{"id":9924,"date":"2025-05-15T11:11:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=9924"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:31:13","slug":"on-to-victory-a-salute-to-the-greatest-generation","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/calendar\/9924-on-to-victory-a-salute-to-the-greatest-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"ON TO VICTORY &#8211; A Salute To The Greatest Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-tribe_events pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9926 additional-class aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/on-to-victory-page-2-850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/on-to-victory-page-2-850.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/on-to-victory-page-2-850-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, June 14th at 4 pm, The Coles County Chorus (CCC) and their guest performers will present <strong>\u201cON TO VICTORY \u2013 A Salute to the Greatest Generation\u201d.<\/strong>\u00a0 The concert will be held at EIU\u2019s Doudna Fine Arts Center, 1867 7th Street in Charleston.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $25 adult, $15 for veterans, $5 for 12 and under, and are available online at <a href=\"https:\/\/doudnatix.universitytickets.com\/w\/event.aspx?id=1825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doudnatix.universitytickets.com\/w\/event.aspx?id=1825<\/a> or by calling 217-581-3110.<\/p>\n<p>The concert is co-sponsored by Eastern Illinois University\u2019s Doudna Fine Arts Center.<\/p>\n<p>The chorus, ensembles and quartets will be performing WWII favorites <em>The White Cliffs of Dover<\/em>, <em>That Old Black Magic<\/em>, plus songs from The Glenn Miller Band and The Andrew Sisters.\u00a0 This flag day performance will also pay tribute to the U. S. flag with a selection of patriotic songs.<\/p>\n<p>Joining CCC will be an ensemble from Charleston High School, the St. Louis area quartet <em>Improv<\/em>, and the 2017 Illinois District Quartet Champions and the 2024 Worldwide SPPBSQSUS 3rd Place Quartet <em>South of Normal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We will also have a special guest Greg Sapp to be our 1940\u2019s radio announcer.<\/p>\n<p>The show will be followed by an afterglow dinner at Wesley United Methodist Church, 2206 4th Street in Charleston.\u00a0 The dinner will be catered by Deb\u2019s Catering of Altamont and will also feature a few numbers by our guest and CCC quartets in a more intimate atmosphere.\u00a0 The cost of the dinner and entertainment is just $20.\u00a0 For dinner tickets call 307-439-6724 or contact any Coles County Chorus member.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the show, afterglow menu, tickets, and our performers, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colescountychorus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colescountychorus.com<\/a> or on Facebook at facebook.com\/ColesCountyChorus.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you at the show and the afterglow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> On Saturday, June 14th at 4 pm, The Coles County Chorus (CCC) and their guest performers will present \u201cON TO VICTORY \u2013 A Salute to the Greatest Generation\u201d.\u00a0 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[40],"class_list":["post-9924","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-community-calendar","cat_community-calendar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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