Page 2 - 2019 Big Top Chautauqua Annual Report

THE 2019 SEASON Board ofDirectors

Kevin Hunt Vice-President
2019 Show Season Sponsor August Washburn, WI
1 Steve Earle and The Dukes Welcome to the Big Top Captain's Spirits of Bayfield,
2 Chris Kroeze and Joyann Parker Owner
June 3 The Spinners A Community Supported Non-Profit with a Mission
18 -19 Longhouse Construction with Michael 4 Bizhiki with Laughing Fox: Ruth Goetz Secretary
Cable, WI
Laughing Fox Charette Free event Native American Music, Drum and Dance Dear Friends of the Big Top: Fundraising Consultant
21 New First Night with the Blue Canvas Essentia Health Free Family How fun to look back on all of the wonderful memories we
Orchestra and Special Guest Bill Miller 4 American Stories made at the Big Top last summer. Perhaps the biggest news of Craig Haukaas
22 Keb’ Mo’ with opener Jontavious Willis 8 Gaelic Storm all was construction of the new shell over the top of the canvas Treasurer 2018-2019
23 Open House - Free event 9 Riding the Wind tent. Big Top’s incredible Board of Directors banded together Ashland, WI
26 Lake Street Dive with opener Nicole Atkins 10 The Tamburitzans to provide the vision and the funds to erect a Sprung brand Haukaas Law Office S.C., Attorney
28 Home Free Essentia Health Free Family structure to cover the last all-canvas tent theatre in the nation, Mark Ehlers Treasurer 2020
29 Resurrection - A Journey Tribute 10 Big Top Idol and some other stalwart supporters helped as well. It doesn’t Cornucopia, WI
30 The Peking Acrobats 11 Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Ehlers & Pierce, CPAs, Partner
Essentia Health Free Family 15 Shanties & Shipwrecks look half bad from the outside, and once you get under it, Semi-Retired
30 All Aboard: Songs of the Railroad 16 The Marshall Tucker Band you’ll find the same beautiful tent canopy and fabulous sound
with opener Phillip Anich & Friends experience that we’ve all come to cherish at the Big Top. The Isaac Carrier
July 17 Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot shell provides an added layer of protection from the weather, Bayfield, WI
Seagull Bay Motel, Owner
2 Béla Fleck and the Flecktones 18 Phillip Phillips which was a great comfort when the bad storms rolled through.
5 Riding the Wind 22 Blue Canvas Orchestra in Concert In 2019 we welcomed over 33,000 attendees to a Big Top
6 Maxi Priest with Quito Rymer & The Edge 23 Back to the Garden: The Music of Woodstock event. We hosted Grammy-winner Brandi Carlile in two Kyle Ellefson
9 Rodrigo y Gabriela 24David Crosby and Friends performances that were packed to the gills, as was the return Ashland, WI
11 Judy Collins with opener David Blong 25Lost Nation String Band Tribute VP Northern State Bank
12 Whose Live Anyway? 29Brandi Carlile with opener The War and Treaty performance by our regional favorites Trampled by Turtles. The Geri Evans
13 The Jayhawks 30Brandi Carlile with opener The War and Treaty latest Blue Canvas Orchestra creation, “Back to the Garden: The Iron River, WI
14 I’m With Her / with opener Yola Carter 31 Supaman Essentia Health Free Family Music of Woodstock,” was the hit of the summer with several BMO Harris Bank – Ashland,
15 - 17 Memorial Medical Center Bluegrass Day 31 Spoken Word Workshop with Tall Paul and standing-tent-only performances. We continued our multi- Branch Manager
Camp for Kids Supaman Free Workshop cultural Free Family Matinees, our Bluegrass Day Camp for Kids, Therene Gazdik
18 Rosanne Cash and Band 31 Word! Tall Paul, Supaman, and Twin City Tone and our Native American Community Connections series. We Washburn, WI
19 Back to the Garden: The Music of Woodstock plus Open Mic celebrated our 10th annual Big Top Idol competition – an annual School District of Washburn,
20 Lyle Lovett and his Large Band favorite event that fosters new talent from our own community. Retired
21 The Righteous Brothers September All in all, it was a fantastic year under canvas – yes, we’re still
25 American Stories 1 Riding the Wind under canvas! Ron Harrold
26 Greg Brown with opener Bo Ramsey and 6 Shanties & Shipwrecks La Pointe, WI
special introduction by Michael Perry 7 Old Last Night with the Blue Canvas As we look back at last year, we want to thank all of the Motion To Go, Owner
27 Titambe West African Dance Ensemble Orchestra, John McEuen & the String amazing musicians, volunteers, donors, staff and community
Essentia Health Free Family Wizards, and host Michael Perry supporters who keep Big Top going strong year after year. This Keith Kylmala
27 Michael Perry’s “Half A Star” 14 Trampled by Turtles is your Big Top and our community treasure. Thank you all so Duluth, MN
28 Back to the Garden: The Music of Woodstock with opener Horseshoes & Hand Grenades much and we’ll see you at the hill very soon. Until then, catch Kylmala Truss, Owner
31 Pie and Ponderings: Environmental Resiliency 21 Big TAP ChautauquaFest the Big Top all year over the airwaves on Tent Show Radio! Jim Perry
through an Indigenous Lens Larsen, WI
UW Fox Valley, CEO - Retired
Sincerely, P and B Motorsports, Owner

Kimberly Rymer
Bayfield, WI
The Bayfield Inn, Owner

Kim Ogle President Terry Matier Scottie Sandstrom
Iron River, WI Executive Director Washburn, WI
Essentia Health, Lake Superior Bayfield County Economic
Physician Big Top Chautauqua Development Corp., Retired