'Zorro' leaves its mark Sunday
NORWICH – Sunday’s performance at The Chenango County Council of the Arts is sure to leave its “mark” on Norwich.
Rick Benjamin’s Paragon Orchestra will perform the original, Spanish-flavored score to accompany the silent film classic “The Mark of Zorro” at the West Main Street theater at 3 p.m. this Sunday.
In today’s world of big budget blockbusters, CGI effects and Dolby Surround Sound, why go see a 1920s flick?
“There are a bunch of great reasons,” said Paragon’s Rick Benjamin. “First, silent cinema with live orchestra is a rare and great form of entertainment. Norwich will be the only place on earth that day where ‘Zorro’ will be seen with a live orchestra playing its original 1920 score,” he noted.
“Second,” the director said, “performing the event will be an internationally known orchestra which performs in most of America’s (and Europe’s) most famous venues (and the group’s latest CD was a 2008 Grammy Award winner). Finally, silent films really are a community activity: the audience’s reactions become part of the show. If you start cheering and yelling ‘Don’t go in there!’ at the screen in your local multiplex, you’ll get thrown out. With silent films, this kind of audience participation is not only welcome, it’s historically correct and fun.”
Old Spanish California is the setting in which Douglas Fairbanks creates the prototype of the modern adventure hero. Slashing his trademark “Z” on the consciousness (and sometimes the posteriors of the corrupt administration of Governor Alvarado), Zorro leads the way with action and humor to “Justice for All!”
In telling audiences what they can expect from Sunday’s show, Benjamin said, “You’ll get an colorful recreation of a wonderous - yet vanished - world of entertainment: Silent films. The performance can be enjoyed on many levels - just watching the film is fun and is the ‘draw’ for most people. For music lovers, the score is beautiful and will be played live by world-class players. There’s also the show-biz “excitement” element of having a theater orchestra playing live for a show, right in your town.”
Rick Benjamin’s Paragon Orchestra with “The Mark of Zorro” begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Local sponsorship of the program is provided by NBT Bank. Additional support has been provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and Senator Tom Libous.
Tickets for the performance range in price from $14.50 to $22, with discounts for seniors, and members of the Arts Council and the Earlville Opera House. Students 18 and under are $10.
For ticket information and reservations, call 336-ARTS (2787) or go online to www.chenangoarts.org.
Rick Benjamin’s Paragon Orchestra will perform the original, Spanish-flavored score to accompany the silent film classic “The Mark of Zorro” at the West Main Street theater at 3 p.m. this Sunday.
In today’s world of big budget blockbusters, CGI effects and Dolby Surround Sound, why go see a 1920s flick?
“There are a bunch of great reasons,” said Paragon’s Rick Benjamin. “First, silent cinema with live orchestra is a rare and great form of entertainment. Norwich will be the only place on earth that day where ‘Zorro’ will be seen with a live orchestra playing its original 1920 score,” he noted.
“Second,” the director said, “performing the event will be an internationally known orchestra which performs in most of America’s (and Europe’s) most famous venues (and the group’s latest CD was a 2008 Grammy Award winner). Finally, silent films really are a community activity: the audience’s reactions become part of the show. If you start cheering and yelling ‘Don’t go in there!’ at the screen in your local multiplex, you’ll get thrown out. With silent films, this kind of audience participation is not only welcome, it’s historically correct and fun.”
Old Spanish California is the setting in which Douglas Fairbanks creates the prototype of the modern adventure hero. Slashing his trademark “Z” on the consciousness (and sometimes the posteriors of the corrupt administration of Governor Alvarado), Zorro leads the way with action and humor to “Justice for All!”
In telling audiences what they can expect from Sunday’s show, Benjamin said, “You’ll get an colorful recreation of a wonderous - yet vanished - world of entertainment: Silent films. The performance can be enjoyed on many levels - just watching the film is fun and is the ‘draw’ for most people. For music lovers, the score is beautiful and will be played live by world-class players. There’s also the show-biz “excitement” element of having a theater orchestra playing live for a show, right in your town.”
Rick Benjamin’s Paragon Orchestra with “The Mark of Zorro” begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Local sponsorship of the program is provided by NBT Bank. Additional support has been provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and Senator Tom Libous.
Tickets for the performance range in price from $14.50 to $22, with discounts for seniors, and members of the Arts Council and the Earlville Opera House. Students 18 and under are $10.
For ticket information and reservations, call 336-ARTS (2787) or go online to www.chenangoarts.org.
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