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SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 | <strong>DISCOVER</strong>!<br />
12 | Sounds<br />
MARK YOUR<br />
CALENDARS!<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: “I Am, He Said: A Celebration<br />
of the Music of Neil Diamond”<br />
starring Matt Vee and The Killer<br />
Vees.<br />
WHERE: Crossroads Pavilion event<br />
center<br />
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14.<br />
COST: $25 for general admission<br />
and $99 for VIP<br />
CONTACT: 712-631-4336<br />
ONLINE: www.eventbrite.com<br />
TY RUSHING | STAFF WRITER<br />
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Crossroads Pavilion, Sheldon’s<br />
new event center, just turned a<br />
year old and what better way to<br />
celebrate that milestone than with a<br />
concert?<br />
“We are super excited. It’s a Neil<br />
Diamond tribute band and everybody<br />
loves Neil Diamond,” said<br />
Crossroads Pavilion general<br />
manager Brittany Behrendsen.<br />
“It’s about a 90-minute<br />
show and they will play a<br />
lot of hit songs. Another<br />
neat thing about it is the<br />
mayor, Tricia Meendering,<br />
is gathering volunteers<br />
for a couple of the<br />
songs that feature a backup<br />
choir and community members<br />
also get to take part in<br />
this as well.”<br />
Officially, the show is called<br />
“I Am, He Said: A Celebration of the<br />
Music of Neil Diamond” starring Matt<br />
Vee and The Killer Vees on Friday,<br />
Sept. 14. Matt Vee is the nephew of<br />
1960s pop icon Bobby Vee.<br />
Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show<br />
will start at 7:30 for what will be the<br />
first public concert held at Crossroads<br />
Pavilion. General admission tickets<br />
are $25 while VIP passes are $99.<br />
Matt Vee and his cousins, Jeff and<br />
Tommy, sons of Bobby, are based out<br />
of Minnesota’s Twin Cities and have<br />
become renowned throughout the<br />
region for their one-of-a-kind performance<br />
of Diamond’s classic materials<br />
as The Killer Vees.<br />
Diamond has sold more than 100<br />
million records in his legendary career<br />
and The Killer Vees take full advantage<br />
of the deep catalog. Expect the group<br />
to perform “Cracklin’ Rosie,” “Song<br />
Sung Blue,” and of course, the iconic<br />
and crowd-pleasing “Sweet Caroline.”<br />
Diamond has also garnered 13 Grammy<br />
nominations over his career.<br />
Although Crossroads Pavilion has<br />
Matt Vee and The Killer Vees will<br />
perform their Neil Diamond tribute<br />
show at Crossroads Pavilion<br />
in Sheldon. It will be the first public<br />
concert held at the 1-year-old<br />
event center. PHOTO SUBMITTED<br />
hosted a concert during a private<br />
event, this is the first one that anyone<br />
can attend. Sheldon officials are<br />
stoked about the possibilities. The<br />
$5.3 million venue is proving to be as<br />
versatile as locals hoped.<br />
“The facility was created to do more<br />
than weddings and we wanted it to be<br />
a multipurpose facility and one of the<br />
things we wanted to do was host a big<br />
concert,” Behrendsen said. “The timing<br />
kind of works out as a way for us<br />
to celebrate our first anniversary.” F<br />
Sheldon | Iowa
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