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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WSO travels back to the age of cool with Vegas’ favourite sons: The Rat Pack! Winnipeg, MB – April 2, 2015 – Four veteran Las Vegas entertainers join the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) to bring the bright lights of The Strip to Centennial Concert Hall with the coolest cats around The Rat Pack, April 1012. Vegas' favourite sons: Frank, Joey, Sammy and Dean, ruled in the 50s and 60s with carefree sophistication and unprecedented entertainment. The cultural icons, who referred to themselves as “The Summit” or “The Clan,” performed in soldout casinos and night clubs, and appeared in films such as Ocean’s 11, Robin and the 7 Hoods and Sergeants 3. Often times, when one of the members was scheduled for a performance, other members would spontaneously show up causing frenzy amongst fans. For three nights only, the WSO recreates those Mad Men days with incredible vocal performances and unbridled humour from four Vegas greats including the number one Frank Sinatra performer in the world, Brian Duprey, who won FOX TV's Performing As. His uncanny vocal resemblance will have audiences thinking ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’ is on stage with the WSO. Duprey is joined by Tom Wallek as Joey, Drew Anthony as Dean and Kyle Diamond as Sammy, with Emmynominated conductor and music director Lon Bronson. Classic hits include That's Amore, My Way, Mr. Bojangles, Fly Me to the Moon, I've Got You Under My Skin, It Was a Very Good Year, That Old Black Magic, and many more. Air Canada Pops The Rat Pack is Back! Friday, April 10 8:00 PM Centennial Concert Hall Saturday, April 11 8:00 PM Sunday, April 12 2:00 PM Lon Bronson, conductor; Brian Duprey, Frank; Kyle Diamond, Sammy; Tom Wallek, Joey; Drew Anthony, Dean Pops Series Sponsor: Presenting Media Sponsor:

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FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE    

 WSO  travels  back  to  the  age  of  cool  with  Vegas’  favourite  sons:  The  Rat  Pack!  

Winnipeg,  MB  –  April  2,  2015  –  Four  veteran  Las  Vegas  entertainers  join  the  Winnipeg  Symphony  Orchestra  (WSO)  to  bring  the  bright  lights  of  The  Strip  to  Centennial  Concert  Hall  with  the  coolest  cats  around  -­‐  The  Rat  Pack,  April  10-­‐12.      Vegas'  favourite  sons:  Frank,  Joey,  Sammy  and  Dean,  ruled  in  the  50s  and  60s  with  carefree  sophistication  and  unprecedented  entertainment.  The  cultural  icons,  who  referred  to  themselves  as  “The  Summit”  or  “The  Clan,”  performed  in  sold-­‐out  casinos  and  night  clubs,  and  appeared  in  films  such  as  Ocean’s  11,  Robin  and  the  7  Hoods  and  Sergeants  3.  Often  times,  when  one  of  the  members  was  scheduled  for  a  performance,  other  members  would  spontaneously  show  up  causing  frenzy  amongst  fans.      For  three  nights  only,  the  WSO  recreates  those  Mad  Men  days  with  incredible  vocal  performances  and  unbridled  humour  from  four  Vegas  greats  including  the  number  one  Frank  Sinatra  performer  in  the  world,  Brian  Duprey,  who  won  FOX  TV's  Performing  As.  His  uncanny  vocal  resemblance  will  have  audiences  thinking  ‘Ol’  Blue  Eyes’  is  on  stage  with  the  WSO.  Duprey  is  joined  by  Tom  Wallek  as  Joey,  Drew  Anthony  as  Dean  and  Kyle  Diamond  as  Sammy,  with  Emmy-­‐nominated  conductor  and  music  director  Lon  Bronson.    Classic  hits  include  That's  Amore,  My  Way,  Mr.  Bojangles,  Fly  Me  to  the  Moon,  I've  Got  You  Under  My  Skin,  It  Was  a  Very  Good  Year,  That  Old  Black  Magic, and  many  more.      Air  Canada  Pops  The  Rat  Pack  is  Back!             Friday,  April  10    -­‐  8:00  PM  Centennial  Concert  Hall               Saturday,  April  11  -­‐  8:00  PM                         Sunday,  April  12  -­‐  2:00  PM  Lon  Bronson,  conductor;  Brian  Duprey,  Frank;  Kyle  Diamond,  Sammy;  Tom  Wallek,  Joey;  Drew  Anthony,  Dean  

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Musicians  In  The  Making  Pre-­‐concert  performance  on  the  Piano  Nobile  Friday,  7:15  pm     Manitoba  Conservatory  of  Music  &  Arts  Saturday,  7:15  pm     Winnipeg  Youth  Concert  Orchestra  Sunday,  1:15  pm   Suzuki  Music  Winnipeg    

Tickets  start  at  $25  and  are  available  through  the  WSO  Box  Office:  204.949.3999  or  wso.ca  or  Ticketmaster:  1.855.985.ARTS  and  Ticketmaster.ca    Soundcheck  tickets  start  at  $15  and  are  available  at  the  WSO  Box  Office:  204.949.3999  

 The  WSO  is  integral  to  Winnipeg's  rich  cultural  life,  delighting  more  than  100,000  audience  members  each  year  with  innovative  programming  and  musical  excellence.  The  WSO  presents  educational  programs  for  more  than  40,000  students  annually  and  tours  to  communities  across  Manitoba.  

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MEDIA  CALL:  Friday,  April  10  11:30  am  –  12:00  pm    Centennial  Concert  Hall,  555  Main  Street    Media  to  arrive  at  back  stage  entrance  Lily  Street.      Please  RSVP  to  the  media  call  by  emailing  [email protected]  

 

MEDIA:  For  more  information  or  to  schedule  an  interview,  please  contact:    Sarah  Panas,  Marketing  &  Communications  Coordinator  p.  (204)  949-­‐3970  f.    (204)  956-­‐4271  e:  [email protected]