Organizers of StarNight, the annual gala to benefit Siskin Children’s Institute, are living the proverbial “making lemonade out of life’s lemons.”
When previously announced headliner Sugar Ray canceled earlier this summer, StarNight landed Grammy winner Trisha Yearwood as its featured act.
As Yearwood pointed out in a phone interview this week, she’s not touring this year. So the StarNight concert offers fans: a) the rare opportunity to hear this country superstar and b) see her in the intimate setting of a seated dinner instead of on a Jumbotron in an arena.
“For my music, I prefer intimacy because you feel like everyone is kind of sitting in your living room,” said Yearwood, who’s bringing her band for the StarNight show.
“I really love theater shows, where if somebody says something to you, you can hear them. I think my music lends itself to those kinds of environments.”