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2013 Entertainment Line-up

Thursday 
BIKE NIGHT
STARTING AT 6:15 PM with
To Be Announced

 

then at 8:30PM it's
To Be Announced
 

and don't miss the Main Stage Bike Night Beer Garden
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Friday
8:30 PM  Downtown Marion
The Village People
 

The Village People have been slated to take the main stage on Friday, September 6, for the 33rd Marion Popcorn Festival.  All performances begin at 8:30 p.m. and are free to Festival attendees. 

The Village People are a well-known six-man group formed in 1977 during the height of the disco era.  They are as well-known for their on-stage costumes depicting American cultural stereotypes as their energetic music and creative lyrics. 

The “Kings of Disco” as they’ve been dubbed, have continued performing over the past 35 years selling over 100 million records world-wide.  Hits include “Macho Man”, “Go West”, “In the Navy”, “Can’t Stop the Music”, “San Francisco (You’ve Got Me)/In Hollywood”, and, of course, their most memorable sensation, “Y.M.C.A.”.

They have continued performing around the world, been featured on countless television shows, in newspapers and magazines, won numerous awards, and even were the subject of a major film in 1980 called, “Can’t Stop the Music”.  Artists as varied as Madonna and Joan Rivers have opened for them over the years; and a December 31, 2008 appearance at the Sun Bowl has been certified by The Guinness World Records Book as the largest YMCA dance with over 40,000 fans doing the iconic YMCA moves while the group performed. 

Festival president Karen Shaffer said, “I just recently saw these guys perform and they great!  They combine great choreography with songs we all know with a show that is extremely high-energy and just fun, fun, fun!”

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Saturday

8:30 PM  Downtown Marion
Jo Dee Messina



Jo Dee Messina has been named as a headliner of the Marion Popcorn Festival on Saturday, September 7.

Messina has sold over five million albums, had nine number one singles, and earned two Grammy nominations in addition to numerous awards by both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM).
 

Part of country music's late-'90s new crop of female crossover stars, Messina’s appeal has remained more with country fans throughout the years than pop audiences.  She was born in August of 1970 in Massachusetts and began sinning in musical plays starting at age eight, but discovered country music at age 12.  Messina soon started performing live and by 16 she was playing local clubs with a rhythm section made up of her brother on drums and sister on bass.  At age 19, she moved to Nashville in search of greater exposure and sang regularly for prize money in local talent competitions.  One win led to a regular gig on the radio show Live at Libby's, which in turn caught the interest of record producers.  

Messina's self-titled debut album was released in 1996 and gave her two Top Ten hits in "Heads Carolina, Tails California” and "You're Not in Kansas Anymore."  The album sold well, setting the stage for her mega sophomore effort, I'm Alright.  Released in 1998, it made Messina the first female country artist to score three multiple-week number one hits from the same album: "Bye Bye," "I'm Alright" (ASCAP’S Song of the Year), and "Stand Beside Her."  She nearly had a fourth, but "Lesson in Leavin'" stalled at number two.  1999 saw Messina honored as ACM’s Top New Female Vocalist and by the CMA with their Horizon award and Most Played Country Female.   

The 2000’s saw even more hits from Messina, including "That's the Way," "Burn," "Downtime," and the Tim McGraw duet "Bring on the Rain."  In additional to her regular album releases, Messina also has a holiday album, A Joyful Noise, and a Greatest Hits album.  

The last six or seven years have found Messina working hard to find a good fit between her career and marriage and motherhood.
   She says it’s about balance and living life to the fullest. 

 

All Main Stage Entertainment is FREE. 
The Popcorn Festival Main Stage is located in the City Parking Lot
downtown Marion at the intersection of Church St. and Prospect Street.
 

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KERNEL VIP SEATING AVAILABLE

The Marion Popcorn Festival Main Stage Entertainment is FREE, but there is a limited number of reserved seats that are the "best seats in the house". 

These are the seats in the roped-off area in front of the main stage. This area is reserved for Marion Popcorn Festival sponsors – both large and small – who help provide the funding to bring in national entertainment each year. (As many of you know, the Festival’s "FREE" entertainment is actually quite costly.) What you may not know is that you can purchase a Kernel Sponsorship with a very limited budget. Or, if you have received Kernel Seats as part of another sponsorship package and would like more for a particular night, those can be obtained separately.

Kernel Seats may be used by the business owners themselves, but they can also be used to entertain clients, given to employees as a token of appreciation, or even raffled off to raise money for a favorite charity.

For Kernel Seat Sponsorship information, call Norma Castanien at 740/383-2076.

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