{"id":62109,"date":"2023-03-09T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/life\/kent-concerts-to-feature-performers-singing-frank-sinatra-ray-charles\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T10:41:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T18:41:17","slug":"kent-concerts-to-feature-performers-singing-frank-sinatra-ray-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/life\/kent-concerts-to-feature-performers-singing-frank-sinatra-ray-charles\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent concerts to feature performers singing Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city of Kent Spotlight Series will feature Matt Dusk singing Frank Sinatra songs on Friday, March 17 and Kenny Brawner portraying Ray Charles on Saturday, March 25.<\/p>\n

Both concerts start at 7:30 p.m. and are at the Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center, 10020 SE 256th St. Tickets are $30 for general admission, $28 for seniors and $20 for youth. Purchase tickets at kentarts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dusk sings Sinatra. All that cool, classy style and energy from the Rat Pack shows of yesterday. Take a journey with Dusk, an award-winning, multi-platinum selling crooner and his full band as they whisk you away to Las Vegas in 1966 where he pays homage to his hero Sinatra.<\/p>\n

Dusk takes audiences on a musical journey through Sinatra’s incredible career, including its ups and downs, hilarity and heartbreak. A career that spanned decades is carved into one spectacular night of music and fun, according to the Kent Parks Spotlight Series website.<\/p>\n

• Ray on My Mind<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part concert, part theatrical production, Ray on My Mind brings the music and story of the great Ray Charles to vivid life.<\/p>\n

Portraying Charles, Brawner, a master pianist\/vocalist, leads an 11-piece orchestra and three vocalists in performing this American legend’s most popular hits. The music is interwoven with monologues depicting how gospel, blues, jazz and country-influenced Ray’s style, while also reflecting on American social history, his epic battle with drugs and his triumphant return home to Georgia.<\/p>\n

The concerts are sponsored by Pete and Pat Curran through the Kent Community Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matt Dusk sings Sinatra on March 17; Kenny Brawner portrays Charles March 25 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":62110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62109"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=62109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}