Dune Climb Concert features Paul Keller Orchestra
From staff reports
The Manitou Music Festival rings in its 21st year on July Fourth weekend with a free Saturday concert by the Northport Community Band, one of Leelanau County’s favorite groups. Bring lawn chairs and blankets to the lawn outside the Glen Arbor Athletic Club for a 4 p.m. concert of patriotic music. In case of rain, the concert will be held in the Glen Arbor Township Hall.
The Festival’s annual free Dune Climb Concert returns on Sunday, July 10 at 7 p.m. with a performance by the Paul Keller Orchestra. The Paul Keller Orchestra is one of Michigan’s finest, oldest, most-respected and well-traveled jazz big bands. The Glen Arbor Art Association is thrilled to announce that this 15-member orchestra, including a vocalist, will perform at this year’s Dune Climb Concert in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Since its inception in 1989 by string bassist, composer and arranger Paul Keller, the Orchestra has maintained the highest standards of musical excellence and has provided top-quality jazz and entertainment to its loyal fan base.
Bring picnics, chairs, blankets and everyone you know to the Dune Climb Concert. Rain location is the Glen Arbor Township Hall.
Founded in 1991 by members of the Glen Arbor Art Association, the Manitou Music Festival takes place in the pastoral splendor of Leelanau County. This “Land of Delight” has long attracted artists, writers, musicians and vacationers with its dramatic settings of towering dunes, pure inland lakes, lush hardwood and pine forests and the majesty of Lake Michigan. The Manitou Music Festival presents exciting and diverse concerts featuring national and regional performers of classical, jazz, and folk music in idyllic outdoor & family friendly locations.
Tickets to future Manitou Music Festival concerts cost $15.00. Children 18 and under are free, except for the July 28 benefit concert. 2011 Glen Arbor Art Association members receive a $2 discount. For more information, call the Glen Arbor Art Association office at (231) 334-6112 or the Lake Street Studios at (231) 334-3179. View the Festival’s entire 2011 lineup at GlenArborSun.com.
