Fayette Opera House
Artists Series History
2011-12
Tapestry, Toledo, Ohio
Mustard’s Retreat, Detroit, Mich.
Wes Linenkugle & Friends, Toledo, Ohio
2010-2011
Tu-Ba Four’s, Northwestern Ohio
The Mossburg Family, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Joseph, Bradford, Ohio
Fiddler’s Restrung,
Inspirational Concert
2009-2010
Hand Hewn, Winemeg, Ohio
The Hogan Family
Ballet Folklorico, Toledo, Ohio
Hillsdale Town & Country Chorus, Hillsdale, Mich.
Team Fiddle
2008-2009
Tapestry Harp & Guitar, Toledo, Ohio
Chelsea House Orchestra, Chelsea, Mich
Mark Pennington, Morenci, Michigan
“Joy Bells”, Nashville, Ind.
Wes Linekugel
Pantasia Steel Band, Findlay, Ohio
2007-2008
Grand Rapids, Ohio Gospel Quartet
Boyer-Szor
Bobby Wallace & Hillbilly Sound
Valley Folk Dancers
Team Fiddle
2006-2007
Eddie Boggs
Bavarian Dancers
Seaway Commander’s Barbershop Chorus
Cake Walking Jazz Band
Tapestry
2005-2006
Ragtime Rick
Echoes of Poland
Bryan Madrigal Singers
Wes Linenkugel
Black Swamp Swing Band
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-2001
Gerhardt & Barbara Suhrstedt, Concert Piano Duettists, Boston, Massachuesetts
Elixir (Classic American Music of the 1800’s)
A Country Christmas
Glass City Dixie land band
Dermot Sommerville (Irish Folk)
1999-2000
Bob Milne, Ragtime & Boogie Pianist,
The Mighty Meaty Swing Kings, Toledo, Ohio
“The Christmas Boy”, Opera House Players/Formerly Normal Players, Fayette, Ohio
The Steel Band, Univ. of Akron, Akron, Ohio
1998-1999
The Northwesternairs Barbershop Chorus, Bryan, Ohio
The Manhattan Dance Company, Toledo, Ohio
Hillsdale College Faculty Orchestra, Hillsdale, Michigan
The North Coast Big Band, Fostoria, Ohio
Forever Plaid, ACT?FAC Production, Fayette-Archbold
1997-98
“An Aesop Odyssey”, The Cleveland Opera, Cleveland, Ohio
Eddie Boggs and Friends, Sylvania, Ohio
“An Alpine Christmas”, The Swiss Singers, Toledo, Ohio
Sax 4th Avenue Jazz Ensemble, Northwest Ohio
1996-97
General Guinness Irish Band
The Mill Creek Ramblers (Bluegrass)
String Affinity Quartet
“The Country Mouse-The City Mouse”, The Illusion Factory, Canton, Ohio
Gerharadt & Barbara Suhratedt, Boston, Massachusetts
Helen Hale
1995-96
Charged Particles Jazz Band, Detroit, Mich.
The Brass Ensemble, Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Toledo, Ohio
Swiss Singers, Toledo, Ohio
“Split Cherry Tree”, Rio Grande Univ., Rio Grande, Ohio
“The Nerd”,ACT, Fayette Archbold, Ohio
“Juvi”, The Formerly Normal Players, Fulton County
“L’ll Red”, The Illusion Factory, Akron, Ohio
1994-95
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, The Cleveland Opera, Cleveland, Ohio
“The Mark Twain Show”, ArtReach, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Strings Would Be Nice” Sarah Goslee Reed
“El Calido Viento” Hispanic Mexican Music
“Paul Bunyan, The Incredible Sprout”, Mad River Theater, West Liberty, Ohio
“The Princess and the Pea”, The Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati, Ohio
1993-94
The Vinings
Rick Warmer, Mime
“A Victorian Christmas”
“The Sounds of Sousa”, Massillon, Ohio
1992-93
Gerhardt & Barbara Suhrstedt, Concert Piano Duettists, Boston, Mass.
The Miami Univ. Woodwind Quintet, Oxford, Ohio
Ray Kamalay and his Red Hot Pepper Jazz Band, Lancing, Michigan
“A Visit with Mark Twain”, Audry Pinson, Florence, Alabama
CaPAA’s Junior Choral Society, Northwest, Ohio
1991-92
“Tribute to Will Rogers, Lance Brown
The Singing Angels, Cleveland, Ohio
Northwest Ohio Youth Orchestra Jazz Ensemble,
Peter Rabbit & Davy Crockett,
Tatiana and Primitivo, (Dance) Chicago, Ill.
Jesse Stuart Stories
Eugene Mancini, Piano Concert
1990-91
Great Lakes Symphony Orchestra
The French Connection, John Krix, Violinist & Lynne Long Pianist, Fayette, Ohio
TMA Tour: Impressionism Exhibition, Toledo, Ohio
A Christmas Concert, The Black Swamp Youth Orchestra
Dr. Magic’s Magical Mystery Tour
The Wallace Depew Family, Bowling Green, Ohio
1989-90
Beauty and the Beast
The Legend of Sleepy Hallow
Whatever Happened to Nannel Mozart and Fanny Mendelssohn?
A Christmas Celebration
Matinee Movie at the Opera House
Defiance College-Fayette Arts Council “Winter Stock”
Freedom Bound
The Hotfoot Quartet
Northwest Ohio Youth Orchestra, Defiance, Ohio
1988-89
Gerhardt & Barbara Suhrstedt, Concert Piano Duettists, Boston, Mass.
Little Red Riding Hood, Cleveland Opera, Cleveland, Ohio
Eleanor, A Celebration
Magic Movie Review, John Haar, Magician
Jan Vinci, Flute & Piano Duet, Swathmore College, Swathmore, New, York
Out of the Red Bush, Rio Grande College, Rio Grande, Ohio
1987-88
Little Miami Theater Works, West Liberty, Ohio
“Beauty and the Beast”, The Ohio Players, Youngstown, Ohio
Michael Cooney, Singer-Story Teller and Instrumentalist, Maine
Toledo Rep’s Road Show Theater, Toledo, Ohio
The Cincinnati Opera Sings Shakespeare, ECCO, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cantare, Wauseon, Ohio
1986-87
“Fat” Bob Taylor (WJR On-air personality) Detroit, Mich.
Toledo Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, Toledo, Ohio
“The Emperor’s New Clothes”, The Ohio Players, Youngstown, Ohio
“A Robert Frost Review”, Ned Wyse, Camden, Mich.
Seona McDowell, Folk Singer, Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. William Sloan, Violinist, Toledo, Ohio
1985-86
BGSU Jazz Lab Band, Bowling Green, Ohio
Four Town Sound & Vocal Chords, Bryan, Ohio
“Snow White”, Actor’s Trunk Company, Detroit, Mich.
“The Barber of Seville” ECCO, Cincinnati, Ohio
Dan & Nancy Pressler, Univ. of Delaware, Delaware
1984-85
Cantare-Starfire, Wauseon, Ohio
Bob Wurst and Countryfied, Toledo, Ohio
“Rumpelstilskin”, Detroit Actor’s Trunk Co., Detroit, Mich.
Long & Beaverson, Fayette, Ohio
C.A.P.P.A. Children’s Choir, Wauseon, Ohio
1983-84
BGSU Chamber Orchestra, Bowling Green, Ohio
Lucille Gamber, Harpsichordist, Cleveland, Ohio
Eddie Boggs, Toledo, Ohio
Edgar “Bud” Guest (WJR on-air personality) Detroit, Mich.
Zivili Kolo Dance Ensemble, Columbus, Ohio
1982-83
Fredrick Chrislip, Guitarist, Up State New York
TMA Tour “El Greco Exhibit”
Katie Laur Band, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cantare, Wauseon, Ohio
The Percussion Group, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Fantasticks” The Black Swamp Players, Bowling Green, Ohio
1981-82
Eddie Boggs & Diane Scribner, (Bluegrass, Country & Folk), Toledo, Ohio\
The Fairmont Spanish Dancers, Cleveland, Ohio
“Amahl and the Night Visitors” The Cincinnati Opera Co., Cincinnati, Ohio
“Pigtales”, The Little Miami Theatre Works, West Liberty, Ohio
Tower Brass, Bowling Green, Ohio
1980-81
“Daniel Boone” Performing Arts Rep. Theater, New York City
Cake Walkin’ Jazz Band, Toledo, Ohio
Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Toledo, Ohio
Monroe Street Senior Bell Choir, Toledo, Ohio
Rick Knochs, (Artist-in-residence) Photographer, Columbus, Ohio
Ganassee Early Music Ensemble, Oberlin, Ohio
1979-80
Ross Harbaugh, Cello, Grand Rapids, Michigan
The McClain Family Band, (Bluegrass), Kentucky
Wright Patterson Air Force Band, Dayton, Ohio
The New Mime Troupe, Columbus, Ohio
MacBeth, Theater West Virginia, West Virginia
Nutcracker Suite Tour, Toledo, Ohio
1978-79
Brooklyn Boys’ Choir
“Alice Underground”, Puppet Theater of West Virginia, West Virginia
Dennis Sampson, Poet in School, South Dakota
“The Nutcracker Ballet” (Week-long in-school residency) Ballet Met, Columbus, Ohio
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Mike Gettinger, Newsreel Photographer, Toledo, Ohio
1977-78
Cher Wilson, Jazz Vocalist, Toledo, Ohio
BGSU Symphony Orchestra, Bowling Green, Ohio
“Jim Thorp All American”, Performing Arts Repertory Theater, New York City
Zivili Kolo Dance Ensemble, Columbus, Ohio
Detroit Inst. of Art Tour
Hans Christian Anderson, Film
Charlie Chaplin Film Festival
1976-77
Indiana Chamber Orchestra, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Columbus Woodwind Quinter, Columbus, Ohio
The Independent Eye Theater Troup, Chicago, Ill.
Michael Casino, Visual Art, Adrian College, Adrian, Mich.
The Sager’s Textile Workshop, Sand Creek, Mich.
Alan Saunders, Cartoonist & Author; Mary Worth Comic Strip, Toledo, Ohio
Northwest Barbershop Chorus, Bryan, Ohio
1975-76
Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Toledo, Ohio
Wright Patterson Air Force Band, Dayton, Ohio
Modern Jazz Ensemble, Toledo, Ohio
Goshen College Theater Group, Goshen, Ind.
Dominic Labino Studio Tour, Grand Rapids, Ohio
1974-75
BGSU Vocalists: Rex Eikum, Virginia Starr & Virginia Marks
The Bryan Community Band
Irene Brychin, Clarinetist, The Defiance College
Clyde Burt, Potter
Fr. John Keefer, Dance, Siena Heights College
1972-73
Romantic Art & Music: Lynne Long & Tom Spiess
Baroque Art & Music: Lynne Long & Tom Spiess