in BIG BEAR LAKE
Randy Sparks Founder of New Christy Minstrels
"When
I invented The New Christy Minstrels
on paper in 1961, I heard a sound in my mind, and I envisioned a group that
would be as entertaining as The Kingston
Trio, but have the choral power of The
Norman Luboff Choir. I liked the joyful noise of a chorus, all those gifted
people singing in perfect harmony, but they weren’t much fun to watch, as they
just stood there and sang. The KT, on the other hand, while maybe not as
careful to hit every note exactly right, were much more entertaining, as they
jumped around on the stage, all three of them playing and singing at the same
time, having fun.
‘Wouldn’t
it be delightful,’ I asked myself, ‘if I could achieve just the right
combination of those two diverse elements in a new act?’ It took a while
to get the sound I heard in my mind onto a record, and it was even a greater
challenge to properly prepare such an act for the stage, but my invention was
so successful that our first signed contract for a concert date was The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, and I
won a Grammy for our very first album on Columbia Records".
The New Christy Minstrels
In Concert at the Performing Arts Center
Sunday
October 30
1:00 P.M. AND
6:00 P.M.
39707
Big Bear Boulevard
Big
Bear Lake, CA, 92315