Lorrie Morgan Goes Acoustic at The Spencer 11/27

With her sweetly arresting voice and captivating stage presence, Lorrie Morgan is one of the biggest names on the country music scene, carving out a career that has garnered 14 top-ten hits, 13 albums, seven of which have gone gold and platinum, and four Female Vocalist of the Year awards.

Lorrie was barely a teenager when she made her first major appearance in 1975 singing Paper Roses with her dad, country star George Morgan on the Grand Ole Opry. Since that time -- particularly in 1984 when she became the youngest person in history to become a member of the Opry, and in the 90s, after scoring a string of major country hits -- she has built a reputation as an artist who knows a great song when she hears one and how to deliver it in memorable fashion.

Her trophy room is adorned with reminders of milestones, above all for her hit recordings Five Minutes, Something in Red, Watch Me and What Part of No, and for duets with the likes of Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, George Jones and Sammy Kershaw.

Lorrie's latest offering, I Walk Alone, is a labor of love that has been a lifetime in the making. The CD has12 songs she co-wrote and co-produced, and includes "Mirror, Mirror," "Woman Thing," and the title cut I Walk Alone. The reflective compilation shares her lessons and yearnings with a deeply held reverence for lost loves and new possibilities. It is her most introspective work to date, one of which she is particularly proud. "I went through a lot to get here."

Morgan will share her tunes and "evergreen" classics at the Spencer on Saturday, November 27 at 7 p.m. (Thanksgiving weekend) in an acoustic concert featuring Lorrie on guitar and vocals, Marcia Ware on background vocals, Mark Oliverius on Keyboards and Todd Woosly on guitar. Excellent seats are still available for $69 & $66. Call the Spencer Box Office t 575.336.4800 or go online to www.spencertheater.com for tickets.

Next up:

• Forever Plaid's Holiday Edition, PLAID TIDINGS Fri Dec 3 at 7 p.m. & Sat Dec 4 at 1 p.m. ($59 & $56) The best of the hit Broadway musical comedy Forever Plaid tied-up in a nifty Christmas package with loads of comedy and swinging holiday favorites.

• THE NUTCRACKER, starring Ruidoso Dance Ensemble Sat Dec 18 at 2 PM & 7PM ($28). Original adaption of beloved Christmas classic features gorgeous sets & costumes with 50+ outstanding student & professional dancers.

• FLYING J WRANGLERS CHRISTMAS Tues Dec 21 at 7 p.m. ($29 & $26). Western yodeling, vocals, fiddle and guitars in a program of traditional favorites and new and classic western/cowboy Christmas songs, instrumentals and homespun comedy.

• OKLAHOMA! Sun Jan 2 at 2 PM ($69 & $66). Rodgers & Hammerstein's Tony-winning musical set in turn-of-the-century Oklahoma; People Will Say We're In Love, Oh What A Beautiful Mornin', Surrey With A Fringe On Top.

• GUILD VALENTINE SOIREE Sun Feb 13 at 6:30PM ($50). Taking place on the elegantly decorated Spencer stage, the celebration includes a gourmet three-course dinner, two complimentary cocktails and dancing to the Michael Francis Trio.

• ALL SHOOK UP Mon Feb 14 at 7PM ($69 & $66). Features more than 24 Elvis hits, this feel-good, award-winning musical is about a stranger who kick-starts a chain reaction of romances and rebellion with his rockin' music in a small Midwestern town.

• THE TEN TENORS Sun Feb 20 at 7PM ($69 & $66). Australia's most debonair musical export features 10 stylin' lads, opera buffa, rock-tinged zaniness and Aussie folk tunes.

• LEGALLY BLONDE, THE MUSICAL Tues Mar 15 at 7PM ($69 & $66). Lobby Buffet at 5PM ($20) A turbo-charged Broadway musical comedy about a darling sorority gal who goes for a law degree after getting dumped by her boyfriend. Stars 30 singers, dancers and orchestra musicians.

• JOHN CONLEE Sat Mar 26 at 7 PM ($59 & $56). Lobby Buffet at 5 PM ($20). Swinging from sad to soulful, humorous to uplifting in a heartbeat, this singer-songwriter has a lit of sparkling country hits: Rose Colored Glasses, Lady Lay Down, Backside of Thirty, I'm Only in it for the Love.

• THE 39 STEPS Thu Apr 14 at 7PM ($59 & $56). Where Hitchcock meets hilarious, this multi-award-winning comedy is a who-done-it that's part drama, part farce - and definitely an athletic event with over 150 character costume changes, loads of laughter, mystery & intrigue.

• NIKKI YANOFSKY Sat Apr 23 at 7 PM ($59 & $56). Having wowed crowds from Kennedy Center to Carnegie Hall, this 16-year-old recording artist has been called a "jazz kitten" for her pitch-perfect vocals, stunning nuance and emotional delivery of original tunes and favorites by Ella Fitgerald, Billie Holiday & Norah Jones.

• PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS Sat May 7 at 7 PM ($69 & $66) Lobby Buffet at 5PM ($20). Packed with personality, this legendary rock band has been called "the greatest show band on earth" for slapstick stage antics and gold & platinum hits: Indian Reservation, Louie Louie, Ups and Downs, Hungry, Kicks. Steppin' Out. Presented by Richard & Jocelyn Williams.

 

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