If I could conduct, this would be my selection:

That's Entertainment! - M.G.M. Studio Orchestra
- Overture [from That's Entertainment, 1974]
- Main Title [from That's Entertainment]
- Singin' In The Rain [from Singin' in The Rain]
- The Trolley Song [from Meet Me In St. Louis]
- An American In Paris Ballet [from An American In Paris]
- Overture [from That's Entertainment, 1976]
- Manhattan (from Words and Music)
- I Got Rhythm [from An American in Paris]
- There's No Business Like Show Business [From Annie Get Your Gun]
- (I'll Build A) Stairway To Paradise [from An American In Paris, 1951]
- End Credits [from That's Entertainment, Part 2]
- Overture [from That's Entertainment, Part III]
- End Credits [from That's Entertainment, Part III]
Maureen McGovern
- Can You Read My Mind
- The Morning After
- Let It Be
Rita Coolidge
- All Time High
- Higher And Higher, (Your Love Has Lifted Me)

Sheena Easton
- For Your Eyes Only
Barbara Streisand
- Evergreen
Carly Simon
- Nobody Does It Better
Shirley Bassey
- Moonraker
- Diamonds Are Forever
Nancy Sinatra
- You Only Live Twice
Lulu
- The Man With The Golden Gun
- To Sir With Love
Olivia Newton-John
- Hopelessly Devoted To You
- You're The One That I Want
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
- Grease (Reprise)

Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra
- Love's Theme (my very first theme I heard on the radio in Chicago when I was 3 years old)

Boston Pops Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990 (Was able to see them with Keith Lockhart at Van Wezel, Thanks VW :) )

Gershwin's Greatest Hits, Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops
- Rhapsody in Blue
- An American in Paris
Hooked on Classics Collection by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark (1984 first exposure to selections of classical music. Thanks RPO!)
Especially:
- Hooked On Romance
- Hooked On Bach
- Hooked On Mendelssohn
- Hooked On America
- Hooked On Romance (Part 2)
- Hooked On Baroque
- A Night At The Opera
- Hooked On Haydn
- Hooked On Romance (Opus 3)
- Hooked On Rodgers & Hammerstein
Superman The Movie
- Theme From Superman (Concert Version)





If I could sing...

Franc D'Ambrosio
- The Music of the Night (Saw him at Van Wezel Dec. 2007 with Stars on Ice with Brian Boitano. His voice is amazing live. He mentioned that he appeared in over 3,000 performances Phantom of the Opera.)

Frank Sinatra
- The Way You Look Tonight
- My Way
Perry Como
- And I Love You So
Paul Anka
- Times Of Your Life
Johnny Mathis
- Wonderful! Wonderful!
Gordon Lightfoot
- If You Could Read My Mind
Gilbert O'Sullivan
- Alone Again (Naturally)
James Taylor
- Fire And Rain
- You've Got A Friend
- Her Town Too
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Glen Campbell
- Rhinestone Cowboy
- Wichita Lineman
- Gentle On My Mind
- Galveston
Lou Rawls
- Lady Love
- You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
George Benson
- Give Me The Night
- Lady Love Me (One More Time)
Vic Damone
- On The Street Where You Live
Robert Goulet
- If Ever I Would Leave You
- The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
Zero Mostrel
- If I Were A Rich Man
- Sunrise, Sunset
Matt Monro
- From Russia With Love
Louis Armstrong
- What A Wonderful World
- We Have All The Time In The World
Blues Brothers
- Soul Man
Alwyn Lopez "Al" Jarreau
- After All
- We're In This Love Together


Who knows, if I wish hard enough my dream might come true... A lesson I learned in the "The Drowsy Chaperone" Broadway Musical.


My favorite songs from each artist:

Mike Post
- Theme From The Rockford Files
- Theme From The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)
- Theme From Magnum, P. I.
- Theme From Hill Street Blues (Theme from Hill St. Blues)

Jay Chattaway
- Main Title (from "Star Trek: The Next Generation")

TV Guide: 50 All-Time Favorite TV Themes
- Maverick
- Gilligan's Island
- (Theme From) The Monkees
- Mission: Impossible
- M*a*s*h: Theme
- Welcome Back, Kotter
- Laverne and Shirley (Making Our Dreams Come True)
- Dallas
- Miami Vice
- Jeffersons (Movin' on Up)

Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto,
- Sukiyaki (Song not by original artist. However, very close.)




The Monkees
- Last Train To Clarksville
- I'm A Believer
- Daydream Believer

Beatles
- Penny Lane
- The Long And Winding Road
- Let It Be

Spice Girls
- 2 Become 1
- Say You'll Be There
- Stop

Bond
- Explosive
- Victory
- Kismet

Information Society
***- Tomorrow
- Lay All Your Love On Me
***- Repetition
***- Walking Away
***- Over The Sea
***- Running
***- How Long
***- Think / Wenn Wellen Schwingen
***- Now That I Have You
- Fire Tonight
- Move Out
- If Only
***- Come With Me
- Slipping Away / Here Is Kazmeyer
- Chemistry
***- To Be Free
***- If It's Real
***- Crybaby
*** My Favorites of Favorites

Culture Club
- Time (Clock Of The Heart)
- Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
- Miss Me Blind
- It's A Miracle
- Everything I Own
- The Crying Game

Matchbox 20
- Real World
- Long Day
- 3 a.m.
***- Push
***- Back 2 Good
- Damn
- Argue
- Angry
- Crutch
***- Last Beautiful Girl
***- If You're Gone
***- Bent
- Rest Stop
- Bed Of Lies
- Leave
*** My Favorites of Favorites

Nirvana
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- In Bloom
- Come As You Are
- Lounge Act
- Lithium
- Stay Away
- Something In The Way
- On A Plain

Christopher Cross
- Sailing
- Ride Like The Wind
- Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
- Never Be The Same
- Think Of Laura
- All Right

Tal Bachman
- She's So High

The New Radicals
- You Get What You Give

Patrick Swayze
- She's Like The Wind

Shawn Mullins
- Lullaby

Foo Fighters
- Learn To Fly
- Big Me
- Everlong




Thank you very much for taking the time to read my site. I hope that this site serves your purpose of gathering information.

I attend many performing arts events and I am in awe of the volunteers, donors and business' that do what they can to support the arts. I wish I could be among the titans of donations, or become a tireless volunteer you see at these events.

I wanted to do something to show my sincere appreciation of all the Arts community does. Therefore, I decided to share my schedule with my friends and not keep these organizations the best kept secret in Sarasota. Or, the nation and world for that matter. I am getting views from all over the planet.

The common factor I discovered between all of the arts organizations is that they don't know exactly what the other is doing. Sometimes I see events booked the same day as another event, and I have to choose with a flip of a coin to choose which one to go to.

I do my best to go to these events, but if I do not, at least someone out there would know that event is happening that day.

This site is not a business. It is more of a fun challenge to me. If there is an event I am interested in going to, I will let others know. I am not in competition with any news organization or online arts community either. We can coexist.

So, if you have an event that other would like to know about, I encourage you to go to the other site, Don411.com Member to post your events.

The site is monitored for content. So please do not put anything up on the site you would be embarrassed about.

No members are allowed to join Don411.com site directly, please go to the site listed above.

I have been asked why I don't put up all my information on this site...

My goal is to provide information from the source. I won't write commentary of any significance. I just want to enjoy the shows I go to without worrying how I would tell others about it. I can say with confidence, all the shows I attend are such high level, negative commentary is not needed. Do yourself a favor, just go see it, and have your own opinion. The people that perform at these events are giving 110% effort. It is what it is, at that moment. And to me, that is good enough. Also, I am just a quite dude that has a small circle of friends. You might spot me at the events. I want others to focus on the content, not the person behind it.

Enjoy your shows, and I look forward to reading what events listed by others. Who knows, I may schedule myself to see it :)

- don