MUSIC

The Grand 1894 Opera House presents Don Sanders. A Centennial Sundays Event. RESCHEDULED DATE from October 5, 2008. Sunday, January 18, 2009.

Lifelong performer Don Sanders achieved recognition as a singer, songwriter, and recording artist during the 70s and 80s. He subsequently worked as an actor, translated plays, and created one-man performance pieces.

He currently performs his story/song shows in schools, theaters, and festivals throughout the Southwest.

Sanders is a board member of the Tejas Storytelling Association and an honorary board member of Kerrville Music Festival. Don resides in a cottage in the Houston Heights with his wife and his 17-year-old son.

He recently completed "El Mosquito in My Kitchen," a bilingual recording for children, and is completing a novel.

Don's programs include: Sing & Move (interactive songs & rhymes for younger students); Cuentos y Canciones (Latin American folktale & folksong, nilingual); Siempre Listo, Ever Clever (more Latin American lore, bilingual); Lost Years of Pecos Bill (tall tales, Bill’s childhood); Gusher Times (stories & songs of the petroleum industry); Sourdough Cowboy (authentic stories & songs of the cowboys); and Sawmill Towns (stories & songs of the timber industry).

Don accompanies himself on guitar, harmonica & spoons.