The Bowlus Fine Arts and Cultural Center

 

Year Performance
1968-69 Royal Winnipeg Ballet
  Dick Schory (Percussion Pops Orchestra)
  Juan Serrano (Flamenco Guitarist)
   
1969-70 Fred Waring Concert
  Dr. Robert Brewster's Concert
  San Antonio Symphony
  Navy Band Concert (2 performances)
   
1970-71 Kansas City Lyric Theatre
  Royal Winnipeg Ballet
   
1971-72 Tulsa Philharmonic
  Marcel Marceau
  Budapest Symphony
  Afro-American Dance
   
1972-73 Roger Wagner Chorale
  Singers and Dancers of Ljubljana
  Neil Wolfe Trio
   
1973-74 Richard Angeletti (Pianist)
  Hanna Aroni Concert
  Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
  Count Basie and His Orchestra
   
1974-75 Guy Lombardo and His Canadians
  St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
  Vienna Boys Choir
   
1975-76 Utah Symphony
  Preservation Hall Jazz Band
  Trotter Brothers (Santa's Magic Circus)
  Garde Republicaine Band
  Missouri Repertory Theatre
       "Street Car Named Desire"
       "Born Yesterday"
   
1976-77 Woody Herman and His Thundering Herd
  Univ. of Kansas Chamber Music Ensemble
  Mac Frampton Triumverate
  Univ. of Kansas "Backstage"
  Jack Reilly Trio
  David Holloway
  Bettye Miller/Milt Abel (Jazz)
  Rajko Hungarian Dancers
  Saint Louis Symphony
  Univ. of Kansas Collegium Musicum
   
1977-78 Ballet Folklorico Mexicano
  Ars Musica
  Sequeira Costa
  Los Indios Tabajaras (Guitar Duo)
  Oakland Ballet
  Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
   
1978-79 Blackstone Magic Show (2 performances)
  Jack Daniels Silver Cornet Band
  Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre
  Norman Luboff Choir
  The National Players 
       "The Taming of the Shew"
  5 By 2 Plus (Modern Dance)
   
1979-80 Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan
  Dizzy Gillespie
  Serenade:  An Evening of Operetta
  The Swingle Singers
  The Mirecourt Trio
   
1980-81 Manhattan String Quartet
  Ballet Folklorico Mexican DeGraciela Tapia
  Long Wharf Theatre Company
  Wichita Symphony Orchestra
  Broadway Encore
  Les Brown and the Band of Renown
   
1981-82 Jack Daniel's Silver Cornet Band
  Bohemian Viruosi of Prague (Chamber)
  Aman (Dance company)
  The Sage of Emporia
  Hal Holbrook
       "Mark Twain Tonight"
  The Big Band Show
   
1982-83 Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  Pirin-Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble
  Chinese Magic Circus of Taiwan
  Cecile Licad (Pianist)
  Joffrey II Dancers
   
1983-84 Missouri Repertory Theatre
       "The Importance of Being Earnest"
  Vienna Boys Choir
  Henry Mancini & the Tulsa Philharmonic
  The Chieftains
  Neill Archer Roan (Classical Guitarist)
  Mummenchanz
   
1984-85 Glenn Miller Orchestra
  The Stars of D'Oyly Carte in
       The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
  Grand Old Country Music (Minnie Pearl)
  Saint Louis Brass Quintet
  Robert Merrill and the Chamber Orchestra
       of the Wichita Symphony
  Mid-America Dance Company
   
1985-86 Jay McShann Trio
  Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra
  Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival
  Peter Nero with the Tulsa Philharmonic
  Waverly Consort
  Cotton Patch Gospel
   
1986-87 Arkansas Repertory Theatre
  Wichita Symphony Orchestra with
       Loren Hollander
  Royal Winnipeg Ballet
  Boys Choir of Harlem
   
1987-88 Singing Quakers Symphonic Choir
       of Friends University
  Al Hirt
  Top Brass
  Michael Martin Murphey
  Scartaglen
  Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra
   
1988-89 Glenn Yarbrough/The Limeliters
  Budapest Chamber Orchestra/Franz Liszt
  Sandra Reeves Phillips
       Late Great Ladies of Blues & Jazz
  K-State Singers
  Mid-America Dance Company
   
1989-90 Ballet Folklorico-Quetzalli DeVeracruz
  Minneapolis Childrens Theatre
       Raggedy Ann & Andy
  Ravnan II
  The Forester Sisters Country Music Concert
  Alchemedians II
   
1990-91 Lionel Hampton's Big Band
  American Indian Dance Theatre
  Missouri Repertory Theatre
       Woody Guthrie's American Song
  Leon BAtes, Pianist
  Kansas City Symphony
   
1991-92 Ink Spots
  Jack Daniel's Silver Cornet Band
       Hometown Christmas
  John Conlee Country Music Concert
  Peking Acrobats
  State Ballet of Missouri
  Dean Hargrove
       Public Meeting & Reception
   
1992-93 Saint Louis Brass Quintet
  Dan Seals Country Music Concert
  Jitro, Czechoslovakian Girls' Choir
  Famous People Players
  Lauren Pelon Musique
       The Living Roots of Music
   
1993-94 Bella Vista Big Band
       Sponsored by Friends of the Bowlus, Inc.
  Albert McNeil Jubliee Singers
  American Ballroom Theatre Co.
  Wichita Symphony
  Nicole Narboni, Pianist
  Sabella Consort
       Provided performances in USD #257 Elem. schools
  Riders in the Sky
  Keaton:  Comic for Yesterday and Today
       Sponsored by Keaton Committee, BFAC, etc.
   
1994-95 Bella Vista Big Band and Tom Cooper
  Alan Chow, Pianist
  Yesterday, A Tribute to the Beatles
  Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble
  David Holloway, Joyce Castle and
       Robert Hiller Concert
  Pieces of 8, an Acappella Octet
  Keaton and the Machine of Dreams
       Sponsored by Keaton Committee, BFAC, etc.
   
1995-96 Canadian Brass
  Daron Norwood Country Music Concert
  Lazer Vaudeville
  Philharmonia Virtuosi
  National Theatre of the Deaf
  Craig Karges, Magic of the Minds
  Keaton:  Hero Behind the Clown
       Sponsored by Keaton Committee, BFAC, etc.
   
1996-97 Capitol Steps, Musical Political Satire
  The Duke Ellington Orchestra
  Dino Kartsonakis, Pianist
  Saint Louis Ballet
  Keaton and Arbuckle
       The Friends, the Tragedy, and the Consequences
   
1997-98 Keith Brion and His New Sousa Band
  Kansas Brass Quintet
   John Amos    "Halley's Comet"
  James Rivers, Pianist
  Steve Love's New York Roller Dance
  The Mamas and the Papas
  Keaton and Chaplin
       "Everyman and The Little Tramp"
   
1998-99 Don McLean
  Dallas Children's Theatre
  Gershwin by Request
  Evester Roper (Free, Aprxmt attndnc.)
  Dan Kamin
  Cowboy Jubilee
  Keaton and Pickford
     "Women in Early Film"
   
1999-2000 Capitol Steps
  Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra/Pied Pipers
  The Spencers Theatre of Illusion
  Trinity Irish Dance
  Quartetto Gelato
  Keaton & Lloyd
   
2000-2001 Friends of the Bowlus Gala
  Sonos Handbell Ensemble
  Sabella Consort
  Grand Derangement
  Karen Paludan, 
  Radio Days "Five by Design"
  Kingsingers
  Gizmo Guys
  Keaton - Steve Allen
   
2001-2002 Scrap Art
  Summit Brass
  Moscow Boys Choir
  Michael Martin Murphey
  River North Chicago Dance Co.
  Keaton - A 2001 Odessy
   
2002-2003 Woven Harmony
  Russian Red Army Chorus & Dance Ensemble
  Guy Lombardo
  Little Angels
  John McCutcheon
  All American Boys Chorus
  Keaton
   
   
2003-2004 Art of Broadway
  Steve Miller K. C. Band
  Riders In the Sky
  Bruce Woods Dance Company
  Andrea Anderson
  Keaton
   
   
2004-2005 Cypress Strings
  Second City
  The Diamonds
  Trout Fishing in America
  Jack Daniels Original Silver Coronet Band
  Keaton/Kovacs
   
2005-2006 Gala
  The Flying Karamazov Brothers
  Prairie Rose Wranglers
  Fly
  Leahy
  Our Sinatra
  Keaton/W. C. Fields
   
2006-2007 Steve Hall/Shotgun Red
  The Wonderbread Years
  Behind the Broken Word
  D'Vine
  The Letterman
  Rhythm In Shoes
  Gala
  Keaton and the Funny Ladies
   
2007-2008 Zeidwig
  Moscow Ballet, Great Russian Nutcracker
  Peking Acrobats
  Prairie Rose Wranglers
  Country Jubilee
  Keaton/Fairbanks
   
2008-2009 Lettermen Christmas Show
  Jungle Jim Hanna
  Spencer's Theatre of Illusion
  To Kill a Mockingbird
  One Voice
  Keaton/Will Rogers
   
2009-2010 A Christmas Carol
  Tap Kids
  In the Mood
  Keaton/
   
2010-2011 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
  Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway
  Roy Rogers, Jr. & The High Riders
  New York Theatre Ballet

Kevin Locke Native American Dance      

2011-2012

The Voices

Cirque Mechanics Boom Town

Sons of the Pioneers

Cornet Chop Suey

Ricky Nelson Remembered

SEASON 2011-2012