Gulf Coast Symphony Celebrates America 250

MUSEUMS, ARTS CENTERS AND THEATERS FROM MARCO ISLAND TO SARASOTA ARE COMMEMORATING THE 200 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. ONE LOCAL ARTS GROUP IS PRODUCING 7 AMERICA. 2.50, SHOWS BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY. >> WE ARE JOINED IN STUDIO BY WGCU ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL. >> TO LEARN MORE. AND TOM, THANKS FOR JOINING US. GLAD TO BE HERE. AND WHICH ARTS ORGANIZATION IS PRODUCING THESE AMERICA. 2.50, SHOWS THAT'S GULF COAST SYMPHONY. >> IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL MUSIC SERVES AS THE ULTIMATE LIVING SOUNDTRACK OF THE NATION'S HISTORY. IT ACTS AS A MIRROR TO AMERICAN DIVERSITY, A TOOL FOR CULTURAL STORYTELLING AND A UNIFYING FORCE THAT HELPS COMMUNITIES PROCESS PERIODS OF JOY PAIN AND RESILIENCE AND GULF COAST SYMPHONY IS PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF SHOWS THAT INVITE AUDIENCES TO REFLECT ON THE SONGS THAT HAVE SHAPED OUR HISTORY. MUSIC DIRECTOR ANDREW KURTZ IS CALLING IT THE SOUNDS OF AMERICA AND THE SHOW'S HE SELECTED HONOR THE ARTIST JOHN ROSE AND CULTURAL MOVEMENTS TO FORM LIVING BREATHING SOUNDTRACK OF OUR NATION. HERE'S MY STRUCK HER TO TELL US WHAT GULF COAST SYMPHONY WILL BRING TO THE STAGE BEGINNING. MAY 30TH. >> THE GULF COAST SYMPHONY BRING TO THE SOUNDS OF AMERICA THIS SUMMER AS WE CELEBRATE AMERICA AT 2.50, WE START AT THE MUSIC AND ARTS COMMUNITY CENTER WITH ROCK AND ROLL FAVORITES WITH JARED FREEBURG ON THE PIANO IN CADDO MANIA. THEN WE BRING YOU THE FORESEEN A IT'S A FRANKIE VALLI TRIBUTE WITH ALUMNI FROM THE JERSEY BOYS. THE SOUNDS OF SOUL. OUR MOTOWN CLASSICS WITH THE GREATEST, OUR INDIE AND POP HIT. AND LASTLY, AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS AND ANDREWS SISTERS TRIBUTE THAT BRING BACK MEMORIES OF THE GREAT USO SHOWS. BUT THE BIG FINALE IS THE GULF COAST SYMPHONY PERFORMING JULY 3RD AT THE BARBARA B MANN PERFORMING ARTS HALL. OUR AMERICA AT 2.50, A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION IT'S A CONCERT OF SWEEPING SCALE AND ORCHESTRA POWER AND TRUE PATRIOTIC SPIRIT. THE WIDE OPEN LANDSCAPES OF AARON COPELAND, THE SOARING FILM SCORES OF JOHN WILLIAMS AND THE BELOVED TURKISH WHEN CLASSIC RHAPSODY IN BLUE JOIN US THIS SUMMER AS THE GULF COAST SYMPHONY CELEBRATES AMERICA AT 2.50 >> THEY ALL SOUND ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC. TOM, CAN TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION AT BARBARA B MANN. BE HAPPY TO. >> IT ALSO INCLUDES A POWERFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION AND FEATURES UNFORGETTABLE FILM MUSIC, INCLUDING THE THEME FROM BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY AND THE DEEPLY MOVING HIM TO THE FALLEN FROM SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. THESE MOMENTS OF REFLECTION AND PRI CAPTURE THE SILLIMAN A AND THE STRENGTH OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. THE SHOWS ARE JUST THE LATEST IN GULF COAST SYMPHONY TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S BIRTH EARLIER THIS YEAR. GULF COAST JAZZ PERFORM DEMOCRACY SUITE AND ODES TO DUKE ELLINGTON AND COUNT BASING AND THE SYMPHONY BROUGHT 17. 76 THE MUSICAL TO THE BARBARA B MANN. >> ARE THERE OTHER AMERICA? 2.50, SHOWS THAT YOU THINK PEOPLE SHOULD GO SEE. ACTUALLY TO COME TO MIND. >> THE MARCO ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUM HAS CLYDE BUTCHER'S AMERICA. THE BEAUTIFUL PHOTO EXHIBITION ON VIEW THROUGH JULY. 11TH AND THE BAKER MUSEUM IS FEATURING DISCOVERING ANSEL ADAMS THROUGH AUGUST. 2ND. BOTH DRAW ATTENTION TO OUR NATIONAL PARKS, WHICH WERE STARTED BY PRESIDENT ULYSSES S GRANT IN 18. 72 WITH YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. >> THANK YOU, TOM, FOR JOINING US AND SHARING. >> ALL THIS INFORMATION WITH US