grammy-Nominated, Hit Songwriter, Record Producer and Publisher. A Mississippi Delta native, Clay Mills’ list of accolades includes Number #1 hits by Darius Rucker, Diamond Rio, and Kimberly Locke, etc. Clay has had over 75 songs recorded by artists such as Lady Antebellum, Tricia Yearwood, Clay Walker, Reba McEntire, Easton Corbin, Little Big Town, and many others. His most recent hits include Darius Rucker’s “History In The Making” and “I Got Nothing.” Mills has been involved in publishing and is engaged in educating and mentoring songwriters about all aspects of the music business. He has served on the NSAI Board, and has lobbied Congress on behalf of creators and copyrights. He is a 16 time ASCAP award winner and a staff writer with MV2 Entertainment. He is also a co-founder of www.SongTown.com, a community of thousands of aspiring songwriters. Mills currently lives in Nashville, TN.

Clay Mills

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Workshops: for participants in competition, $20 each, or only $55 discounted rate for all three Workshops. (Parents and Guardians may purchase an All-Access Day Pass for $30.)
Singing Competition Spectator, Adult: $15
Singing Competition Spectator, Youth (11-18): $10
Singing Competition Spectator, Youth (10 and Younger): FREE

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