The Shows Go On At The Grand!

It's hard to believe that it has almost been a year since Hurricane Ike postponed our 2008 Fall season! Since that time, The Grand has continued to clean up and repair from Ike's visit and we were very pleased to reopen on our 114th birthday (Jan. 3, 2009) - just three short months following the hurricane! As we've said around here - we were ready for performances, but not finished with our repairs.

Throughout the year we have continued with repairs, using the summer months to install a new hydraulic orchestra pit lift system, and to replace the damaged stage surface. We continue with final repairs to our Box Office as well as other cosmetic repairs.

We've just finished up with 13 performances of "Tuna Does Vegas" - and for those of you who missed "Tuna" this go-around, you missed a huge helping of laughter! Joe Sears and Jaston Williams added new characters and dialogue to this hilarious favorite - and kept the crowds laughing.

Next week (August 24th, 2009) our single tickets go on sale for the 2009-2010 season - and I urge you to get your tickets now - many of the shows have very limited single tickets - subscribers have snapped them up!

We open our season this year with Smokey Robinson on Friday September 18th at 8pm and he promises to be a sell out - so get your tickets today!!

And... we've just added a really fun performance to our schedule - The B-52s! This high energy group from the mid-70's will have you bouncing in your seat with hits "Rock Lobster," "Love Shack," "Deadbeat Club" and more! Spread the word on this one - it should be a blast!

Check out the rest of our fantastic 2009-2010 season at www.thegrand.com - and get down to The Grand today!

See you there!

Kathy Van Dewalli, marketing director