Concert featues popular movie music and ice cream
February 11, 2015
The Ozark Festival Orchestra continues its 35th season with its annual Pops in the Park and pie and ice cream fundraiser. It will be held on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at the Monett City Park Casino, 101 S. Lincoln, Monett (Monett South Park - Highways 37 and 60). Doors open at 2:30 p.m. and the music begins at 3 p.m. The concert will feature orchestral showpieces from some of the most popular films in recent years.

Director Todd Borgmann has chosen suites from the Disney film Frozen, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wordrobe and The Complete Harry Potter. In addition, featured is music from silent films from the Golden Age of Hollywood and a suite from Erich Wolfgang Korngold's 1940 film The Sea Hawk, one of the most rousing of swashbuckler scores.

Homemade pie and ice cream will be served. Admission is $10, payable at the door.

The fundraising event will also feature a silent auction for music and art lovers. Antiques, artwork, books, tickets for shows at the Hammons Hall in Springfield, music recordings, themed food baskets and other specialty packages for arts lovers will be available. In addition, specialty pies will go up for auction.

Attendance at the the first two OFO concerts this season surpassed the number attending at all of the 2013-2014 season. Audiences have been drawn by the new polished sound Borgmann has shaped from the orchestra. He said that he anticipates an exciting performance with players responding to the challenging music he has programmed.

The OFO is a community orchestra composed of players from Southwest Missouri and nearby towns, focusing primarily on classical music. Rehearsals are held weekly in Monett. The orchestra is supported by memberships, local foundations, ads in the orchestra program book and funds managed by the Monett Community Foundation. For additional information, people may call (417) 316-3302.

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