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310 W 6th St
Concordia KS 66901
785 243 2553
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Fall 09 Gazette
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Gary Richmond of The TurpinTyme Ragsters who played at the Brown Grand on 4/26/2008 www.turpintyme.com "and stage performance that’s visually pleasing with excellent acoustics. The Ragtime music that we play was at the pinnacle of popularity when the Brown Grand Theatre opened in 1907 so it was really a rewarding experience to perform at this historic theater. Many thanks to everyone at the Brown Grand Theatre!!! "
Debbie Horton, Branson On The Road,who played at the Brown Grand on 7-07 & 4-5 & 6-08: www.BransonOnTheRoad.com ""The Brown Grand in one of the finest theatres we have ever played and we have worked a lot of venues. The theatre is magnificent, the audiences are super, but most of all, the management and staff at the Grand are the best I have ever worked with. We have played the Grand two times and are coming again in 2009. I'm thinking that coming to the Grand is going to be an annual event for us for a long time. Their name says it all, they are GRAND!"
Neal Ramsay Concert Saxophone player
who played at the Brown Grand on 3-8-08: "The people of Concordia, Kansas take great pride in their Brown Grand Theatre and boast that it has the best acoustics in American west of Carnegie Hall. However, I think they are modest. Having had the privilege to perform several times in both locations, I believe that the Brown Grand Theatre has America’s best acoustics. In addition, this beautifully restored theatre has warmth and intimacy with seating that brings performers and audience close together. The Brown Grand theatre is a brilliant jewel standing on the Kansas prairie. You will love it."
Sally Harmon, Concert Pianist
who played at the Brown Grand on 2-10-08: "I've been telling everyone at home and at my college about your wonderful theatre.There's something magical about what happened that
day: I hadn't played "Over the Rainbow" in years, but because of being in Kansas and playing in a theatre beyond my wildest dreams, the song just played itself. There's a special soul to that place. I don't need to dream of playing in Carnege Hall anymore; I just long to come back to The Brown Grand Theatre, and walk out on that beautiful stage to play once again for a Kansas audience!" "Performing at the beautiful, Brown Grand Theatre has been a pleasure for our band of cowboy singers. We have had the privilege of performing at some of the great theatres like Carnegie Hall in New York and the Telegraph Hill Masonic Hall in San Francisco. To me, the Brown Grand ranks right up there with those theatres. And it's right here in Kansas!" Shannon Knipp,Manager/actor-Wichita Children’s Theatre Touring Company: "I have been privileged to appear on the Brown Grand stage twice, and each time I have been treated with the utmost respect. I know that when I share my experiences with fellow actors in this state and beyond, they have been most envious! I look forward to having the opportunity to perform there again as an actor and Manager for WCT’s Touring Company." "I recently played at the Brown Grand Theatre, and it actually seemed like a time warp had carried us all back 100 years or so to the days of the traveling Vaudeville shows, the Houdinis, Carusos and Rachmaninoffs. This was not just a stopping off place for artists in between, say, Chicago and Denver: this was the real thing, the place to be sought after by the artists and envied by other theatres. Here one could experience the greatest of the great, and do it within the majesty of a theatre truly equal to the performers. It just doesn't get any better than this." "Being able to use the Brown Grand as an extension of the drama department at Cloud County Community College gives students – on stage and in the audience – an artistic experience unlike any other found in the state’s higher education system."
Orin Friesen of the Prairie Wranglers who played at the Brown Grand on 9-17-07: