AUBREY ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL, 2 P.M., GUEST VOCALISTS: CAROLANN AND GERRITT VANDERMEER
The Bonita Springs Concert Band will present its final concert of the season Sunday, April 13 at 2 p.m. at Aubrey Rogers High School in North Naples. The band’s very special guest vocalists will be Carolann Sanita-VanderMeer and Gerritt VanderMeer.
Carolann will sing George Gershwin’s “Don’t Rain on My Parade” and “Velvet Wave.” Gerritt will sing “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning.”
Carolann is a professional singer, actress and vocal technician/coach. She has been seen all over the United States as Marian in the first national tour of The Music Man and internationally as Maria in the European and Asian tours of West Side Story. Favorite credits include High Society (Tracy Lord) at TheatreZone, Les Miserables (Cosette) at Flat Rock Playhouse, Beauty and the Beast (Belle) at Artpark, Sweeney Todd (Johanna) and West Side Story (Maria) at Sacramento Music Circus. Carolann is an adjunct voice professor at Florida Gulf Coast University and currently splits her time between NYC and SWFL.
Gerritt VanderMeer brings more than twenty years of professional experience as an actor in independent and feature film, television, commercials, voice-overs and classical, contemporary and musical theatre to his work in the classroom. He has appeared onstage throughout the United States and abroad. Members of the band are under the direction of Gary Smith who retired after 24 years as conductor of the University of Illinois Marching Illini Band and Symphonic Band. Gary says, “The talent of these musicians is tremendous, ranging in age from 16 to 90.”
Become a “Friend of the Band.” Find out more at www. bonitaspringsconcertband.org. The concert will also be replayed later in the week on Facebook at bonitaspringsconcertband. Bring your family and friends with a lawn chair April 13 at 2 p.m. at Aubrey Rogers High School in North Naples.
