Boys are back.Byline: Victor D. Infante Victor D. Infante (born 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American poet and critic. A 1993 graduate of the British campus of New England College at Arundel, West Sussex, he emerged as a writer and performer at poetry readings in Orange County, California, and as a contributorCOLUMN: TEN THINGS TO DO With songs as ubiquitous as "Elvira" and "American Made," the Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, city (1990 pop. 27,310), Anderson and Roane counties, E Tenn., on Black Oak Ridge and the Clinch River; founded by the U.S. government 1942, inc. as an independent city 1959. Boys remain among the most effecting and powerful vocal harmony groups playing today. Delving deep into patriotic and gospel themes, the Oak Ridge Boys attack each song with amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. dexterity and soul, imbuing each note with nuance nu·ance n. 1. A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation. 2. Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone: and meaning. Newer songs, such as "Seven Nation Army" and "God's Gonna Ease My Troublin' Mind," ring with the same passion as the band's classics, and with a 50-year history, that's pretty amazing. The Oak Ridge Boys perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Road, Webster. Tickets cost $27.50-$45. ART: PHOTO |
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