Seven Days in the Press
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE?
Seven Days Turns Ten
In 1999, Seven Days of Opening Nights was, in reality, just five opening nights. Still, the name caught on and so has the festival, growing to almost three weeks of performances and thousands of ticket sales. Complete with a new logo, the anniversary schedule will be announced in October. A commemorative program is in development, chronicling each of the nine seasons and looking ahead.
Day One. Artist Judy Chicago greets Executive Committee Chairman Margo Bindhardt at the opening of Chicago’s retrospective exhibit on February 19, 1999, the inaugural event for Seven Days of Opening Nights
The Inaugural Class of ‘99
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Since its inception, Seven Days of Opening Nights has aimed at getting the world’s finest artists and performers to Tallahassee stages. Sustaining their success, most of the performers from the festival’s first year have remained at the top of the charts.
CANADIAN BRASS
Of the five members who played Tallahassee in 1999, Chuck Daellenbach (bass) and Gene Watts (trombone) continue to tour with Canadian Brass, now in its 35th season. Ron Romm (trumpet) left the group to become a music professor at the University of Illinois, Chris Cooper plays French horn in the San Francisco Orchestra and Jens Lindemann travels the world as a trumpet soloist.
JUDY CHICAGO
Continues to work out of her New Mexico studio and is the subject of a hardcover biography by Gail Levin titled Becoming Judy Chicago.
FELIX JUSTICE
Still pairs with Danny Glover for performances of Langston and Martin and also tours for his one-man Martin Luther King, Jr., show, Prophecy in America
DANNY GLOVER
At age 60 acts, directs and produces feature films. Enjoys recurring roles on stage and also travels widely to promote activism in the world's important issues, including global human rights and AIDS.
GARTH FAGAN
His dance company is now in its 35th season, traveling the country to critical and popular acclaim.
ROSE’S
Released theatrically in 2003 under the title “Confessions of a Florist.” Director/Writer Frank Patterson returned to Tallahassee in 2003 as dean of the FSU Film School along with wife Leslie France, who starred in the film.
