Belcher Center Announces New Season

LeTourneau's Belcher Center announced its new season yesterday! The Belcher Center will delight LeTourneau, Longview and nearby areas with the following:

Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 John Tesh

Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 "The Pajama Game"

Sat., Nov. 8, 2008 Doc Severinson

Sat., Nov. 22, 2008 “Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway”

Fri., Feb. 6, 2009 Harlem Gospel Choir
Thurs., March 8, 2009 Parson's Dance (modern)
Mon., April 6, 2009 "Annie"

Sat., April 25, 2009 Golden Dragon Acrobats from China

New this year is a three-show “Big Fun Miniseries” which features three weekend matinee performances to suit audiences of all ages. The first show in the miniseries will be Sunday, Sept. 14, featuring Riders in the Sky, which has kept the Western music genre passed on by the Sons of the Pioneers alive for 30 years. Tomáš Kubínek, who is billed as a “certified lunatic and master of the impossible,” will present his exuberant solo show as a comic genius, virtuoso vaudevillian and irresistible charmer on Saturday, Oct. 25. This show has played to sold-out theaters world-wide! The final performance of the Big Fun Miniseries is the Mexico 2000 Ballet Folklorico on Saturday, Jan. 17, featuring 12 dancers and 12 mariachi musicians in colorful costumes presenting the fast-paced music and traditional dances from seven different regions of Mexico.

Season ticket information:

All shows begin at 7:30 p.m, except for the matinee show which begins at 3 p.m.
Season ticket prices for all eight shows are $324 for first orchestra Level A seating, $263 for second orchestra Level B seating, $201 for lower balcony Level C seating and $139 for upper balcony Level D seating.

S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center
2100 S. Mobberly Ave. Longview, TX 75607

903-233-3080 (Box Office) or 1-866-550-LETU (5388)

We hope to see you at a show soon!

LETU Summer Camps

Because I am new to campus, I was pleasantly surprised to see our grounds alive again with hundreds of children! They are all partaking in LeTourneau's Summer Camps. The Camps include:

Insane Science

Fligh - Pilot

Young Adventurers

CSI: Longview

YellowJacket Sport Camps

LadyJacket Sport Camps

Many, many more!

(So many in fact, that I didn't want to type them all out...but you can find out about ALL the camps by visiting our website.) It's cool that LeTourneau is a vibrant place year-round - we were all a sad that our students were gone for the summer. But now are looking forward to having them back in the fall AND enjoying all the kids running around learning during the summer!

P.S. For those of you that read about Pate's (our office duck) baby demise (her duckling was eaten by a hawk while I was taking pictures. Traumatic.), we are happy to report that Pate is happily nesting again and has two little eggs in her nest. More on this as it develops!

P.P.S. For those of you compelled to correct my grammar, please remember that this is a blog - not perfection.