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2928 West 13th St. Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 phone: 440-964-3396 Search This Site: The Good Life presents "Tis the Season": Posted: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 Mark your calendars - it's time again for The Good Life’s annual holiday concert! Greet the holidays with The Good Life and start your season of happiness and peace on the right foot! With firesides glowing, snowy fields glistening and sleigh bells ringing, “Here We Come A-Caroling” to make your holidays bright. Joyous music will remind you of many childhood delights and inspire you to celebrate this most wonderful time of the year with laughter and love. The Good Life will entertain with traditional melodies, familiar toe-tapping winter tunes, Yuletide carols, and novelty numbers that will cheer you with warmth to last the whole year long. Special treats are in store as Brook Benedict takes us to “Toyland.” Favorite soloists Verna Crouch (“Bethlehem Morning”), Susan Deak (“Marvelous Toy”), and Hobart Shiflet (“Let Us Sing”) lend their talents to the festive occasion this year with songs sure to keep the holidays bright. Gary “Mousey” Benedict will return once again as Master of Ceremonies, bringing additional laughter and joy to this special production. You will surely catch the holiday spirit at this, the “Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” for “Tis the Season” to be jolly. Come join us! The Good Life will perform two concerts, Saturday, November 23 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, November 24 at 2 p.m. Both shows will be held at the Arts Center. Tickets may be purchased in advance from Good Life members or by calling or stopping in at the Arts Center. Ticket prices are $6 seniors/students and $7 adults when purchased in advance. Tickets purchased at the door are $7 seniors/students and $8 adults. The Good Life wishes you the merriest season ever! Alex Bevan to Perform at Coffeehouse: Posted: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 Local favorite Alex Bevan will appear in a special coffeehouse performance in the gallery of the Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22. Bevan has been in the music business for almost 30 years, during which time he has recorded 12 albums. He began performing even before his graduation from Shaw High School in Cleveland, appearing at times with local Irish folk singers Gusty and Sean at Fagan’s Beacon House in the Flats. In the 1970’s, Bevan began traveling the “coffeehouse circuit,” and also was seen as the opening act for such headliners as The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Livingston Taylor, Billy Joel, Jerry Jeff Walker and Jimmy Buffett. Many of these influences combined to help Bevan develop the lyrical “folk/rock” style for which he has become best known. In recent years, he has shied away from more “electrical” songs, and more turned towards the art of storytelling within his music. Bevan is perhaps best known for his 1970s hit “Skinny Little Boy From Cleveland, Ohio.” It was this song, and the release of the album “Springboard” which elevated Bevan to his status as a “regional star.” A native of Northeastern Ohio, Bevan has always kept this area a part of his music. He has performed solo shows at several clubs in the Cleveland area, and, in 1997, he recorded a live solo acoustic album at the Grand River Winery. One of his albums - “South Shore Serenade” - is dedicated to his beloved Lake Erie. He has also written over 100 radio and television commercials, and won an Emmy for his postscore of NBC’s “American Promise” documentary segment “The Rustbelt Blues.” In addition, Bevan has produced children’s albums for Lake Metroparks and the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center. Tickets for the coffeehouse are $8 general admission and $7 students. Cookies, pastries and coffee will be available throughout the performance. Reservations are strongly recommended, and can be made by calling the Arts Center.