WHO: Valley residents interested in enjoying free concerts at Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino’s Oasis Lounge featuring the classic rock trio Cornell Gunter’s Coasters and Motown crooners, The Marvelettes.
WHAT: Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino Resort, known for exciting gaming action and some of the very best in live music, is offering free live entertainment at the Oasis Lounge on October 21, 22 and 26. Often featuring a variety of genres, from Top 40 to Jazz, Country to Rock ‘n Roll, Harrah’s is pleased to welcome two world renowned musical groups: Cornell Gunter’s Coasters and The Marvelettes.
Marveled for their choreography, humor and audience participation, Cornell Gunter’s Coasters, best known for the 1960s chart toppers “Love Potion #9,” “Yakety Yak” and “Charlie Brown,” have broken attendance records and received rave reviews from around the world.
The Marvelettes smooth and harmonic sound helped break the racial limitations of rhythm and blues and made history as one of the first Motown groups. Their first record, “Please Mr. Postman” has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide and the group’s pop soul sound has helped pave the way for the likes of the Supremes and the Temptations.
For more information, contact Harrah’s Ak-Chin at (480) 802-5000 or visit www.harrahsakchin.com.
WHEN: October 21 and 22, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Cornell Gunter’s Coasters
October 26, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
The Marvelettes
WHERE: The Oasis Lounge at Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino Resort
15406 North Maricopa Road
Maricopa, AZ 85139
COST: FREE
ABOUT: Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino Resort first opened their casino doors, with the resort soon to follow, in December 1994 in Maricopa, Arizona and is the state’s only Indian casino to have a management partner. The 40,000-square-foot casino recently underwent a $20 million expansion with the addition of a 152-room hotel tower, bringing the total number of guest rooms to 300. Harrah’s also boasts the largest selection of reel and video slots, video poker, table games from blackjack to World Series of Poker®, Keno and the Ak-Chin Bingo Hall, which provides the latest in Bingo technology. For more information, please visit www.harrahsakchin.com.
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Added by Stephanie Lough on October 11, 2011