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WORLD'S BEST CARPENTERS TRIBUTE!
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SALLY OLSON - Artistic Director/Lead Vocals/"Karen Carpenter"
Sally was born in Rutland, Vermont and is a cum laude graduate of Middlebury College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Studio Art and French. Sally also attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Florence Academy of Art in Italy and the acclaimed Circle in the Square Theatre School in NYC. She has been acting and singing since childhood and has performed in numerous local and regional commercials, film, theatre and live music events. Sally starred in the commercial Emily’s Bridge for Heritage Automotive Group, written and produced by Mt. Mansfield Media, which was awarded the Vermont Association of Broadcaster's “Television Agency Produced Most Creative Commercial” of 2011. She also starred in Widow, directed by Michael Fisher, an award-winning short film that was praised at both the Green Mountain Film Festival and the White River Indie Film Festival in 2010. Sally also appeared on the CBS television series HACK (Season 2, Episode #15 "Extreme Commerce"), directed by Chad Lowe and starring David Morse and Andre Braugher in 2004.
For more than nine years, the Vermont native has immersed herself in all things Carpenters. Sally was the managing director of a voice studio in South Burlington, Vermont from 2009 to 2018. Carpenters Legacy debuted in January 2015. In April 2017, Sally made her NYC debut at the famed Triad Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. While in the city, Sally was a special guest on Sunday Night Live Featuring The Late Joey Reynolds on 77 WABC and The Mom & Pop Shop Radio Show with George Bettinger on It’s Right Here in Miramar Radio, as well as being featured on Scott Barbarino's Nite Life Exchange dot com. She has also made guest appearances on numerous TV talk shows, including The Morning Brew on ABC 22 WVNY/FOX 44 WFFF Burlington, Vermont, Lakeside Today! WKYC ABC 3 Cleveland, Las Vegas Morning Blend KTNV ABC 13, The CW Morning Show KSNV NBC News 3, The MORE Show KVVU FOX 5 Las Vegas, Las Vegas NOW KLAS CBS 8, Good Morning Texas WFAA ABC 8, CBS Los Angeles KCAL CBS2 and KTLA 5 News, Los Angeles.
In late January 2018, Sally made her Las Vegas debut where she first worked with acclaimed pianist and entertainer, Ned Mills. Shortly thereafter, she relocated to Las Vegas and she and Ned have since performed to numerous SOLD OUT venues across the country, including their current residency in the V Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Carpenters Legacy was featured at the Carpenters 50th Anniversary Celebration held in Thousand Oaks, California (April 2019) and the Carpenters 55th Anniversary Celebration (April 2024) at the Downey Theatre in Downey, California (home of the Carpenters.) Sally and Ned are the FIRST-EVER and ONLY Karen and Richard Carpenter tribute artists to perform with the world-renowned Las Vegas based revue Legends In Concert.
Sally is truly unsurpassed in her startling representation of Karen Carpenter and captures the essence of the late singer right down to her hairstyles, costumes, makeup, gestures and voice.
NED MILLS – Musical Director/Arranger/Pianist/Lead & Backup Vocals/"Richard Carpenter"
A versatile pianist, singer, and entertainer, Ned Mills was born in Charleston, South Carolina and began playing piano at the age of four. He's entertained audiences in more than twenty countries and on three continents. After receiving his Bachelor of Music cum laude in Jazz Arranging at North Texas State University, Ned moved back to his native North Carolina and performed regularly throughout the Southeast. Ned has opened for many national acts, including Bobby McFerrin, Don Rickles, Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow.
He has served as musical conductor and arranger for The Stars of the Lawrence Welk Show, the Ink Spots, and The Shirelles. His arrangements have been performed by the Dallas Jazz Orchestra, The Miss North Carolina Pageant, and in Pizazz starring Debby Boone. He has also performed as pianist for the Rockettes and in Legends In Concert. In 2003, Ned performed "Rhapsody In Blue" at the Liberace Museum on Liberace's famous mirrored piano. His film and TV credits include appearances in Matlock (ABC), Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story (Lifetime TV), and the George Lucas film Radioland Murders. He was the piano coach for Halle Berry and Eric Thal in Oprah Winfrey's production of The Wedding (ABC).
As a resident of Las Vegas, Ned has performed and served as musical director for many corporate events at every major casino, including the MGM Grand, The Venetian and Mandalay Bay. In 2000, Ned was voted "Most Likely to Exemplify the Spirit of Las Vegas" by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. Ned has his own hit Vegas show called Piano Follies, a tribute to the music of Gershwin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Broadway and more! A little bit of Liberace, Victor Borge, and Jerry Lee Lewis all rolled up into one talent! Ned (aka "Lionardo") even plays piano and trumpet at the same time! www.pianofollies.com. He currently serves as musical director and plays the role of Richard Carpenter in the Carpenters Legacy starring Sally Olson as Karen Carpenter.
