Georgia Southern鈥檚 Performing Arts Center celebrates Homecoming weekend with 鈥淐oming Home: An Evening with Tony Arata and Friends鈥�
The Performing Arts Center (PAC) at 秋葵视频 is celebrating the University鈥檚 Homecoming week with Georgia native, Georgia Southern alumnus and songwriting master Tony Arata. Arata will perform with his crew of talented friends: Pat Alger, J. Fred Knobloch, Grammy winner Mark D. Sanders, and harmonica extraordinaire Kirk 鈥淛elly Roll鈥� Johnson. During the PAC鈥檚 presentation of 鈥淐oming Home: An Evening with Tony Arata and Friends,鈥� on Friday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m., the acclaimed musician and his comrades will share an intimate 鈥渋n-the-round鈥� performance filled with the stories and inspirations behind the songs audience members know and love.
Each member of the group is a fixture at Nashville鈥檚 world-famous Bluebird Caf茅 and will perform songs like Grammy-nominated and CMA Song of the Year 鈥淭he Dance,鈥� 鈥淭he Thunder Rolls,鈥� 鈥淯nanswered Prayers,鈥� 鈥淚 Hope You Dance,鈥� 鈥淥ut of the Blue Clear Sky,鈥� 鈥淚f My Heart Had Wings,鈥� and 2015 Grammy Award-winning country song 鈥淚鈥檓 Not Gonna Miss You.鈥�
The creative genius behind Garth Brooks鈥� mega-hit song 鈥淭he Dance,鈥� Tony Arata is a renowned Nashville songwriter and has written hits for numerous artists, including Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris and Lee Roy Parnell. Arata has previously played to sold-out crowds at the Averitt Center for the Arts and the Tybee Post Theater.
Tickets are available through the PAC Box Office by phone at 478-7999 or in person at 847 Plant Drive, Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased online at by clicking the eTix logo.
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秋葵视频, a public Carnegie Doctoral/Research University founded in 1906, offers more than 125 degree programs serving more than 20,500 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelors, masters and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. Georgia Southern is recognized for its student-centered and hands-on approach to education. Visit