AN EVENING OF PERCUSSION to Bring the Beat to Raue Center

Raue Center For The Arts is excited to welcome The Crystal Lake Strikers All Star-Drumline for "An Evening of Percussion" at 7 p.m. on February 25, 2017. Returning for an amazing seventh straight year, this community fundraiser is always a sell-out!

The Crystal Lake Strikers All-Star Drumline leads multiple groups of outstanding musicians from all over the region to present a high-energy night of percussion. The Crystal Lake Strikers will also award a local high school drummer with the Tim Althoff Memorial Scholarship during the fundraiser.

The Crystal Lake Strikers was formed in the fall of 2007, when three area men sat in a local coffee shop imagining the possibility of forming a drumline that would achieve the essential goals of providing a performing outlet for drummers of college age and beyond as well as supporting and educating aspiring young musicians.

In assembling the group, the founders of The Crystal Lake Strikers discussed the simple fact that there are so many people who started playing percussion at a young age, stayed with it through various school bands and drum corps and were then left with no way to continue playing as they grew older due to a lack of outlets. The Crystal Lake Strikers provides these individuals with a rare outlet for musical training beyond high school and college. For information on how to join The Crystal Lake Strikers, visit clstrikers.org.

Tickets start at $15 and may be purchased online at rauecenter.org or via the Box Office at 815.356.9212 or 26 N. Williams Street in downtown Crystal Lake.

Raue Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of all through the arts. For 16 years, they have provided quality programming - striving to make it pertinent, available and affordable to all. As a painstakingly restored, 1920s regional Showcase Theatre named for its benefactor-Lucile Raue-Raue Center has attracted the finest stars, Broadway shows, musicians and artists. Named on the League of Historic American Theatres, Raue Center is one of the finest examples of restored art and decor in the nation. The 750-seat theatre, located in historic, downtown Crystal Lake, is a gathering place for our region's citizens and has become a true destination.