Many know her as Afton Cooper, JR Ewing’s mistress on the hit 1980's television show Dallas, others may know her from her role as Val Clarke in the film version of A Chorus Line, others will recognize her from her many appearances on shows such as Happy Days, the Dukes of Hazaard, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Battlestar Galactica and many others.
In 1996, she created the children’s television series The Huggabug Club, has her own fashion line, often guest hosts on the ABC-7 Suncoast View program, has performed as the feature artist for the Sarasota Pops Orchestra, and lives RIGHT HERE in Sarasota, Florida.
This week, American actress, singer, producer, proud mother, and entrepreneur Audrey Landers joins Robyn on the podcast to talk about her life, career, family, and how terrifying Sarasota round-a-bouts can be!
She is inviting us to her upcoming performance  at the Sarasota Opera House on Wednesday, April 19 for the Ear Research Foundation's Hear and Now Oil Baron's Ball. One in which you should attend!
All that and more on this week's Suncoast Culture Club podcast.
Come along and join the club!

• Audrey Landers Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Daniel Landers IMBd & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• The Ear Research Foundation Hear and Now Oil Barons' Ball Tickets

• The Ear Research Foundation Website & Facebook & Instagram

• The Pops Orchestra of Bradenton and Sarasota Website & Facebook & Instagram

In 2016, she embarked on a mission to restore Judy Garland's original orchestrations, culminating in a song-for-song recreation of Garland's 1961 Carnegie Hall concert. At Michael Feinstein's invitation, she serves as Editor of the Judy Garland Carnegie Hall Concert Restoration Project for the Judy Garland Heirs Trust. Recently, she was given the privilege of restoring the newly-discovered MGM film arrangement of Over the Rainbow. And now, she will be performing these incredible arrangements with the Pops Orchestra of Bradenton and Sarasota.
Join Robyn and Joan Ellison as they talk about Joan's amazing life and career, the painstaking recreation of the orchestral arrangements of Judy Garland's songs, and why she's never seen Renée Zellweger's movie JUDY.
Then, go get your tickets to the Pops Orchestra's performances with Joan on Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 p.m. at the Riverview Performing Arts Center in Sarasota and Monday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the SCF Neel Performing Arts Center in Bradenton.
You can get your tickets at ThePopsOrchestra.org or by calling 941-926-7677.
Come along and join the club!

• Joan Ellison Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube & Twitter

• The Pops Orchestra of Bradenton and Sarasota Website & Facebook & Instagram

You saw her guest conduct the Sarasota Orchestra last February and now she returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Monday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m., courtesy of the Sarasota Concert Association, to conduct her very own orchestra, the Grammy Award-winning Buffalo Philharmonic.
For their Florida tour, conductor JoAnn Falletta, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and guest violin soloist Sandy Cameron will  present  Kodaly's Dances of Galánta, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, and Dvorak's Symphony No. 7. Tickets are available from the Sarasota Concert Association by going to SCASarasota.org or by calling 941-966-6161.
JoAnn joins Robyn on the podcast this week to talk about her shift from guitar player to conductor, the incredible amount of organization involved in taking a symphony orchestra on tour, and just which movie gets her vote: Tár or Mr. Holland's Opus?
All that and more on this week's episode of the Suncoast Culture Club podcast. Come along and join the club!

• Sarasota Concert Association Website & Facebook

• JoAnn Falletta Website & Facebook

• Buffalo Philharmonic Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter

• The Pops Orchestra of Bradenton and Sarasota Website & Facebook & Instagram

• SCF Music Program Website & Facebook & Instagram