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Best Bets: BMXers will get amped for this event

JAMES GIBBARD / Tulsa World file

By Staff Reports
Published: 11/26/2009 2:21 AM
Last Modified: 11/26/2009 9:53 AM

BMX racing will hit the dirt track with a frenzy at the American Bicycle Association BMX Grand Nationals, beginning Friday at Expo Square.

BMX riders of all skill levels and ages will turn out in force for this main event that also encourages young people to participate in the competitive sport.

A family event, the nationals is a chance for young people to display their racing ability. All race classes are open for the event with exception of the Pro Spectacular at 7 p.m. Friday ($10). Only professionals here.

The Grand Nationals run through Sunday.

Friday-Sunday. QuikTrip Center, 4145 E. 21st St. Events are free to the public with exception of Pro Spectacular 7, as noted above. 376-6000, tulsaworld.com/exposquare .

—Karen Shade, World Scene writer

Aaron Neville tells it

It's been more than four decades since Aaron Neville sang his soul into the 1966 lament "Tell It Like It Is."

The R&B master, however, is still going strong as a recording artist and live performer. Bartlesville was lucky to snag one of the most distinctive voices in music.

The New Orleans native who was part of the Neville Brothers of the 1970s later found solo success again in a trio of duets with Linda Ronstadt ("I Don't Know Much," "All My Life," "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby") in the late 1980s and with the single "Everybody Plays the Fool" in 1991. He has continued to produce work in the years since.

Neville will come to Bartlesville for his Quintet Holiday Tour, and the show will feature his brother Charles Neville playing saxophone, continuing a long tradition of collaborating with other artists. He performs at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Bartlesville Community Center, 300 SE Adams Blvd. Tickets are $19-$39.

— Karen Shade, World Scene writer

Kathleen Battle's ethereal sounds

Kathleen Battle's voice has launched a few thousand rapturous reviews over the years. The Washington Post described the way Battle sounds as equalling "the ethereal beauty of winter moonlight," while the Philadelphia Inquirer said it was "a paradoxical meeting of earth and sky."

Not to be outdone, the New York Times said Battle's lyric soprano was like "cream from a miraculous, bottomless pitcher."

Tulsans will get a chance to experience Battle's artistry for themselves as she performs here for the first time at the Tulsa PAC, 101 E. Third St. The concert is being presented by Choregus Productions.

Accompanying Battle for this concert will be jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut. Tickets are $20-$75. Call 596-7111, or online at tulsaworld.com/mytix.

—James D. Watts Jr., World Scene writer By Staff Reports

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