<div dir="ltr"><div><center style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-size:14px"><b><span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino;font-size:24px;color:rgb(255,0,0)">Join Ashland University Spectrum Series</span><br>
<span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino;font-size:24px;color:rgb(255,0,0)">for another fabulous Holiday Concert!</span><span style="font-size:18px"><br><span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino"><br>
PARAGON RAGTIME ORCHESTRA</span><br></span></b><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino">performs <b>'ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE</b></span></span></span><br><b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Friday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m.</font><br>
<font size="4" style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Hugo Young Theatre</font><br><br><font color="#000000">Box Office: 419.289.5125 <a href="http://www.ashland.edu/tickets">www.ashland.edu/tickets</a></font><br><a href="https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=c03ce1ada837071a0d446efdb3534bb4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-size:18px"><img border="0" height="22" src="https://www.vendini.com/images/buttons/buy-tickets-now.png" width="133" style="border: 0px;"></a></span></b></p>
</center><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino;font-size:12px"><br></span><span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino;font-size:12px">Featuring favorite selections from the theatres, ballrooms, grand mansions and humble hearthsides o</span><span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino;font-size:12px">f the Victorian era, <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><a href="http://www.paragonragtime.com/audio/Parade_of_the_Tin_Soldiers.mp3" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">'ROUND the CHRISTMAS TREE</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino;font-size:12px"> includes familiar Christmas songs and carols from their original 19th </span><span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino;font-size:12px">century scores, along with novelties including a ragtime version of the <i>Nutcracker Suite </i></span><span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino;font-size:12px">and sparkling vocal </span><span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino;font-size:12px">solos by soprano Bernadette Boerckel</span><span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino;font-size:12px">. As a finale to the concert, the Orchestra accompanies a screening of one of the world’s first Christmas silent films from 1905 by Thomas Edison.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'book antiqua',palatino;font-size:12px"><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH THE ARTIST<br>FREE WORKSHOP: History of Early Cinema & Film Underscoring</strong><br>
with Paragon's founder and conductor Rick Benjamin, leading conductor of music for silent film with over 600 screenings to his credit (current World Record)<br><span class=""><span class="">Friday, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m.</span></span>, Hugo Young Theatre Stage<br>
Free & open to the public</span><br><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>MATINEE CONCERT: for Schools, Senior Citizen Organizations & Other Groups</strong></span><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class=""><span class="">Friday, Dec. 6 at 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.</span></span>, Hugo Young Theatre</span><br>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">$2 per person - Reserve at <a href="tel:419.289.5950" target="_blank">419.289.5950</a> or <a href="mailto:TAPPLEGA@ASHLAND.EDU" target="_blank">tapplega@ashland.edu</a></span></span></p>
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