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DECEMBER 9, 2017 | <strong>DISCOVER</strong>!<br />
10 | Playbill<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: George Maurer Big Band<br />
Holiday Show<br />
WHERE: Clay County Fair & Events<br />
Center, Spencer<br />
WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 14 at 7:30<br />
p.m.<br />
COST: $17/$22<br />
CONTACT: 712-580-3000<br />
ONLINE: www.claycountyfair.com<br />
More Info:<br />
Audiences across the country<br />
know George as a pianist/<br />
keyboardist who has played his<br />
way from Congress to the Crickets.<br />
He has been called Minnesota’s<br />
premier jazz pianist and<br />
gained acclaim with the George<br />
Maurer Group, Trio and The 2nd<br />
New Originals as well as his solo<br />
work and collaborations with<br />
vocalists.<br />
But playing is just a small part of<br />
his repertoire. George has created<br />
original compositions for orchestra<br />
and ballet, big band and Bobby<br />
Vee. He writes original scores<br />
for film, theater and dance and has<br />
been called upon to arrange and<br />
produce music for an incredible diversity<br />
of projects including Twin<br />
Cities productions of “Swing!” and<br />
“Rent.”<br />
- From www.georgemaurer.com<br />
If you’re<br />
looking for<br />
two hours of<br />
really good<br />
Christmas<br />
music that’s<br />
what this is<br />
about.<br />
Jeremy Parsons<br />
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER<br />
Big Band Christmas<br />
George Maurer Holiday<br />
Show visits Clay County<br />
Fans of big band music have a date<br />
to circle on their calendar. Fans of<br />
Christmas music should circle the<br />
same date.<br />
The George Maurer Big Band<br />
Holiday Show is coming to the Clay<br />
County Fair & Events Center.<br />
The concert take place Thursday,<br />
Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and tickets range<br />
from $17-22.<br />
“One goal we have every year is to<br />
do a Christmas show,” said Jeremy<br />
Parsons, CEO of the Clay County Fair<br />
& Events Center.<br />
“We’ve had Manheim Steamroller<br />
and The Beach Boys and this year we’ll<br />
have a 16-piece big band with vocalists<br />
and everything you experience<br />
with that.”<br />
The ensemble is led by pianist and<br />
composer George Maurer, who performs<br />
and collaborates with a variety<br />
of ensembles, such as his jazz group,<br />
trio and The 2nd New Originals.<br />
He’s performed for Congress and<br />
worked with Eric Clapton.<br />
Mauer has performed all over the<br />
country, and he's also no stranger to<br />
Spencer.<br />
“George Maurer has performed on<br />
the free stages at the fair a few different<br />
times,” Parsons said.<br />
“This performance will be a twohour<br />
fully Christmas show. It’s big<br />
band versions of Christmas hits and<br />
maybe some original pieces.”<br />
The band performs a range of musical<br />
styles from traditional jazz to<br />
swing, blues to bebop, involving a<br />
number of Christmas favorites such<br />
as “Oh Tannenbaum” and “Baby, It’s<br />
Cold Outside.”<br />
“If you’re looking for two hours of<br />
really good Christmas music that’s<br />
what this is about,” Parsons said.<br />
“With an affordable ticket price, if<br />
you’re looking to get out for a good<br />
Christmas-filled night, this is the<br />
night.”<br />
Big band and Christmas carols combine<br />
for a fanastic, fun-filled holiday<br />
show for the whole family. F<br />
Spencer | Iowa
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