IOWA LAKES FOUNDATION HOSTS FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP FUND RAISER

In conjunction with the Spencer Community Theatre, the Iowa Lakes Community College Foundation will host an evening of fun, food and music on Thursday, Feb. 7.

Plan now to attend “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” performed at the Spencer Community Playhouse. Having audiences around the world dancing in the aisles, this musical is a celebration of the life of legendary singer/songwriter, Buddy Holly, who shot to stardom in 1957, only to die in a plane crash, two years later alongside 17-year-old Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson - the “Big Bopper.”

“Buddy” is directed by veteran SCT directors Jan Edmondson and Kathy Krebsbach with Musical Direction by Amy Knoup. The large cast features Chad Elliott as Buddy, Scott Meier as the Big Bopper and Karli Frerichs as Maria Elena (Buddy’s wife).

To commemorate northwest Iowa’s connection to the material in the show, the SCT Playhouse Lobby will feature art and photographs celebrating the life of the three musicians tragically killed near Clear Lake. Memorabilia have been generously lent to the SCT Playhouse by the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and residents of Spencer and the surrounding areas.

The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a social time, appetizers and beverage in the SCT Playhouse Lobby. Theater doors will open at 7 p.m. with the play beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and tickets may be acquired by calling the SCT Box Office at 712-262-7336 and specifying the Feb. 7 Iowa Lakes Foundation Scholarship Benefit Evening. Proceeds from this event will benefit music and art students with scholarships to attend Iowa Lakes Community College.