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Talk Line 05-07-2026: The Dixon: Historic Theatre's summer events & ticket scam warning · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Sock Valley. You've joined the Waking crew here
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  Speaker 1: on FM ninety five one and AM fourteen sixty WIXN.
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  Speaker 1: It's now eight thirty seven on your Thursday morning, and
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  Speaker 1: it's time for that double Dosa talk line I promised
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  Speaker 1: you here to visit. Us is Spencer Rand and Tory
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  Speaker 1: Highly from the Dixon Historic Theater. Folks. How are you
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  Speaker 1: this morning?
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  Speaker 2: Doing well? Thanks for having us doing great. It's good
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  Speaker 2: to be back.
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  Speaker 1: Always a pleasure to have you on here, keeping us
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  Speaker 1: updated with the latest that's happening over at the Dixon.
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  Speaker 1: And you're going to start off with your encore campaign
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  Speaker 1: this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so we as we've talked about previously, we still
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  Speaker 2: got our Encore campaign going on. We are raising money
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  Speaker 2: to replace some of the broken seats on the main floor,
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  Speaker 2: restore the torazzo floors throughout the building, and then to
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  Speaker 2: do a lot of upgrades and maintenance to some of
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  Speaker 2: the outside including restoring the Marquee on the west side
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  Speaker 2: of the building, that's the front entrance marquee. We are
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  Speaker 2: still raising money for that. If you want to go
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  Speaker 2: to our website, we have links going to that fundraising
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  Speaker 2: page if you just click the donate button. There's more
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  Speaker 2: information online about that, and we are currently in the
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  Speaker 2: process of planning a fundraising gala for some time in June,
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  Speaker 2: so we'll be letting you know more information about that soon.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, you guys will be in here letting us know
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  Speaker 1: ahead of time on that. A great thing to look
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  Speaker 1: forward to, and speaking of that is the events at
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  Speaker 1: the Dixon. Got some coming up and then planned throughout
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  Speaker 1: the summer. It sounds like, yep, we've got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of stuff coming up.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely. This weekend we've got our children's theater production
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  Speaker 3: of Finding Nemo that's on Friday and then a Saturday matinee.
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  Speaker 3: And then the following weekend we have another children's theater
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  Speaker 3: production of The Little Mermaid again Friday and then a
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  Speaker 3: Saturday matinee. These will be our sixteenth and seventeenth productions.
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  Speaker 3: Just really exciting. We've been at this for a long time.
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  Speaker 3: Then we've got coming up after that another children's theater production,
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  Speaker 3: not by us, but four children. So we're bringing in
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  Speaker 3: a professional production of Click clac mook, how's that type live?
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  Speaker 3: That would be really really fun if you're looking for
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  Speaker 3: a nice way to end kind of the school Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: recommended for like fourth grade and under, so all those
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  Speaker 3: little kids and families definitely come on out for that one.
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  Speaker 2: And then on the thirteenth and fourteenth. This month, we
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  Speaker 2: have a really cool thing happening. We have a independent
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  Speaker 2: film premiere coming to the Dixon Theater. It's an independent
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  Speaker 2: film called Where Silence Lies. It is done by more
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  Speaker 2: Digital Studios. He's taken his film out to a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of small independent theaters like the Dixon Theater and also
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  Speaker 2: independent movie theaters, and he's doing a premiere kind of
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  Speaker 2: all month for his film. So that's going to be
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  Speaker 2: a really really cool thing if you like independent films
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  Speaker 2: and you'll want to support independent filmmakers. That's happening on
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  Speaker 2: the thirteenth and fourteenth.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Mother's Days happen, I mean soon too. Yes, Yes,
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  Speaker 3: we've got something for moms as well. So if you
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  Speaker 3: haven't quite gotten a Mother's Day gift and you're need
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  Speaker 3: something bad, Mom's Comedy is coming at the end of
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  Speaker 3: the month on May ninth. They're from Chicago. They're an
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  Speaker 3: amazing comedy group. Mom's definitely gonna have fun aunts Grandma's.
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  Speaker 3: I'll grab your ladies.
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  Speaker 2: It was great.
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  Speaker 1: I've gotten to see some of their their stuff. They
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  Speaker 1: are hilarious.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, awesome. I mean, I cannot wait. It's what I'm getting.
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  Speaker 2: From Mother's Day. And then if the dads are feeling
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  Speaker 2: left out with all the family shows and Mother's Day shows,
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  Speaker 2: we have at the end of the month, on the thirtieth,
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  Speaker 2: we have a Green Day tribute what's her name is
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  Speaker 2: coming in. They are amazing. They sound just like Green Day,
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  Speaker 2: so they are gonna be It's gonna be a blast.
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  Speaker 2: I'm super excited for that show on May thirtieth.
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  Speaker 1: Some of my kids are learning to appreciate the music
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  Speaker 1: of Green Day right about now. But of course they
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  Speaker 1: kind of walk around like they discovered it, and I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: don't recite the old magic to me. I was there
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  Speaker 1: when it was written. Like, no, I was there when
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  Speaker 1: MTV played the right he discovered Green Day Christopher Columbus, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: come on, come on.
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  Speaker 3: I do love those that the kids are getting into this.
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  Speaker 3: You know music that I like too.
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  Speaker 2: I know, absolutely, it's a pleasure. Yeah. Both of my boys,
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  Speaker 2: for some reason, they've really latched onto twenty one Guns.
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  Speaker 2: That's their favorite Green Day song right now. I'm like,
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  Speaker 2: all right, that's a choice. Then let's see getting into June.
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  Speaker 2: On the fifth, we have we're showing a movie. We're
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  Speaker 2: showing The Greatest Showman, which will be a little She'll
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  Speaker 2: be a really fun movie if you have if you
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  Speaker 2: haven't come and seen it, it's a absolute musical blast.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, and musicals on our screen and with our sound system,
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  Speaker 3: you can't beat it. It's the best way you can
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  Speaker 3: see that movie. So even if you've seen that movie
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  Speaker 3: twenty times, come back in. We'll have a fun day.
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  Speaker 3: We'll have some like circus theme snacks and stuff on
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  Speaker 3: the lobby, so it'll be a good time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And then the day after that, we have Nashville
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  Speaker 2: recording artists Skippy coming in for a show and he's
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  Speaker 2: going to have Casey Chestnutt opening for his show, so
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  Speaker 2: we're going to have two original Country artists in at
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  Speaker 2: the theater. That'll be fantastic. River Country is promoting that
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  Speaker 2: show for us, so that's going to be really really cool.
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  Speaker 2: Then let's see then we have another movie we do.
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  Speaker 3: We have Pirates of the Caribbean half the theater again
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  Speaker 3: with all of those great soundtracks that's with that movie.
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  Speaker 3: You want to hear that on the big screen. See
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  Speaker 3: it on the big screen and hear it in that.
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  Speaker 2: Auditorium, and then let's see ending off June. Then we
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  Speaker 2: have another country show. We're doing Country Legends Tribute Tour,
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  Speaker 2: which is three separate tribute bands that all come together
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  Speaker 2: for one big tribute show that they tour around the country.
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  Speaker 2: It's a Garth Brooks, Shania Twain and Toby Keith tribute
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  Speaker 2: all together for one night, and that is on June
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  Speaker 2: twenty seventh.
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  Speaker 1: Mark your calendars. You guys have got a really well
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  Speaker 1: rounded lineup. I mean something for everybody. I love the
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  Speaker 1: focus on the kids as well, getting them to just
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  Speaker 1: appreciate the arts early on. It is just a big
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  Speaker 1: service and these are fun kind of ways you can
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  Speaker 1: do that locally.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we partner with the Impact Program. I don't
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  Speaker 3: know if you know anything about that, and so we
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  Speaker 3: bring high schoolers into volunteer with us at all of
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  Speaker 3: our concerts. No, we need to experience it from a
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  Speaker 3: different way.
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  Speaker 1: I love that you guys are a part of it.
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  Speaker 1: I cannot say enough good things about Impact Program. Me
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  Speaker 1: and Jim were talking about that when when he was
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  Speaker 1: in here earlier, and I love that you guys have
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  Speaker 1: that getting in there not only is not only are
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  Speaker 1: you guys just doing a great service as being a
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  Speaker 1: part of those kids getting hours, but you're finding another
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  Speaker 1: way to get them interested in the arts early on.
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  Speaker 1: So good on you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, a lot of those impact kids have have
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  Speaker 2: shown up. And then we're like, you can stick around
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  Speaker 2: and watch the show and we can. I was like, yeah, yeah, here,
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  Speaker 2: of course you can.
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  Speaker 1: That's awesome. Any any more events or we were going.
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  Speaker 2: To move on to And then in July we have
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  Speaker 2: our partner show with Dixon stage left.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, we're big musical theater guys and dolls. It'll be awesome.
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  Speaker 3: It's at a mostly adult cast, it's mostly an adult show,
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  Speaker 3: but it'll be awesome. And then follow at the end
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  Speaker 3: of the month we have sixteen Edition happening in July.
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  Speaker 3: So July is a real theater month for us.
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  Speaker 1: Nice.
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  Speaker 2: Nice, And that's that's all for this before we get
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  Speaker 2: into our fall season, which is, well, we're going to
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  Speaker 2: come back later. That's coming up in the fall because
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  Speaker 2: it's a lot.
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  Speaker 1: It's a teaser, folks, they will be back, So you're
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  Speaker 1: just gonna have to wait. You guys have enough entertainment
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  Speaker 1: lined up that I think we can wait. They came
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  Speaker 1: in and spilled the beans a good bit.
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  Speaker 2: And if you are interested in getting any tickets for
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  Speaker 2: those shows, you can go to our website Dixontheater dot
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  Speaker 2: com and I will warn your listeners there are a
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  Speaker 2: lot of fake scam websites out there right now that
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  Speaker 2: are selling, you know, tickets to our events at the
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  Speaker 2: Dixon Theater, but they're charging like three or four times
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  Speaker 2: as much as us, and you know, we we won't
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  Speaker 2: know that you bought a ticket because there's websites. So
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  Speaker 2: just make sure that you're either going to our Facebook
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  Speaker 2: page and following those links, or you're going to our
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  Speaker 2: website Dixontheater dot com and following those links straight to
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  Speaker 2: our tics ticketing site or Color.
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  Speaker 3: Box office or pop in our box office hours they're
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  Speaker 3: Tuesday through Friday or on the weekends during shows.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you guys for warning folks about that. You
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't think that something like that would have would have,
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  Speaker 1: you know, reached in our little, our little corner I
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  Speaker 1: heaven here, but it found us. Yeah yeah, so, And
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  Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, if you're willing to pay three
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  Speaker 1: or four times more of a ticket.
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  Speaker 2: Just buy some extras Yeah, if you want to pay
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  Speaker 2: ninety dollars for a fifteen dollars ticket, just get a
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  Speaker 2: hold of me. Let me know, I will.
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  Speaker 1: Get a couple of you. Bring a friend of your
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  Speaker 1: expensive ticket. Anything else you guys wanted to share this morning.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's it for today.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate you coming in, sharing all the information,
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  Speaker 1: spilling the beans on the lineup. Looking forward to having
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  Speaker 1: you back. Spencer Tory, thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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