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SEPTEMBER 16, 2023 | <strong>DIS</strong>COVER!<br />
8 |<br />
Sounds<br />
MARK YOUR<br />
CALENDARS!<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: I Am He Said — A Celebration<br />
of Neil Diamond<br />
WHERE: Roof Garden Ballroom,<br />
91 Lake St., Arnolds Park, IA<br />
WHEN: Doors open at 6:30 p.m.<br />
Show at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.<br />
22<br />
COST: General admission $35 in<br />
advance, $40 day of show<br />
CONTACT: 712-332-2183<br />
ONLINE: www.roofgardenballroom.com<br />
The Roof<br />
Garden<br />
offers Neil<br />
Diamond<br />
celebration<br />
Sing along<br />
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER<br />
When you hear the first few<br />
notes, it’s almost impossible<br />
to resist the urge to bob<br />
your head and swing back and forth.<br />
Then it comes to the chorus and<br />
everyone sings as loud as they can,<br />
“Sweeeeeet Caroline!”<br />
That scene takes place countless<br />
times a year across the country at<br />
weddings and sporting events, karaoke<br />
parties and concerts and will<br />
now be in the heart of the Iowa Great<br />
Lakes.<br />
“I Am He Said: A Celebration of<br />
Neil Diamond” is scheduled for is<br />
scheduled for Friday, Sept. 22, at the<br />
Roof Garden Ballroom in Arnolds<br />
Park.<br />
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and<br />
general admission tickets are $35 in<br />
advance.<br />
Tier 1 tickets, which includes the<br />
first nine rows of seats, have already<br />
sold out.<br />
“That’s always a good sign that<br />
people are excited to see a show,”<br />
said Chris Swanson, director of marketing<br />
at Arnolds Park. “I can already<br />
hear people singing along to ‘Sweet<br />
Caroline.’ No matter what age your<br />
are I think we can all sing some of his<br />
songs.”<br />
In addition to “Sweet Caroline”<br />
there is the classic “Cracklin’ Rosie”<br />
and “America” a song Swanson says<br />
gives him goosebumps and is eager<br />
to see performed in the Roof Garden.<br />
The show is performed by Matt Vee,<br />
along with Jeff and Tommy Vee, local<br />
music scene veterans and sons of<br />
the legendary Bobby Vee, who join<br />
forces with family and friends as The<br />
Killer Vees to<br />
celebrate the<br />
music from<br />
Diamond’s<br />
timeless catalog.<br />
“This is<br />
not a tribute<br />
show,” says<br />
Tommy Vee<br />
in a news release.<br />
“This is<br />
a celebration<br />
of an amazing<br />
musical<br />
icon, one we<br />
all love and<br />
respect. We have been fans since we<br />
were in grade school and first learning<br />
our respective instruments and<br />
played many of these tunes over the<br />
years in various bands.”<br />
Join them in celebrating Neil<br />
Diamond and don’t be afraid to sing<br />
along. F<br />
Arnolds Park | Iowa
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