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BELLINGHAM – Internationally acclaimed guitarist Ana Vidovic will headline at the 16th Annual Northwest Guitar Festival to be held at Western Washington University’s College on April 8. Vidovic, whose performance is also part of Western’s Performing Arts Center (PAC) Series, will showcase her classical guitar talent in a performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at WWU’s PAC Concert Hall.Tickets for the concert range from $12-18 and may be purchased by contacting the Western Box Office at (360) 650-6146, or online at http://tickets.wwu.edu. Tickets are also available at Village Books in Fairhaven and at the Community Food Co-op in downtown Bellingham. Hailed by music critics as having musical maturity well beyond her age, Vidovic, a 23-year-old native of Croatia, began playing guitar at age five and gave her first public performance at age seven.She has since performed more than a thousand public performances in more than 20 countries. She became the youngest student to attend the prestigious National Musical Academy in Zagreb, Croatia.Vidovic has won many international awards for her musical ability and she has recorded five CDs. Vidovic’s concert is part of the three-day Northwest Guitar Festival, which takes place April 6-8 at WWU. The festival will include master classes, workshops, competitions and three evening concerts.The concerts will feature distinguished classical guitarists Steven Novacek, Alieksey Vianna and Vidovic. For Guitar Festival registration inquiries, please contact the WWU Box Office. Free parking is available for this event in the south campus C lots and a free shuttle runs between lot 12A near Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies and the PAC. Patrons who purchase event tickets in advance may also purchase a permit for $2 to parking lot 14G during the event. For more information regarding Ana Vidovic and all other PAC Series performances, please visit http://pacseries.wwu.edu/. For a parking permit or information, please stop at the south campus Visitor Center, open from 7:15 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays. There is a $2 hourly charge for parking from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. No permit is required in (south campus) gravel C lots between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. weekdays, or on weekends. There is a $1 an hour charge for parking after 5 p.m. and on weekends in designated lots, which have blue machines that accept cash, coins, or credit/debit cards. There is no additional charge in these lots for those displaying a valid parking pass or a Viking XPress bus pass after 7 p.m., with the exception of lot 6V (Viking Union) where payment is required at all times. Parking meters at various campus locations cost $2 an hour, 24 hours/7 days. Faculty are reminded that reserved parking spaces are available for their use after hours and weekends with a valid parking permit or bus pass, as posted in lots 10G, 17G and Parks Hall. |
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