LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 8, 2007) — Florida Southern College and the Festival of Fine Arts welcome The Mozart Puppets from Austria, with Norman Shetler. The performance takes place Jan. 21 at 2:30 p.m. in Branscomb Auditorium on the Florida Southern campus.

Viennese-American concert artist Norman Shetler is well known for both his musical talents and the sophisticated humor of his puppet shows. Shetler gained an excellent reputation as a concert pianist and chamber musician and has been a successful puppeteer for more than 25 years.

Tickets are $30. FSC students are admitted free of charge; non-FSC students admitted at half price. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296. 

About Florida Southern College
Founded in 1885, Florida Southern College is a private, comprehensive, United Methodist college with a liberal arts core. The college maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 38 undergraduate majors and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, and nursing. Florida Southern has a 13:1 student/faculty ratio, provides strong student/faculty mentorship programs, boasts 25 NCAA Division II national championships, and is ranked by U. S. News and World Report as one of the top ten Southern Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor’s institutions and by the Princeton Review as a “Best Southeastern College.” Located on scenic Lake Hollingsworth, Florida Southern is the home of the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.