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SMBQ's Arts Weekend in New York City
June 8 - 10, 2007

Friday Evening - The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet in concert at 8 PM in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. All seats $20. Tickets available online, in person, or by calling 212-247-7800.

Saturday Morning - Metropolitan Museum of Art at 10 AM hosted by Martin DeWitt, director of the Fine Art Museum at WCU. Tickets available at the door.

Saturday Evening - dinner with Terrence Mann, Western’s Distinguished Professor of Musical Theatre; and a Broadway show of your choice. www.broadway.com. Dinner will be at the Cascina Restaurant at 5:30. www.cascina.com $56.00 will cover your meal, tax, and gratuity. Alcohol is extra. To make your reservation, please send your check for $56.00 for each person made out to "Super Holiday Tours" by May 17th. In the memo field, indicate the number in your party and "WCU Dinner NYC". Mail to 116 Gatlin Ave. Orlando, FL 32806.

Sunday Morning - Tour the Guggenheim Museum at 10 AM. Tickets available at the door.

Lodging Information - Group discount rate at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/westerncar

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Carnegie Hall is Calling! -- Join The SMBQ for an Arts Weekend in New York City!

The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet invites you to join them at one of the World’s most famous halls for the group’s debut in New York this summer. The Quintet, composed of professors who teach music at Western Carolina University and known affectionately by their fans as SMBQ, will perform at 8 PM in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Friday, June 8.

“We’ve been all over the world, but the one place everybody knows is Carnegie Hall. People who couldn’t go with us to Ireland, England, and Wales in May 2006 or to St. Petersburg, Russia in 2005 are more likely to be able to travel to New York. We’re already seeing a lot of excitement building for this tour,” says Brad Ulrich, trumpet professor at Western and member of SMBQ. The other members are David Ginn, trumpet; Travis Bennett, horn; Daniel Cherry, trombone; and Michael Schallock, tuba.

In addition to the Carnegie performance on Friday evening, the Quintet invites visitors from Western North Carolina to accompany them for a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Saturday with Martin DeWitt, director of the Fine Art Museum at Western; dinner with Terrence Mann, Western’s Distinguished Professor of Musical Theatre; and a Broadway show on Saturday evening. On Sunday, the Quintet plans to visit the Guggenheim Museum before returning home.

While a package tour isn't available, interested persons will be able to make their own arrangements for travel, accommodations, and performances based on information found on the Quintet’s website, www.smbq.com. This provides flexibility, allowing each person to pick and choose modes of travel, a Broadway show and other activities according to personal interest.

Tickets for the SMBQ’s Carnegie show will be available after April 9 at www.carnegiehall.org.

Ulrich says the Quintet, which performs a wide range of pieces from early music and classical to ragtime, jazz and contemporary compositions, tries to do a major tour every year. “The concert at Carnegie Hall will present music inspired by our region and our culture for the people of New York and the world. This is a very big deal for Western Carolina University, the SMBQ, and our area of the Southern Appalachians", says Ulrich.

People who would like to help the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet fulfill its mission of expanding appreciation for the musical heritage of the Southern Applachian region can make a charitable contribution to the quintet's non-profit organization. Contact us at www.smbq.com

You might want to start saving up if you hope to follow the Quintet after it’s Carnegie Hall debut. Ulrich has his sights set on Italy in 2008 and China in 2009!