The Tulip Festival Night Show, Brigadoon, Debuts on Wednesday, May 18^th

Orange City, IA - The 2009 Tulip Festival Night Show presents Lerner and Loewe’s “Brigadoon”.  Each year nearly a hundred people volunteer to create the musical production for the Festival.  The show opens at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13 at the Town Hall and plays nightly through Saturday, May 16.  You are invited to attend the show and enjoy an entertaining night of musical theater.  Please check with the Windmill Information Booth at the Festival for availability of tickets or call the Orange City Tulip Office to purchase tickets in advance at 712.707.4510.

BRIGADOON takes place in the breathtaking Scottish Highlands.  The production tells a tale of two young men from America who become lost and stumble upon a magical town not on any map:  Brigadoon.  Tommy and Jeff, played by Paul Karssen and Jeff Tolsma, meet Fiona MacLaren, Kathy Brogan, and Meg Brockie, Lois Estell, as the town is becoming festive and preparing for the marriage of Fiona’s sister to Charlie Dalrymple, Sam Bonnecroy.  Soon, a romance ensues between Tommy and Fiona.  She sings Waitin’ for My Dearie and Charlie tells of his feelings for his bride Jean in “I’ll go Home with Bonnie Jean”.

Other songs include The Heather on the Hill, Come to Me Bend to Me, There But For You Go I, My Mother’s Weddin’ Day and From This Day On.  Look forward to the music and fashion; you’ll hear bagpipes and see men in kilts! The village of Brigadoon is here but only for one day every hundred years.  From a FAIR, to a FUNERAL, to a WEDDING.  The lovers must choose their destiny. Will the two Americans decide to stay in Brigadoon or return home to America?  Come to this magical performance to discover their fate. 

About the Orange City Tulip Festival

The 2009 Orange City Tulip Festival, May 14, 15 and 16, features an entertaining celebration of the thriving community's rich Dutch heritage. Festivities include music and dancing by children and adults in intricate authentic costumes, two daily parades featuring top area marching bands, nightly musical theatre, a carnival midway, fun Dutch delicacies, plus thousands of tulips and a dozen replica windmills throughout this charming village.  For more information visit www.octulipfestival.com or (712) 707-4510.

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