Blue Skies
A cabaret exploring The Great American Songbook with Carrie Lee Bland-Kendall
Carrie Lee shares songs made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Willie Nelson, Rosemary Clooney, and from composers George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and more. Growing up as an Asian American Army Brat in 1980’s Berlin, and falling in love with old Hollywood movie musicals as a child, Carrie Lee brings her unique perspective to classic standards we all know and love.
Carrie Lee enjoyed a career in theater and film for many years in Chicago and Savannah. Her ongoing creative work and credits can be found on her site and social, listed below. Carrie Lee and her family enjoy living in Goshen and make efforts to support the arts wherever and whenever possible.
Blue Skies will feature Elkhart pianist, Celia Weiss. Celia has taught music in the Elkhart and Goshen Community Schools and piano at Goshen College. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor for the Raclin School of the Arts at Indiana University South Bend, and Celia is a frequent performer on the organ and piano for “Lunchtime Live” at the Lerner Theatre.
Blue Skies creative consultant, Rob Lindley, is an actor, director, and writer based in Chicago, whose credits are endless. He is currently writing and stage directing the upcoming Ravinia concert, Yours, Stephen Sondheim: His Letters, Mentorship, and Music with the CSO and some of Broadway’s most renowned stars.
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