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| Wednesday, May 7 2008 11:25 AM
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 7 2008 11:16 AM
Cowboys, malt shop doo-woppers and a Streisand-Sinatra combo that could only happen in an alternate universe (or Vegas) are a few of the performers slated for the nonprofit Bakersfield Community Concert Association’s 2008-09 season.
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The Double Grandé Experience, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8
Annie Moses Band, 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2
Riders of the Purple Sage, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24
Pavlo, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19
Czech Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17
American Jukebox, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25
Barbra & Frank: The Concert That Never Was, 4 p.m. Sunday, April 26
Where: Theater at Rabobank Convention Center, 1001 Truxtun Ave.
Season pass: $60 adults, $30 full-time college students, $20 high school students. Available by calling 589-2478.
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'Ol Blue Eyes won't be performing at the concert series (or anywhere else, for that matter). But organizers have the next best thing: an impersonator, who will share vocals with a Barbra Streisand stand-in.
The association is in its 46th year of bringing world talent at an affordable cost to local audiences, although the community concert concept in Bakersfield dates to the 1920s, said Bob Smith, artist selection chairman.
Members of the all-volunteer group attend conferences hosted by organizations such as the Western Arts Alliance, where artists promote themselves in hopes of securing venues, said association treasurer Diane Ackley.
The group strives for variety and it shows in next season’s lineup.
Audiences raved about the Sons of the San Joaquin show in 2006, Ackley said, so the association has booked another Western act, Riders of the Purple Sage.
The Czech Symphony Orchestra; Pavlo, a Mediterranean guitarist; and The Double Grandé Experience, two pianos and two voices, are standouts. Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand impersonators will perform together in “the concert that never was.” American Jukebox will offer rock and pop favorites from the 1950s to the ’90s.
The Annie Moses Band is a classically trained family of chamber pop artists. Most of the shows attract baby boomers and older, Ackley said, so the association hopes the Annie Moses Band will entice a younger crowd.
Tickets are membership-based and not sold individually.