Latest / Something You Should Know! / Something You Should Know - September 22 Brandy from South Dakota Symphony Orchestra - America The Beautiful Oct 24
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- 0:17Speaker 1: have Brandi join us right now from South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.
- 0:20Speaker 1: This is the first time you've been in the studio.
- 0:21Speaker 2: Welcome. It is. Very cool. Yes. Thank you for having me.
- 0:23Speaker 2: Excited to have you here.
- 0:24Speaker 1: And we've got a beautiful concert coming up October 24th,
- 0:27Speaker 1: America the Beautiful.
- 0:29Speaker 2: Yes.
- 0:29Speaker 1: And let's talk a little bit about this concert. Have
- 0:31Speaker 1: you done this particular show before or is this the
- 0:33Speaker 1: first time?
- 0:34Speaker 2: This is the first time we've done this particular show.
- 0:36Speaker 2: So this is our way of celebrating America's 250th. I
- 0:40Speaker 2: love that. And it's a really unique way that we're
- 0:43Speaker 2: doing it. So it's going to be American music roots.
- 0:47Speaker 2: So it's gospel, it's rhythm and blues, it's jazz, it's ragtime.
- 0:52Speaker 2: It's going to be high energy, just a lot of fun.
- 0:55Speaker 2: We're going back to those roots for the music.
- 0:57Speaker 1: I am so excited for this. And I hope that
- 0:59Speaker 1: this opens a door for some new people to be
- 1:01Speaker 1: introduced to the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.
- 1:04Speaker 2: Yes.
- 1:04Speaker 1: Because there are probably some people in their mind that
- 1:06Speaker 1: are going, That's not at all what I thought the
- 1:08Speaker 1: symphony was going to be because the stuff you just
- 1:09Speaker 1: mentioned is so different than what I was thinking. But
- 1:12Speaker 1: if this is their first experience, this probably won't be
- 1:15Speaker 1: their last.
- 1:16Speaker 2: Right. This is the perfect way to introduce you to
- 1:18Speaker 2: the orchestra.
- 1:19Speaker 1: It's like a gateway show.
- 1:20Speaker 2: It's a gateway show. Definitely. We do encourage you to experience,
- 1:25Speaker 2: you know, a good old classical symphony concert, of course. Yes.
- 1:29Speaker 2: if you've never been to one this is the perfect
- 1:31Speaker 2: first one to go to.
- 1:32Speaker 1: America the beautiful again it's october 24th so it sounds
- 1:35Speaker 1: like it's so far away but we're gonna blink our eyes.
- 1:38Speaker 2: And it's gonna be here it's gonna be here yes.
- 1:40Speaker 1: If somebody would like to get tickets to this do
- 1:42Speaker 1: they need to be members of the south dakota symphony
- 1:44Speaker 1: orchestra there's like a whole group they can be they
- 1:47Speaker 1: can join to be members they need members or.
- 1:48Speaker 2: Did you just buy tickets so you can subscribe there
- 1:51Speaker 2: is still time to subscribe so we offer concert season
- 1:54Speaker 2: packages and that's what we call you a subscriber that's
- 1:56Speaker 2: So those are still available until opening night, October 3rd.
- 2:00Speaker 2: So we definitely encourage that. You save money that way.
- 2:02Speaker 2: A lot of benefits you don't get from the general
- 2:06Speaker 2: public with subscribing.
- 2:08Speaker 1: And then you're in the club.
- 2:09Speaker 2: And you're in the club. You're cool. Yes.
- 2:12Speaker 1: All the cool kids are doing it.
- 2:14Speaker 2: Otherwise, yes, single tickets are on sale. So definitely check
- 2:16Speaker 2: those out. You can find it all at our website, sdsymphony.org.
- 2:19Speaker 1: Very nice.
- 2:21Speaker 2: And this concert in particular, America, the beautiful, our lead artist,
- 2:25Speaker 2: Byron Stripling is phenomenal. He oozes this music. His smile
- 2:32Speaker 2: alone will light up the concert hall. He's just full
- 2:34Speaker 2: of joy. He's going to be amazing and fascinating to watch.
- 2:37Speaker 2: He's a trumpet player. He sings and he conducts and
- 2:40Speaker 2: he's doing all three. And he's also bringing Mamie Paris,
- 2:44Speaker 2: a singer who her voice can cut glass. It's so pure,
- 2:47Speaker 2: so powerful. It's going to be an awesome night. Yes.
- 2:51Speaker 1: Again, it's coming up on October 24th. It's called America
- 2:54Speaker 1: the Beautiful. And if you'd like to get tickets, now
- 2:56Speaker 1: is a good time to do that. Again, what's the website?
- 2:58Speaker 2: SDSymphony.org. All right.
- 3:00Speaker 1: Very nice. So get your tickets and get out and
- 3:02Speaker 1: be a part of it. And if you've never been
- 3:04Speaker 1: to the symphony. This would be the coolest thing to
- 3:07Speaker 1: do to surprise your loved one and say, guess what
- 3:09Speaker 1: we're going to do? We're going to go to the symphony.
- 3:12Speaker 1: And what a cool first time if you've never done this. Again,
- 3:14Speaker 1: America the Beautiful. I'm excited. I think it's going to
- 3:16Speaker 1: be a great time.
- 3:16Speaker 2: Yes. And I also want to mention that we are
- 3:18Speaker 2: giving a discount to our vets. Oh, very nice. 50% off. Oh, fantastic.
- 3:22Speaker 2: For this concert. So use the promo code VETERAN. Okay.
- 3:26Speaker 2: Of course, for active military as well. But use that
- 3:28Speaker 2: promo code veteran when you're purchasing online or when you
- 3:31Speaker 2: stop in at the box office at the Washington Pavilion.
- 3:34Speaker 1: You can also just walk in and do it too.
- 3:35Speaker 2: You can. And you know what?
- 3:36Speaker 1: That's kind of fun because then when you go in,
- 3:38Speaker 1: you get to interact with a person. Nothing against, I
- 3:41Speaker 1: love the convenience of the computer.
- 3:42Speaker 2: That's cool.
- 3:43Speaker 1: But there's just something about talking to people that I like.
- 3:45Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely.
- 3:46Speaker 1: Well, thank you so much for coming in and being
- 3:48Speaker 1: a part of, like coming into the studio and chatting.
- 3:50Speaker 1: Because usually we do this stuff over the phone. And
- 3:52Speaker 1: she's like, well, I could call you or we could
- 3:54Speaker 1: do it. I'm like, hey, come in. That's fun.
- 3:55Speaker 2: Love coming in.
- 3:56Speaker 1: There you go. Well, thank you again for all that
- 3:58Speaker 1: you guys do. South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, again, bringing beautiful
- 4:01Speaker 1: music to our area and giving us a little taste
- 4:04Speaker 1: of culture that we absolutely need here. Yes. And this
- 4:08Speaker 1: is going to be a fun one. Again, it's coming
- 4:09Speaker 1: up on October 24th, America the Beautiful. And I would
- 4:13Speaker 1: love for you to buy tickets. We are giving away
- 4:15Speaker 1: a couple of pair of tickets, but don't wait on that.
- 4:17Speaker 1: Get on, get your tickets. And then if you win
- 4:19Speaker 1: some tickets, you can bring a friend as well.
- 4:21Speaker 2: Yes.
- 4:22Speaker 1: All of the details, again, at sdsymphony.org.