Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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How heartwarming and sweet that the passing of a simple man who led an uncomplicated life has touched the hearts and lives of our community in such a profound way. In the words of his son, Michael, and as cited in his obituary, Delbert Hill was a "work, home and church guy." Best known in his most recent employment at Walgreens ("the face of Walgreens Tehachapi"), Delbert was always upbeat and positive and had a unique knack for making people feel special, calling his customers by name and...
Bonnie passed on Monday, May 24, in her sleep at Adventist Hospital in Bakersfield after a fall in her home and subsequent medical complications. She was very loved by all of those who knew her and were blessed by her presence. Bonnie grew up in Candor, New York, and went to Candor High School. Her first job was working in the library at Cornell University where she met her first husband, Wilford Batsford. They were married in September 1966. In 1967, she gave birth to her son, William. In 1975,...
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...
For over 50 years, Tehachapi Community Theatre has been here to provide our community with quality live theater and to contribute to the health and vibrancy of Downtown Tehachapi through the operation of the historic BeeKay Theatre. As we are all aware, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is changing how we live, work and serve each other. In these last weeks, we have made decisions which we will use as a roadmap to life after these unprecedented times. We would like to share these with you....
The show must go on ... and it will with your help. Until recently, I did not know how many people (and hours) it took to put on a LIVE community play. When I discovered the amount, my overwhelming response was "WOW." This is where you come in. Even though we have a number of dedicated volunteers, we need more! We, the two community theater volunteer coordinators, are extending you an invitation to join us in growing our volunteer pool on Saturday, March 14, at 10 a.m. at the BeeKay Theatre loca...
Tehachapi Community Theater and Mazzola Media present Gary Michael Mazzola and Friends with Special Guest Jerry Mulkins. Suzaan Botha - Violin Amy Rodriguiz – Stand Up Bass Bob Schetter - Guitar Maria Weir – Bass Guitar Doug Jockinsen - Cajon Bob Buelin - Guitar Dave Seymour - Drums ONE SHOW ONLY! Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 online at www.tctonstage.com. Gary and Friends have played five concerts since 2013: "Night of the Crescent Moon," "Get Back to Eden," "Night to Remember," "Mr...
The Friends of the Tehachapi Library have had a great year. It has been a busy year with reorganizing and growing the group. The Library has been creating a lot of popular programs, such as The Hogwarts Yule Ball, Comic Con, The Haunted Library, the Summer Reading Program and so on. Don’t forget the weekly activities for our local teens. The Library has also begun to add programs for adult fans, such as the successful Downton Abbey Tea and the upcoming Game of Thrones event in January. While the Friends of the Library have supported the L...
Palmdale residents Darek and Dena Galloway have had a dream to move to Tehachapi since 2007. They loved the natural setting of the mountains and the easy-living lifestyle. It took until 2019 to make that dream come true; they had lived in Palmdale for 17 years by the time they finally made the move. Dena still works as a social worker in Palmdale for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, where she works with the homeless. Derek was born in Los Angeles as was his father. He is an...
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...
Meet Tehachapi student Lupita Zamora, named Student of the Year for the East Kern Region of Cerro Coso Community College. The middle child between two brothers, Lupita moved with her family to the United States from Mexico when she was just a little over a year old. The family landed in Tehachapi where she grew up, attended local schools and became a U.S. citizen immediately following high school. Four-year colleges are not the only option available when it comes to continuing one's education...
It won't be long before every parent in the Tehachapi Unified School District will know Stacey Larson-Everson. On April 9, the District Board of Trustees announced that they had chosen Stacey as the new TUSD Superintendent. It was then that Stacey and her husband Lance Larson began to plan their relocation from Fallbrook, Calif. in San Diego County where they had lived on their ranch for 14 years. It was in Fallbrook that they went through 4H with their four kids, cared for their six horses and...
On June 22, The Dance Craze hosted their fifth annual recital. For the second year, it took place at Dore Theater in Bakersfield. "The Greatest Show" was indeed the greatest show! The opening number featured 30 dancers ages 5 and up, dancing in a lively production number to the hit song, "The Greatest Showman" from the movie soundtrack. There were character representations from the whole movie including P.T. Barnum, trapeze artists, acrobats, fire breathers, lions and their tamers and much...
Tehachapi Community Theatre (TCT) will hold its annual Drama Day Camp in July. “Campers” will have a whole lot of fun while learning the basics of acting for the theater. They will learn theater games that are not only fun but help build confidence in performing. They will also learn about stage direction, blocking, diaphragmatic breathing, auditioning, monologues, skits, theater etiquette and much more! The week-long camp will end with actors performing a skit and monologues for family and friends. There will be one session held Monday, Jul...
While the City of Tehachapi was watching the country attempting to pull itself from the Great Depression, which had begun with the 1930s, there was a new look appearing in the downtown section. Green Street was paved for the first time in 1936 and two former Tehachapi mayors, Louis Kanstein and Frank Baumgart, built a movie theater which they named after themselves! Bee for Baumgart and Kay for Kanstein. Local contractor Vince Ninteman, was the construction superintendent. The theater closed in...
Sam Steeley arrived back in Tehachapi in April. Employed by Lehigh Cement, he had been transferred from Tehachapi to their plant in Redding, Calif. two years ago and now he has been transferred back. He is accompanied by his girlfriend Barbara and his father Dan. He found the perfect house for all of them in Bear Valley Springs before starting work. Sam originally went to work for Lehigh in 2014 and is now their Quality Control Manager. It is his responsibility to design and maintain the...
Kicking things off will be the summer book sale on Saturday, June 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This sale is actually a two-in-one book sale. First you'll have a large selection of antique, rare and unique books, including sets of history, art and literature books and so much more all with reasonable prices. Prices on these books range from a few dollars to around $100 (for some rather unique ones). Some of these are Natural History or Experimental Philosophy by Tiberius Cavallo from 1832. There are s...
The Tehachapi Symphony, directed by David Newby, will perform on Sunday, May 5. The concert begins at 4 p.m. at Country Oaks Baptist Church, located at 20915 Schout Rd. This year’s Young Artist Competition winner, B.J. Zheng, will perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, 1st movement. Beethoven composed the Violin Concerto in D major which premiered on Dec. 23, 1806, just two days after Beethoven finished writing the concerto. The work was commissioned by and dedicated to music director and concertmaster of the Theater an der Wien, 21-year-old Fran...
Soon Tehachapi will become the hub for international and domestic hikers. The world is walking into our amazing community from the Pacific Crest Trail, a hiking trail starting in Mexico and ending at the Canadian border. The trail is about 2,663-miles long; extends through California, Oregon and Washington; and usually takes hikers more than six months to complete. The current hikers have been hiking for weeks, sometimes months, when they arrive in town with their unmistakable smiles and tans....
This show has been rescheduled from March 8 to the 16th due to weather. Whitherward: a 13th-century word meaning, "toward what or which place." It's also a 21st-century acoustic band. In 2014, Edward Williams and Ashley Norton formed Whitherward and set a goal to leave Nashville "to play music we love for people that love music." The travelling duo, with the addition of Stephanie Groot on fiddle, mandolin and ukulele, will bring their brand of Americana/Indie-Folk to Fiddlers Crossing on Friday,...
Join us on March 1 from 5 to 8 p.m. for First Friday at the Tehachapi Museum. A new exhibit opening in March highlights the 50th Anniversary of the Tehachapi Community Theater. Programs, posters and costumes from the past 50 years will be featured. TCT now performs in the BeeKay Theatre, a beautifully restored venue that allows for professional quality plays and musicals. The year-long celebration culminates in a Gala to be held in October. Several continuing exhibits will be ending this month,...
... and Tehachapi Community Theatre actors are going to make sure you leave the BeeKay knowing the right pronunciation. Tehachapi Apple Festival presents a Tehachapi Community Theatre production of "Young Frankenstein," beginning Feb. 22. An entertaining ensemble of actors are rehearsing multiple times a week to prepare for the Broadway version of Mel Brook's creation. "It has been a blast and really fascinating to see how everything is coming together. From costumes and props and acting ......
Did you know, the original BeeKay marquee was the first neon sign in Tehachapi when the theater opened in 1936? The City of Tehachapi had an exact (although more proportional) reproduction made for the BeeKay reconstruction in 2008. In honor of Tehachapi Community Theatre's 50th anniversary, here are five trivia questions about theater life in Tehachapi. (Scroll down below this article for answers.) Question 1: What does the BEE and the KAY stand for in BeeKay Theatre? A. Bell & Kalyan B. Beech...
The Apple Festival was meant to be family and especially kid-friendly. When streets are closed and the environment feels safe, parents are comfortable letting their kids go and have fun. That is what we hoped to accomplish at this year's Apple Festival. Our best estimate is that at least 2,100 kids enjoyed the bounce houses. The Tehachapi Wrestling team, lead by Curtis Nelson, kept that area safe and organized. At the far end of Green Street, thousands of prizes for games were gone in the blink...
How do you make an event exciting year to year? You look at what worked, who came and what will bring them back. The Apple Festival, which will take place this year on Green Street in Downtown Tehachapi on Oct. 13 from 10 to 6 p.m. and 10 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 14, keeps adding more family fun. Besides the traditional Kid Zone with numerous bounce houses, which kids can experience for hours on end with the purchase of a $10 bracelet, last year we had free face painting and a glider plane experience...
Aloha! I was recently blessed with being able to visit Hawaii, lava and all. Fortunately, our boat was not hit by a lava bomb. That sad incident occurred three days after we were there. My heart goes out to the tourists aboard the unlucky boat, as well as those who were killed on the duck boat in Missouri. Vacations are supposed to be fun and memorable. How dreadful when tragedy strikes. We were blessed with good luck, colorful sand beaches with sea turtles, kayaking and colorful fish beneath th...
