WMU News

Parachute Express performs Sunday afternoon

Sept. 20, 2001

KALAMAZOO -- The "Superstars of Children's Music," Parachute Express, will perform at Miller Auditorium Sunday, Sept. 23, beginning at 3 p.m. The performance is part of Miller Auditorium's "Buster Bronco Family Series."

Tickets range from $13 to $7 and are available through the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at 616 387-2300, the Epic Center in downtown Kalamazoo, and on the Web at <www.millerauditorium.com>.

The Los Angeles Times hailed Parachute Express as the "Superstars of Children's Music." Created in 1984 to provide music for the well-known Gymboree program, Parachute Express is comprised of Donny Becker, Janice Hubbard and Stephen Michael Schwartz. With two Parents' Choice Awards, videos shown on both The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, and as the only group signed to The Disney Records Music Box Artist Series, Parachute Express continues to enjoy nationwide recognition as one of the premiere children's performers in the field.

Media contact: Bethany Gibson, 616 387-2370, bethany.gibson@wmich.edu


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