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Sun Lakes PAL plans trip Just in time for the holidays, the Performing Arts League of the Southeast Valley is selling tickets to the opera, ballet or symphony. With a PAL membership, $10 per person or $15 for a couple buys a bus trip from the flagpole in Cottonwood, Sun Lakes, to the theater; $20 buys a round trip to the theater and back to your waiting car. Membership in PAL (which meets the second Friday of every month in Sun Lakes) also helps keep arts alive in the community. The league is also looking for help running the organization. The league has put together a promising theater season, with trips to see “Xanadu,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Around the World in 80 Days,” “Les Miserables” and more planned. Upcoming single events include Mannheim Steamroller and Betty Buckley in concert. Call Vera at 480-895-9679 if you’re interested in the opera, Lynn at 480-883-0671 for ballet and Coffee Classics and Mary at 480802-9354 or Pat at 480-339-0283 if you’re interested in the theater. Call Lois at 480-883-0674 if you are interested in becoming a PAL member.
Arts
November 16 - December 6, 2013
AZ Classic Jazz presents ‘Queen City’ The Arizona Classic Jazz Society will present the Queen City Jazz Band from Denver, CO, 1 to 4 p.m. Sun, Dec. 8, at the Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort in Chandler. The cost for the afternoon is $10 for ACJS members; $15 nonmembers; free for those younger than 18. Anyone who joins ACJS the day of the performance will be admitted for free. Yearly membership for a couple is $35; singles are $25. For more information, visit azclassicjazz. Queen City has enchanted audiences with music from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, gospel music, early jazz, ragtime, swing, blues and spirituals for more than 50 years. Although musicians have come and gone throughout the years, some members perform with the band for at least two decades. Vocalist Wende Harston adds life, inspiration and comedy to her vocals. Classically trained, she has acted and sung professionally since childhood, and her teaching career has ranged from elementary school through
college. Harston also conducts workshops and master classes for choirs, bands and individuals in voice, film acting and theater arts. A Jazzy Holiday will be presented with selections like “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman,” “There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays” and “The Christmas Song” (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire). Harston’s favorites include “Five Pound Box of Money” by Pearl Bailey, “Merry Christmas Baby” (Charles Brown), “Christmas Blues,” “Santa Baby” by Ertha Kitt, and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by Hank Ballard. ACJS will also use the occasion to collect gifts for the Salvation Army. They ask for items that are new and unwrapped. Donors may also include wrapping paper as part of the donation. Monetary donations are also accepted. Receipts for tax purposes will be available. For more information, call 480-8959241 or visit azclassicjazz.org.
Award-winning musical comes to ASU Gammage Dec. 3-8 Tony Award-winning musical “Evita” takes the stage Dec. 3 through 8 at ASU Gammage, 1200 S. Forest Ave., Tempe. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; 2 and
7:30 p.m. Saturday; and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets start at $25 and are available at the ASU Gammage Box Office by calling 480-965-3434 or visiting ticketmaster.com.
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Phoenix Children’s Chorus celebrates 30 years Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Phoenix Children’s Chorus announces its 2013-14 Season. Boys and girls, ages 8 to 18, comprise the chorus, which has grown from a small 35 member group to more than 300 members who perform around the Valley and on national and international tours. Led by Music Director Ron Carpenter, the chorus was recently featured nationally on NPR’s “From the Top.” Upcoming performances include Holiday Memories at the Higley Center for the Performing Arts and again at La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church, as well as Voices of the Valley Spring Children’s Choral Festival in March and spring concert series in May. The festival is free, but tickets to the other performances may be obtained by calling 602-5343788, emailing info@pcchorus.org or visiting pcchorus.org. Children interested in joining the Phoenix Children’s Chorus should visit pcchorus.org or call 602-534-3788.