Tag Saratogian
Doobie Brothers entertain 24,404 at SPAC Concert
by Candace Hollar, The Saratogian
The Doobie Brothers closed out the 1975 summer season at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with a fiery display onstage, and a surprising lack of fireworks from the …
Sha Na Na puts it together at SPAC
by Dan Collins and Candace Hollar, The Saratogian
Blue suede shoes and white satin shirts broke the rock rhythm that brought record crowds to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center all summer, and …
Pianist Roger Williams ‘warms’ SPAC crowd
by Craig Wilson, The Saratogian
A near autumn chill swept through the Saratoga Performing Arts Center last night, cooling the feet of the audience of 2,500 but not the fingers of the star.
Pianist …
26,892 jammed into SPAC for Beach Boys concert
by Dan Collins, The Saratogian
The largest crowd of the 1975 season, 26,892, was on hand last night at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center as they clapped, chanted and danced to the …
America rediscovers itself; their music shows it
by Steve Grandin, The Saratogian
An incredible lightning storm, blowing rain and even a temporary power blackout failed to dim a fantastic show by America, Captain and Tennille, and John Sebastian at the …
The ‘Chairman of the Board’ presides at SPAC
by Dick Brooks, The Saratogian
As a vintage wine, Frank Sinatra whetted his talent as the evening progressed.
Sinatra quenched the palate of a nostalgia-hungry audience Monday. As the evening flitted away …
Audience dedicated to Gladys Knight and the Pips
Sunday’s rainy, dismal weather did not dampen the spirits of the overflow crowd at the Saratoga Performing Arts
Center.
Nor did it dampen the enthusiasm of Gladys Knight and the …
Victor Borge hit with record matinee audience at SPAC
by Candace Hollar, The Saratogian
Victor Borge, one of the old masters of comedy, entertained and delighted a record crowd of over 11,000 children, parents and grandparents in a beautiful summer …
Chicago performs to delight of 24,000 at SPAC
by Dan Collins, The Saratogian
Chicago gave a near-frenzied crowd of about 24,000 and Saratoga Performing Arts Center officials a lesson in concert last night, performing for two and a half hours …
Mangione leaves no doubt he’s current sound
by Marilyn Moran, The Saratogian
The audience at Saratoga Performing Arts Center got a concentrated dose of jazz Sunday evening from Chuck Mangione, his quartet and a 30-piece orchestra.
The concert started 15 …
Mary Travers—remnant of the 50s, 60s
by Craig Wilson, The Saratogian
Bittersweet, adj.- 1. something being at once bitter and sweet; pleasant but including or marked by elements of suffering or regret. 2. A Mary Travers concert.
The America of …