Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra, Music for Everyone

Plan to add some joy and energy into your life by attending “Dance”, a concert for the whole family. The Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra will perform “Dance” at the Willmar Education and Arts Center on Sunday, October 25th at 3:00. For added fun, the doors will open at 2:00p.m. for pre-concert activities, including special dance demonstrations starting at 2:15 p.m. in the auditorium. There is a wide variety of dance music planned. From a Strauss waltz, to Arturo Marquez’s “Danzon No. 2, to music from Earth Wind and Fire, to “Golden” from Kpop Demon Hunters. This concert will definitely have music for everyone to enjoy!

Doors open at 2:00 PM

2:00-2:50 Art Gallery 

1. Make and take dancing ribbon rings
2. Make and take dancing figure
3. Dancing dolly using static electricity
4. Freeze dancing 
   

2:15-2:50 Dance Demonstrations in Auditorium

1. Enlazados USA
2. Crow River Cloggers
3. Raíces de mi Tierra 

3:00- 4:00 “Dance!” Concert in Auditorium

1. Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez
2. Ashokan Farewell by Jay Unger, Arr. C. Custer
3. “Hoe Down” from Rodeo by Aaron Copeland
4. Bal Masque by Amy Beach
5. Music from Lord of the Dance, Ronan Hardiman, Arr. L. Moore
6. Wonderful Worlds by Louis Armstrong and Sam Cooke, Arr. Victor Lopez
7. September by Earth Wind and Fire, Arr. Rich DeRosa
8. “Golden” from Kpop Demon Hunters, Arr. by P. Murtha
9. Thunder and Lightning Polka by Johann Strauss Jr 
   

Tickets are $15 for adults and can be purchased online (below), at Cash Wise, or at the door. Children 18 and under are free. This concert is possible in part by grants from the Willmar Area Community Foundation and the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council. Hope to see you there!

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Concert tickets are $15 for adults.(Attendees 18 and younger are free, but require a ticket for entry.)

Tickets are available

At the door with cash, check, or credit.

or

Online

Purchase online Season Tickets here

Join us for another wonderful year of music in Willmar. All concerts take place at the Willmar Education and Arts Center, 611 5th St. SW. Doors open a half-hour before the performance, unless noted otherwise.

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Support the orchestra

The Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra is a 501 (C) (3) non profit organization. Your donation is tax-deductible.

Special thanks to the Willmar Arts Fund of the Willmar Area Community Foundation for financial assistance and for supporting WASO. This orchestra is funded in part with a grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council made possible by the voters of Minnesota, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.