POSTPONED (unknown date): The Baby Boomer Reunion Concert

This show features 50 outstanding musicians from all styles and backgrounds that will come together in order to recreate live, the greatest popular music ever recorded from the 30-year Baby Boomer era of 1955 (the first year of the pop charts) through 1984. All performers in the production have local ties to the region, either living here now or having grown up in the surrounding area.

Throughout the concert, the detail to the sound and presentation of the music is given the all-star treatment as the musicians switch in and out in different combinations on EACH and EVERY song.

The title for this year’s performance is based on a popular phrase that sometimes issues a polarized opinion, even to the point of controversy, but is completely universal…….. The Battle of the Sexes! This theme translates into each song using a word in its title that denotes a specific male or female gender. At the same time, none of the tunes can contain a personal name or a word that could stand for either sex (e.g. “doctor”). As always each song must also have been released during the 30-year Baby Boomer era (1955-1984).

One of the attractions that come with the tradition of the Baby Boomer Concert is to incorporate a wide variety of musical styles into the foundation of the show. This year’s line-up is no exception as the song list ranges in sounds from pop to country, from soul to movie & TV themes; from Elvis Presley to The Weather Girls, from Waylon Jennings to Heart, from Connie Francis to Elton John, from the Carpenters to ZZ Top….and many, many more. All songs will be recreated on stage in the same manner that they would have been performed when first released with all of the bells and whistles.

The Baby Boomer Reunion Concert came into existence 18 years ago (August, 2003) as the inaugural production for the opening of the Farmington Centene Center. This concert was created as a “gift to the community,” and has grown from one show that was 1/3 full to three annual sold-out performances since that very first day (sold out = 730 seats).