BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Closer To You: A Live Tribute to The Carpenters\nFeaturing Gr ammy nominated vocalist Judy Pancoast!\nSunday July 22nd 3:00pm Get Tick ets\nTickets: Reserved Seating $28/Preferred (Rows A-F CTR ORCH) $23/Reg ular Seating Regent Members save $3!\n Dinner &\; Show packages avail able by calling the box office at 781-646-4849 (includes 3-course dinne r and ticket to the show!) for Flora Restaurant ($50)\, Gemma Ristorant e ($50)\, or Fusion Taste Restaurant ($40). \nFor videos and more info visit: http://judypancoast.com/carpenters_info.htm\nFeaturing 2011 Gramm y nominated vocalist Judy Pancoast and her band performing the Carpente rs classic album\, &ldquo\;A Song For You&rdquo\; in its entirely on th e 40th Anniversary of its 1972 release!\nVocalist Judy Pancoast with Mus ical Director\, Michael Pierce and their band\, celebrate the 40th Anni versary of the June\, 1972 release of The Carpenters&rsquo\; &ldquo\;A Song For You&rdquo\; LP&mdash\;a concept album which spawned more hits than any other Carpenters record\, including the #1 charted smash hits\ , &ldquo\;Goodbye To Love\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Top of the World.&rdquo\ ; They will perform the complete album in the first set\, and more hits and album gems in the second set.\nPancoast was just eleven years old when her older sister told her about a song she&rsquo\;d heard on the r adio\, and said that the girl singing it sounded &ldquo\;just like you. &rdquo\; \; That was the summer of 1970\, and when Judy finally hea rd &ldquo\;(They Long to Be) Close to You&rdquo\; it was the beginning o f a childhood adulation that would last well into her adult years.  \; She spent her adolescent and teen years listening nearly non-stop to the music of the brother and sister duo who called themselves &ldquo\; Carpenters\,&rdquo\; and she became one of the charter members of their fan club at age 12. \;\nJudy&rsquo\;s natural rich alto voice blend ed well with Karen&rsquo\;s\, and she spent countless hours in front of a mirror with a hair brush &ldquo\;microphone&rdquo\; mimicking her id ol&rsquo\;s voice. \; Later\, while a music major at the University of Maine\, she was advised to &ldquo\;stop trying to sound like Karen Carpenter\,&rdquo\; but although she managed finally to all but erase th e traces of Karen&rsquo\;s styling\, the influence had already had its impact. \; Randy Schmidt\, author of &ldquo\;Little Girl Blue: the Life of Karen Carpenter&rdquo\; says this about Judy: &ldquo\;&hellip\; her velvety voice\, phrasing and conversational delivery of a song are all products of years spent listening to the timeless recordings of the Carpenters. Her passion and joy for the material make Judy the perfect vocalist to pay tribute.&rdquo\;\n&ldquo\;... Pancoast kept her audienc e thoroughly entertained for over two hours\, reaching people on an emo tional level. Pancoast didn&rsquo\;t settle for imitation. She channele d the essence of what The Carpenters always tried to do: show respect a nd warmth for the people they were singing to. And Pancoast has a voice to handle the technical challenges and emotive qualities of that music &hellip\;. &rdquo\;&mdash\;Bill Copeland Music News\nSee clips from the January shows! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfB0wd7wAhU Visit the Offi cial Web site: http://judypancoast.com/carpenters_info.htm URL:http://arlington.patch.com/events/closer-to-you-a-live-tribute-to-the -carpenters-0e464a14 SUMMARY:Closer To You: A Live Tribute to The Carpenters LOCATION:The Regent Theatre: 7 Medford St\, Arlington\, MA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR