The State Theatre Blog

This is a blog dedicated to keeping you updated on all that is The State Theatre of downtown State College, PA. On this blog you will find info on the concerts, films, and other special events that are upcoming at The State. This site will be focused on bringing more info on the events than you can normally find at The State's regular homepage. We will be posting videos, reviews, and more overall info than you can find anywhere else.

We will also be getting our readers involved as well. We will be doing a different poll every week to see how you, the reader, think The State is doing with their programming schedule. Also within the polls we will be asking who and what you would like to see at The State. On top of the polling you will be able to comment on everything that is posted on the blog, which now gives you more input than ever before. We here at The State Theatre Blog are very interested in what you think, so we overwhelmingly encourage you to join in on the blogging fun.

With that being said, enjoy the blog and we cannot wait to hear what you have to say!

Sunday, March 8, 2009

**UPDATE DAILY COLLEGIAN ARTICLE** THIS SATURDAY 3/21 AVERAGE WHITE BAND Bring the Funk to The State

**UPDATE**
TODAY'S 3/19 DAILY COLLEGIAN FEATURED AN ARTICLE ON THIS SATURDAY 3/21 SHOW WITH AWB!! CLICK HERE TO READ ARTICLE

That's right folks Average White Band will be appearing at The State Theatre on Saturday March 21st at 8 PM. Average White Band (or AWB for short) can't be defined by one single genre so we're going to break them all down for you: they are considered blue-eyed soul, funk, soul rock, and disco. They were influenced by such acts as Marvin Gaye, James Brown, and Donny Hathaway. Even though you can recognize those influeces, AWB created a sound all their own. Average White Band is a Scottish band that got their start in 1971 but had to wait a few years before being recognized on the public stage. In 1973 AWB got their big break with a supporting gig at Eric Clapton's comeback concert. After their first record, Show Your Hand, sold poorly they continued to record and in August of 1974 they released their second record, AWB, which would be the groups biggest hit. AWB went to number one on the pop charts and brought the group acclaim for every realm. AWB was filled with hits including 'Work To Do' and 'Pick Up The Pieces' which went to number one on the pop singles charts. Below you can see them perform live:

'Work To Do'

'Pick Up The Pieces'




Tickets for Average White Band are on sale NOW for the ticket price of $35 and are available online and at the State Theatre Box office for the March 21st show. THERE ARE STILL GEAT SEAT AVAILABLE SO GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! Hope to see you there!
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