Press Release- Dec 17, 2006
FOR RELEASE:
SUNDAY, DEC. 17, 2006
JESSI COLTER TO HEADLINE INAUGURAL CONCERT
Three More Musical Acts Also Will Perform at Jan. 12 Celebration
The Ritter-O'Brien Inaugural Committee announced today that country-music star Jessi Colter will headline the Jan. 12 inaugural concert. Three other musical acts also are slated to perform at the inaugural celebration at the Colorado Convention Center's Wells Fargo Theatre.
"We're extremely pleased a musician of Jessi Colter's caliber will be the main act for Gov.-elect Ritter and Lt. Gov.-elect O'Brien's inaugural concert," said Inaugural Committee co-chairs Frances Koncilja and James Crowe. "This will be a wonderfully entertaining night."
Gov.-elect Ritter has long admired Colter's brand of music. Twenty years after her last solo project, Colter released her Out of the Ashes CD in February 2006. Much of the music is inspired by Colter's grief following the 2002 death of her husband, Grammy-winner Waylon Jennings.
"The governor-elect is thrilled she will be part of the inaugural festivities," Koncilja and Crowe said. "He and his family are equally excited that we're going to have additional musicians who will bring a diverse cultural mix to the evening's entertainment."
The inaugural concert will begin about 8:30 p.m. Jan. 12. Tickets cost $20 per seat and are now available by going to www.coloradopromise.org or calling TicketsWest at 1-800-325-SEAT (7328).
Colter will appear after three other musical performances by: