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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Toasting the New Year\nEvent Url: http://www.artsbo
 ston.org/event/detail/440911093/Toasting_the_New_Year\nEvent Date Begin: 2
 011-01-01\nEvent Date End: 2011-01-01\n\nSpecial Event\nNew Year's Day Cel
 ebration\nEchoes of Splendor and Visions of Bright Expectations\n\nJung-Ho
  Pak\, Conductor\nMegan Weston\, Soprano\nBenjamin Robinson\, Tenor\n\nIn 
 symphony tradition\, waltz into the New Year accompanied by the bright\, l
 ively music of Johann Strauss and contemporary composers. Be swept away to
  the 19th-century splendor of the Viennese ballroom with Strauss' Die Fled
 ermaus Overture\, &ldquo\;On the Beautiful Blue Danube\,&rdquo\; and the R
 adetzsky March. Be delighted by selections from Franz Lehar's The Merry Wi
 dow\, Richard Rodgers' The Sound of Music\, and Leonard Bernstein's West S
 ide Story including &ldquo\;Maria&rdquo\;. Talented theater co-stars\, sop
 rano Megan Weston and tenor Benjamin Robinson\, bring a touch of elegance 
 and sparkle with their brilliant performances.\n\n'Megan Weston evidences 
 a voice with dramatic power and suppleness.&rdquo\;\n\nThe recent concert 
 performances of accomplished opera singer\, soprano Megan Weston\, include
  Messiah with the Bach Collegium San Diego and Orchestra Nova\, Brahms' Ei
 n deutches Requiem with Seattle's Cascadian Chorale\, and the Verdi Requie
 m with the Long Island Choral Society.\n\n&ldquo\;Robinson displays a lyri
 c tenor that easily soars to the heights demanded by the score.&rdquo\;\n
 \nTheatre and concert stage artist Benjamin Robinson has been featured as 
 tenor soloist in Carmina Burana and Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle with
  the University of Houston\, Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes with the Houston
  Ballet II\, and Bach's Christmas Oratorio and B Minor Mass with the Chris
 t Church Grosse Pointe in Michigan.\n\nLovely soprano Megan Weston who gar
 nered standing ovations at our Holiday Pops last season takes center stage
  to captivate us again with her dramatic and powerful voice. Her recent co
 ncert performances include Messiah with the Bach Collegium and the Verdi R
 equiem with the Long Island Choral Society.\n\nRising tenor Benjamin Rober
 tson is enjoying a nationally heralded career\, singing everything from Gi
 lbert and Sullivan to Puccini. He makes his CCSO debut with Ms. Weston wit
 h whom he recently co-starred with in The Pirates of Penzance with Lyric O
 pera San Diego.\n\nStart time: 3pm
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SUMMARY:Toasting the New Year
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