Rare Blend music / film presentation of Phantom Of The Opera @ the Renaissance Theatre - Mansfield Ohio

Date: Aug 28, 2007

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http://www.rareblend.net
216-269-6607
PO Box 609105 Cleveland Ohio 44109

8.26.07

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT
Bobbi Holt
PO Box 609105
Cleveland, OH 44109216-269-6607216-749-5461Rare Blend / TSM Productions
Member of the Ohio Arts Council
www.rareblend.net
music@rareblend.net
BRIDGING THE GAP SERIES


UNIQUE MUSIC & FILM PRESENTATION
COMING THIS OCTOBER!

A MUST SEE ART FORM!

TSM PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS:

RARE BLEND
PERFORMING THEIR ORIGINAL MUSIC & IMPROVISATIONS TO THE SCREENING OF:
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
1925 SILENT FILM CLASSIC
Starring Lon Chaney Sr ~ Master of Disguise

Part of the 'Bridging The Gap' music / film series and the
Renaissance Performing Arts Center 2007-2008 season!

SATURDAY ~ OCTOBER 20TH AT 8:00PM
RENAISSANCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
RENAISSANCE THEATRE
138 Park Ave. West, Mansfield Ohio

Tickets on sale now and can be purchased online http://www.rparts.org or by calling the Renaissance Theatre Box Office 412.522.2726.

$10.00 and $15.00 ticket options.


Rare Blend's "Bridging the Gap" series is a very creative combination of multi-genre original music and classic silent cinema. I was smashed between two worlds, a wrinkle in time. Really cool!
Erica Bartik ~ Music Specialist ~ Cuyahoga County Public Library

Be prepared for an amazing total sensory experience! Combining driving instrumentals with the stunning visuals of silent film, Rare Blend creates a unique fusion of sight and sound. Bold and inventive--Not to be missed!
Kate Pospisil ~ Adult Services Librarian ~ Cuyahoga County Public Library ~
Olmsted Falls Branch



Rare Blend is where rock, jazz, fusion, and world music collide! http://www.rareblend.net
The quartet from Cleveland Ohio pull from a variety of influences and musical styles to write unique instrumental arrangements that appeal to purists as well as those who embrace progressive multi-genre approach to original music. They continue to receive favorable press reviews, radio airplay, perform at a variety of concerts and outdoor festivals, and have been invited to be included on regional and national compilation discs. Currently promoting their 2006 CD release, Stops Along The Way, and working on a fifth CD of live improvisations.

Bridging The Gap http://www.rareblend.net/gigs2.htm
is a music and film presentation series that combines a live musical performance from RARE BLEND with a silent film from the Age of the Silver Screen. BTG stretches 90 years with the hopes of revitalizing this unique type of performance art and generate a new respect for our early attempts of cinema with a modern musical approach. The series features four films including Phantom of the Opera, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Metropolis, and Maciste In Hell.

Phantom of the Opera - 1925: The majestic Paris Opera House rises high above the catacombs, the long forgotten dungeons and torture chambers of the city of Paris. Lon Chaney gives his greatest performance as the Phantom, the vengeful composer who wears a mask to hide his hideous deformed face. His love for a young prima Donna takes a sinister turn when he abducts her and carries her away to his lair in the depths of the catacombs. The unmasking of the Phantom is one of the most chilling and unforgettable moments in motion picture history.

Renaissance Theatre - http://www.rparts.org
A member of the League of Historic American Theatres!
A restored movie palace in the grand baroque style, this beautiful theatre celebrated its 75th birthday in January 2003! In the 1920's, Hollywood was booming. Movies were immensely popular, so the big motion picture companies were building magnificent theatres everywhere. With a population of about 30,000 in 1927, Mansfield, Ohio, located in the heart of north central Ohio, seemed an ideal spot for a majestic movie house. And so the Warner Management Company spent $500,000 to build the Ohio Theatre. Despite near blizzard-like conditions, the Mansfield News reported that thousands thronged to the theatre for the initial performance on January 19, 1928. First-nighters marveled at the beauty of the new theatre... Read more


2007 Articles on Rare Blend's "Bridging the Gap" Series

To read these articles go to: http://www.rareblend.net/gigs2.htm

Steve Fogarty (Chronicle Telegram - Elyria Ohio)
Charles Cassady (The Westlife Newspaper - Westlake Ohio)
Jarrod Zickefoose (Sun Newspapers - Cleveland Heights Ohio)


See you at the show

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