Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts Presents HERMAN'S HERMITS 7/2

One of the biggest heart-throbs of the 60s pop-rock British invasion lands in Spencer spotlights at 8 p.m. Friday, July 2.

Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone will perform their roster of light-hearted and utterly unique pop-rock story-songs like Mrs. Brown, you've Got A Lovely Daughter, I'm Henry VIII, I Am, I'm Into Something Good, Just A Little Bit Better, Wonderful World, For Your Love, Listen People, and Dandy, an upbeat repertoire that continues to shine over time.

Excellent seats are available for $79 & $76. Call the Spencer Box Office at 575.336.4800 or go to www.spencertheater.com for tickets.

Noone has performed as the band's "Herman" since he was just 15, establishing the groups' four decades of international success. His voice has always stood apart from his rock peers Mick Jagger and Paul McCarty because he consciously sang with a British accent. It made the band utterly different to American ears, as did it's curious name "Herman's Hermits," its clean-cut image and its approach to songs like the two-time Grammy nominated Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter, which starts off with a banjo intro rather than a guitar lick, or the upbeat pub-like story song of King Henry VIII and its blazing guitar solo.

Noone's band sold over 60 million recordings and charted 14 singles and seven albums that went gold. The Hermits were twice named Cashbox's "Entertainer of the Year" and the photogenic Noone graced the cover of nearly every international publication, including Time.

In addition to the Hermits, Noone has performed and composed songs with David Bowie and Debby Boone, and guest-starred in hit TV shows like: Married With Children, My Two Dads, Quantum Leap, Easy Street, Too Close For Comfort and Laverne and Shirley. He also starred in the U.S. National Tour of the smash Broadway hit Romance, Romance and most recently in the recurring role of "Paddington" on the CBS daytime drama, As The World Turns. But it is Herman's Hermits and they're up-beat, witty songs, that keeps him traveling the world over and making spirits soar.

SPENCER THEATER'S SOLID GOLD SUMMER 2010 Continues:

• KING ARTHUR'S QUEST • Missoula Children's Theatre Fri Jul 9 at 7 p.m. ($15 adults, $7) Free acting workshop for youth culminating in full musical show. Auditions open to all children ages 6 to 17 at the Spencer, 9 a.m. Monday, July 5. Rehearsal schedules will be issued following auditions and casting.
Sponsored in part by Ruidoso Ford Lincoln Mercury.

• CHARO, Flamenco Guitar Fri Jul 16 at 8 p.m. ($79& $76) Full of "cuchi-cuchi," the Spanish-American gold & platinum Flamenco guitar recording artist, singer, comedienne, stage and screen actress in a concert of sultry rhythms.

• Johnny Cash's THE TENNESSEE THREE Fri Jul 23 at 8 p.m. ($59 & $56) The man in black's all-time band with Cash-like vocals and heartfelt delivery: Folsom Prison Blues, Ring of Fire and I Walk The Line.

• Chamber Music Festival in Ruidoso, Jul 30 & Jul 31
2010 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Fri Jul 30:at 6 p.m. Fabulous Festival Fling, a gala fundraising party, $30 •
Concert: Jasper String Quartet at 8 p.m., $49 adults; $25 ages 18 and under.
Sat, Jul 31:10 a.m. Jasper String Quartet at 10; FREE for children. Tickets required. • Pre-Concert Talk, Mezzanine at 1 p.m.;
2 p.m. Concert: Ray Chen, Violinist, $49 adults; $25 ages 18 and under
8 p.m. Concert: Mariangela Vacatello, Pianist, $49 adults; $25 ages 18 & under

• THE TURTLES starring FLO & EDDIE Sat Aug 7 at 8 p.m. ($79 & $76) Comical singing duo Flo & Eddie of the hit ‘60's folk rock pop group, The Turtles, perform their hits Happy Together, Elenor, It Ain't Me Babe, Grim Reaper of Love in the Sky

• ROY CLARK Sat Aug at 2 p.m. ($59 & $56)& 8 ($69 & $66) Walton Stations of New Mexico presents this multi-award winning banjo & guitar artist, country singer, "Hee-Ha" and Grand Ole Opry entertainer. When I Was Young, , Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go), Rose Colored Glasses, Alabama Jubilee, Malaguena,

• SPENCER LOBSTERFEST FUND RAISER Sat Aug 21 at 6 p.m. ($100) All-you-can eat whole lobster or tails (your choice) and fixings! Cash bars. Snazzy jazz, light rock, blues and soul music at this scrumptious affair!

• NEARLY NEIL AND THE SOLITARY BAND Sat, Aug 28 at 8 p.m. ($69 & $66). Singing the sequin-adorned star's mega-hits like Sweet Caroline, Holly Holly, Red, Red Wine, Kentucky Woman, I Got The Feelin' (Oh No No), September Morn, Cherry Cherry.

• RAY PRICE Tues, Aug 31 at 6:30 p.m. & 9 p.m. ($ 69 & $66). Legendary western crooner with the 4/4 beat has award-winning hit recordings that go back decades: Your Cheatin' Heart to Stardust, Danny Boy and Good Times to How Great Thou Art, Crazy Arms, Release Me, You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me, City Lights and San Antonio Rose. Sponsored by the R.D. & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation.

WAYS TO ORDER/ BUY Summer Season 2010 Tickets

GO TO THE BOX OFFICE: at the theater at108 Spencer Road, Airport Highway 220, Alto, NM. Business hours are 9 a.m-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For tickets or information call (575) 336-4800 or toll free at 888.818.7872.

ON THE WEB: www.spencertheater.com. The site offers secure ticket ordering.

BY FAX: series and single tickets can be ordered by fax at (575) 336-0055.

BY E-MAIL: single tickets may be ordered at boxoffice@spencertheater.com.

BY MAIL: Donna Clarke, Box Office Manager, Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Road, Alto, NM 88312

Summer Season 2010 is sponsored in part by The Hugh Bancroft Jr. Foundation, The Lodge at Sierra Blanca, the Inn of the Mountain Gods, Sierra Blanca Motors, Ruidoso Ford-Lincoln-Mercury, R.D. & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation, Ventanas, The Enjoyment of Fine Southwestern Living, Rainmakers, New Mexico Magazine, Ruidoso.net, area radio stations KRUI-1490 AM NEWS TALK TOURISM & KIDX 101.5 FM, KNMB-96.7 FM, KTUM 107.1 FM, KBIM-94.9 FM, 910 AM Roswell, KWES 93.5 FM, KBUY 1360 AM and KWES 1450 AM Fox Sports; KEDU 102.3 FM, and the publicity support of Ruidoso News and Ruidoso Free Press.

Spencer Theater is a world-class performance hall located in the Sacramento Mountain settlement of Alto, about 12 miles north of downtown Ruidoso. Unique architecture, outstanding acoustics, intimate seating, and excellent artistry are the Spencer's celebrated features. The elegant, award-winning hall, which first raised its curtains in 1997, seats 514, with no seats farther than 67 feet from the 4,770 square-foot stage. The Spencer also has a 964 square-foot outdoor stage that can seat 1,500. From its Spanish mica-flecked limestone face to the crystal lobby, the building itself is a work of art. Free public tours are offered at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year.

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