Last October, the Jersey Tenors made their Ardmore debut at the Jerome Westheimer Center for the Performing Arts. This Sunday the quartet will be back again, and the show is completely free.
Westheimer Center Executive Director Nick Gelona said the show is being sponsored by the Turrentine Family, who loved the first performance so much they wanted to bring it back for everyone to enjoy.
Group founder and leader Brian Noonan said he is flattered to be asked back.
“It’s amazing to bring our show back to Ardmore, and it’s such an honor for us,” Noonan said. “There are some really incredible sponsors who loved our show and wanted to bring us back, so we’re tickled to get the chance to perform for everyone again. Especially in such an amazing venue.”
Noonan said the show will offer a wide variety of songs and genres.
“We’re known as a very versatile act, and we’re constantly adding more songs and genres to our repertoire,” he said. “So there will be some of that nostalgic feel from the 60s with Frankie Valli and the Beach Boys. There will also be some 70s with Queen, Elton John, and Billy Joel.
“Then we sprinkle in some opera and Sinatra, and low and behold you have this wild musical journey we take our audience on.”
Noonan shared a couple of his favorite moments of the show.
“We’ve added in ‘Annie’s Song’ by John Denver which we sing as a tight four-part harmony,” he said. “That’s probably one of our favorite songs to perform at the moment.
“Another highlight is our rock/opera crossover where we throw in Journey, Billy Joel, Italian opera and finish it off with some Elvis Presley. It gives us a chance to throw in some high notes and show off these guys’ vocal talent.”
Noonan said the group loves to interact with the audience.
“We like to lay it on really thick with our Jersey ‘wise guy’ act,” he said. “We really want the audience to feel like they’re in on this show. We break the fourth wall. We get out in the audience, and we might even bring some folks on stage with us a couple times as well. It’s a lot of fun.”
The show is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5. Gelona said doors will open 45 minutes before the show.
“You don’t need a reservation,” Gelona said. “You don’t need a ticket. Just show up, come in, pick a seat and enjoy.”
He expressed his gratitude to the Turrentine Family for sponsoring the show.
“It’s so generous of the Turrentines to do this,” Gelona said. “It’s such a great example of what we were always hoping the Westheimer Center would bring, the joy of sharing the arts.”
