GPAC Murder Mystery Fundraiser
1975 – 77
National Theatre – “Catching a Rising Star” - September 7
Danish Gym Team - September 13
Paul Price Percussion Ensemble - November 16
National Players – “The Tavern” - January 27
National Opera – “Daughter of the Regiment” - February 8
African Arts Ensemble
New Shakespeare Company – “As You Like It”
Lily Tomlin
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Stan Kenton
Pickwick Puppet Theatre – “Arabian Nights”
1977 – 78
Bradley Fields and Company
Jack Anderson
Johnny Porrazzo
National Players – “The Miser”
National Opera – “Barber of Seville”
Woody Herman
1978 – 79
Mac Frampton
The Amazing Kreskin
Mat Rixix Band
Susannah Scher
National Players – “Romeo and Juliet”
Mike Cross National Opera – “El Caption”
The Vienna Quartet
1979 – 1980
Mike Cross - September 6
Danish Gym Team - October 16
Geral Goodman and Elizabeth Marshall - February 5
National Opera – “La Boheme” - March 4
The Kingsmen
D.H. Laurence
North Carolina Opera
1980 – 81
Mercy River Boys
Bill Monroe
Footpath Dance Company
Edmond Karlsrud and the Men of Song
Mark Twain Sketches
Buddy Rich Orchestra
Carolina Regional Theatre – “Tennessee’s Waltz”
National Players - “Twelfth Night”
1981 – 82
North Carolina Symphony - December 4
Senator William Proxmire
Manard Ferguson
1982 – 83
An Elephant in My Pants
Susannah McCorkle
Vincent Price
The Washington Ballet
1983 – 84
A Bucket O’Boards - October 1
Pinocchio - October 8
Tempest - October 13-15
Amati Quartet - November 3
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You/An Actor’s Nightmare - November 17-19
Dr.Tom & Seus - December 3
The Nasheville Contemporary Brass Quintet - January 27
The Nasheville Contemporary Brass Quintet - January 28
Kreskin: World’s Foremost Mentalist - March 27
The Easy Moving Dance Company - March 31
1985 – 86
Lionel Hampton - October 3
They’re Playing Our Song - November 16
Joffrey II Dancers - January 28
The Second City Touring Company - March 15
1986 – 87
The United States Marine Band - September 17
Evita - November 13
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo - January 24
The Acting Company – “The Gilded Age” - February 12
Orlando String Quartet - February 19
Constanza Cucaro - February 28
The North Carolina Symphony - March 6
1987 – 88
Second City Touring Company - September 26
NC Shakespeare Festival – “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” - October
Taj Mahal - January
The Chicago City Ballet - February
Man of LaMancha - March
NC School of the Arts Symphony
Phil and Gaye Johnson
The Belov’s Contemporary Clown Drama
Wall Street Dance Works
Dracula
1988 – 89
The North Carolina Symphony - September 21
Pump Boys and Dinettes - October 18
42nd Street - February 1
Chuch Davis and the African American Dance Ensemble - February 20
Free Flight - March 31
Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats and Magicians - April 8
Sweet Charity
1989 – 1990
Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra - September 23
Philip Aaberg / Turtle Island String Quartet - October 12
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company - November 4
Dreamgirls - February 17
Big River - March 12
Mark Russell - April 27
The National Youth Orchestra of Spain
Tough Mime Theatre
Opera Carolina – “The Ransom of the Red Chief”
1990 – 91
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - September 27
The North Carolina Symphony - October 15
Ta Fantastika Blacklight Theatre - October 26
Ballet Gran Folklorica de Mexico - November 16
Winnie the Pooh - December 7
A Chorus Line - January 22
Queen of the Blues - February 1
James Houlik - February 15
American Indian Dance Theatre - March 11
Into the Woods - March 13
Soviet Acrobatic Revue - April 17
1991 – 92
The Glenn Miller Orchestra - September 26
Dinosaurs - October 21
As You Like It - October 28
United States Marine Band - November 15
Al Hirt - November 23
Gypsy - December 3
Barnum - January 31
I Have A Dream - February 6
Munich Chamber Orchestra - February 26
The North Carolina Symphony - March 5
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble - March 14
Nunsense - March 19
Native American Theatre Ensemble - April 10
Columbus - April 14
The Wizard of Oz - April 24
Mel Torme and Maureen McGovern
Chicago City Limits
1992 – 93
Guy Lombardo Orchestra - August 1
Fiddler on the Roof - September 14
Gerwin By Request - September 24
US Air Force Tac. Band - October 1
The Little Mermaid - October 7
NC Shakespeare Festival – “Two Gentlemen of Verona” - October 19
Slowfire - November 9
Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial - November 12
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - November 20
The Nutcracker - December 3
Mark Russell - January 9
Grand Hotel - January 19
Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble - February 9
George Winston - February 16
Artie Shaw Orchestra - February 19
Meet Me In St. Louis - March 2
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra - March 5
Famous People Players - March 17
101 Dalmatians - April 20
Peking Acrobats - April 30
Robin Hood - May14
First American Showcase
Paul Drescher Ensemble
Cinderella
Beauty and the Country Beast
Hansel and Gretel
1993 – 94
Bo Thorpe and His Orchestra - September 10
The Great American Indian Dancers - September 13
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp - October 13
Brigadoon - October 18
The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra - November 29
A Christmas Carol - December 7
City of Angels - January 10
Tom Chapin - February 7
Camp Logan - February 10
Count Basie Orchestra - February 24
My Fair Lady - March 14
The Great Vaudeville Magic Show - April 21
1994 – 95
South Pacific - September 24
Much Ado About Nothing - October 10
Promises, Promises - November 22
The Nutcracker - December 5
Chicago - January 23
African American Dance Ensemble - February 10
North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra - February 17
Anything Goes - March 2
North Carolina Dance Theatre - April 21
Stuart Little
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown
1995 – 96
The Tap Dance Kid
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Beauty and the Beast
When Swing Was King
The Will Rogers Follies
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Gigi
1996 – 97
Glen Miller Orchestra
The Velveteen Rabbit
Annie Get Your Gun
Singin’ In the Rain
A Christmas CAROL
The Odd Couple
Mame
Pocahontas
New Kid
Oh Henry - “The Music of Henry Mancini”
1997 – 98
Me and My Girl - September 25
The Kingston Trio - November 3
The Nutcracker on Ice - December 2
Shirley Jones - February 6
Having Our Say - February 20
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - March 19
Carousel - April 28
1998 – 99
The Coasters, Drifters and Platters
West Side Story
Miracle on 34th Street
Smokey Joe’s Café
Halley’s Comet starring John Amos
Leahy
Street Sounds
Grease!
The Spencers, Theatre of Illusion
Ballet Gran Folklorico de Mexico
Tomas Kubinek
Winnie the Pooh
School House Rock Live!
1999 – 2000
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - October 12
Sleeping Beauty on Ice - December 6
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
George Gee and His Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra
Much Ado About Nothing - February 25
Where the Wild Things Are - October 22
The Magic School Bus - November 23
Asante’s African Safari - January 21
Curious George - February 8
Treasure Island - March 20
Camelot
Tap Dogs
The King and I
2000 – 01
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - September 12
Steel Pier - September 18
Don McLean with Janis Ian - October 12
David Holt - November 2
Jekyll and Hyde - November 21
Swan Lake on Ice - December 6
Roy Clark - December 9
Cinderella - January 19
1964 - The Beatles Tribute - January 24
They’re Playing Our Song - January 31
Chicago Brass Quintet - February 6
The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards - February 6
The Diary of Anne Frank - February 21
BJ Thomas - April 27
Crazy For You - May 1
The Famous People Players - May 4
2001 – 02
Ragtime - September 17
Erin Brockovich - September 27
Are You My Mother? - September 28
The Eroica Trio - October 3
The 5th Dimension - October 6
Ralph Nader - October 30
Footloose - November 2
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer - November 6
Edward James Olmos - November 20
A Christmas Carol - December 4
Crystal Gayle - December 7
Mitch Ryder / Gary Lewis and the Playboys / The Shangri-Las - January 17
Emile Pandolfi - January 24
Titanic - February 5
Franklins Big Adventure - February 12
Percy Sledge - February 15
Maya Angelou - February 26
Reading Rainbow - March 5
Death of a Salesman - March 27
Sherman Alexie - April 2
Chairmen of the Board / The Tams - April 11
2002 – 03
State Fair - September 21
Lynn Russell - September 24
Rita Coolidge - October 5
Jane Elliott - October 9
Lorna Luff: Songs My Mother Taught Me - October 29
Robert Mirabal - November 7
Emile Pandolfi - November 9
Henry Winkler - November 12
Swing! - November 18
A Wonderful Life - December 5
RENT - January 25
Barry Manilow’s Copacabana - February 3
James Earl Jones - February 18
Cinderella - February 28
Rita Moreno - March 11
The Miracle Worker - March 19
Glenn Campbell - December 3
Mary Wilson of the Supremes - February 21
Herman’s Hermits / The Buckingham’s - May 2
2003 – 04
In The Mood - September 22
Soledad O’Brien - September 23
Dionne Warwick - October 4
Dancing Wheels - October 29
The Carolina Pops: 70 Years of Music - November 1
Billy Mills - November 3
Saturday Night Fever - November 7
Dave Barry - December 2
Seussical the Musical - December 5
The Oak Ridge Boys - December 11
Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats - January 22
Spike Lee - February 2
CATS - February 12
The Four Tops - February 20
Marvin Hamlisch - February 25
Fosse - April 7
2004 – 05
Mark Russell - September 15
Beauty and the Beast - September 16
Jim Brickman in concert - September 23
Windham Hill America - September 28
Sean Stephenson - September 29
Ronnie Milsap - October 1
The Stephen Schwartz Songbook - October 7
Keep On The Sunny Side - November 8
The Magic School Bus - November 10
Judy Woodruff - November 15
The Piano Men - November 18
Lou Rawls - December 4
Fiddler on the Roof - December 7
Bring in da Noise/Bring in da Funk - January 19
The Platters - February 4
Rainbow Fish - February 7
Broadway! The Big Band years - February 9
Cornel West - February 24
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - February 25
Steel Magnolias - March 3
Bowfire - March 14
Freedom Train - March 22
Dick Vitale - April 11
The Legends of Rock ‘n Roll: A Tribute to Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly - May 3
2005 – 06
An Evening with Betty Buckley - September 16
Thoroughly Modern Millie - October 6
Air Supply - October 8
The Nutcracker - December 1
Lee Greenwood - December 6
Windham Hill Winter Solstice - January 19
Native American Dance Theatre - January 31
The Spinners - February 3
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - February 13
Our Sinatra - March 13
The Trip to Bountiful - March 16
Chairmen of the Board & The Band of Oz - March 31
Tap Dogs - April 7
Pinocchio
Einstein: A Stage Portrait
The Nutcracker
Willie Wonka
Catherine Crier
Nicholas Sparks
Tavis Smiley
Roy Firestone
2006 – 07
Jesus Christ Superstar - October 2
Survivor - October 7
Children’s Letters to God - October 30
Strictly Clean and Decent - November 14
Wonderful Town - November 28
A Pat Boone Christmas - December 1
Dan & Jim Seals - February 2
Ballet Hispanico - March 16
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs with Clarence Carter - March 30
Lost in Yonkers - April 5
Nancy Grace
Mo Rocca
Nikki Giovanni
Pat Buchanan
James Brown
2007 – 08
Tony Orlando - September 15
Hairspray - October 4
1964…The Beatles Tribute - October 6
Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble - November 12
The Colors of Christmas: The Drifters and The Diamonds - November 29
A Viennese Christmas - December 3
Evita - January 17
Bobby Goldsboro - January 26
The State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico - February 12
African Footprint - February 27
The St. Petersburg State Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake - March 11
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - March 27
Rent - April 21
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers’ - April 26
Rosie Perez
Bob Woodward
2008 – 09
The Cashore Marionettes - September 11
Mac Davis - September 19
Arianna Huffington - September 23
The Commodores - October 17
Oliver! - October 24
Ballet Flamenco: José Porcel - November 3
Ballet Flamenco: José Porcel - November 6
The Lettermen - December 9
Ain’t Misbehavin’ with Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis - January 13
Max & Ruby - January 15
Hugh F. Johnson - January 22
The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra - January 27
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - February 2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - February 6
Louis Gossett Jr. - February 24
Sleeping Beauty: The Russian National Ballet Theatre - March 10
The Catalinas & The Fantastic Shakers - March 13
Junie B. Jones - March 16
Doug Flutie - March 17
The North Carolina Dance Theatre presents American Masterpieces - March 24
To Kill A Mockingbird - March 27
Movin’ Out - April 27
2009 – 10
Bill Nye - September 8
Chubby Chucker - September 11
Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano - September 18
Henry & Mudge - September 28
Chuck D - September 29
The Stylistics - October 2
The Virsky National Ukrainian Dance Company - November 3
Valerie Plame Wilson - November 5
North Carolina Symphony - November 12
Avenue Q - November 14
Letter’s Home - November 16
The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon - November 19
Camelot - December 5
Christmas with Emile Pandolfi - December 11
Band of the Irish Guards - January 19
Sheryl Swoopes - January 21
Boogie Wonder Band - January 23
The Wedding Singer - January 28
Are You My Mother? - February 5
Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra - February 9
Jodie Sweetin - March 23
Davy Jones - March 26
Cinderella: The Russian National Ballet Theatre - March 30
The Kennedy Center presents Nobody’s Perfect - May 3
2010 – 11
Erin Gruwell - September 15
DESTINO - September 24
Charlotte’s Web - October 4
Oklahoma! - October 22
Otherwise Known As Shelia The Great - October 25
KC & The Sunshine Band - October 29
Legally Blonde - November 1
Adam Beach - November 29
Diamond Rio - December 4
The Color Purple - January 27
The NATIONAL Philharmonic of Poland - February 4
Judy Shepard - February 21
NC Youth Tap Ensemble - February 25
NC Youth Tap Ensemble - February 26
Tango Buenos Aires - March 1
Spring Awakening - March 14
CLICK, CLACK, MOO - March 17
Romeo and Juliet: The Russian National Ballet Theatre - April 14
Adam Fererra - April 19
Hill Harper - April 26
Robert Lee Smith & The Original Tams and Craig Woolard Band - April 29
2011 – 12
Cory Booker - September 29
Kool and the Gang - October 7
Civil War Voices - October 11
Suessical - October 17
The National Acrobats of China - November 17
Rock of Ages - December 5
In The Heights - January 24
Sing-A-Long: A Sound of Music - February 4
Frank Warren - February 7
The Tchaikovsky St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra - February 9
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Moulin Rouge - March 20
Ballroom With A Twist - April 24
Jack and the Beanstalk - April 26
Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles - April 27
2012 – 13
Smokey Joe’s Cafè - September 28
Treasure Island - October 3
Gloriana - October 13
Clarence Carter, Percy Sledge and Roy C. - October 26
Cirque Chinois - November 13
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon - November 16
Cherish the Ladies: A Celtic Christmas - November 29
Monty Python’s Spamalot - January 15
Jim Quick & Coastline, Robert Lee Smith & The Original Tams and The Embers - March 16
The Midtown Men - March 25
Of Mice and Men: The Acting Company - April 25
Swan Lake: The Russian National Ballet Theatre - April 2
2013 – 14
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast - October 3
Skippyjon Jones - October 28
SOS Band - November 1
The Monster Who Ate My Peas - January 13
Memphis - January 16
The River People Music and Culture Fest - January 26
Peter Nero - February 21
Dinosaur Train Live! - February 25
Russian National Ballet: Giselle - April 1
Three Dog Night - April 4
American Idiot - April 15
2014 – 15
Threefifty - September 12
Broadway Rox - September 20
The National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China - October 13
Jekyll and Hyde - October 20
Michael Ian Black - October 24
Otherwise Known as Shelia The Great - October 28
Mamma Mia! - November 13
American Big Band: Home for the Holidays - November 21
Million Dollar Quartet - January 15
I Have A Dream - March 18
North Carolina Symphony - March 21
Visions From Cape Breton: Natalie Macmaster & Donnell Leahy - March 24
Rapunzel! Rapunzel! - April 23
The Great Gatsby - April 25
2015 – 16
We are the Music Makers! - September 19
Cirque Montage - September 25
En Vogue - October 2
Menopause The Musical - October 9
Flashdance The Musical - November 14
A Charlie Brown Christmas: David Benoit - December 5
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - January 14
Alley II - March 3
The Hit Men featuring former stars of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - April 23
Once - May 3
2016 – 17
Unelectable You - September 29
Shanghai Acrobats - October 18
Purple Xperience - October 21
Annie - November 17
Annual Holiday Extravaganza: UNCP Department of Music - December 2
42nd Street - January 26
N.C. Youth Tap Ensemble - January 19
STOMP - March 21
Swan Lake: The Russian National Ballet Theatre - March 27
Air Force Band - April 3
Pippin - April 7
2017 – 18
Romeo and Juliet - September 14
Extreme Illusions & Escapes - September 22
Derik Nelson & Family - September 26
The Martial Artists and Acrobats of Tianjin - October 19
Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience - October 27
Cirque Dreams Holidaze - November 20
Chicken Dance - November 28
Annual Holiday Extravaganza: UNCP Department of Music - December 1
Well Strung - January 23
Amazing Grace - March 13
The Wizard of Oz - March 19
On Golden Pond - April 6
Nugget & Fang - April 24
2018-19
The Three Musketeers - September 20-21
Jessica Jane & Niels Duinker’s Magic Variety Act - September 28
Fayetteville's Symphony Orchestra: Music of John Williams - October 5
Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles - October 19
10th Annual Holiday Extravaganza: UNCP Department of Music - November 30
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - December 2
So Good For The Soul: A Tribute to Motown - January 12
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella - February 20
Russian National Ballet: Sleeping Beauty - March 11
The Red Hot Chilli Pipers - March 20
The Midtown Men - April 15
2019-20
The Blind Boys of Alabama - September 12
Extreme Illusions & Escapes - September 20
Queen Nation - October 11
Cirque Mei - October 27
Noises Off - November 14-15
Cherokee Warriors of AniKituhwa - November 19-20
11th Annual Holiday Extravaganza - November 22
The Nutcracker - November 24
Cynthia Marshall hosted by Newy Scruggs - January 21
Bandstand - January 29
National Symphony of Ukraine - February 18
The Color Purple - March 2