Tune in for eight days of spectacular specials as UNC-TV presents the Go For The Goal Mini Pledge Drive. Your support of UNC-TV’s ongoing programming favorites and all-new specials brings UNC-TV closer to our year-end fundraising goal of $11 million.

All-new performance specials take center stage as the legendary Swedish quartet ABBA celebrates three decades years of worldwide popularity in Super Troupers: Thirty Years of ABBA, Sunday June 5, at 8 PM. At 10 PM, enjoy the old sweet songs of one of America’s most influential musicians on In Concert Classics Featuring Ray Charles.

Join local television news personality Bill Leslie as he shares his love for North Carolina through original music on Bill Leslie’s Peaceful Journey: A Celebration of North Carolina, Monday, June 6, at 10 PM. The premiere of Celtic Woman, Wednesday, June 8, at 8 PM, brings four angelic Irish voices and a fiery fiddle straight to you. Then, at 9:30 PM, catch the latest crossover craze when UNC-TV premieres Amici Forever: In Concert. Enjoy international harmonizing on some of the best-loved opera pieces and contemporary pop creations from two sopranos, two tenors and a bass-baritone from England, South Africa and New Zealand. Some call it “popera”—you’ll call it inspired!

Following John Tesh’s Worship at Red Rocks, Thursday, June 9, at 8 PM, at 10 PM, enjoy a special encore presentation of Bill Leslie’s Peaceful Journey: A Celebration of North Carolina.

Saturday, June 11, at 2:30 PM, get ready for some Coastal Carolina color, fresh fish stories and toe-tapping down-home hits with the long-awaited return of the UNC-TV favorite King Mackerel & the Blues Are Running starring Tar Heel troubadours Bland Simpson, Don Dixon and Jim Wann. Saturday night sizzles with the sounds of a sultry, spunky and sassy singer whose musical influence continues today. Patsy Cline: Sweet Dreams Still, at 8 PM, showcases this Southern siren’s unforgettable hits. Then, at 9, Ralph Emery’s Country Legends shares country hits and personal stories from such influential artists as Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Crystal Gayle and many more!

These shows are just a sample of all the hot shows specially scheduled during UNC-TV’s Go For The Goal Mini Pledge Drive. Tune in for other engaging UNC-TV viewer favorites—including Dr. Wayne Dyer: The Power of Intention, Lawrence Welk: Precious Memories, California Dreamin’: The Songs of The Mamas & The Papas and Grateful Dead: The Movie.

For Go For The Goal Mini Pledge Drive updates, program airdates and times and information about in-studio guests, please visit the UNC-TV website at www.unctv.org. Look for all of these exciting programs and much more—Saturday, June 4, through Sunday, June 12—only on UNC-TV.

UNC-TV is North Carolina’s only statewide public broadcasting service, made possible through a unique partnership of public investment and private support. Its commitment to producing and broadcasting programs for and about North Carolina makes it one of the state’s most important sources of information.

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