Take 6
Dec 20, 2009 (Sunday)
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Event details: Take 6
Description
Of interest to touristsDate: 12/20/2009
Time & Place:
Waco Hippodrome Theatre
724 Austin Ave.
Waco, Texas
76701
Sunday,December 20, 2009, 7:30pm.
Details:
http://www.wacoperformingarts.org/events1.php?event_id=89
The a cappella jazz group known as Take 6 are not only the heirs to the rich tradition of the doo-wop and gospel groups of the 1950s, but also the leaders in the second wave of jazz and pop vocal groups that emerged in the 1990s. Winners of 10 GRAMMY® Awards, 10 Dove Awards, one Soul Train Award and two NAACP Image Award nominations, Take 6 is excited to bring an evening of Christmas music to Waco this year.
Sunday,December 20, 2009, 7:30pm.
Single tickets ONSALE 10/26/2009
For ticket or show information please contact the Box Office at (254) 752-9797 or visit our website at www.wacoperformingarts.org
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Take 6
With its roots in gospel, doo wop, and the sophisticated jazz-influenced singing groups of mid-century America like the Hi-Los, the a cappella vocal group Take 6 is both a throwback to an earlier, more genteel era of American music and a precursor for a number of black male pop groups of the '90s (most notably Boyz II Men). Its members include David Thomas, Alvin Chea, Cedric Dent, Mark Kibble, Claude V. McKnight III, and Joey Kibble (who replaced Mervyn Warren). McKnight and Mark Kibble caught the a cappella bug at Alabama's Oakwood College in the early '80s, forming a vocal group that solidified into Take 6 when singer/arranger Warren jo...Post a Countdown Widget
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