Golf Cart Show on The Town Square

Come out to see a premiere showcase of Marion County’s most
unique and individualized golf carts. Open to all custom and
special-interest electric or solar golf carts.
Door prizes, live entertainment, food, drinks, vendors and a parade displaying the golf carts.

CATEGORIES: Best of Show, Most Creative, Best Classic and People’s Choice
Winners of each category will receive post-event recognition on the
Circle Square Commons website in addition to great prizes.

Days of Disco with Flashback
Dance the Night Away

Delighting audiences for over 10 years, Flashback is a dynamic, six-member band that will have you slow dancing to ‘60s favorites, shakin' it down in the ‘70s and ‘80s or swingin’ to a favorite Rock 'n Roll Tune from somewhere in between. Wherever this powerful group sets up, a vibrantly good time is sure to follow!  

Paperback Writer
(A Tribute to The Beatles)

Paperback Writer began with a fusion of top vocal talent from the national hit headliner tribute show The Beach Toys and former top Beatle tribute show members to comprise a Beatle look- and sound-alike ability far superior to others!

Annie - the musical

The ‘Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow,’ and on August 2nd when Applause Performance Company’s 2008 production of the acclaimed musical “Annie” hits a stage near you! APC has produced shows with all-star casts that tour statewide. Directors Cristalyn Stokes and Elizabeth Bergeron have individually performed for audiences in the thousands at venues such as the Grand Ol’ Opry, the hit TV show Star Search, and the NCAA Final Four Tournament. Together they have directed performers who have gone on to become major label recording artists and act in major motion pictures. Their 2008 production of “Annie” features talented men, women, and children of all ages. So join Applause Performance Company as they take us singing and dancing down Easy Street!

Sock Hop with Rocky & The Rollers
Dance the Night Away

Rocky and The Rollers have over 28 years of experience touring around the world in a wide range of musical situations, from fairs and festivals to conventions and black tie affairs, concert halls and solo hotel and club dates.
Rocky and The Rollers are best known as the touring band for “Bowzer's Rock and Roll Party.” Jon “Bowzer” Bauman former leader of SHA NA NA says Rocky and The Rollers have "one of the most exciting 50’s, 60’s & 70’s shows” he has ever seen and they “get the job done."

2nd Annual Jimmy Buffett Festival featuring
Live Bait

Take a trip to the tropics with Live Bait.  Party to all your favorite Jimmy Buffett hits, as well as island favorites by Bob Marley, James Taylor, UB40 and many more! Complete with beach balls in the crowd, grass skirts, costuming, the limbo, the conga line, leis and flower bracelets for the girls. A look and feel of Florida on stage!

The Flamingos

In 1954, Terry Johnson (at age 16) recorded with a Baltimore group called The Whispers (not The Whispers of the 1960's) on Gotham Records in Philadelphia. He wrote, arranged and sang lead on "Fool Heart" and co-wrote, arranged and sang lead on "Are You Sorry," released in 1955.

He brought that sound and talent to The Flamingos in 1956 with his first arrangement of music and vocals on "The Ladder of Love." He continued with writing and arranging, "Lovers Never Say Goodbye," "Mio Amore," "At The Prom," "Heavenly Angel," "You, Me and the Sea," his unforgettably beautiful production and arrangement of "I Only Have Eyes For You" and others. Terry arranged the music, vocals and sang tenor on all of the songs on the albums "Flamingo Serenade," "Requestfully Yours" and "Flamingo Favorites." Terry sang on the duets such as "Lovers Never Say Goodbye," "Love Walked In," "Time Was" and "But Not For Me." He also sang the lead on some of their album cuts such as "I'm In The Mood For Love," "When I Fall In Love" and "Beside You." (Full Bio)

Click here for The Flamingos' promo video!

Ocala Symphony Orchestra
formerly known as the Central Florida Symphony Orchestra

Now in its 31st concert season, the Central Florida Symphony Orchestra is a fully-professional orchestra composed of outstanding musicians from our community and the finest music schools throughout the region. They are dedicated to serving central Florida with the highest quality in musical experiences.

Mickey Finn Show

IMickey Finn is one of those rare talents who combines all the ingredients of piano virtuosity, creative showmanship and comedy. He stands amazingly tall as a rinky-tink pianist, band leader, TV producer and composer. The unsurpassed success of his own nightclub in San Diego (3 million people through the doors) led to an NBC TV series. Superlative performances continue at Disney World's Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, performing arts theaters, on 5-Star Cruise ships and on more than 50 national TV specials.

Banjoist extraordinaire, Cathy Reilly caught Finn's eye while winning the talent portion of the Miss America Pageant. As Miss Delaware, she was responsible for 100 million people being mesmerized by her banjoistics as one of the top ten finalists. After a Far East tour she was named "USO Entertainer of the Year." Cathy has performed all over the US convention headliner, casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, teamed with Finn at Disney, cruise lines and on national TV. She was the first woman inducted into the National Banjo Hall of Fame.

Billy Joe Royal

After success in both the country and pop fields andhits that stretch from the 60’s to the 90’s, it’s obvious that Billy Joe Royal is doing something right. More than 25 years since “Down In The Boondocks” put Royal on the map, his R&B tinged tenor is still thrilling radio listeners and concert-goers; his tours still display the timelessness of high powered showmanship and his staying power remains a testimony to what happens when hard work and resilience are combined with natural talent. (Full Bio)

Craft Fair

Join crafters from On Top of the World Communities and surrounding communities.

Stage Door Theatre Presents...
"Driving Miss Daisy"
Dinner Show

Thursday, October 23, through Sunday, October 26, 2008
Doors Open: 5pm • Dinner Begins: 6pm

Driving Miss Daisy is a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama with a story that spans a period of twenty-five years, 1948 to 1973. The story follows Daisy Werthan, a 72-year-old, southern Jewish widow, who has just crashed her brand-new car while backing it out of the garage. Her son hires her a driver Hoke Coleburn, a 60-year-old, uneducated African American man. At first, Daisy wants nothing to do with Hoke, but he slowly wins her over with his native good graces.  Over the years the pair shares life’s ups and downs and slowly builds a relationship that transcends their differences.

Joey Dee & The Starliters

Joey Dee is now flanked by two outstanding performers. David Brigati, original Starliters (who also sang on The Rascal's recordings), stands on one side. On the other side of Joey stands Bobby Valli, younger brother of Frankie Valli. The vocals that emanate from the stage send chills and thrills to the audience. Joey is as exciting as ever and Dave and Bobby only enhance that excitement with their vocal leads and harmonies. Dave sings The Rascal's songs eerily like the group his brother Eddie starred in. Bobby sings his brother's songs with a panache that is reminiscent of The Four Seasons. Joey sings and dances all of his hit recordings and audiences are mesmerized.

Dueling Divas

TV screens aren’t big enough to hold them! The paparazzi are eating them up! Never before has the public been privy to such intimate views of operatic divas and their egos!

La voce femmina! Secure, powerful! You cannot resist these divas! Think, feathers, sequins, pounds of jewelry, wigs, wigs, wigs! And what is a night of opera without a horned helmet and spear?

In the grand tradition of Operatic Feuds, join these modern-day divas, Baroness Vladka von Loudenstimme and Gwendoline Josephine Bellevoix Bouvier, as they take their duel to the stage for all to see and judge!

Witness the terror of “Divas-gone-mad” in Lady Macbeth vs. Lucia di Lammermoor - leave children at home. Thrill to the excitement of Operation Feather Boa: You Call That Loud?! Relish the Valkyrie battle-cry, “Ho-jo-to-ho”, sung like no soprano has ever dared!

Which diva will win this duel? Will it be Gwendoline, our bubbly Southern Belle fresh off the farm (yeah, right)? Or Vladka, a mature, serious artist from some undefined European location, whose accent tends to slip in and out? Who will manage the most costume changes? Who will sing the loudest? The highest? Will the long-suffering pianist rebel and take the stage? Who gets the Tenor? Who even wants the Tenor?

All these questions, and more, will be answered before the curtain falls!