'Yesterday Once More' at the Whatley Center

“Yesterday Once More” is a touring revue built around the enduring soft-rock and pop catalog of four legendary acts: The Carpenters, The Mamas and The Papas, The 5th Dimension, and ABBA. On Friday, March 12, 2027, it lands at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts in Mount Pleasant as part of the venue’s “Soundtrack of Our Lives” season. For fans of the easy-listening and AM-radio era, it is a night of songs that most of the audience has been singing along to for decades.

The show

The music

The four acts in the revue cover a remarkable stretch of popular music. The Carpenters defined a polished, melancholy pop sound with songs like “Yesterday Once More” and “Close to You.” The Mamas and The Papas brought harmonies and California folk-rock to “California Dreamin’.” The 5th Dimension crossed pop, soul, and Broadway with “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.” And ABBA, the Swedish supergroup, delivered some of the most enduring pop hooks ever written. Hearing all four catalogues in one evening makes for a generous, crowd-pleasing show.

The drive from the property

County Road 1070 to the Whatley Center on the Northeast Texas Community College campus is about 10 minutes on paved roads. A March show is a great excuse to see the property in the first warm days of spring, then settle into a comfortable theatre for a night of songs that never get old. It is exactly the kind of evening that makes rural Northeast Texas feel connected to a bigger cultural world.