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FEAST!!

FEAST!!

DATE

Sunday, May 3, 2026
3:00 pm

VENUE

Staplin Performing Arts Center

Performance Details

Join us as we close our season with a musical feast—literally! Our final concert, FEAST!, pairs amazing music with the flavors of the metro. With spicy selections like Wine Dark Sea, Party Potatoes (yes, you heard that right — a tuba concerto about potatoes), and Godzilla Eats Las Vegas, we’re serving up a musical menu like nothing you’ve ever experienced before.

Program

Godzilla Eats Las Vegas
- Eric Whitacre
Party Potatoes
- Benjamin Dean Taylor
Dr. Christian Carichner, tuba soloist
Wine-Dark Sea
- John Mackey
... and more

Featuring

Christian Carichner
Dr. Christian Carichner
tuba soloist, music director & conductor
Jennifer Williams
Jennifer Williams
guest conductor

Community Partner

Feast
Staplin Performing Arts Center
3650 Woodland Avenue
West Des Moines, Iowa
Staplin-Aerial-Map

Staplin Performing Arts Center

Staplin PAC has earned a reputation as one of central Iowa’s best performance venues. Designed with both audiences and performers in mind, this world class venue features a modern layout, large stage, great sightlines, superb acoustics, and the latest technology. Patrons will enjoy the central location, close and plentiful parking, and easy accessibility. The facility is in constant use by student groups from the West Des Moines Community School District and frequently hosts performances from local professionals as well as renowned touring artists.

Staplin PAC is on the east side of Valley High School - on the southwest corner of Valley West Drive and Woodland Avenue in West Des Moines.

There is plenty of parking in the east parking lot and handicap accessible parking is located directly across from the main entrance.

Enter the building through the glass lobby on the East side of the school.

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