Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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It's a hoot! The answer to your prayers! Five nuns on stage, four in the freezer! Raising hell since its Off-Broadway debut in 1985, Nunsense brings "the humor of the nun" to Tehachapi Community Theatre's BeeKay Theatre. With dynamite singing, a pinch of puppetry, the tip-tap of time steps, and a hefty dose of soul, it's no wonder this musical comedy is the second-longest-running Off-Broadway show. This one's good, old-fashioned fun! The loose storyline is that five nuns from the Little Sisters...
Abby Girl and the Real Deal put on a great show for over 100 spectators on the evening of Aug. 28 at Tehachapi Wine and Cattle Company. It was a highlight of the evening when Mike Van Atta picked up his harmonica and joined the band for a couple of numbers....
The Tehachapi Community Theatre returns to live-audience theatrical presentations at the famed BeeKay Theater. "Thanks to the hard work of our loyal membership, and some generous contributions, TCT will again stage live theatre for our Tehachapi audience," said TCT President Leslie Reynolds. We're extremely grateful for the dedicated patrons who kept us afloat during hard times. At the May membership meeting, Jeanette Roye and Jan Alford donated $500 from the Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts...
Everything has been affected by COVID-19. Although the BEEKAY is not open for in-person plays, TCT is coming to you. On December 11 at 8 p.m. TCT will present our first LIVE (mostly) “The Not Late Night Telethon.” This is a fun-filled Telethon like the old days with a late-night-TV vibe. Entertainment will be provided by many of our talented performers who you’ve seen on stage before and a few new ones, and will be hosted by Chris Morales (Igor in Young Frankenstein). Hopefully you will take...
Believe it or not, Spring is right around the corner (okay, maybe a couple of corners) and Summit Singers will be starting rehearsals for their Spring concert which will be May 16. The first rehearsal will be Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 6:30 p.m. and will continue each Tuesday until the concert. All rehearsals are held in the Fellowship Hall of the Tehachapi First Baptist Church at 1049 S. Curry St. No tryouts are held and all are welcome. The Summit Singers' mission is to make choral music available...
The Tehachapi Gandy Dancers held their Winter Dance at the Tehachapi Senior Center. It was attended by not only the Gandy Dancers but by Joaquin Squares, Mountain Squares and the Rounders. A good time was had by all! There is a workshop held every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Senior Center, 500 E. F St. If you are a square dancer, come join us. There will be a new beginning class starting this Spring. Come check it out. Singles and couples are welcome. First class is free. For more information,...
Our yearly trip down to Anaheim, Calif., to the convention for the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) was fantastic, inspiring, enlightening and a blast. I was invited to travel with musician friends Bruce Berger, the TPops lead upright bass player, lead clarinet player Wayne Thompson and our conductor/clarinet player Jim Peck. Our ride down to Anaheim in Bruce's Tesla was very enjoyable, as well as environmentally friendly. The Model S Tesla is a fantastic car. I like the smooth...
This last December, The Dance Craze held their fifth annual Christmas show themed "A Disney Holiday" for all of their amazing dancers and their families. They were able to show their friends and family some of the dance skills they have learned. Pre-purchased flower bouquets were given to families to show just how much they appreciate and love their dancers. They even had some surprise guests visit them after the show: Santa and Disney princesses Belle, Ariel, Cinderella and Snow White all came...
The Whiting Center in Bear Valley Springs filled with holiday music on Sunday, Dec. 8, as the BVS Cultural Arts Association hosted the 10th annual TPops concert. We were blessed with decent weather-only rain, as opposed to the snow that disrupted Thanksgiving for so many. This year, well-known local musician, Jim Peck, conducted the orchestra. It opened with a medley of popular Christmas songs. A sing-a-long with Christina Scrivner and Christian Walker led us into such favorites as "Rudolph the...
The Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts Association has awarded music scholarships the past few years. This year, the club received a recommendation from Gayel Pitchford, the music teacher and founder of the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra, for one of her students whom she has deemed worthy. The scholarship award is $1,500. Pitchford introduced the young recipient, Sarah Frias, as a talented violinist, but also a tenor saxophone player in junior and senior high school. Pitchford indicated that Frias...
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....
When Monica Nadon began her quest to bring Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" to the TCT stage in 2006, she read through several adaptations to decide which one she would choose. The problem was, Nadon really wasn't happy with any one version. "None of them seemed to hold completely true to the novel's soul," said Nadon. "Much of the emotional depth you experienced in her novel, was simply missing. I wanted to highlight Alcott's amazing skill in showing how each 'little woman' morphed into her o...
The Tehachapi Symphonic Chorus, which performs with the Tehachapi Symphony, is seeking a director to replace Kathy Kelly, who has moved out of state. The TSC is a volunteer chorus of 25–40 voices, including professional musicians and talented amateurs. The Chorus performs in two to three concerts a year with the Symphony. Requirements include: College or university music degree or equivalent experience; experience directing a choir or teaching music students and ability to work with groups of individuals. Duties include: Conducting the TSC i...
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...
The second of three free Summer "Concerts in the Park" will feature Bluegrass-Fusion band, Phil Salazar and The Kinfolk. The Ventura-based group will take the stage at Philip Marx Central Park in Downtown Tehachapi on Sunday, July 14 at 2 p.m. Bring your picnic lunches and lawn chairs and enjoy an afternoon of high-energy acoustic Americana. This concert, as well as one more featuring The Novelists scheduled for Aug. 11 are being presented by Tehachapi Valley Recreation & Park District (TVRPD)...
To begin, for the sake of full transparency, I confess I am the proud director of this TCT production. Citizens of Tehachapi (and surrounding areas)! Listen up! There's a super fun comedy coming your way this June that you don't want to miss. The stage of the beautiful BeeKay Theatre will be transformed into a Georgia fishing lodge where TCT's "The Foreigner" will entertain you for an evening of giggles - while also serving up some tasty food for thought. What happens when a desperately shy and...
California State Old Time Fiddlers Association awarded its prestigious Ross and Rae Huffman Award to the District 3 State Director, Gayel Pitchford, during the 53rd annual State Fiddle Contest, held at Lodi, Calif., on April 12 and 13. The Huffman Award, a huge trophy which has all the winners' names going back to the award's inception in 1984, is presented annually to a member of the California State Old Time Fiddlers Association who has done a lot to preserve and perpetuate old time fiddling i...
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,...
photos by Nick Smirnoff (NPPA)...
When your family attends the holiday production of Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol at the beautiful BeeKay Theatre, be ready for an awe-inspiring visual feast! In addition to the stunning sets that you've come to expect from a TCT show, the company has acquired a production altering new technology, the Hitachi Laser Projector. With this amazing new system, designers now have the ability to project crystal clear images from 11' diagonal to a full sized wall. This shiny new...
The Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. David Newby will be performing on Sunday, Oct. 28 at Country Oaks Baptist Church beginning at 4 p.m. Country Oaks Baptist Church is located at 20915 Schout Road. The program will begin with Suppe's Poet and Peasant Overture then Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez featuring guitarist, Jack Cimo. After the intermission, TSO will end the concert with Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, and Mason's arrangement of Bernstein's West...
"It is simple, really. With James Lee you get great songs, great guitar playing, great voice and a gifted comedian as well. You are in for a very entertaining evening." – Village Voice Fiddlers Crossing is bringing James Lee Stanley back to the stage of the BeeKay Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. Over the last decade, he has given concerts at Fiddlers Crossing, Mama Hillybean's and the BeeKay Theatre. James has become a favorite in Tehachapi because of his remarkable ability as a v...
From a comedic look at biblical times to a 1940s detective story to an era when time travel is possible, the eight playwrights' whose 10-minute plays are being produced in Tehachapi Community Theatre's 9th Playwrights' Festival have embraced this year's theme of "Past, Present, Future." Who will be the winning playwright of this year's festival? That's where you, the audience, come in. After each performance, the audience votes for their three favorite plays in the festival. It's always...
The May concert by the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra included the Tehachapi Symphonic Chorus and the Antelope Valley Master Chorale. Their selection was Joseph Haydn 'Te Deum in C major, Hob, XXX111 c:2. The featured artist at the May 6 concert was 16 year old violinist Alexander Bailey. Alexander recently won the 2018 Young Artist Competition, is a Junior at Stockdale High School and also performs as an orchestra member with the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra, as time allows. The traditional...
Spring is finally here! The sun is out, the days are warmer and longer and flowers are in bloom everywhere. The beauty of the season stirs the senses and the soul. The same can be said for great music. Believing wholeheartedly in this sentiment, Fiddlers Crossing will present Jill Knight and The Luckys on Saturday, May 20 at 7 p.m. The band combines elements of Folk, Americana, Blues and R & B to create what they call "Soulful Americana." Jill Knight, lead singer and songwriter, is no stranger...
