Amanda McBoom, Grammy Award Winner, called the greatest cabaret performer of her generation, is the writer of the hit song “The Rose” which is the title song sung by Bette Midler in the 1979 film of the same name. She is also a Golden Globe winner lauded for her talent for writing exceptional songs that are witty and profound and slush with feelings. McBroom’s songs have been recorded by Leanne Rimes, Barry Manilow, Judy Collins, Barbara Cook, Anne Murray, Harry Belafonte, Betty Buckley, Stephanie Mills and The Manhattan Transfer, among others. She will share the stage with husband, George Ball, who is a multi-award winning musical theater lion. Soap Opera fans may remember him also from stints on “Young and the Restless” and “General Hospital”.

McBroom and Ball’s show, SOME ENCHANTED EVENING- An Evening of Love Songs for Grownups, is a not to be missed evening of love and humor through song by such songwriters as Cole Porter, Jacques Brel, Stephen Sondheim and of course, McBroom herself. This is a show about relationships, sung by two folks who know something about the subject.

It has been said that Gary Morris’s voice can hold audiences mesmerized in total silence. He has been asked to perform for every U.S. President starting with President Jimmy Carter. In November, 2015, former President George H. Bush and his wife, Barbara, invited Gary to perform at their home in Houston, Texas, for a private gathering of their friends. It doesn’t matter who is in the audience, Gary Morris is at home on any stage.

Chris Brubeck began touring and recording in the 1970s with his father, jazz great Dave Brubeck. A musician, Chris plays bass, trombone, piano, guitar and has earned international acclaim as a composer and performer. On stage, his irrepressible enthusiasm is matched by his fluid command of jazz, blues, folk, funk, pop and classical musical styles. Chris has worked with many diverse artists, including Frederica von Stade, Ben Luxon, Dawn Upshaw, Bill Crofut, Meryl Streep, Willie Nelson, B.B. King, Gerry Mulligan, Bela Fleck, Bobby McFerrin, Stephane Grappelli, Bobby Womack, Tower of Power, and Patti Labelle. His compositions have been performed by orchestras all around the world, including the prominent U.S. orchestras of Boston, Houston, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Washington as well as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra.

Brubeck also wrote “Quiet Heroes” a symphony about the flag raisers at Iwo Jima which was performed in St George with the South West Symphony and narrated by Wilford Brimley in 2015. During that time, he guest spoke with students at DSU. “Quiet Heroes” received the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Award in Washington, DCX in April of 2016 where Chris and Wilford were both personally honored.

TRIPLE PLAY is one of Brubek's performance groups which sport outstanding and versatile musicians, Peter Madcat Ruth (harmonica, guitar, jaw harp, percussion and vocals), Joel Brown (folk and classical acoustic guitar and vocals) and Chris Brubeck (electric bass, bass trombone, piano and vocals). Collectively they bring a rare level of joy, virtuosity, and American spirit to the folk, blues, jazz and classical music they perform.

Red Steagall has earned many distinctions in his 45 year-plus career and has spanned the globe from Australia to the Middle East, to South America and to the Far East. Red has entertained around the world and appeared on film and television. Red has performed for heads of state including a special party for President Reagan at the White House in 1983. In 1991, he was named the Official Cowboy Poet of Texas by the Texas State Legislature.
Steagall has had over 200 of his songs recorded and released over 20 albums. Though he is best known for his wonderful Texas Swing dance music and such songs as "Here We Go Again", "Party Dolls and Wine", "Freckles Brown", and "Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music", he also is beloved by Texas cowboys for the quiet times they have spent with him around chuck wagon campfires. In their opinion, the public has never heard Red Steagall’s best music. And, if you ask Red where his favorite place to play music is, he might say The White House, some famous stage in Nashville, California, Spain, or Germany - or he might say at some lonesome cow camp in West Texas.
In the spring of 2005, the Grammy awards were handed out for the year 2004. There were several Grammies awarded for Ray Charles’ last album, GENIUS LOVES COMPANY. One of the songs on that album, HERE WE GO AGAIN, co-written by Steagall, won record of the year. Ray Charles and Norah Jones were rewarded for vocal collaboration in the pop category, and the album was recognized as album of the year. The album has currently sold over 3 million copies.