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Route 3
The party has begun! Revel in the music that we all know and love –
a trip through time and around the country.

Classic Jazz + the Roaring Twenties +
the Swing Era + Back to the Fifties +
Music from Movies and Broadway Shows

Delighting audiences since 1989

Teri Parker-Brown, vocals
Teri Parker-Brown is one of the top performers at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre in suburban Minneapolis, which is the nation’s largest dinner theatre.

Leroy Larson, fretted instruments and vocals
LeRoy Larson is one of the nation’s leading performers on the tenor banjo, an instrument of great importance in the history of Ragtime and New Orleans Jazz.

Ralph Hepola, tuba
Click here for a profile of Ralph Hepola

Click on songs to preview
Danny Boy • Frederick Edward Weatherly, 1913
Honolulu I Am Coming Back Again • F. B. Silverwood, D. Lindeman, 1919
Choucoune (The Mocking Bird) • Michel Mauleart Monton, 19th century

Route 3 played for the Minnesota Twins home opener during the grand opening of Target Field in Minneapolis

Route 3 has delighted audiences in concerts and at special events since 1989
T
he Minnesota State Fair-one of America’s largest expositions
Saint Paul Winter Carnival - the nation's oldest and largest winter festival
Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest Day of Music
Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings at the Metrodome in Minneapolis
St. Paul Saints at Midway Stadium in Saint Paul
Minneapolis Convention Center
Bloomington Center for the Arts - Minnesota's third largest city
Mall of America, Bloomington
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Annual Mississippi River Clean-Up
International Market Square in Minneapolis
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Hastings Concert Association, Minnesota
Wabasha on the Mississippi - Minnesota’s Oldest Town
Hormel Nature Center in Austin, Minnesota
Janesville Performing Arts Center, Wisconsin
New Richmond Heritage Center, Wisconsin
Wausau Festival of Arts, Wisconsin
The historic Municipal Auditorium in Richland Center, Wisconsin
Orange City Arts Council, Iowa

"Ralph Hepola and Route 3 performed "On the Sunny Side of the Street: Uplifting Songs from the 1930s" to a sold out house in the Bloomington Center for the Arts Black Box Theater. The musicians were great and the audience loved it!" Jim Urie, Center for the Arts Manager

"You were terrific, we've had such a great response to your night…You brought in a great crowd and the "reviews" have been outstanding."
- Sue Franchere, New Richmond Heritage Center, Wisconsin

"The Independence Day concert was a huge success. We had a record crowd, beautiful evening, and wonderful music. Route 3 performed superbly."
- Ariel Dressler, Family Programs Coordinator, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

"…Route 3 provided great entertainment and had a wonderful performance. Thank you very much for your support of the nation's oldest and largest winter festival. We look forward to working with you in the future."
- Melissa Rowe, Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation

Ralph Hepola, Minneapolis & Saint Paul, Minnesota
e-mail: info@ralphhepola.com • telephone: (651) 488-1144