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Reagan of Illinois: world premiere of musical portrait

Northern Public Radio
Published February 18, 2011 at 6:01 PM CST
Dixon Municipal Band Director Mark Bressler and \"Reagan of Illinois\" narrator Paul Kattner
Guy Stephens
Dixon Municipal Band Director Mark Bressler and \"Reagan of Illinois\" narrator Paul Kattner

By Guy Stephens

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Dixon, IL – Saturday, February 19th, in the Historic Dixon Theatre, the Dixon Municipal Band gives concerts featuring the world premiere of David Holsinger's "Reagan of Illinois." The piece is a portrait, in words and music, of the city's most famous son as a young man growing up in Illinois. WNIJ's Guy Stephens has more.