Now in its 17th year, "It's a Grand Night for Singing" is one of Lexington's most popular summer events. Produced by Everett McCorvey and directed by James W. Rodgers and Peggy Stamps, the two-hour "song and dance fest" features some of the greatest voices from the central Kentucky community, including Everett McCorvey, Sherrie Phelps, Eric Brown, Jennifer Parr, Whit Whitaker, Reginald Smith, Jr., Amanda Balltrip, Alicia Helm McCorvey, Pamela Perlman, Jan Hooker, Susan Rahmsdorff, Luther Lewis and more.
Orchestra conductor Robert Baldwin, associate music director Tedrin Blair Lindsay and assistant music director Nan McSwain also lend their talents to this year's event. Titles from the "From Billboard to Broadway" theme this year will include "Hairspray," "A Chorus Line," "South Pacific" and more.