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EVENTS

Purchase your tickets for CA-Sponsored Events at www.sctexas.org or at the Member Services Office.
            Tickets for events listed for the first time will be available Thursday, June 1 at 8 a.m.

USA Hip Hip Hooray                                                        Performance – Kristen Gibbs, Harpist

Saturday, July 1, 6-9 p.m., $12 pp, SCB                                Wednesday, July 19, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m., SCB, $10 pp
Cabaret seating                                                        Reserved seating by table

                    Sun City Live! returns with their second annual                        Changing the traditional barriers of the classical
                     4th of July and summertime holiday show.                               harp world, Kristen is one of the few harpists
                     Last year’s show sold out quickly, so do not                           in the nation who incorporates vocals into her
                     wait to purchase your tickets for this exciting,                       show. She performs classical, pop and
                     all new event. We will begin with entertainment                        contemporary music. Kristen started her band
by our local band, “Kountry Kombo.” You will enjoy a patriotic         titled Kristen Gibbs in 2011, and the band includes a bass player
parade, singers and dancers, comedians and a special tribute           and drummer. The combination of the three instruments and
to our veterans.                                                       vocals give a full sound perfect for an enjoyable evening in the
                                                                       ballroom.
Bring your friends and begin the celebration of summer and the
4th of July. Drinks and snacks will be provided or bring your             Performance – Folkwine
own to share! Doors open at 5:15 pm. Tickets are available at
www.sctexas.org and at the Member Services Office.                     Wednesday, July 26, 7-9 p.m., SCB, $5 pp
                                                                       Reserved seating by table
“American Proud” - NEW!
                                                                                            Folkwine is a trio composed of Buenger
Sun City Singers concert                                                                    Dickson (tenor guitar), Les Newcomb
Monday, July 3, 11 a.m., SCB, $10 pp                                                        (acoustic guitar), and Joe Blanda (lead &
                                                                                            slide guitars) harmonizing on vintage folk,
                     The Sun City Singers will offer a salute to the                        traditional, and acoustic rock tunes from
                     founding fathers and all things American with     the 1950s to the 1970s.
                     its annual patriotic concert set for Monday,
                     July 3 at 11 a.m. in the Social Center Ballroom.  Their set list includes songs from Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger,
                     Tickets for this performance go on sale June      the Everly Brothers, Peter, Paul & Mary, The Kingston Trio
1. The concert will feature a selection of all-time favorites for      and many others.
the holiday, including God Bless America, America the Beautiful,
Battle Hymn of the Republic and the Star-Spangled Banner.                 Performance – A Capella Texas - NEW!
Singers also will perform the Woody Guthrie classic This Land
is Your Land, Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA and I am               Tuesday, Aug. 1, 7 - 8:30 p.m., SCB, $10 pp
America, written by former Singers director Dick Anderson and          Open seating theater style
R.G. Wyckoff. The concert also will debut We the People, written
by Sun City’s own Carlie Burdett. This concert is always a crowd                            Austin has been home to a chapter of the
pleaser, so get your tickets early.                                                         Barbershop Harmony Society since 1961. In
                                                                                            the past four decades the Austin Chord Ranger
   Free Self Defense Classes - NEW!                                                         Chorus and Quartets have performed around
                                                                                            town thousands of times. Hundreds of local
Friday, July 14, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.                                      singers have joined in the fun as the group has encouraged and
Wednesday, July 26, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.                                  preserved the uniquely American art form known as Barbershop
Friday, July 28, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. CC                                  Music. Now the Rangers have a new name and a new vision
Georgetown/Florence Rooms, FREE                                        which is called A Capella Texas.
Class Size: 15 maximum
(Ticket “purchase” required – Member Services or online)                  Movie – A Man Called Ove - NEW!

                     The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office Self       Rated PG-13, Drama, 116 minutes
                     Defense Academy / Georgetown Police               Wednesday, Aug. 2, 6 p.m., SCB, $5 pp
                     Department are providing a free self-defense      Reserved seating by table
                     seminar for the citizens of the Sun City
                     Community. This is a 2-hour class and will                            Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated and retired widow,
cover safety awareness and defensive tactics. Instructors will                              has given up on life until he develops and
be Deputy Brandon Schaefer and Officer Shane Rogers.                                        unlikely friendship with his energetic new
                                                                                            neighbors.
Dress is relaxed casual/tennis/athletic shoes.

                      Indicates CA sponsored event                     ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG

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