Come celebrate the holiday season with the Florence Symphony Orchestra on SATURDAY,December 15, 2012! The Florence Symphony will be performing a Special Holiday Pops concert featuring the Royal Ladies of Country (Ava Barber, Becky Hobbs, & Leona Williams) at the FMU Performing Arts Center.
The Royal Ladies of Country are three talented ladies who have written songs for country legends like Alabama, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Randy Travis, Conway Twitty, and many more. They have all performed on the Grand Ole Opry stage during their illustrious careers and they are definitely talented ladies that you don’t want to miss on December 15, 2012!
Ava Barber began her professional career at age 10 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Lawrence Welk discovered Ava’s talent in 1973 and hired her to perform on The Lawrence Welk Show until its closing in 1982. Leona Williams recorded such hits as Once More, Yes Ma'am, He Found Me In A Honky Tonk, Country Girl With Hot Pants On and Broadminded. And has made personal appearances at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Becky Hobbs songs have been recorded by Alabama, Conway Twitty, (George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell, and others. She is the co-writer of Alabama’s hit, “Angels Among Us”.
This will be a concert of fun and excitement as Dr. Terry Roberts leads the orchestra and the Ladies in performing all your holiday favorites like “Silver Bells”, “I’ll be Home for Christmas”, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, “Let it Snow”, “March of the Toys”, “ Sleigh Ride” and many more.
Prime seating will go quickly for this fun and exciting Holiday Pops Concert in the FMU Performing Arts Center, reserve your seats today to join us for a special Saturday evening of fun and excitement!
Adult tickets start as low as $33 with senior and student discounts available. Contact the FMU Performing Arts Box Office for your tickets by visiting or calling 843.661.4444 today!
Large groups of 10 or more can get a special discount on tickets! Please call the symphony office at 843.661.2541 for more information on group rates.
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