{"id":34976,"date":"2024-08-22T17:41:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=34976"},"modified":"2024-08-22T17:41:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:41:06","slug":"ever-popular-abbamania-to-close-concerts-in-the-park-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/ever-popular-abbamania-to-close-concerts-in-the-park-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever-popular Abbamania to close Concerts in the Park series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

They\u2019re one of the few tribute shows to headline Roy Thomson Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the popular Abbamania show, which has been wowing audiences for more than 20 years, is set to close out Aurora\u2019s popular Concerts in the Park Summer Series next Wednesday, August 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAbbamania is the world\u2019s number-one production of Abba,\u201d says the Town. \u201cWith amazing vocals, look and authentic costumes, Abbamania matches every song done note for note, exactly as the original recordings. Don\u2019t miss this season\u2019s finale night!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exacting attention to detail is what sets Abbamania apart, says producer Garry Lichach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe energy is 100 miles an hour, the vocals 100 per cent, the look 100 per cent, the sound 100 per cent,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abbamania performs more than 200 shows a year, which he adds puts them in good company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are employed in 200 shows a year and in 20 years that is more concerts than the Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson and Madonna combined. The Beatles only played 117 times in their history. We do that in three quarters of a year. From the vocals, the sound, the costumes, the dialogue, the precision everyone takes in learning their part \u2013 from the head engineer on \u2013 to recreate the sound where people go, \u2018You\u2019ve got to be kidding me.\u2019 They\u2019re blown away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis [performance] will show how incredible our singers are. When this band sells out Roy Thomson Hall four times, that is something. Tribute bands don\u2019t play Roy Thomson Hall. Now Massey Hall wants us there next year and we will be the only tribute band to play Massey Hall. Come out [to Town Park] and see a great show. And even people who aren\u2019t ABBA fans come out, they say, \u2018Wow, I\u2019m such a fan now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, since the last time they played Concerts in the Park, there are a few new additions to the program. In 2021, Abba released its new album, Voyage, a critically-acclaimed surprise for fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hit from Voyage, Don\u2019t Shut Me Down, now features in the act, along with a medley of their latest work to augment the hits from Abba\u2019s heyday that has entertained generations of fans the world over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new material and the re-imagining of some of the band\u2019s most famous works, is key to their \u2013 and Abbamania\u2019s \u2013 enduring success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Mamma Mia movies gave us longevity and then when [the album] Abba Gold came out, that helped. Mamma Mia in Toronto helped. It recreated a new, in the last say, 15 years, a younger crowd has come to enjoy Abba,\u201d says Lichach. \u201cIt\u2019s not like an Elvis impersonator [who] attracts older people \u2013 and I\u2019m older too \u2013 but with a resurgence in Abba through movies, the new play in London, there is a new interest again of, \u2018Wow!\u2019 so we\u2019re lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerts in the Park take place each Wednesday night from 7 \u2013 9 p.m. at Town Park through to the end of August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vendors for food and other goods begin setting up at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerts are free, but donations to the Aurora Food Pantry are encouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on the 2024 Concerts in the Park lineup, visit aurora.ca\/summerconcerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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