BJORN AGAIN: THE ABBA EXPERIENCE Plays The Spencer Theater 11/14

The critically acclaimed ABBA tribute show BJÖRN AGAIN is an electrifying concert re-creation of the ABBA phenomenon. Both visually and through the remarkably accurate reflection of ABBA's stage look, their catchy sound, dance steps and humor, this is a show that playfully demonstrates why the music of ABBA still seizes the imagination - and ears - of music lovers throughout the world.

Now BJÖRN AGAIN comes to the Spencer Theater for a one-night-only performance of The ABBA Experience. The concert tribute takes place at 8 p.m. Saturday, November 14. Tickets are available for $59 & $56 (approximately 100 are left). Call the Spencer Box Office at 575.336.4800 or go online to www.spencertheater.com for tickets and information.

Having originated in 1988 in Australia where ABBA fever has blazed for decades, BJÖRN AGAIN's full scale, internationally touring production celebrates the Swedish band's extraordinary success, which stretched from 1972 until its break-up in 1982, and their chart-topping recordings like Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Waterloo, Take A Chance On Me, Fenando and Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight).

Called "Fabulously Flawless" by Rolling Stone, BJÖRN AGAIN has been seen and heard at over 5,000 concerts worldwide - one of which was reportedly attended in Russia by ABBA fan Vladimir Putin -- and has been acclaimed by the original ABBA members as authentic and flattering.
"Our Fans had better make the most out of BJÖRN AGAIN because that's the closest they are going to get to ever seeing ABBA again". ... Benny Anderson of ABBA; "It was a great show. I loved your choreography ... it was very true to life..... " says Agnetha Fältskog, also of ABBA.
Don't miss out on this satirical blast into pop music's beloved past. Call the Spencer Theater for tickets today!

Next up in November:

• LORD OF THE DANCE Monday, November 23 at 8 p.m. ($79 & $76) - Tickets are waitlist only -- Michael Flatley's world-famous Celtic dance sensation staring a cast of 40 dancers and musicians whose passions ignite in a love story of dramatic leaps and turns against a backdrop of exhilarating Celtic rhythms.

DECEMBER

• RONNIE KOLE TRIO CHRISTMAS Fri Dec 4 at 8 p.m. ($49 & $46) Famed New Orleans jazz pianist Ronnie Kole appears with his Trio for a night of Kole styled Christmas classics and traditional jazz standards.

• THE NUTCRACKER Ruidoso Dance Ensemble Saturday, December 19 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. ($28) RDE's original adaptation of Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic featuring gorgeous sets & costumes and outstanding student & professional dancers. A delightful Christmas gift for the entire family.

• FLYING J WRANGLERS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Tuesday, December 22 at 8 p.m. ($29 & $26) Western yodeling, vocals, fiddle and guitars in a program of traditional favorites, spirituals (Go Tell It On The Mountain, Beautiful City) and new and classic western/cowboy Christmas songs (Yuletide Yodel, Christmas For Cowboys, Riding to Ruidoso), instrumentals and homespun comedy.

WAYS TO ORDER/ BUY Winter Season 2009-10 Tickets

GO TO THE BOX OFFICE: at the theater at108 Spencer Road, Airport Highway 220, Alto, NM. Business hours are 9 a.m-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For tickets or information call (575) 336-4800 or toll free at 888.818.7872.

ON THE WEB: www.spencertheater.com. The site offers secure ticket ordering.

BY FAX: series and single tickets can be ordered by fax at (575) 336-0055.

BY E-MAIL: single tickets may be ordered at boxoffice@spencertheater.com.

BY MAIL: Donna Clarke, Box Office Manager, Spencer Theater, 108 Spencer Road, Alto, NM 88312

Winter Season 2009-10 is sponsored in part by The Hugh Bancroft Jr. Foundation, The Lodge at Sierra Blanca, the Inn of the Mountain Gods, Sierra Blanca Motors, Ruidoso Ford-Lincoln-Mercury, R.D. & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation, Ventanas, The Enjoyment of Fine Southwestern Living, Rainmakers, El Paso Inside & Out Magazine, Oh So Ruidoso, Magazine, New Mexico Magazine, Ruidoso.net, area radio stations KRUI-1490 AM NEWS TALK TOURISM & KIDX 101.5 FM, KNMB-96.7 FM, KTUM 107.1 FM, KBIM-94.9 FM, 910 AM Roswell, KWES 93.5 FM and KBUY 1360 AM, KEDU 102.3 FM, and the support of Ruidoso News.

Spencer Theater is a world-class performance hall located in the Sacramento Mountain settlement of Alto, about 12 miles north of downtown Ruidoso. Unique architecture, outstanding acoustics, intimate seating, and excellent artistry are the Spencer's celebrated features. The elegant, award-winning hall, which first raised its curtains in 1997, seats 514, with no seats farther than 67 feet from the 4,770 square-foot stage. The Spencer also has a 964 square-foot outdoor stage that can seat 1,500. From its Spanish mica-flecked limestone face to the crystal lobby, the building itself is a work of art. Free public tours are offered at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year.