The Gallo Center Magazine - September 2023

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GALLO CENTER

M A G A Z INE SEPTEMBER ‘23 V. 14, NO. 2

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CELEBR ATED BY MICKY DOLENZ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2023, 7:30 PM TICKETS: $39/59/69/79 SPONSORED BY: Micky Dolenz was an established actor and entertainer at age 10, when he starred in the beloved TV series Circus Boy from 1956 to 1958 under the stage name ‘Mickey Braddock.’

Seven years later, he was one of 400 applicants who responded to an entertainment publication ad that announced auditions for a new TV show about a rock band, The Monkees.

He auditioned by playing and singing Chuck Berry’s legendary rocker “Johnny B. Goode,” and wound up chosen for the show along with three other actor/musicians: Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork.

The Monkees rocketed to worldwide fame with a hit TV show, sold-out concert tours, best-selling recordings and the cult film, Head. Now Micky is back on the road once more, celebrating his former bandmates and playing selections from a new album box set, Headquarters, along with all the classic hits and tracks—including ​“I’m a Believer,” “Last Train to Clarksville,” “Daydream Believer” and more!

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Among the album’s accolades: four Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards and seven Billboard Music Awards, including Album of the Year. Four subsequent albums were all certified Gold and placed in the Top 10 in the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. The 2020 single “World on Fire,” marked Daughtry’s return to rock roots and the top of the rock charts in the US.

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FREE FOR EVERYONE! SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2023, 1-4 PM FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL CO-PRESENTED BY:

With the generous support of the City of Modesto, the Gallo Center for the Arts is pleased to announce our first annual Family Fun Festival—a very special community event that will take over the Gallo Center Plaza and the Modesto Rotary Music Garden with a host of FREE activities. Join us for music, dancing, chalk art, lawn games, exotic reptiles, face painting, balloon animals and prize giveaways! Food trucks will be there, too, in case you want to purchase hot dogs, frozen yogurt, ice cream and other tasty treats!

There also will be two free preview performances, at 2 pm and 4 pm, of Charlie the No Good, Really-Rotten, Cheat-A-Saurus Rex, an all-new school touring production presented by our Arts Education Department. This wonderful introduction to theatre teaches the importance of honesty and friendship. Ideal for children in grades K–5.

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Modesto’s Mayor Sue Zwahlen and City Manager Joe Lopez present Gallo Center CEO Chad Hilligus with the city’s gift of $25,000 to support the first annual Family Fun Festival, September 24 on the Center’s front plaza and outdoor music garden.

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Stay after the Family Fun Festival to see Aga-Boom - Theatre of Physical Comedy and Circus Arts! Rooted in the unique, universal language of clowning, Aga-Boom is interactive, zany mayhem that carries audiences to the other side of the funhouse mirror, with outrageous antics and unrestrained laughter. This 75-minute explosion of pure family fun, for children and adults alike, is very high energy

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Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country with Vanity Fair calling Brian, “The funniest standup alive,” and Entertainment Weekly calling him, “Your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian.” Having built his 30plus year career on the strength of his material alone, Regan’s non-stop theater tour continuously fills the most beautiful venues across North America, visiting close to 100 cities each year.

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His is one of the most storied careers in modern music. He’s also enormously popular at the Center. Clint Black surged to superstardom as part of the fabled class of ‘89, reaching #1 with five consecutive singles from his triple-platinum debut, Killin’Time. He followed that with the triple-platinum Put Yourself in My Shoes, and then a string of platinum and gold albums throughout the ‘90s. Perhaps most impressively, Black wrote or co-wrote every one of his more than three dozen chart hits, including: “When My Ship Comes In,” “A Good Run of Bad Luck,” “Summer’s Comin’,” “Like the Rain” and “Nothin’

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The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by Wynton Marsalis, is comprised of 15 of the finest soloists, ensemble players, and arrangers in jazz music today, and the Gallo Center is honored to designate this prestigious organization as our official 23/24 season opening performance.

The mission of JLCO is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy. They believe jazz is a metaphor for Democracy. Because jazz is improvisational, it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. Because jazz is swinging, it dedicates that freedom to finding and maintaining common ground with others. Because jazz is rooted in the blues, it inspires us all to face adversity with persistent optimism.

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MEE T THE NEW DIRECTORS & TRUSTEES OF THE GALLO CENTER! It is the Gallo Center for the Arts’ privilege to announce that these distinguished community members have accepted leadership roles on our Board of Directors and Board of Trustees. Thank you for joining us in our mission to illuminate, educate and entertain!

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BRANT SCOTT Vice President Controller, E. & J. Gallo Winery

ANN M. VENEMAN Former Executive Director, UNICEF Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

GEOFF WONG Senior Director, Treasury, AP & AR, E.& J. Gallo Winery

BOARD OF TRUS TEES

TODD AARONSON Chief Executive Officer, Visit Modesto

JAY KRISHNASWAMY Chief Executive Officer, Doctors Medical Center

KEVIN LUTTENEGGER Chief Financial Officer, G3 Enterprises

MICHAEL JOE SILVA Silva Injury Law, Inc

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KATHRYN DAVIS President & Chief Executive Officer, Valley First Credit Union

FALLON FERRIS Equity & Intervention Specialist, Modesto City Schools

BILL NUNES JR. Senior Vice President, Marketing, Oak Valley Community Bank

AARON VALENCIA President, Royal Equity Investments Owner, Modesto Silos

GINO PATRIZIO Chief Executive Officer, Sutter Health Memorial Medical Center of Modesto

COLLEEN F. VAN EGMOND Managing Partner & Chief Financial Officer, Swingle, Van Egmond & Heitlinger

Photographs accompanying this story courtesy of Chris Murphy.

Tony Bennett meets principal Gallo Center founder Marie Gallo backstage.

Accompanied by a jazz quartet, Bennett wowed the Gallo Center audience.

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS When legendary singer Tony Bennett died on July 21, 2023, a floodgate of fond memories poured out around the world—and right here in Modesto, too. A Gallo Center social media post about his passing generated hundreds of responses, including from numerous patrons who had seen him perform at the Center on September 29, 2007.

Bennett was among the major stars who helped launch the Gallo Center for the Arts in its opening week. During his performance,

Chris & Rebecca Murphy greet Bennett following his performance.

Bennett lauded the impressive acoustics in the Mary Stuart Rogers Theater, and made his point by placing his hand-held microphone down on the stage. Then he continued speaking and singing without amplification.

Every word Mr. Bennett uttered was heard all the way to the back of the theater. “They don’t build buildings like this anymore,” he told the enthralled, capacity audience. Among those in attendance was Gallo Center trustee Chris Murphy and his wife Rebecca.

“He worked the room like it was a small club in New York City,” recalls a still-awed Murphy, the publisher of Modesto View.

“Classy Bennett Shines Bright at Gallo” headlined The Modesto Bee’s subsequent review. Critic Marijke Rowland observed that his style of “infectious cool and sheer joy…came through loud, clear and strong.”

Rowland went on to quote Bennett as saying, “Keep this theater and support it. Believe me when I tell you, you’ll see the most beautiful artists and performers come through here.”

How wonderful that it started with you, Mr. Bennett. Thanks for everything.

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COMING SOON OCTOBER 2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHRISTINA GOMEZ, CHAIR OF THE BOARD MARIE D. GALLO, PRESIDENT EMERITA† ALEX MARI, M.D., IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR GINGER JOHNSON, CHAIR ELECT DUNCAN RENO

ANNIE BENISCH MEL BRADLEY

TINA ROCHA

SARAH GROVER CHAD HILLIGUS

JUNE ROGERS

MICHAEL KRAUSNICK

STEPHANIE GALLO TYLER ANN M. VENEMAN

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GET THE LED OUT

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FELIPE ESPARZA

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DREW LYNCH

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MODESTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – TCHAIKOVSKY’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1

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OPERA MODESTO DIE FLEDERMAUS

BY JOHANN STRAUSS

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ZZ TOP

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LUPITA INFANTE

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CHEAP TRICK

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CENTRAL WEST BALLET – FRANKENSTEIN

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TERRY FATOR

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PARSONS DANCE

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STRAIGHT NO CHASER

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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - GALLO CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY

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COUNTESS LUANN DE LESSEPS

BRANT SCOTT

MICHELLE LEWIS KATY MENGES

GEOFF WONG

JUAN SÁNCHEZ MUÑOZ, PH.D.

NICOLE LARSON, SCF NEXTGEN FELLOW

BOARD OF TRUSTEES TODD AARONSON ANGELICA ANGUIANO VICTOR BARRAZA ELLIOT BEGOUN LORRAINE CARDOZA CLIFFORD COOPER ISMAEL COVARRUBIAS KATHRYN DAVIS DANIEL DEL REAL PAUL MICHAEL EGER ROBERT FANTAZIA FALLON FERRIS ROBERT FORES JULIAN GALLO RYAN ROTH GALLO DIANE GILBERT EMMA GROVER SABRINA HIGH DOUG HIGHIET LINDA HISCHIER RONALD HOFFMANN JOSE IBARRA JOHN JACINTO JAIME JIMENEZ BRIAN KLINE

JAY KRISHNASWAMY DANIELLE LAU KEVIN LUTTENEGGER VIRGINIA MADUENO ROBERTO MARTINEZ TRENT MAYOL YOLANDA MERAZ CHRIS MURPHY SHARILYN NELSON BILL NUNES JR. RICHARD OGLE, PH.D. GINO PATRIZIO ROSE MARIE REAVILL JEFFREY REED CATHERINE RHEE SUSAN RICH CHRISTINE ROBERTS JOHN SCHNEIDER MICHAEL JOE SILVA KT STAACK KATE TROMPETTER PHILIP TROMPETTER, PH.D. AARON VALENCIA COLLEEN F. VAN EGMOND DOUG VILAS

FOUNDING TRUSTEES IRENE ANGELO†

BILL MATTOS

LILLY BANISADRE

TONY MISTLIN†

CARL BOYETT†

KATE NYEGAARD

JOAN CARDOZA

RUTHANN OLSEN

SHEILA CARROLL

JEANNE PERRY

SUZANNE CASAZZA

JOHN C. PFEFFER, M.D.

PAUL DRAPER

NORM PORGES

RON EMERZIAN

CHRIS REED

ANN ENDSLEY

JAMES REED

KENNI FRIEDMAN

SUE ELLEN RITCHEY

LOUIS FRIEDMAN

DELSIE SCHRIMP

DIANNE GAGOS

FRED A. SILVA

BARRY HIGHIET†

RAY SIMON

RANDY JALLI

DELMAR R. TONGE, M.D.†

CHRIS JOHNSON

TOM VAN GRONINGEN, PH.D.

GRACE LIEBERMAN†

CAROL WHITESIDE†

ROY LEVIN, M.D.

JEREMIAH WILLIAMS

ALEXANDRA LOEW

ALICE YIP

† IN MEMORIAM

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