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Michael D. Chason Director of Public Relations ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway Tifton, GA 31793-2601 Phone 229-391-5055 Fax 229-391-5056 mchason@abac.edu

IMMEDIATE FEBRUARY 28, 2006

Dr. Susan Roe and accompanist Gina Lawhon will perform at the First Tuesday Concert March 14 at ABAC.

FIRST TUESDAY CONCERT MARCH 14 AT ABAC

TIFTON – Dr. Susan Roe will be the featured performer at the First Tuesday Concert on March 14 at Abraham Baldwin College.

Roe is an assistant professor of voice at ABAC and director of the First Tuesday Concert Series. She will be accompanied by Gina Lawhon, a local piano and organ instructor who teaches general music with the Tift County Public School System.

The performance will begin at 7 p.m. at the Chapel of All Faiths. Tickets for the performance may be purchased at the door. The cost is $3 for adults and $1 for students. ABAC students are admitted free with ID. Patrons of the Arts and Entertainment Series can also attend at no charge.

Roe will perform Landon Ronald’s Love I Have Won You from A Cycle of Life, Ici-Bas by Gabriel Faure, and Botshaft written by Johannes Brahms. Roe will also perform selections from La Boheme and Gianni Schicchi by Puccini, the Gershwin classic Summertime from Porgy and Bess and Till There Was You from Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man.

Wayne Jones, Director of ABAC’s Arts Connection, will join Roe in a duet of Bess, You Is My Woman, also from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. The performance will conclude with It Is Well by Horatio Spafford and Phillip Bliss.

The First Tuesday Concert Series takes place on the first Tuesday of each month from September to April. For more information, contact Roe at (229) 391-4943.

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