{"id":1105,"date":"2019-04-30T19:05:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T00:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joewhite.com\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2019-04-30T19:05:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T00:05:23","slug":"updates-biking-to-chicago-summer-show-gala-may-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joewhite.com\/ramble\/2019\/04\/updates-biking-to-chicago-summer-show-gala-may-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates: Biking to Chicago, Summer Show, Gala May 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>John Gremillion and I are currently bicycling from Houston to Chicago to raise money for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston&#8217;s summer production. We&#8217;ll be doing live feeds daily on\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/joewhite.com\/cgi-bin\/dada\/mail.cgi\/r\/joesgigs\/107219170302\/buzzbell\/att.net\/\">Facebook<\/a>, and posting each evening at our website,\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/joewhite.com\/cgi-bin\/dada\/mail.cgi\/r\/joesgigs\/893882338898\/buzzbell\/att.net\/\">2chicago4mikado.org<\/a>, where you can also make a tax-deductible donation.<\/li><li>I have been cast in the Gilbert &amp; Sullivan Society of Houston&#8217;s summer production,\u00a0<em class=\"\">A Topsy Turvy Mikado<\/em>, which will be July 19-28 in Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Houston. This brand-new production will be set during a rehearsal for the premiere performance in London in 1885, and has been cradfted especially for the Society by Alistair Donkin (formerly of the D&#8217;Oyly Carte Opera Company.\u00a0Tickets will go on sale to the public on June 1, but becoming a patron of the Society at $250 or higher will get you early access and includes two premium seats. More information will be available soon at\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/joewhite.com\/cgi-bin\/dada\/mail.cgi\/r\/joesgigs\/057068440398\/buzzbell\/att.net\/\">hgns.org<\/a><\/li><li>I will also be participating in the Society&#8217;s annual gala,\u00a0<em class=\"\">An Auction of Arias,<\/em>\u00a0at 7pm on Friday, May 17 at Ouisie&#8217;s Table in River Oaks. The evening will feature a three-course dinner from ome of Houston&#8217;s finest kitchens,\u00a0\u00a0a silent auction, and the opportunity to bid on what songs will be performed that evening. I will have several songs on the &#8220;menu&#8221;, which will include not only G&amp;S but also opera arias and musical theater numbers. Price is only $100 a person, which\u00a0includes two drink tickets, and registration is open now at\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/joewhite.com\/cgi-bin\/dada\/mail.cgi\/r\/joesgigs\/992620312293\/buzzbell\/att.net\/\">hgns.org\/tickets<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Gremillion and I are currently bicycling from Houston to Chicago to raise money for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston&#8217;s summer production. 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