NORFOLK – The annual Spring Tour by the Northeast Community College Jazz Machine and Singer’s Express is about to get underway.
The Northeast Singers Express, an audition swing choir directed by Northeast music department chair and director of choral music activities Dr. Linda Boullion, will perform at 13 high schools in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota during its annual Spring Tour. The group is accompanied by Margaret Schultz.
The Singers Express schedule, with show times in parentheses, includes:
Wednesday, April 16 – Crofton (8:45 a.m.), Niobrara (10:45 a.m.), Tilden (2:30 p.m.)
Thursday, April 17 – Roseland (10 a.m.), Hastings (1:30 p.m.)
Wednesday, April 23 – Sterling (8:10 a.m.), Stanton, IA (1:45 p.m.)
Thursday, April 24 – Laurens, IA (9:30 a.m.) Ellsworth, MN (2 p.m.)
Friday, April 25 – Scotland, SD (8:30 a.m.), Wagner, SD (10:30 a.m.), Irene, SD (2 p.m.)
Members of the Northeast Singers Express, listed first by hometown, include:
Ainsworth Tylinn Dodd
Clearwater Taylor Kester
Creighton Jenna Hemenway
Duncan Jeremy Dubas
Fort Calhoun Justin Lester
Fremont Kelsey Larson
Neligh Dillon Smith
Norfolk Drew Merrill
Omaha Xandria Gregory
Orange City, IA Kenzie Johnsen
Abidian, Cote D’Ivoire Aka U. Aka Fiacre
The Northeast Jazz Machine, with Dr. Randall Neuharth as director, is a jazz ensemble of select students who perform concerts on campus, play at sporting events, and tour in the spring. The Jazz Machine will perform in eleven different communities in Nebraska and South Dakota on its spring tour.
The Jazz Machine Spring Tour schedule includes:
Wednesday, April 16 – Pender (8:15 a.m.), Lyons (10:30 a.m.)
Thursday, April 17 – Palmer (10:30 a.m.), Spalding (2 p.m.)
Wednesday, April 23 – Pleasanton (8:30 a.m.), Amherst (10:45 a.m.)
Thursday, April 24 – Bassett (10:30 a.m.), Chambers ( 2p.m.)
Friday, April 25 – Plankinton, SD (8:30 a.m.), Stickney, SD (10:15 a.m.), Marion, SD (2: 15 p.m.)
Members of the Northeast Jazz Machine include:
Elmwood Kolbi Furgerson
Inman Anna Sobotka
Laurel Elizabeth Ebmeier
Norfolk Tiffany Jacobson, Dylan Olson, Lucas Steffan, Michael Wallace
North Bend Drew Dolezal
North Platte Brady Rosenblad
Pender Angie Dunn
Pierce Abby Johnson
Rising City Brian Glock
Spalding Kelly Langer
Stromsburg Eric Ostberg
Fort Madison, IA Zeke Potter
Rock Valley, IA Dakota Vlotha
Sergeant Bluff, IA Jordon Kollbaum
Yankton, SD Ethan Powell
The public is invited to see either the Northeast Singers Express or Jazz Machine in these free concerts at the local high schools.
Both the Northeast Singers Express and Jazz Machine will return to the Northeast campus to present a Post-Tour Concert on Sunday, April 27, at 2 p.m. in the Lifelong Learning Center.
That concert is also free and open to the public.