Ottumwa Civic Music Association

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The 2011-2012 season is OCMA's eighty second and promises to be fantastic with four concerts again! Please join us! We look forward to seeing you!

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Members List:

Member/President:
Greg Hendrickson
Member/VP campaign:
Judy Engle
Member/VP Campaign:
Connie Denny
Member/VP/Membership:
Barb Kiple
Member/VP Pub/Webmaster:
Nancy O'Brien
Member/Secretary:
Karie Martindale
Member/Treasurer:
John McKeown
Member/Historians:
Harry and Jean Carter
Member/Hon/Brd:
Judy Blommer
Member/Hon:
Carol Meyers
Les Thostenson
Al Seim
Member/Brd:
Kim Ardeuser
Diane Dowling
Carol Frevert
Mary Ann Frisbie
Troy Gerleman
Diane Haas
Nancy Harms
Mary Lee Hansen
John Hendrix
Susie Hohn
Janelle Hunsicker
John Kearney
Mary Kopsieker
Barb Nasby
Michael Philipsen
Joni Rodgers
Karen Salter
Dave Sels
Gary Sneller
Ed VanderLinden

Links Section

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	JOHN JORGENSON
	BOTTOM LINE DUO
	NICHOLAS ROTH
	RIDERS IN THE SKY

Ottumwa Civic Music Association

Welcome to the OCMA Website!

As we enjoy our eighty second season, OCMA celebrates being one of the oldest commuity music organizations in Iowa! OCMA began in 1929 with the purpose of bringing high quality musical entertainment to Ottumwa for a reasonable attendance price. We traditionally had three concerts each season - fall, winter, and spring, offering a wide variety of different musical genres. However, in 2004-2005 for our 75th anniversary season, we had a special season with FOUR concerts, and it went so well, we decided to conitnue doing it! With the help of our patrons generous donations, we have continued this new tradition of four concerts each season! Attendance at concerts may be by individual concert admission or by membership, but the best bargain is a membership, which allows attendance not only at OCMA's concerts but also reciprocally at events in Washington, Fairfield, and Centerville. Come join us for a great season in 2011-2012! .

SADDLE UP FOR THE RIDERS IN THE SKY

RIDERS IN THE SKY
The Ottumwa Civic Music Association proudly presents Riders in the Sky as the closing concert of its eighty second season on April 2, 2012 at Bridge View Center at 7:30 p.m. For more than thirty years Riders in the Sky have continued the tradition of Western music in the genre of the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers, yet with their own brand of wacky humor and Western wit. This classic cowboy quartet is not all fun and games though; they are the ONLY exclusively Western artist to have won a Grammy, having won two! Exceptional artists, the Riders appeal to a diverse and broad based cross section of audience members, delighting cowboys and cowgirls of all ages and walks of life. Riders in the Sky have performed at the White House for both Democratic and Republican administrations, at Major League Baseball meetings, in theaters full of children, on USO tours, and even enthralling a symphony audience accompanied by fifty or so classically trained instrumentalists. The Ottumwa Civic Music Association acknowledges a grant from The Wapello County Foundation and a donation from Wells Fargo Bank in support of this concert. Come enjoy the evening with Ranger Doug, on guitars and vocals; Joey, the CowPolka King, on accordion; Woody Paul, fiddle, vocals and rope tricks; and Too Slim, bassist and comic. Admission is by season ticket and by single event tickets, $15 adult, $5 students. These will be on sale at 6:30 p.m. the night of the show.

TICKET INFORMATION for 11-12 Season

Season tickets are available for $35 for individuals, $70 for families, or $10 for students. These entitle the bearer to the Ottumwa concert series and also to twelve additional concerts in Fairfield, Washington, and Centerville!

If you like to keep your schedule more flexible, you can buy tickets at the door for $15 for adults and $5 for students.

There is no better entertainment deal for your money in our area! These are nationally and internationally known performers for whom you would pay much higher ticket prices anywhere else. Don't pass up this opportunity!

Indian Hills Students, don't forget that you get in free with student ID!

Like us on Facebook! Keep up to with concert information, member comments, etc.

Don't forget our LINKS section on this page if you want to know more about our performers!

2011-12 Donors-THANK YOU!

We are so thankful to our donors for this year's concert season! Make sure your name or your company is here! If your company is interested in sponsoring or underwriting an event, call Judy Engle at 641-682-1438.

GOLD-Allan and Ruth Seim, Indian Hills Community College, Wapello County Foundation, John Deere Ottumwa Works SILVER- Rotary Club of Ottumwa, Principal Financial Group, Mid American Energy PATRONS -Bill & Betty Linstrom, John McKeown, Barb Nasby, Wells Fargo SPONSOR-Kent & Leisa Walker, SUPPORTERS- Bill & Kim Ardueser, Sheri Bookin, Mr. & Mrs. Harry Carter, Chris & Connie Denny, Dottie Donovan, Kay Carpenter Doyle, Morris & Mary Frisbie, Mary Beth Hammer, Peg Herrmann, Robert King, Barbara Kiple, Roger & Martha Meier, Michael & Marva Philipsen, William & Karen Salter, Ella Schumaker, Vernon & Margaret Trucano, FRIENDS- Joan Bissell, Betty Bowling, Mary Collopy, Diane Glenn, J. E. Helgerson Family, Fred & Davie Ann Hutton, Barbara Madsen, Bob & Maggie Morrissey, Isabelle Nasby, Nancy & John O’Brien, Paul & Barbara Riedel, Paul & V. Scott, David & Sara Sels, Harold Stevens, Henry and Judith Suechting, Tommy & Jacqueline Tucker, Mike & Janet Vinyard, John & Shirley Watts, Leland & Sharon Weeks.

We would like to thank John Deere Ottumwa Works and MidAmerican Energy for their gracious underwriting of the Jorgenson Quintet Concert and Principal Financial Group and Ottumwa Rotary for their generous donations supporting the Bottom Line Duo Concert and Wells Fargo Bank and Wapello County Foundation for their magnanimous support of the Riders in the Sky.

STILL TIME TO BUY YOUR SEASON TICKET FOR OUR 82ND SEASON!
Although some of our reciprocity concerts have occurred, our season will not begin until our first concert Nov. 4. If you wish to buy your season tickets, now is the time! Send your check made out to OCMA to OCMA treasurer, P. O. Box 854, Ottumwa IA 52501. Include the names of all members on the ticket, and your address and phone number. Get yours soon!!
Our last concert, Riders in the Sky, will be April 2 at Bridge View. We have received some calls about advance ticket sales, but remember, the only way to get advance tickets for OCMA concerts is to buy a season ticket!

First Two Concerts Have Been Great!!

We started the season off with a bang with The John Jorgensen Qunitet. a concert that was just as fabulous as we expected it to be, featuring Grammy award winning gypsy jazz guitarist John Jorgensen.
More recently, everyone enjoyed the wonderful performance of the Bottom Line Duo, a Bass and Cello and husband and wife Duo. And then, Nicholas Roth wowed us on piano just this month!
NEED TO CONTACT US? If you have questions, would like to become a member, would like to buy tickets, or need to contact OCMA for any reason, email us at celticdoc@msn.com or call Judy Engle at 641-682-1438.
Also feel free to give us feedback about concerts or tell us about something you would like to see in the future.

What's Coming Next Season

Looking forward to next season, we will have four fabulous concerts, starting in November with the return of The Hunt Family. After their fabulous reception here last time, we are expecting another great concert form this family of nine fiddling, singing, step dancing musicians.

In January or February (still working on it) we will welcome the Iowa Woodwind Quintet, our Iowa concert of the season. This group, musicians from Orchestra Iowa, are sure to impress.

March brings Intersection, a violin, cello, piano trio unlike any you have ever seen or heard. Indredibly talented, amazingly unique, daringly different, and not to be missed.

Finally, the season closes with Rodney Mack's Philadelphia Big Brass in April. This group of five musicians is led by Rodney Mack, an internationally known and renowned trumpeter who will blow your socks off!.

OTTUMWA CIVIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION
Ottumwa, IA

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