Colleen Raye returns for New Year's Eve

Colleen Raye and Company, with the Minnesota Jazz Orchestra, will perform family New Year’s Eve concerts at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, at The Phipps Center for the Arts.

Celebrating New Year’s Eve with Raye and her family has become a tradition at The Phipps. Raye sets the “Carnivale” pace for the evening with Peter Allen’s “I Go to Rio.”

Reed Grimm will not only sing songs such as Louie Prima’s “Just a Gigolo” and Frank Sinatra tunes, but also play numbers on the vibraphone.

Sophie Grimm, in her third year at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, will show her ever-expanding musical theater flair on songs such as “Big Spender” and “Twisted.”

Debbie O’Keefe, the featured female vocalist with the Minnesota Jazz Orchestra, presents her renditions of classic big band vocals made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Kay Starr.

Raye, a veteran entertainer who has performed across the country, brings the show together — her solo selections include “Night and Day” and the ballad “You’ll Never Know.”

The Minnesota Jazz Orchestra is under the direction of Craig Thrane with vocalist Greg Marquardt.

Tickets are $26 for adults and $20 for all students with a current ID. For reservations, contact The Phipps ticket office at (715) 386-8409 or visit www.ThePhipps.org.

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