First State Bank of Belmond, Dean Genth & Dr. Gary Swenson, and the Arts Midwest Touring Fund proudly present Straight No Chaser – The Speakeasy Tour at the North Iowa Community Auditorium on the NIACC campus at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 27th, 2017. This presentation is part of the 2017-2018 Performing Arts and Leadership Series for the 20th Anniversary Season.

Atlantic Records recording group Straight No Chaser released their new EP “Six Pack: Volume 3” in July of 2017. “Six Pack: Volume 3” sees the world famous a cappella group cracking open a number of contemporary pop hits and rock classics, highlighted by “Sweet Dreams/HandClap” – their one-of-a-kind mash-up of Eurythmics’, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”, and Fitz and the Tantrums’ “HandClap” – as well their show-stopping “Beyoncé Medley”.

In the summer of 2017, Straight No Chaser joined forces with Scott Bradlee’s PostmodernJukebox for an eagerly awaited co-headline tour.

“Six Pack: Volume 3” follows 2016’s “I’ll have another…Christmas Album,” the world famous a cappella group’s sixth full-length release and first full-length holiday release in seven years. Widely beloved for their trademark takes on Yuletide favorites,

Straight No Chaser made their now classic debut with 2008’s “Holiday Spirits,” followed in the next year by “Christmas Cheers.” Both albums reached the top of the holiday charts at Amazon and the iTunes Store and are now certified gold by the RIAA. Like the preceding “Six Pack” and “Six Pack: Volume 2,” the new EP continues Straight No Chaser’s long history of bringing their unique touch and inimitable vocal style to a stunning range of contemporary standards. Their most recent non-holiday release, 2015’s “The New Old Fashioned,” saw the renowned group putting their matchless touch upon songs spanning The Weeknd and Radiohead to Bob Dylan and Atlantic labelmate Charlie Puth.

To learn more about Straight No Chaser visit their website at www.sncmusic.com or watch a video at www.niacc.edu/.

For tickets to the show, call the NIACC Box Office at 1-888-466-4222, extension 4188. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.niacc.edu/boxoffice.

Be sure to stop by our concessions table for a light snack and a glass of beer, wine or soda before the show or during intermission. Proceeds support NIACC activities groups across campus.

The Broadway sponsor for the 2017-2018 Performing Arts and Leadership Series is Pritchard Family Auto Stores.

Platinum sponsors include Samuel & Patricia Congello, First Citizens National Bank, Elizabeth Muse Norris Foundation, Globe Gazette, Mason City Clinic, Mercy Medical Center of North Iowa, and Principal Financial Group.

Gold sponsors include Neurosurgery of North Iowa Drs. Beck and Bhangoo, First State Bank Belmond, Dean Genth & Dr. Gary Swenson, Henkel Construction Company, Historic Park Inn, MBT Bank and the Hanson Family Foundation, Dr. Bryan and Alicia Navarette, Northwoods State Bank, North Iowa Eye Clinic P.C., Petro Blend, Stratford Foundation, Sukup Manufacturing Co., Arts Midwest Touring Fund, Holiday Inn Express, KGLO, KIMT, and North Iowa Broadcasting.

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