Twenty-three top high school show choirs from Iowa will descend on Davenport North's Gymnasium and Auditorium on January 31st for one of the Midwest's premier show choir invitationals, The Big Dance.

 

The 18th annual event will include preliminary competition from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and finals competition beginning at 7:30 p.m.

 

Among the competing schools will be Davenport Central, Bettendorf, Iowa City High and Cedar Rapids Prairie. Also included will be exhibition performances by North's own choirs, Northside Establishment and Center Stage.

 

Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for children and seniors.

 

For more information, contact:

Ryan Riewerts, North vocal music director (563) 388-9884

Caroline Curley, The Big Dance chairman  (563) 370-5570

Mallards Fall to Rush in Overtime on Friday night

MOLINE, Ill. (January 16, 2015) - Cody Ferriero scored his second goal of the game at 2:06 of overtime to give the Rapid City Rush (15-20-2) a 4-3 win over the host Quad City Mallards (17-13-6) Friday night.  The Mallards, who sit in fourth place in the ECHL's Central Division, did earn one point for the sudden death defeat.

Ferriero snapped off the game winner from the slot after the Rush's Dallas Erhardt had forced overtime by scoring the tying power play goal from the left point with just 2:19 left in regulation.

It was the Mallards who had battled from behind earlier in the third period.  Mario Lamoureux swept home his second goal of the game from the high slot to even the score at two at 1:02 of the third.  Antti Pusa gave the Mallards a 3-2 lead from close range at the 9:13 mark of the final frame.

The Rush's Patrick Cullen and Ferriero scored one minute and 21 seconds apart to turn the game around in the second period.  With those two goals Rapid City turned a 1-0 Mallard lead into a 2-1 Rush advantage.  Cullen buried a rebound at 7:03 of the second; at 8:24 Ferriero put the Rush on top while toppling in the slot.

Lamoureux's shorthanded wraparound opened the scoring at 12:32 of the first period.

Mallards Stop Rush 3-1 on Sunday, January 18

MOLINE, Ill. (January 18, 2015) - Matt Duffy broke a 1-1 tie at 1:58 of the third period and the host Quad City Mallards (17-13-6) went on to defeat the Rapid City Rush (16-20-2) 3-1 Sunday.  With the win the Mallards moved into a tie for second place in the ECHL's Central Division.

Duffy's one timer from the top of the right wing circle gave the Mallards their second lead of the night.  Joe Perry's empty net goal clinched the victory with just one second left.

The Mallards had first moved in front when Justin Fox pounced on a Rapid City turnover in the slot to open the scoring at 3:47 of the first period.

The Rush's Dan Barczuk tied the game at one from close range at 10:22 of the second period.

The Mallards return to action on the road Saturday night against the Missouri Mavericks.  The Mallards next play at home Wednesday night, January 28 at 7:05 p.m. against the Wichita Thunder.  Fans can get four tickets to Mallards Wednesday night home games for just $20.  After each Wednesday night home tilt, fans can join the Mallards at T.G.I. Friday's in Moline for a postgame party.

Tickets for all remaining Mallards regular season home games- including Sunday's contest- are on sale now at the iWireless Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster charge-by-phone toll free at 1-800-745-3000.  The box office is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and game days from 10:00 a.m. until the start of the second period.  Tickets are available for $10, $16, $20 and $28.

SEWARD, NE (01/16/2015)(readMedia)-- Concordia University, Nebraska named 251 students to its honors list for the fall 2014 semester.

Students on the honors list include :

Naomi Iltis, a senior from Le Claire, Iowa

The top 25 percent of undergraduate students who complete at least 12 credit hours, receive no failing grades in the semester and earn a semester GPA of at least 3.5 qualify for the honors list.

About Concordia University, Nebraska

Concordia University, Nebraska, founded in 1894, is a fully accredited, coeducational university located in Seward, Nebraska, that currently serves more than 2,300 students. Concordia offers more than 50 professional and liberal arts programs in an excellent academic and Christ-centered community that equips men and women for lives of learning, service and leadership in the church and world. For more information, visit cune.edu.

On January 23, 24, and 25, Muscatine Arts Council will host the 21st annual Eagles and Ivories Ragtime Festival. This will be a weekend of world-class ragtime and stride, Dixieland jazz, boogie-woogie, spirituals, traditional jazz, and much more. Each evening concert is $15 and afternoon concerts are $10. A three-day concert package is $40. Children under 16 are free. Tickets are available at Flowers on the Avenue and at the door.
Free events include, Friday 9 am Kick-off concert at Sunny Brook, Saturday 9 am Eagle Watch at Pearl City Station, and Saturday 12 noon Silent Movie with live piano at the Art Center.
Ivory and Gold® features Jeff Barnhart, piano, and Anne Barnhart, flute, are praised by the L.A. Jazz Scene as a musical duo that can, "draw out the beauty in the rich melodies and play the music with taste, sensitivity, and a real affection for the idiom." More on Ivory and Gold can be found at www.ivoryandgold.net. Ragtime Dr. Dave Majchrzak started playing the piano at age 6. Dave graduated from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine in 1986. Dave plays with Red Lehr's St. Louis Rivermen and Powerhouse Five Traditional Jazz Bands and has been honored with the late Trebor Tichenor's spot in the St. Louis Ragtimers. Dave has appeared at the festival in Sedalia every year since and was named the 2007 Artist in Residence for the Scott Joplin Ragtime Foundation.

Daniel Souvigny, who recently turned fourteen, lives in Hampshire, IL. He loves music and has a passion for ragtime. He has been playing since the age of five and began serious technique training at the age of ten. He is the youngest musician to win first place in the Junior World Championship of Old-Time Piano Playing Contest.
Mad Creek Mudcats are a Muscatine group playing music from the 1890-1930 time-period. This includes ragtime, traditional jazz and novelty tunes. They are regulars at Eagles and Ivories. They will play during the Friday evening Soup Supper.
Locust Street Boys from the Quad Cities Dixieland jazz band formed in 1990 as a group from St. Ambrose University. They will play during the Saturday evening Syncopation Supper.
The Weekend Schedule
Friday, January 23, 2015
? 9:00 Free Sunnybrook Concert
o Ivory and Gold® with Jeff and Anne Barnhart
? 5:00 - 7:00 Soup Supper
o Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue
o Music by Mad Creek Mudcats
? 7:00 - Concert
o Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue
o Music by Ivory and Gold®, Ragtime Dr. Dave Majchrzak, Daniel Souvigny ? 10:00 After Hours, Francesca Vitale's, 128 East 2nd Street
Saturday, January 24, 2015
? 9:00 - 3:00 Free Eagle Watch
o Pearl City Station, 200 W. River Front (River Front Park)
o Corp of Engineers Park Rangers & Dave Bakke
? 12:00 Silent Movies
o Muscatine Art Center, 1314 Mulberry Avenue
? 2:00 Concert
o Muscatine Art Center, 1314 Mulberry Avenue
Music by Ragtime Dr. Dave Majchrzak
? 5:00 - 7:00 Syncopation Supper
o Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue
o Music by the Locust Street Boys
? 7:00 - Concert
o Wesley United Methodist Church , 400 Iowa Avenue
o Music by Ivory and Gold®, Ragtime Dr. Dave Majchrzak, Daniel Souvigny ? 10:00 After Hours, Francesca Vitale's, 128 East 2nd Street
Sunday, January 26, 2013
? 10:00 - Ragtime, Jazz, Gospel worship service
o Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue
? 2:00 - Concert
o Muscatine Art Center, 1314 Mulberry Avenue
o Music by Ivory and Gold®