Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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It all started 10 years ago, when several souls set out to organize and plant a church on the outskirts of Bear Valley Springs. Over the years the vision came together as many volunteers rendered their skills to complete the Sanctuary. Last winter on a cold sunny morning the cross was found, right side up, on top of a snow bank. The fatigue of many years of the transition from hot days and cold nights along with our Tehachapi winds showed itself in the design that should normally have lasted...
I have been around aviation since 1983, when I took lessons to fly sailplanes in Tehachapi at the former Fantasy Haven Gliderport, which is today known as Mountain Valley Airport. One of the incentives to get me up to 4,000 feet was to learn to fly and work in Kern County. I have been lucky to have had some great flight instructors and to have been around so many good pilots and I have learned from each of them. One pilot in particular, who towed us up in the gliders, made a big impression on...
In the early hours of Thursday, June 11, Frederick Rudolph Motter, loving husband and father, passed away peacefully at age 83. He was at home surrounded by his family as he was called home to his Heavenly Father. Fred was born on Jan. 26, 1937 in Seattle, Wash., growing up in the Green Lake area to the north of the city. As a teen Fred revealed his character as an independent, principled, hard worker. He put himself through Engineering school at the University of Washington (UW) while working...
Cheers to Charity, an absolutely "fun" fundraiser, is still in the works. Dedicated volunteers are working hard to deliver an extraordinary evening of great foods, fine wines, craft and home brewed beers, vibrant music and dancing, really cool nonalcoholic concoctions and much more. Currently, the event is planned for Aug. 8, at Aviator Park in Tehachapi. Cheers to Charity was established as a nonprofit in 2014 with a mission to financially improve small, charitable organizations, as they work t...
Judy Mardell Saville, 76, of Tehachapi, passed away on April 24. She was born on Nov. 23, 1943. She and her husband, Jerry, were nomads in life's adventure. They traveled all over the country, as well as Europe, Israel, Australia, and lived four years in Germany. When they lived in Ohio, Edwards Air Force Base offered them an opportunity to move to California that they could not refuse. They came to the Golden State in 1991. An educated woman, Judy received her BA degree in business management...
The guitar is a versatile musical instrument. It can be used to play many styles of music, from classical to bluegrass, folk, rock, jazz, blues, country and many others. Most of the time, it is heard either as a solo instrument or in a band accompanied by bass, drums, keyboards, strings, horns and more. Often, a band will have two guitarists, one playing rhythm and the other lead. Then there is the guitar quartet--no bass, drums or keyboards, just four guitars. This configuration is not...
The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce and the 57th Annual Mountain Festival Committee are looking for a theme for the 57th Annual Tehachapi Mountain Festival®. The Festival will be on Aug. 14-16, 2020. Original or unique theme ideas should be submitted to the Chamber by Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 at 4 p.m. The winner will receive a $100 prize, along with V.I.P. treatment and an invitation to ride in the Mountain Festival Parade. Participants are allowed to submit an unlimited number of theme ideas, but only one winner will be chosen. Some...
The acoustic band, Out of the Blue, will be returning to Tehachapi Saturday, Jan. 11, to perform at Fiddlers Crossing. Guitarist and vocalist Pat Seamount was a Tehachapi resident for many years and was known for her poignant interpretations of the songs of Kate Wolf in the group, Handmade. Now based in the Kern River Valley, Pat and her husband, mandolin player Michael Gallagher, formed Out of the Blue in 2003. Terry Harris was added on dobro in 2005 and Kris Wilber came on board to play bass in 2008. All four musicians have been playing most...
The acoustic band, Out of the Blue, will be returning to Tehachapi Saturday, Jan. 11, to perform at Fiddlers Crossing. Guitarist and vocalist Pat Seamount was a Tehachapi resident for many years, and was known for her poignant interpretations of the songs of Kate Wolf in the group, Handmade. Now based in the Kern River Valley, Pat and her husband, mandolin player Michael Gallagher, formed Out of the Blue in 2003. Terry Harris was added on dobro in 2005 and Kris Wilber came on board to play bass...
Local Native American blues band, Blue Mountain Tribe, recently won their second Native American Music Awards honor for their song, "Children on the Rez." Blue Mountain Tribe was awarded Best Live Performance at a ceremony on Nov. 2 and in 2016, they took the honor of Best Blues Band. The band includes Caleb Hairston on lead guitar, Robin Hairston who plays harmonica and provides vocals, Pat Mata on drums and James Bixler on bass. I'm proud of and so impressed by this local band. According to...
A Tehachapi Christmas tradition is returning to Fiddlers Crossing. Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," read by Tehachapi's own Alex Zonn, will be presented twice at the venue this month, on Friday, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. on both days. First published in 1843, "A Christmas Carol" is the story of a bitter old miser named Ebeneezer Scrooge and his transformation resulting from a supernatural visit from the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, and the Ghosts of...
On Nov. 9, Mountain High Comedy's Alex Valencia hosted a comedy benefit show at the historic BeeKay Theatre to benefit the less fortunate in Tehachapi. One hundred percent of the proceeds will fund a Thanksgiving meal at Layla and Milo's Soup Kitchen, located inside The Shed restaurant, 333 E. Tehachapi Blvd. The headliner, Tommy Ryman, was a semifinalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing. The hilarious music of Geoffrey Eggleston was also featured the same night....
I hesitated to write this article about myself for fear of bragging. But bragging isn't what this is about. My intent is to share with you an amazing journey intertwined with insight and "aha" moments. When I turned 70 I thought getting older was the end, but it's not. Aging is only the beginning. First let me tell you about my book "The Wisdomkeepers, Tehachapi Women of Substance." I have so many incredible friends here in Tehachapi and I wanted to document their stories. Everyone has a story...
The Third Annual Tehachapi Pumpkin Patch at Mountain Bible Church, open from Oct. 14 to 31, had another successful year. The evening weather was beautiful for The Harvest Party on Friday, Oct. 25, which was well attended by the community. Mountain Bible Church would like to express deep gratitude to the following businesses and music group for their contribution to that amazing evening: Tehachapi Flower Shop, Olde Vineyard Charm, Bliss Interiors, The Dressing Room, The Christian Book Store, Kohnen’s Bakery, Sheridan’s Boutique Home Con...
Halloween in Tehachapi is a wonderful time of year for all the ghost and goblins leading up to and on the day of Halloween. BooKay, Oct. 26 The Tehachapi Pops Orchestra (TPOPS) will offer musical tricks and treats in two hour-long performances at 4 and 7 p.m. on Oct. 26. The BooKay is a fundraiser for both TPOPS and TCT. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and are available from Mountain Music, Fiddlers Crossing, Tehachapi Treasure Trove, Tehachapi Furniture, members of the orchestra...
Fiddlers Crossing is proud to present Irish master fiddler Kevin Burke on Friday, Nov. 8, in Mountain Bible Church. When the concert's engineer, Peter Cutler, asked Burke's agent what kind of back-up musicians would be playing with him, he was told: "When you're Kevin Burke, you don't need any back-up!" The concert will be comprised of one man with a fiddle, alone on the stage, completely filling the air with some of the best Irish fiddle playing you're likely to hear in your lifetime. Kevin...
Mountain High Comedy's Alex Valencia will host a comedy benefit show at the historic BeeKay Theatre to benefit the less fortunate in Tehachapi. One hundred percent of the proceeds will fund a Thanksgiving meal at Layla and Milo's Soup Kitchen, located inside The Shed restaurant on Tehachapi Blvd. The headliner, Tommy Ryman, was a semifinalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing. Ryman is regularly heard on SirusXM and iHeartRadio. Tommy's act can be described as absurdist and cleverly masked behind an...
Blue Mountain Tribe, a local Tehachapi Native American band, has been nominated by NAMA (Native American Music Awards) for best Live Video Recording for "Children on the Rez." Blue Mountain Tribe has made it to the top five! They will be attending the awards ceremony in New York at the Seneca Casino near Niagara Falls on Nov. 3. The band is also very honored to be one of the presenters at the Awards Ceremony. For further information, visit www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com....
October is upon us and with it the heart of the Autumn season. The temperatures have dropped, the leaves are changing color and the general mood is a bit more contemplative. In this vein, starting in late September, Fiddlers Crossing has been presenting a series of diverse female singer-songwriters, each with her own unique approach to writing and performing songs that lean toward the more personal and introspective. The third and final artist in this series is Lisa Richards, who hails from far...
Holy broomsticks, Batman – it’s almost Halloween! On Saturday, Oct. 26, the BeeKay Theatre will again be transformed into the BooKay! The Tehachapi Pops Orchestra (TPOPS) will offer musical tricks and treats in two hour-long performances, at 4 and 7 p.m. As in prior years, the concert will be presented in partnership with the Tehachapi Community Theatre (TCT). This year, young actors and dancers from TADA! (The Tehachapi Academy of Dramatic Arts) will join in as ghosts, ghouls, monsters and...
Have you had the opportunity to see some of the recent productions over the last couple of years at the beautiful BeeKay Theatre in downtown Tehachapi? If you didn't know, the BeeKay reopened its doors in 2008 in partnership with the City to provide a place for Tehachapi Community Theatre (TCT) to continue bringing quality live theatre to our citizens. It is now beaming with fresh paint, inside and out, and new carpeting, too. Our 51st season is already underway with the production of Little...
Tehachapi Treasure Trove is planning a special First Friday on Oct. 4, as the store's downtown location will be celebrating seven years of making friends and fun, as well as art and of being a continuing major player in the Tehachapi art community. The Treasure Trove began as a nugget in the mind of Mel White with help from Sandy Thoman, and after a couple of exploratory meetings, Susanna Monette and Janet Meabon joined them in the planning and implementation of the new adventure. The initial...
Last July, Fiddlers Crossing was visited by its first performers from "down under." Singer songwriter Jackie Bristow from Gore, New Zealand accompanied by guitarist, Mark Punch from Sydney, Australia played to a packed house at the downtown music venue. The response was so overwhelmingly positive that the duo was immediately booked for a return performance on Friday, Oct. 4. Jackie Bristow's singing career began at the age of eight, when she took a shine to church hymns at St. Mary's Primary...
Summer is ending and Fall is in the air, as the expression goes. While Summer is always full of fun and excitement, the Autumn season seems to encourage a bit more personal reflection and soul-searching as the year winds down. Accordingly, Fiddlers Crossing's concert schedule for the end of September and October will reflect the mood of the season with a series of singer-songwriters, each having their own unique approach. The first concert, on Friday, Sept. 27, features Lisa Sanders and Karen...
The 44th annual “Fiddlin’ Down the Tracks” Old Time Fiddle Contest takes place in Tehachapi on Sept. 20 and 21 at Country Oaks Baptist Church, 20915 Schout Rd. This year the contest is being held in honor of nationally-acclaimed fiddler/violinist Jana Jae, who is one of the remaining members of the Bakersfield Sound. Jae is being recognized for her tremendous accomplishments as a fiddler, starting with her winning the Ladies’ Championship at the National Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho. Jae pla...
