NEWS
Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Appalachian State University
PO Box 32045
Boone, NC 28608-2045
828-262-6084 (ph) 828-262-2848 (fax)
July 13, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information contact: Anna Gaugert, director of marketing & public relations,
828-262-6084, ext. 107 or gaugertah@appstate.edu.
To download high-resolution images, visit www.appsummer.org/media.
The Beach Boys bring “Good Vibrations” to
An Appalachian Summer Festival on July 18
BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA— Appalachian State University’s renowned summer
arts attraction, An Appalachian Summer Festival, brings The Beach Boys to the
Holmes Convocation Center on Saturday, July 18, at 8 p.m. This performance is a
Schaefer Popular Series Event, sponsored by Westglow Resort & Spa and Rowland’s
Restaurant, and made possible through the generosity of Bonnie and Jamie Schaefer.
For over 50 years The Beach Boys’ music has shaped rock and pop culture around
the world. After forming in 1951 as a 5-piece American rock band, the group rivaled
the British Invasion with their unique vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting lifestyle
on the California coast. Since lead-singer Mike Love penned the lyrics to The Beach
Boys’ first hit, “Surfin” (1961), dozens of the band’s chart-toppers have become
eternal anthems of American youth: “Surfin’ USA,” “Surfer Girl,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “I
Get Around,” “California Girls,” “Help Me Rhonda,” “Barbara Ann,” “Good Vibrations,”
“Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “Rock and Roll Music” and “Kokomo.”
The Beach Boys have sold over 100 million records worldwide and have received
more than 33 RIAA Platinum and Gold record awards. The Rock And Roll Hall of
Famers were also honored at the 2001 Grammy Awards with the Lifetime
Achievement Award. Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach
Boys, Capitol/EMI's 30-track collection of the band's biggest hits, has achieved
triple-platinum success with sales of more than three million copies in the U.S. since
its release. With more than five decades of touring under their belts, The Beach Boys
have performed more concerts than any major rock band in history.
- MORE -
The Beach Boys are led by Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, who along with Jeffrey
Foskett, Brian Eichenburger, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill of The Cowsills and Scott
Totten continue the legacy of the iconic American band.
For videos, images and detailed information, visit
http://appsummer.org/schedule/id/beach-boys.
Additional Festival Events:
The festival has a spectacular line up of some of the nation’s greatest performers
between June 27 and July 31, including, Rosen-Schaffel Competition for Young
and Emerging Artists (July 19), “Twenty Feet from Stardom’s” Lisa Fischer and
Grand Baton (July 23), In/Visible Theatre: “Without Words” (July 24 & 25), 29th
Rosen Sculpture Walk (July 25), Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox (July 31).
Other special events offered by the festival: lunch & learn lectures, workshops for
kids and young adults.
Tickets:
Tickets are $50 for adults and $30 for students and children. To purchase tickets,
call or visit the Schaefer Center box office at 800-841-2787 or 828-262-4046.
Tickets can also be purchased online at appsummer.org.
About An Appalachian Summer Festival
An Appalachian Summer Festival is presented annually in July by the university’s
Office of Arts and Cultural Programs. Beginning as a small chamber music series, the
festival has emerged as one of the nation’s most highly regarded, multi-disciplinary
art festivals, designated one of the “Top 20 Events in the Southeast” by the
Southeast Tourism Society. True to a university-based arts festival, educational
experiences such as lectures and opportunities to meet artists, artistic directors,
competition jurors and other experts, have always been an important component of
festival programming.
Festival Corporate Sponsors:
Westglow Resort and Spa, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, Northern
Trust, McDonald’s of Boone, Mast General Store, Storie Street Grille, Goodnight
Brothers, Boone Area Visitors Bureau, Sky Best Communications, Scholars
Bookshop at the University Bookstore, Hotel Equities, Holiday Inn Express-Boone,
Nationwide—Charles Eyler Agency, Peabody’s Wine & Beer Merchants, Chetola
Resort, Creekside Electronics and Boone Ford-Lincoln.
Festival media sponsors include:
WBTV, WCYB, Charter Media, Winston-Salem Journal, Greensboro News & Record,
PBS Charlotte, WNC Magazine, High Country Radio, WHKY AM 1290, WDAV 89.9FM,
WFDD 88.5FM, WETS 89.5FM, WASU 90.5FM and High Country 365.
- MORE -