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UT Tyler’s Cowan Center

December 10th, 2010
UT Cowan Center

Disney Music in Tyler Texas at the UT at Tyler Cowan Center

The UT Tyler’s Cowan Center opens its stage to many different performances through out the year. Some of the most popular people and plays have preformed on the Cowan Center‘s stage. This past year comedian John Lithgow, Deal or No Deals’ Howie Mandel, and even the United States former president George W. Bush, have all preformed at the Cowan Center. January brings a whole new variety of shows and performances.

January 15, 2011 the East Texas Symphony Orchestra, along with music director and conductor Per Brevig, introduce Disney in Concert at the UT Tyler Cowan Center. This event will feature many different songs and music from popular Disney movies such as The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, and Pirates of the Caribbean. The concert is a multi-media extravaganza that will display pictures of the Disney films on a large screen behind the orchestra. The Disney in Concert is a great way to introduce young children to the world of classical music and symphonies. All songs are performed by the East Texas Symphony Orchestra along with a quartet of guest vocalists. Matinee tickets are on sale now of $10-$15 dollars, or you can buy tickets at the door for $15-$20. Tickets for the evening show are on sale for $10-$55, you can find discounts for groups and students. Your whole family will enjoy this concert of the most magical movies and songs.

January 13, 2011 UT Tyler presents an Evening with Jon Landau. Jon Landau is best known for producing two of the most famous movies, and the two highest grossing movies of all time, Titanic and Avatar. Landau has won an Academy Award and two Golden Globe awards. He has played part in creating and producing many great films over the years and is known for his understanding of visual effect technologies (even the most complex and complicated visual effects), and his motivation, and his ability to motivate others. This lecture will be a motivating look into the profession world of producing and the behind the scenes of some of the most popular movies of all times.

January 27, 2011 the amazing talent of violinist Joshua Bell. He stole the attention of America at the age of 14. He is a winner of a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra. Joshua Bell is one of the biggest and well-know performers in the classical music industry. His beautiful music has caught the attention of the nation and the Cowan Center is bringing his talent to Tyler.

Tickets are already on sale for all of these shows and also for musical show The Color Purple. The Color Purple has been nominated and won many different awards for the Broadway musical. The Cowan Center has shows for all different people and for all ages. The Cowan Center’s stage has had many great musicals, plays, and performers. Students can get discounts or can get in free to some of the shows, for information about the shows and discounts contact the Cowan Center Box Office.

Facebook Myspace avatar artwork for those who detest Obama

November 14th, 2010

I found this great avatar to use as your Facebook or Myspace avatar artwork for a profile perhaps.

As you may know Obama personally hired several outspoken marxist and communists to be czars in hos administration.

Van Jones was hired as the Green Jobs czar. When he wad exposed to be a communist party activist he was fired because he received too much bad publicity.

The Green Party is just a disguised name for the communist party. They hijack something as noble a pursuit as cleaning up pollution and the environment and hide communism in it.

They then call this “social justice” as a more acceptible concept to swallow by the masses while moving the country further towards socialistic and communistic ideas.

Many young people and college students are believing the lies with no grip on US and world history.

It is clear from those Obama hired in his administration that he is a spoke in the wheel towards the US turning away from capitalism and individual rights and freedom.

Wal-Mart’s Toyland

November 14th, 2010

Every year the most popular toys change and it seems like they get more expensive. I think that the easiest place to Christmas shop is Wal-Mart. They have all the newest toys at a cheaper price than Target or Toys R Us. This year three huge kid’s movies came out on video and along with the videos came a whole line of toys. Wal-Mart has a huge selection of “Toy Story 3” toys, “How to Train Your Dragon” toys, and “Beauty and the Beast” toys.

Toy Story action figures and toys are one of the biggest hits for the 2010 Christmas year. Wal-Mart has Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jesse, and Rex dolls for the lowest price around. These dolls talk or roar. Wal-Mart has the entire Toy Story action figure for five dollars. These action figures are a great stocking stuffer! Kids of all ages will have fun playing Toy Story 3 board games.

How to train your dragonHow To Train Your Dragon movie and toys have become one of the top items on little boy’s Christmas list. Wal-Mart has cheap action figures, play sets, and even Viking dress up toys. Your kids will love the large action figures of the fire-breathing Night Fury. More exciting toys that are the most popular for young boys are Bakugan toys, awesome Star Wars The Clone War action figures, Transformer action figures, and all your boy need to become Iron Man. Stinky the Garbage Truck quickly became a huge hit. Target, Wal-Mart, and Toys R Us display Stinky and show off his awesome tricks. Wal-Mart sales Stinky for at least ten dollars less than both Target and Toys R Us.

For young children and toddlers the most important thing now a day is what a child can learn from a toy. Wal-Mart sells the two most popular toddler toy brands; Playskool and Fisher-Price. These toys are great to help your kids learn how to crawl, walk, talk, and play. Your little children will love all the Nick Jr. and Disney toys. The dancing, moon walking, singing, and shaking Dance Star Mickey Mouse just might become as popular as the “tickle me Elmo” from about ten years ago. Dora the Explorer dolls are always a big hit for young girls. The two most popular dolls this Christmas season are the Singing Birthday Dora and We Did It Dora. Your young girls can learn about each season with the Dora Window Surprise Dollhouse.

You most likely have seen the many commercials for the popular “Your Baby Cant Read” products. The different sets of books DVDs and flash cards teach your baby different words as they are growing up. The salesmen recommend you start this process before the age of three. Simply a word or short phrase is placed on the television screen and then you will see some one doing what the word or phase said, such as the phrase “arms up” or if the word was “dog” you will see a dog. Wal-Mart just started to carry the “Your Baby Can Read” package for less than half the price that is asked for over the television commercials.

Two more popular brands of educational toys are Leap Frog and Vtech. Leap Frog came out with the new way to explore books, Tag. With Tag your child can simply place the pointer onto a Tag book and the pointer with read what is on the page. There are many different Tag books for both boys and girls.

Leap Frog also have the held hand learning system, Explorer Learning Experience. It has over 4 fun video games that are all extremely educational. Vtech has many different games, books and toys that are very education for children of all ages. Young toddlers can have fun with the Vtech 3 in one learning scooter and ride-a-long, and the Vtech light up bath toys. The Vtech V-reader will help your kids sound out words as they learn to read. There are many selections of “E-books” with popular characters such as Dora the Explorer, Toy Story’s Woody and Buzz, and the Disney princesses.

Nothing is more exciting to a young girl than the pink aisle in the toy section of Wal-Mart. Coming to theater soon is the movie Tangled. Wal-Mart has all the Tangled toys, such as; Rapunzel Sparkle Princess fashion Doll, Rapunzel Braiding Friends hair Braider, Rapunzel Wedding Gift Set, and even the Disney Rapunzel Fairytale Tower. Barbie have been around and loved for generations. Wal-Mart has a large selection of Barbie dolls. The newest exciting thing is the Barbie 3-Story Dream Townhouse. Each floor has great furniture for bedrooms, living rooms, bathrooms, and kitchens.

Disney fairies have all the fun toys to bring them into an imaginary world. You can get anything from light up fairies to dresses that a little girl can dress up as a fairy. The Disney Fairies Tinker Bell’s Talking Café is on sale at Wal-Mart. The Café sound all different effects, songs, and actual voices from the movie. The café includes 17 different accessories. Wal-Mart sells Disney Fairies action figure for only five dollar. Disney princess movies have been coming out of the Disney vault and released on DVD and Blu-ray. With the movies coming back also comes the many toys. The entire Disney princess dolls are on sale for only ten dollars. Young girls will love the Disney Princess Magic Rise Oven and the Disney Princess royal Castle with all different small princesses.

Wal Mart Always Low Prices

Low Priced Christmas Gifts at Wal Mart

For a fun night with the family, Wal-Mart has many popular games such as Memory, Candy Land, and Monopoly for only five dollars. Your family will have fun with all the different game consoles. Xbox 360 has the awesome new sensor that recognizes your every movement. The Kinect games need no controllers to play the new fun video games, such as dance central. The new red Wii console has all different video games for less than $50. The new Wii bundle set comes with two new video games, Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Wii Sports.

Kinect Console Tyler Texas

Kinect Game Console in Tyler Texas

For fun movie nights with the family you can find all the new released movies at Wal-Mart in both DVD and Blu-Ray. These new releases include How to Train a Dragon, Iron Man 2, Toy Story 1,2, & 3, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

The many different gift ideas can all be found at Wal-Mart for a lower price. You can find all your children’s wish list gifts at a one stop store. Have a great Christmas with your family for the lowest prices in town.

Annual Shakespeare Festival in Kilgore Texas

June 4th, 2010

A couple of weeks ago I posted an article on cultural events taking place in the Tyler area this summer. One such event that I would be remiss to forget is the annual Texas Shakespeare Festival (TSF) held at Kilgore College. The TSF is largely a company of professional actors as well as some drama students. While its summer performances are held at Van Cliburn auditorium every year, the festival which began in 1986 is technically independent from Kilgore College. However the school is a generous supporter of the event by not only providing a venue for the performances but also temporary room and board for the actors. The Texas Shakespeare Festival also receives numerous grants from the City of Kilgore, as well as many private businesses and corporations.

This summer the festival is entering its twenty fifth season. Over the past generation, the company has performed more than thirty of Shakespeare’s classic plays. But this company is about more than just Shakespearian dramas, (as if that weren’t enough). They have also performed other classics like Cyrano de Bergerac, She Stoops to Conquer, The Glass Menagerie, Amadeus, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Monkey King, and many, many others. This summer the company will be performing the Bard’s classic plays: As You Like It, and Two Gentlemen of Verona. They will also be performing several additional Plays including: The Learned Ladies, by Molière, Two by Two Music, by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Martin Charnin, and The Tortoise and the Hare, (based on a version entitled the Great Cross Country Race), by Alan Broadhurst. All features will be playing throughout the months of July and the beginning of August. For times and prices visit the Texas Shakespeare Festival website at www.texasshakespeare.com.

Shakespeare’s works, and plays in general are among the few things I’d rather watch than read, since they were written for that purpose. This great summer event is a tremendous opportunity for young people in particular, to begin to cultivate a love of literature and of learning. It has certainly helped to enrich our area and has developed a greater interest in the arts. Admittedly the festival is a few minutes outside Tyler, but it is well worth the small time investment required to head a little north for the day and take in a cultural and educational experience. For those interested in  other activities or events happening around Tyler and East Texas this summer look for my recent posts entitled, Summer Activities in the Tyler Area, and Cultural Events and Institutions in Tyler TX. For more information on Kilgore College, go to www.kilgore.edu.