ROBERT PIERCE

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The school year is nearing its end, and for Seward County Community College, that means it is time for the school’s annual spring concert.

This year’s concert will be April 24 in the Showcase Theater, and unlike many years, Instrumental Music Instructor Claire Thompson said she did not have a theme for this year’s concert.

“It’s a mixture of songs my students have all picked,” she said.

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

Those looking for a bit of a nostalgia trip will soon have just that opportunity through music.

The Suits will be performing Saturday, April 18 in Maskus Auditorium at LHS to conclude this year's Community Concerts of Liberal series. The show will start at 7:30 p.m., and tickets will be available at the door that evening. As member Timothy Brown tells it, the group is still somewhat new, but there is a lot of camaraderie.

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

Those looking for a classic night out at the theater will soon have just that chance thanks to Broadway in Wichita.

Broadway in Wichita will be bringing the Meredith Wilson classic “The Music Man” to Wichita, with performances April 24 at 7:30 p.m., April 25 at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and April 26 at 1 p.m. All performances will be at Century II Performing Arts Center at 225 W. Douglas Ave. in Wichita. The show follows con man Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band that he vows to organize despite not being a musician. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the town librarian.

ELLY GRIMM

    • Leader & Times

Those planning on attending this year’s Chamber Bash will have a great evening of entertainment ahead of them thanks to comedy hypnotist Erick Känd.

As Känd tells it, however, hypnotism was not exactly in his life’s plans.

“I used to be a CPA, actually, but I've been performing doing hypnosis shows for slightly more than 23 years now. I started around 2003 and just thought it was interesting learning how to do it,” Känd said. “I started seeing clients and for hypnotherapy, and starting doing shows as well. And now I do a lot of corporate type events, colleges and even schools, which are always really fun. I saw a show when I was about 8 years old at a fair, and it made an impression on me. Many years later, I thought I would like to learn about that hypnosis stuff, so I opened up the phone book and I saw that there was a school of healing arts about 12 blocks from my house, so I started taking classes there. I started also flying to meet with various entertainers to learn how to do the stage hypnosis stuff. And that's how the ball got rolling.”