CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Clay Center has announced both its 2009-10 Clay Center Presents schedule and plans for its upcoming exhibit, "Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures," from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

The season consists of a seven-event subscription season and three special events: "Mr. Las Vegas" Wayne Newton; '70s rock band Foreigner; and comedian Tracy Morgan.

The Clay Center also announced a special summer performance with soul-singer/songwriter and multi-Grammy winner John Legend with guest India.Arie.

Single tickets for Legend and season packages go on sale to the general public June 1. Pick4 and season package patrons will have the opportunity to buy tickets in advance for Newton, Foreigner and Morgan. Single tickets for these performances will go on sale July 18.

Season ticket prices for the seven shows, and representing different seating options, are $120, $152, and $192, which include a 20 percent discount. Single ticket prices for the special events range from $25 to $75. Call 304-561-3570 or visit the Clay Center online at www.theclaycenter.org.

The schedule is:

-- Friday, Oct. 30. 7:30 p.m. Peter Pan, co-presented by the Charleston Light Opera Guild: the story of the boy who never grew up.

-- Sunday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. Drive-By Truckers, a Southern-fried alternative country group with a powerful guitar sound.

-- Sunday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. Dr. John. Louisiana-based funk and blues rocker. His latest album, "City That Care Forgot," won the 2009 Grammy for "Best Contemporary Blues."

-- Sunday, March 7, 7 p.m. Habib Koite and Bamada. Internationally known Malian guitarist and West African super-group.

-- Friday, March 12, 8 p.m. Streb: Raw. A blend of gymnastics, acrobatics and daredevil stunts fused into dance.

-- Friday, March 26, 8 p.m. Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Multi-Grammy nominated blues-rock guitarist.

-- Sunday, April 25, 7 p.m. Cherryholmes and Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys: A mix of old and new in bluegrass music: hard-driving instrumental virtuosity and explosive vocal harmonies with Cherryholmes with bluegrass icon Stanley.

Clay Center Special add-on events:

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Clay Center has announced both its 2009-10 Clay Center Presents schedule and plans for its upcoming exhibit, "Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures," from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

The season consists of a seven-event subscription season and three special events: "Mr. Las Vegas" Wayne Newton; '70s rock band Foreigner; and comedian Tracy Morgan.

The Clay Center also announced a special summer performance with soul-singer/songwriter and multi-Grammy winner John Legend with guest India.Arie.

Single tickets for Legend and season packages go on sale to the general public June 1. Pick4 and season package patrons will have the opportunity to buy tickets in advance for Newton, Foreigner and Morgan. Single tickets for these performances will go on sale July 18.

Season ticket prices for the seven shows, and representing different seating options, are $120, $152, and $192, which include a 20 percent discount. Single ticket prices for the special events range from $25 to $75. Call 304-561-3570 or visit the Clay Center online at www.theclaycenter.org.

The schedule is:

-- Friday, Oct. 30. 7:30 p.m. Peter Pan, co-presented by the Charleston Light Opera Guild: the story of the boy who never grew up.

-- Sunday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. Drive-By Truckers, a Southern-fried alternative country group with a powerful guitar sound.

-- Sunday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. Dr. John. Louisiana-based funk and blues rocker. His latest album, "City That Care Forgot," won the 2009 Grammy for "Best Contemporary Blues."

-- Sunday, March 7, 7 p.m. Habib Koite and Bamada. Internationally known Malian guitarist and West African super-group.

-- Friday, March 12, 8 p.m. Streb: Raw. A blend of gymnastics, acrobatics and daredevil stunts fused into dance.

-- Friday, March 26, 8 p.m. Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Multi-Grammy nominated blues-rock guitarist.

-- Sunday, April 25, 7 p.m. Cherryholmes and Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys: A mix of old and new in bluegrass music: hard-driving instrumental virtuosity and explosive vocal harmonies with Cherryholmes with bluegrass icon Stanley.

Clay Center Special add-on events:

-- Friday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m. Foreigner. Classic rock radio staple, best known for songs like "Jukebox Hero" and "Cold As Ice."

-- Saturday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m. Tracy Morgan. Definitely for mature audiences only. A Saturday Night Live alum, Morgan currently stars on NBC's "30 Rock."

--  Sunday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. Wayne Newton. One of the kings of the Vegas showrooms. Best known for "Danke Schoen" and "Red Roses for a Blue Lady."

--  "Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures," opens Sept. 12, runs through April 11, 2010, and will feature 200 objects ranging in date from 3000 B.C. to 350 A.D. and will give insight into the ancient civilization of Nubia, which ruled Egypt in the 25th Dynasty.

Communications and Marketing manager Katrina Harmon said the process for putting together a season at the Clay Center is arduous.

"Our director of performing arts, Lakin Cook, reviews who is touring and passes this information along to our performing arts advisory committee," she said.

"They meet monthly, discuss and narrow the list down. We also take suggestions from patrons through feedback surveys."

Finally, a final list of possibilities is put together and the actual costs of bringing a performer in are evaluated. It's an ongoing process and efforts are already underway to look into what the 2010-11 season might bring.

Reach Bill Lynch at ly...@wvgazette.com or 304-348-5195.