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623-341-8221 // imagesaz.com Owner/publisher Shelly Spence

Editor/contributing writer Jenn Korducki Krenn

Contributing writers Donna Kublin Tom Scanlon Monica Longenbaker Amanda Christmann Larson Rebecca Zaner Barb Evans Lara Piu Stephanie Maher Palenque Paula Theotocatos Lauren Strait Peni Long Suzanne Wright Nigel Spence Susan Kern-Fleischer Rebecca Zaner

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welcome Although we have no shortage of sunny days here in Arizona, there is something special about the warm sunshine juxtaposed with the milder springtime air that makes this one of my favorite times of year. Spring is often written about as a time of rebirth and renewal, and looking around at the eruptions of color across our desert landscape, one can certainly see why.

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important to bring a fresh perspective to how we do what we do so that we may continue evolving, much like the landscape and community around us.

It seems particularly significant to keep reinventing as our magazine celebrates 15 wonderful years of learning and growth. I consider myself extremely fortunate when I look back on the opportunities and experiences I’ve had thus far, and know that the next 15 years have even more fun in store. Much like sunshine in the desert or a perfectly cool spring morning, our ImagesAZ family is a presence I can always count on to bring beauty and joy to my everyday life.

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Meet THE

Bacharafamily

Writer Stephanie Maher Palenque Photography by Karen Hamilton

Eli Bachara has a bit of swashbuckling buccaneer in him. He proposed to his high school sweetheart, Alissa, at Disneyland on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Alissa, who is accustomed to Eli’s spontaneous humor, got nervous and began to reprimand Eli as he stood up mid-ride so he could get down on one knee to propose. She thought he was overzealous about getting a good picture and was afraid he would be kicked off the ride.

Eli and Alissa’s love story began when they were only 16 years old in a tiny Southern California town by the name of Tehachapi, where Eli’s cousin, Danielle, who was Alissa’s very close friend, introduced them. Alissa went to school at Antelope Valley College in California and she is currently a registered nurse certified in labor and delivery at Arrowhead Hospital. Eli went into the trades and currently owns his own business in Anthem called 3:23 Plumbing and Handyman Services, LLC. He has had a lot of success working with several different realtors in the area while maintaining a private clientele, as well.

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The couple first came to Anthem in December of 2007

The Bachara brood has a ton of fun when they spend

and fell in love with the people and ministry at Grace

family time together. They enjoy everything from

North Church.

camping at Oak Creek Canyon to archery and hiking.

The boys are very involved in their church’s Royal

Alissa explains, “We felt a definite call to move and

Rangers and the entire family loves game night with

decided to go. We came out in January, signed a lease

games such as Monopoly. It doesn’t take much for the

and moved here in February without jobs or any other

Bacharas to have a good time; all they have to do is

safety net set up. I then got pregnant unexpectedly in

hop in the car and drive to a destination unknown. With

March of 2008. God proved himself faithful and we both

so many family members, their road trips are always an

obtained jobs readily, very quickly falling in love with

adventure. They dream of taking many adventurous trips

the area.”

together in the future, including a trip to Southern Utah to see Bryce Canyon and Zion National Forest.

The Bachara family grew and now includes son, Seth, 11, who is homeschooled and in the sixth grade;

“Ultimately, we’d like to take a trip through every single

son, Jonah, 9, who is in the third grade at Caurus

climate on the globe,” Alissa says.

Academy; son, Nathan, 6, who is in kindergarten at Caurus Academy; and daughter, Jocelyn, 4, who still

The Bacharas enjoy many individual interests and

hangs out with mom at home, at least until next year.

talents, as well. Eli is interested in music and plays

Recently, Alissa’s sister, Angela, and her son, Kiernan,

guitar, saxophone, bagpipes, flute and other unique

12, came to live with the Bachara family due to some

instruments. He also enjoys archery and honing his

health issues they were working through. Alissa also

survival skills. Alissa loves to spend her free time

homeschools Kiernan, who is currently in sixth grade.

snuggled up with a good book. She also loves to bake and host special events.

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“I have so much fun decorating and creating

“This one is all boy!” says Alissa.

atmospheres for people to make lifelong memories in,” she says.

The Bachara men are gentlemen, or at least Alissa and Eli strive to raise them that way. So when 6-year-old

Kiernan is obsessed with video games, specifically Halo,

Seth heard his dad jokingly call Alissa “woman,” he got

and he is a good shot with a bow and arrow. Seth takes

very upset and began to pace back and forth on the

after his mom as an avid reader and enjoys historical

floor. He told his dad, “You can’t call her that. That was

documentaries. He also spends a lot of time reading

rude! You say sorry to Mommy and don’t ever call her

his Bible. He is currently the chaplain’s assistant for the

that again!”

Royal Rangers. Jonah is the resident Legos master; he is usually the culprit behind all of the little pieces of

Jocelyn loves animals and can’t seem to get enough of

Legos that are stepped on in the middle of the night. He

the television cartoon, “Wild Kratts.” She also likes to

also enjoys watching classic old movies like “The Court

be outside and is learning to ride her bike this year.

Jester” and “Singin’ in the Rain” with his mom.

“Being the only girl, she has learned to hold her own Nathan enjoys being active; he is having fun whenever

with the boys, but she is absolutely our princess and

he can be outside running, playing, wrestling or just

she knows it,” Alissa says.

being loud.

The Bacharas are very dedicated to their faith, and they

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live their lives and raise their family in accordance with those values.

“The biggest thing we want to pass along to our children is an ability to love everyone unconditionally and without reserve,” says Alissa. “You do not have to agree with everyone, but you can love anyone. The Bible tells us that the world should know that we are Christian by our love.” The family looks forward to many love- and adventure-filled years in the community.

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Sports

Writer Tom Scanlon

boulder creek

bikers, spiritline and soccer shine in fall In the second season of the Arizona High School Cycling League, Boulder Creek High School finished ninth in the state out of 31 teams — the second straight top 10 finish for the BC bikers. Isaiah Martinez, the young club team’s top racer, was crowned sophomore state champion.

“We only had five riders this year and they all had great results,” said Paul Neal, one of the club team’s coaches. Another sophomore, Brenden Bengston, came in third in the state.

Two freshman boys also did well, with Will Drubka ranking 11th overall and Chase McCormick finishing 13th in the state.

“Natalee Skoubis was our only girl and in the freshman class,” said Neal. “She finished sixth in the state.”

Led by Martinez and Bengston, the BC wheels should be spinning fast when racing begins again in the fall.

“It should be an interesting year next season,” said Neal. “Every rider is returning to the team and we have a couple new student athletes who are planning on joining the team. We are also actively seeking more kids who attend Boulder Creek for the team.”

Neal invites any kids or parents interested in the team to call him or head coach Kevin Clark at Bicycle Vibe (the team’s sponsor) at 623-582-3111.

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Put your hands together for BC cheer

Down and up seasons for BC soccer

Congrats to varsity co-coaches Rachel Estes and Jill

It was a strange, rollercoaster season for the BC girls’

Milnor, assistant cheer coach Lisa Latham and the 34

soccer team, which has turned into a powerhouse over

girls on the combined teams for top-shelf performances

the last few seasons. With superstar Kyle Escobedo out

at the Arizona state spiritline competition, held at

with an injured back and the team getting adjusted

Prescott Valley Event Center at the end of January.

to new coach, Rick Klein, the team uncharacteristically struggled early in the season.

“Overall, we had a great competition with everyone finishing in the top 10,” said Milnor. “We got second

Then Kyle’s back was well enough for her to play …

place in the state all-around, a combination of scores

and she promptly broke her leg.

for all-girl stunt, show cheer and pom. Cheer placed second in show cheer and got ninth in all-girl stunt.

Even so, the Lady Jags rallied under the new coach,

Getting second in state for the cheer team is a big

finishing 10-5-5 and squeaking into the playoffs. Senior

deal. It was a tough competition.”

Natalie Stephens picked up the scoring slack with another excellent season, scoring 18 regular season

The pom team finished 10th, “which I will admit is

goals. She will be playing for the University of Arizona

disappointing,” Estes commented, “due to our finishes

on a scholarship next year.

at all the other competitions and the fact that we had an awesome performance. I can’t wrap my head around

Young Sierra Kazocha, a sophomore, was second on

why we didn’t do better, but it is what it is.”

the team with six goals. Junior Madi Rasimas and freshman Hannah Baptist each had nine assists to

Onward and upward: next for BC spiritline comes the

share the team lead. Sophomore Christine Turpen

West Coast national competition on March 20.

played well as goalkeeper to keep the Lady Jags close all season, giving up only 16 goals.

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Sonoran Festival of Art Carefree • March 20-22, 2015 • Friday-Sunday • 10:00am-5:00pm

Visit Carefree Desert Gardens—Relax and enjoy 3 days of art, food, wine garden & entertainment! Free Admission!

The annual Sonoran Festival of Art returns to downtown Carefree, and the streets surrounding the majestic Carefree Desert Gardens. Hosted by the prestigious Sonoran Arts League, this popular outdoor festival celebrates its 14th year featuring more than 100 accomplished and emerging artists from across the country.

The Sonoran Arts League is one of the oldest and largest art organizations in the Southwest, drawing friends and followers from throughout the US and Canada. Enjoy three fun-filled days of live musical performances, wine tasting and interactive art experiences that encourage visitors to “be a part of the arts”!

Kim Obrzut

Elizabeth Cox

Robert Hughes

Althea Sassman

For information call Sonoran Arts League at 480-575-6624 or visit sonoranartsleague.org

Sarah Foster

Chris Heede

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The Lady Jags lost in the opening round of the

moving back to California.

playoffs, 3-0. The BC girls will have a new coach next year, as Klein has resigned both as coach and in his

Tough season for the BC boys’ soccer team. The

position as sports manager of the Anthem Community

Jaguars lost 12 games in a row to start the season. But

Center.

in a comeback of sorts, the team won its final match, routing Mountain Ridge, 7-0.

“It’s bittersweet, but it’s time for a change,” said Klein, the sports manager here for more than 13 years. He is

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community arts // Culture // announcements Writer Barb Evans

March 21, 25, 27-29 Cave Creek Fiesta Days Rodeo It’s a week full of bucking bulls and broncos as top-ranking male and female pro rodeo contestants duel to be the best in this annual competition featuring a variety of events around town. Check website for full schedule.

March 21: Parade, 9 a.m., Downtown Cave Creek; Mutton Bustin’, 2 p.m., Buffalo Chip Saloon & Steakhouse; Kick-off Dance, 7 p.m., Buffalo Chip Saloon & Steakhouse, 6811 E. Cave Creek Rd. March 25: Dan Lebsock Memorial Golf Tournament, Dove Valley Ranch Golf Club, 33750 N. Dove Lakes Dr. March 27-29: Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Rodeo, Cave Creek Memorial Arena, 37201 N. 28th St. cavecreekprorodeo.com

Photo by Mallory Beinborn

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community calendar arts // Culture // announcements

Adriane Grimaldi reveals the

Feb. 27-March 1

elements needed to attract butterflies to your yard.

Carefree Fine Art and Wine Festival

6-8 p.m. $15, members; $20, public. Butterfly

Sample an extensive

Wonderland, 9500 E. Via

collection of domestic

de Ventura, 480-800-3000,

and imported wines while admiring the original works of more than 165 juried fine artists. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $3, adults; Carefree residents, free. Downtown Carefree, 101 Easy St., 480-837-5637, thunderbirdartists.com.

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March 5-8

March 6-8

MTA Presents “CATS” Musical Theatre of Anthem brings Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famed musical to life with a cast of award-winning performers ages 10 to adult. Check website for times and ticket prices.

Learn how the “8 Weeks to Wellness” program can change your health and reverse metabolic syndrome workshop. 6:30 p.m. Free.

March 5

Back to Health Chiropractic,

MIM Wedding Showcase

42104 N. Venture Dr., Ste.

Brides-to-be and engaged

A-102, 623-551-6677,

couples can tour the

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museum’s unique wedding and reception facilities, meet with award-winning vendors

More than 35 hot air night sky at this inaugural

602-743-9892, musicaltheatreofanthem.org.

Orientation Workshop

Out West Balloon Fest and Fun Run balloons will light up the

Musical Theatre of Anthem, 42323 N. Vision Way,

“8 Weeks to Wellness”

at this informational

butterflywonderland.com.

festival featuring live music,

and enjoy an evening

food, kids activities, wine

of live music, dancing,

and craft beers and a

complimentary cocktails,

family-friendly 5K fun run

hors d’oeuvres and

benefitting the 100 Club of

giveaways. 4-7 p.m. Free.

Arizona. Check website for

Musical Instrument Museum,

event times. $10-$20 per

4725 E. Mayo Blvd., 480-

person; kids 12 and under,

478-6000, mim.org.

free. University of Phoenix Stadium, 1 Cardinals Dr.,

March 5

outwestballoonfest.com.

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community calendar arts // Culture // announcements

March 13, 21 Pinnacle Concert Series Pinnacle Presbyterian

March 6-8, 13-15 March 6-8 Tour d’Artistes Studio Tour and Sale This self-guided tour takes you through Fountain Hills and into the studios of 28 featured artists to view their work, discuss their creative process and purchase

Starlight Community Theater Presents “The Curious Savage” Greedy children conspire to have their wealthy, recently widowed mother committed to a private sanatorium where she gets to know five colorful long-term patients in this play based on the book by John Patrick. Check website for times and ticket prices. Starlight Community Theater, 1611 W. Whispering Wind Dr., Ste. 160, 623-252-6815, starlightcommunitytheater.com.

original works of art. Maps

March 12

can be downloaded from

STEAMtastic

the website. 10 a.m. to

Celebrate science,

4 p.m. Free. Locations

technology, engineering,

throughout Fountain

art, math and music at

Hills, 480-837-3284,

this festival featuring

fountainhillsartleague.com.

interactive demonstrations and activities, including

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stargazing with the Phoenix

Church’s concert series continues in March with The Hyltons & Friends on March 13 and the West Valley Symphony on March 21. Check website for times and ticket prices. Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, 25150 N. Pima Rd., 480-303-2474, pinnacleconcerts.com.

March 14

Astronomical Society. 4-7

NVSO Presents “The Planets”

p.m. Free. Paradise Valley

The North Valley Symphony

Community College, Black

Orchestra performs the

Mountain Campus, 34250

seven-movement suite of

N. 60th St., 602-493-2600,

Gustav Holst’s “The Planets”

blackmountaincampus.com/

amongst a multimedia

steamtastic.

backdrop of stunning planetary photos by NASA.

community calendar arts // Culture // announcements

culture with crafts, dancing

7 p.m. $5. North Canyon

and storytelling. 9 a.m. to

High School, 1700 E.

5 p.m. Free with admission.

Union Hills Dr.,

Musical Instrument Museum,

623-980-4628,

4725 E. Mayo Blvd., 480-

northvalleysymphony.org.

March 14 Butterfly Wonderland Plant Sale Purchase bee-, hummingbirdand butterfly-friendly plants such as milkweed at this plant sale that supports the Butterfly Wonderland Foundation. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Butterfly Wonderland, 9500 E. Via de Ventura, 480-800-3000, butterflywonderland.com.

March 14, 15 MTA Casting Call for “The Wizard of Oz” Ages 6-13 are invited to

478-6000, mim.org.

March 28, 29

March 19

Anthem Gem and Mineral Show The Daisy Mountain Rock and Mineral Club hosts this show featuring more than 25 vendors showcasing gems, minerals,

Career Connectors Meeting

fossils, jewelry, beads and geodes, many of which are found

Spring into a new career

in Arizona. $3, adults; $2, seniors and students; children 5

and grow a professional

and under, free. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

network with this Valley

Sunday. Diamond Canyon School, 40004 N. Liberty Bell Way,

nonprofit that assists

978-460-1528, ewinbourne@gmail.com.

individuals in career transition. This month’s

audition for MTA’s no-cut,

for $35. Musical Theatre

double-cast production of

of Anthem, 42323 N.

“The Wizard of Oz.” Vocal

Vision Way, 602-743-9892,

auditions: May 14, 11 a.m.;

musicaltheatreofanthem.org.

dance call: May 15, 9 a.m.

Free. Audition preparation

March 14, 15

workshop held March 11,

Experience Ireland

12 and 13, 4-5:30 p.m.,

Celebrate Irish music and

meeting includes a discussion about salary negotiation and representatives from such employers as the Arizona Department of Security, International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. and

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community calendar arts // Culture // announcements Education Management Corp. Pre-registration recommended. 9 a.m. to

April 4

12 p.m. Free. Highlands

Passover Seder

Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle

Join the North Valley

Peak Rd., 480-239-6738,

Jewish Community

careerconnectors.org.

Association for a traditional Passover Seder featuring cocktails, ceremony, service and

March 28 Royal Baby Shower Celebrate the impending birth of Prince William and Duchess Kate’s second child with all the pomp and circumstance befitting an heir to the throne. Reservations recommended.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $45. English Rose Tea Room, 201 Easy St.,

March 27 7th Inning Homestretch Barbecue Dinner Support nonprofit After the Homestretch with this baseball-themed barbecue dinner featuring Arizona Diamondbacks’ organists Bobby and Charlene Freeman, former major league baseball players, jockey Scott Stevens, door prizes and a drawing for a

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480-488-4812, carefreetea.com.

2015 Diamondbacks’ suite

hosted by The Crossroads

valued at $2,500. 5:30-7

Church featuring free lunch,

p.m. $25. Cigar King and

egg hunt, photo booth,

Hirsh Luxury Boutique, 7830

face painting, games,

E. Gelding Dr., Ste. 100,

prizes, bounce houses and

afterthehomestretchaz.org.

giveaways. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

April 4

Free. Anthem Community Park Ball Fields, 41703 N.

Crossroads Church Picnic at the Park

Gavilan Peak Pkwy.,

Enjoy Easter weekend

thecrossroadsaz.com.

with a picnic in the park

623-466-7964,

buffet dinner. Reservations requested by March 28.

5 p.m. $45; children 5-12, $19.50. Anthem’s Ironwood Country Club, 41551 N. Anthem Hills Dr., 623-322-0957, nvjca.org.

Anthem Community Council Receives Award for Landscaping The Arizona Landscape Contractors Association recently granted the Anthem Community Council an Award of Distinction for its community landscaping efforts. T.J. Winzeler, ValleyCrest operations manager, presented the

community calendar arts // Culture // announcements more information, call 602-740-9561 or visit creativecastlepreschool.com.

Summit Church Comes to Anthem

award to the ACC board of

Summit Church, a Christian

directors and CEO Jenna

church affiliated with the

Kohl at the board meeting

Assemblies of God, began

on January 28. ValleyCrest

holding services in January

nominated ACC for the

this year. Founded by

award, which Winzeler

Anthem residents Leigh and

said is the equivalent of

Jodi Metcalf and Jeremy

a silver medal from the organization.

Tom’s Thumb Fresh Market Featured on Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” Northeast Scottsdale’s Tom’s Thumb Fresh Market, located at 9393 E. Bell Rd., was featured on the Food Network’s popular show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” on February 6. Celebrity he sampled barbecue in the kitchen with owner Kipp Lassetter and gassed up his recreational vehicle. Tom’s Thumb is an

Creative Castle preschool

and market, where you can get wine, cheese, coffee or great barbecue all while gassing up or getting your car washed. For

and kindergarten is now

Opportunity Way in Anthem,

self-image in every child

accepting enrollment

offers programs for children

through individual instruction

applications for the fall

ages 2.5 to 5 and focuses

and a developmental

2015 semester. The

on developing a positive

approach to learning. For

Elementary School, 41020 N. Freedom Way. Sunday offered for children ages newborn to sixth grade, and periodic activities are

eclectic mix of restaurant, gas station, car wash, wine bar

more information, visit tomsthumbfreshmarket.com.

at 10 a.m. at Anthem

morning services are also

host Guy Fieri visited the unique eatery in December, where

Creative Castle Now Enrolling for Fall 2015 Semester

and Catie Naranjo, the church meets each Sunday

held for children in seventh through 12th grades. For more information, visit summitchurchaz.com.

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Photo courtesy of Forquer Photography

Writer Stephanie Maher Palenque

Young Max Barnett is a beautiful boy with piercing,

the white matter in the brain; the word comes from

soulful blue eyes that draw in everyone who is lucky

“leuko,” which means “white,” and “dystrophy,” which

enough to know him. He is part of a beautiful, loving

means “imperfect growth.” One of the worst kinds of

family who live in North Phoenix. Unless told, one

leukodystrophy is Krabbe.

might never know the pain that the Barnett family is harboring on a daily basis. Max was diagnosed with a

Before that day, the Barnetts lived a normal life with a

rare genetic disease called Krabbe. At least four other

baby who was hitting typical milestones. Max was born

families are dealing with Krabbe disease in Arizona.

on February 6, 2014 as a healthy and full-term baby boy.

Krabbe disease (also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy) is an inherited disorder that destroys

“By one and a half months, he was sleeping through

the protective coating (myelin) of nerve cells in the

the night,” said his mom, Allison. “He was such a

brain and throughout the nervous system. It is a

happy baby and always smiling. At his 6-month well

progressive degenerative disorder of the nervous

checkup he was a little delayed with some milestones,

system that affects approximately one in every 100,000

but a week or so after was sitting up on his own and

live births. Most patients with Krabbe disease (85 to

rolling from his stomach to his back; he didn’t like

90 percent) have the infantile form. During the first few

tummy time. Around 7 to 8 months, we slowly noticed

months of life, these children develop normally, but

that Max was struggling to sit straight; he was a little

extreme irritability, spasticity and loss of developmental

more fussy, he stopped grabbing for things and he

milestones soon become evident, typically before 6

wasn’t rolling.”

months of age. Other symptoms include fevers, seizures and feeding difficulties. Neurological deterioration sadly

The Barnetts’ first instinct was to blame themselves, as

leads to death, generally within the first few years of

many parents often do.

life.

“We thought it was something we had not done well

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Krabbe became a part of the Barnetts’ vocabulary

as parents,” explained Allison. “Even though Max is

on December 2, 2014, when a genetics doctor and

our second child and we have a two-and-a-half-year-

two neurologists walked into a room at Phoenix

old daughter, Emma, we thought maybe we weren’t

Children’s Hospital and delivered the news that would

designating enough time to him. We took him to his

forever change their lives. Max had a leukodystrophy.

pediatrician for a 9-month well checkup and she told

Leukodystrophies are a group of disorders that affect

us to go to the emergency room because his breathing

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had become a little more shallow and something was off.”

In early November, tests were run, but there was no real answer or diagnosis. When they were sent home, Max’s pediatrician encouraged the Barnetts to see a geneticist, which was when the devastating news was delivered to them.

At this time, the Barnetts are focused on next steps. The team at Phoenix Children’s Hospital told Allison and Josiah to keep Max comfortable, that there is no cure and to make a follow-up appointment for two months later.

“In the meantime, we connected with families all over the country who are dealing with the same thing,” Allison said. “They told us to seek help in Pittsburgh with Dr. Maria Escolar and her team, who have been researching this disease for more than 15 years. She currently follows 130 children with Krabbe disease. She and her team have been a great resource to try and keep Max’s path as comfortable as possible in very proactive ways.”

One of the positive things on which the Barnetts are focused is the bill that is currently being examined in Arizona to determine whether or not Krabbe can be added to the newborn screening in Arizona. They are currently evaluating costs and resources that will be needed and will make their recommendation to the legislature in July. The Barnetts have also set up a GoFundMe account to help with travel, therapies and additional equipment for Max. “We are so grateful and so humbled by the amazing support in so many ways,” Allison said. “It is just incredible how generous and thoughtful people can be.”

Allison lists their newly found connection with other families from all across the United States dealing with Krabbe among the things she is grateful for.

“I have connected with so many families that are going through this with their kids or are still in the community but have lost their kids to Krabbe,” she said. “So many families are fighting for their kids and fighting to make the hope of saving other children’s lives through newborn screening a reality in the United States. All of this puts life in perspective; enjoy the simple moments, don’t let life pass you by, do what you love to do and surround yourself with others who will make you better. We have found that we are a part of something greater and although tough, we are determined to make the best of it and continue to move forward as positively as we can. I trust that all will be well, even if I don’t fully understand this path for our family or for Max. There has to be a greater purpose for it all … I just can’t see why yet. It is the only way I know how to get through it.” gofundme.com/kewwe4 MAR CH 2015

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Writer Jenn Korducki Krenn Photography by Bryan Black

Once upon a time, there lived a man who loved to tell stories. In fact, you’ve likely heard many of them if you’re familiar with movies such as “An American Tail,” “The Land Before Time,” “All Dogs Go to Heaven” or “Anastasia.”

Despite plot differences, these stories have much in common beyond beautiful ink-and-paint drawings; they are stories with depth, stories that make audiences care and — perhaps the most essential unity of all — stories with happy endings.

Once upon a time, a man brought these stories to life. And no, his name is not Walt Disney.

Don Bluth did, however, begin his illustrious career with The Walt Disney Company. As an animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Don began as an assistant on another film you may have heard of called “Sleeping Beauty.” Yet even though the multimillion-dollar movie was a magnificent picture with Walt’s fingerprints all over it, Don could sense a change was coming in the way the company viewed traditional animation.

“There used to be a building on the Disney lot called the ink-and-paint building, which is where they colored the drawings we made,” Don explains. “One day we noticed a strange contraption with hydraulic tubes that sat on a chair.

We didn’t know what Walt was making, but we kept sneaking looks at it and one day it had a face, so we knew it was going to be human. Then another day we heard it giving the Gettysburg Address, and we realized it was Abe Lincoln!”

As it turned out, Walt had been collaborating with his imagineers to make the first animatronic figure in human form, which he hoped to use in an attraction at his latest undertaking in Anaheim: Disneyland. The proposed show, called “One Nation Under God,” is similar to today’s “Hall of Presidents” at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.

“It made us realize we [the animators] were not his focus at that time,” Don says.

After Walt’s death in 1966, the studio noticed his absence even more profoundly. The stories, Don felt, were beginning

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to repeat. The animations were

Before Time” (after it was given

no longer inked, which had been

the green light), “All Dogs Go

part of the beauty. On top of that,

To Heaven” and “Thumbelina.”

special effects were being cut out

The studio grew to become the

because of economics.

largest animation studio in Europe.

In addition, Don and his team

“Everyone was saying traditional

of animators taught courses for

animation was way too expensive

new artists at Ballyfermot Senior

and we can’t do it anymore,” Don

College, where Don learned a lot

says. “I disagreed, so I decided to

about Irish culture.

leave Disney in 1979 to form my own company.”

“The Irish are a very talented people,” he says. “They are colorful

Don Bluth Productions would go

and emotional, and they love to

on to achieve a number of notable

sing and dance. People who can

successes. Among them was “An

appreciate those things are good

American Tail,” which partnered

at telling stories.”

Don and his team with producer Steven Spielberg. Upon its release,

The experience was not without its

the movie became the highest-

challenges, however, and while Don

grossing non-Disney animated film

spent a lot of time teaching others,

of all time. But unsure of how the

he was also learning a great deal

movie would fare in the months

about himself.

before it was shown in theaters, Universal Studios decided not to

“Besides the story you’re seeing on

fund Don’s next collaboration with

screen, there’re the stories going

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas,

on behind the scenes,” he says.

“The Land Before Time,” until the

“Sometimes they’re sad, sometimes

box office results for “An American

powerful, sometimes incendiary …

Tail” were in.

sometimes you want to quit. We had a lot of people who were

“While we waited for them to make

homesick after uprooting their lives

up their minds, we had a team of

in the United States and moving

people who needed salaries and

to Ireland. But I think the thing I’m

we had to move on,” Don says. “As

most thrilled about is that I could

it turned out, the Irish government

stick it out and not fold under

offered to pay us if we trained

anything that happened.”

their people to do animation. So we loaded more than 100 people

Still, when 20th Century Fox

on airplanes with their families and

presented him with an opportunity

moved our entire crew to Dublin.”

to come home, Don didn’t hesitate.

In 1994, he and his business

The transatlantic relocation was

partner, Gary Goldman, moved

ultimately a good business decision.

their team back across the ocean

During their time in Dublin, Don

to work on “Anastasia” at Fox

and his team of 460 employees

Animation Studios here in Phoenix.

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reviews and grossed nearly $140 million worldwide,

“We’ve been performing here for almost a year and

establishing 20th Century Fox as a Disney competitor. Yet

audiences are very pleased,” Don says. “I’m having a lot

even with the success of a film in traditional animation,

of fun with it because it’s so similar to animation. Moving

Fox was tempted by the allure of what Don describes as

actors around on stage involves the same thing we do

“a happy guy called the computer.” He and Gary directed

when moving drawn characters. Who is the character?

two more traditionally animated films for Fox Animation

What is their backstory? What is their motivation? Those

before the company moved its focus to computer graphics

are all questions we ask on the board while drawing and

and effects through the newly acquired Blue Sky Studios.

they’re the same questions I ask the actors when they’re performing.”

Though Don sought other work in traditional animation, he recognized the technological tide was changing and wasn’t

He does cite one advantage to the stage over animated

about to wait for another opportunity to come knocking.

movies: anything you want to change can be changed in

So what does a storyteller do when the audience loses

an instant. With drawings, change means erasing or getting

interest?

a clean piece of paper.

He finds another way to keep them coming back.

“This is fun because it’s nice and immediate,” he says.

“You don’t have to color the drawings or shoot them

“I started directing live plays out of my house in

under a camera to perform. I do miss the fact that there

Scottsdale,” Don explains. “It was just on a lark at

is nothing here that is recorded and will live on for future

first, and I had no great plans. But after the first show,

generations. But I think there is a thrill when watching

somebody said, ‘Why don’t we do it again?’ So we did

people perform live. I’ve always felt a live cast projected

another one, and the group that wanted to participate kept

toward the audience is so much more powerful than

growing and putting money down. Before I knew it this had

reflections of light on the screen.”

been going on for eight years in my living room, which was like having an elephant continuously walk through the

Thus far, the theater has performed a lot of musicals,

house with our 45 seats selling out.”

including “Annie Get Your Gun” and “Guys and Dolls.”

During the holiday season, they performed “It’s a Wonderful

With help from his two production partners, Roger McKay

Life,” complete with a black-and-white backdrop of Bedford

and Curtis Watson, Don began hunting for a bigger space

Falls. Don finds audiences respond better to shows with

to put on his shows. After a year’s worth of paperwork

happy endings and personally enjoy stories with a silver

from the city, the Don Bluth Front Row Theatre was

lining.

established in a modest building on Shea Boulevard in Scottsdale, right off State Route 101. The company now

“The whole idea of theater is to lift people up, to get

fills up 72 seats, three nights a week.

them hopeful about the world they live in instead of just

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watching the headlines on CNN all the time,” he says. “I think you have to bring a message to the audience that says, ‘It’s a wonderful life,’ because if you think about it, it really is. Count your blessings.”

He also purposely keeps ticket prices low — general admission is $23 — to make it easier for anyone to attend.

“The one thing I do know is that everyone works hard to earn money for shelter and to feed themselves,” Don says. “That takes care of the body.

What we do at the theater is feed the soul. It gets creativity moving inside of you, and that’s valuable because if everyone is just filling out timecards and making checklists, nobody is thinking. It turns us into robots. By inviting audiences in, it’s a vote for more creativity in our community at a time when it’s really needed.”

Don also believes in the value of immersing youth in the arts. Once a year, the theater puts on a production with young actors, ages 12–18. This year, it’s “Beauty and the Beast.” Additionally, during the month of June the theater runs a camp for kids ages 10–14, and this summer’s planned production for the campers to take on is “Seussical.”

Whether creating for worldwide or local audiences, for big screen or small stage, Don’s storytelling abilities give audiences the gift of thought and an opportunity to learn something new, not only about the world around them but also about themselves.

“I think stories can help someone get back home,” Don says. “I feel satisfied if I can get someone to an upper level where they’re thinking about the bigger picture. It’s certainly not just about putting on a movie or a show.”

No one could doubt that for Don, the meaning of the story runs much deeper. And so, he’ll keep performing, keep creating and keep inspiring his audiences to all live happily ever after. donbluthfrontrowtheatre.com MAR CH 2015

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Writer Paula Theotocatos

You will be utterly charmed when you open the rustic wood front door to an enchanting inner courtyard paved in cantera stone. A bubbling arabesque fountain welcomes you with its musical sound. This home is a sought-after Radisson model and no expense has been spared in its remodeling.

Polished tile and elegant faux-painted walls are featured throughout the home. The circular “medallion� design in tile in the entry hallway invites you inside to explore further. There is a desired home office just off the entrance hallway and a roomy niche for an entry table just outside the living room.

The living room has been glamorized with classic crown molding and lighting. A new built-in bar has been added with sleek

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granite counters, fine wood cabinets, hammered sink and under-cabinet lighting. Elegant French doors open to the outdoor patio, and large floorto-ceiling windows on either side of the doors frame the stunning pool.

Off the living room, also with views of the outside patio and pool, is the family room and kitchen area. The kitchen features warm granite counter tiles and rich wood cabinets. The refrigerator has a wood-paneled front and there is a functional double oven for the serious cook. Plantation shutters and cushioned window seats on either side of the fireplace complete the cozy nature of the family room.

Stone decking enriches the patio and pool area. Reminiscent of old-style Hollywood glamour is the Ultra Paz-finished Grecian pool, two pergolas, waterfall accents and columns supporting gas woks that light the area at nighttime with their exotic fire glow. The heated pool is an impressive nine feet deep. A built-in stainless steel barbecue makes entertaining a breeze.

For decadent relaxation, there is a hot tub on a raised platform alongside a lounging area. A second raised platform on the opposite side of the pool holds a stucco and stone fireplace with stone benches on either side.

The tall niche in the hallway outside the master bedroom awaits your decorating touch. A custom-made, richly carved wooden door beckons you inside the quiet retreat that is the master bedroom. Beautiful French doors open to the pool and patio area outside. The master bath boasts a two-person spa on a raised platform of brick and stone. Tiled counters and warm wood cabinets complement separate his-and-her sinks and a stand-alone vanity. Art deco-style glass blocks surround the walk-in shower.

Off the master bath is a roomy walk-in closet complete with recessed spot lighting and custom wood cabinets.

There is a half-bath in the hallway to the separate suite of two bedrooms that features faux-painted walls and an upscale pedestal sink. Plantation shutters grace the windows in the two bedrooms, which share a Jack and Jill bathroom with separate sinks for early morning get-ready convenience.

The owners fulfilled their vision when they remodeled this exceptional home. For a complete list of improvements and their cost, contact Linda Rehwalt.

The couple wanted a comfortable retreat specially designed for relaxation and entertainment of friends. They achieved this and more. Now come make it yours.

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Writer Donna Kublin Photography by Bryan Black

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At a small Cave Creek studio, designer Debbie Lebsock creates her one-of-akind, Western-inspired handbags that are functional and wearable works of art with unmatched tactile richness. Repurposing vintage leather and textiles, she gives new life to antique and collected objects and materials, crafting hip, boho chic handbags with her signature sense of style. She calls her business Mercy & Grace Designs, a nod to a pivotal time in her life that nudged her to explore more fully her passion for fashion.

Lebsock loves the process of discovering disused secondhand treasures, salvaging them and giving them new life in her creations. She scours flea markets, barn sales, antique shops and more to find horse tack, vintage jewelry and textiles, as well as old cowboy chaps and leather, which she collects for future use.

“My designs start with the objects I find,” she said. “I let the materials speak to me. They provide inspiration and the designs seem to flow from them.”

Often, vintage tack has to be cleaned and reconditioned before it can be used.

Once this process is done, Lebsock designs and hand cuts leather and textiles, sews, hand sets rivets and often grinds belts or horse reins for straps. She selects the right combination of materials for unity and striking contrast, mixing old and new. She has made good use of a vintage gun and holster; real elk and deer horn; authentic Indian bead work and rugs; sterling silver and turquoise, to name a few. She has also made several custom bags for customer orders, incorporating family heirloom pieces into specially made handbags.

“Some of my favorite materials to work with are old cowboy chaps and anything that has the irresistible look, smell and feel of worn leather,” she said. “I like the feel of the old leather and the look of it in the finished bag.”

People love her handbags and customers have started collecting them, with one customer having purchased six. National and area celebrities have been spotted with them, including Kara Britz, lead backup singer from “The Voice”; Loree Bischoff, author, holistic life coach and owner of New Paradigm Mind Body Wellness; Eric Bischoff, co-owner of Bischoff Hervey Entertainment, who purchased a man bag and briefcase; Debra Miceli, world champion monster truck driver and former world champion female wrestler; and the head of the board of directors for Yellowstone National Park, who purchased a bag and invited Lebsock to a private showing in the park sponsored by the Big Horn Galleries in Cody, Wyoming.

Mercy & Grace Designs handbags have been sold primarily at the Arabian Horse Show in Scottsdale; Big Horn Galleries in Cody; Maverick Fine Western Wear in Fort Worth, Texas; area art festivals and sometimes just from people seeing Lebsock carrying one. She gets a lot of referrals and arranges for private MAR CH 2015

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showings. She has also done some wholesale with a few

“It is true what they say: If you are doing what you love,

stores and is always looking for new outlets, including

it doesn’t seem like work,” she says. “And when you find

doing more trunk shows.

your passion and love what you are doing, things just happen.”

Lebsock started her business in November 2012 following a life-altering experience that led her to read numerous

Early on, before her business really took off, she was

self-help books. She took to heart many of their messages

intending to take a break from Arizona and live in Florida

about following her passion, which put her on the path to

for an extended period of time. She was disappointed

honor her creativity and start up Mercy & Grace Designs.

when it didn’t work out, but it was the best thing that could have happened. Instead, she went to Cody, where

She began with the creation of a few bags, using a

her work was supported, encouraged and sought after by

borrowed commercial sewing machine and operating out

members of the community.

of a garage. She showed her new handbags to women

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at an eclectic home furnishings store and was pleasantly

“It was really pivotal for my business and personal

surprised that not only did she sell them, but she also had

development,” she said. “It helped me develop a clientele

orders to create several more. Buoyed by enthusiasm for

and with every handbag, I improved and refined my skills.”

her designs, she felt she could take the risk of beginning

A highlight for her was being invited to be a featured

this new venture.

designer at the prestigious Cody High Style fashion show.

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So far, she has crafted more than 300 one-ofa-kind bags, and even though more are done every day, she has a very low inventory. Her customers respond to her work, connecting with her intention to put her art and soul into each bag as she lives her motto: Your bag is not ordinary, it’s extraordinary. She maintains that her bags are for women (and men) who want a handcrafted, artisan piece that no one else has. Each piece carries with it a personality all its own.

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A longtime resident of Cave Creek, she previously developed seven different businesses, including a trendy boutique and what she describes as a funky consignment shop. She has now honed this ability with Mercy & Grace Designs, a longtime dream that has finally reached fruition.

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Writer Barb Evans

There’s a new community taking shape in Cave Creek

“The organic architecture and innate understanding

that builds upon one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s classic

of preservation principles that the school fosters

principles: “Study nature, love nature, stay close to

complements the vision for Cahava Springs,” explained

nature. It will never fail you.”

Mark Stapp, Cahava Springs Development Corp. president.

Cahava Springs, a 982-acre master-planned community

The vision for Cahava Springs includes a sophisticated

located just north of Carefree Highway, is set to begin

community that celebrates nature and promotes an

construction this summer. Because of its pristine location

indoor/outdoor desert lifestyle. To achieve this, plans for

nestled into the hills behind Cave Creek Regional Park,

the project include subdividing the land into 230 large

this project is one of the most environmentally sensitive

lots ranging in size from one to 20 acres each, and

major developments in the Phoenix metro.

preserving 82 percent of the property’s natural desert land. A series of interlocking hiking and equestrian trails

To help maintain the land’s integrity, developers sought

will connect the residences and invite owners to connect

the help of those who could best interpret Wright’s tenet

with nature.

for nature: his students.

“Our target market is well-educated executives with A Partnership

higher incomes who value very thoughtful design, seek

In February 2014, the Cahava Springs Development Corp.

health and wellness and also value the environment,

(CSDC) entered into a licensing agreement with the Frank

social connectivity and outdoor activities,” says Stapp.

Lloyd Wright Foundation that contracted Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, to design a

Interested students were asked to participate in

series of homes for the first of five phases for Cahava

the project and were given a market analysis and

Springs.

psychographic profile of potential residents, along with detailed studies of the topography, wildlife, natural

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drainage ways and arroyos. The developer also gave

“We would spend hours at the site, walking and taking

the students several requirements to work with, such as

in the light, sounds and smells to really understand

square footage and inclusion of an office, mudroom and

what the house would feel like at all times of the day

four-car garage. All homes were to be single-story, so as

once it was there,” says Kessler.

not to obstruct the views of the mountains and saguaros.

Sidy explains that this research was essential.

“We were challenged to design houses that welcomed the natural environment,” says Victor Sidy, dean for the

“One of the touchstones of the school’s legacy of

Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. “Although the

organic architecture is a connection of architecture

plans are based on Frank Lloyd Wright’s principles, the

to place,” says Sidy. “These homes build on this

designs are very much a product of the individual voice

legacy, embracing the landscape and connecting their

of each designer.”

occupants to the natural world around them.”

Dylan Kessler, a second-year student from New Jersey,

Kessler’s design, dubbed “The Garden House,” includes

was one of the students who worked on the project.

a series of garden nodes, or courtyards. He began his effort with a number of hand-drawn sketches.

“They basically gave us these parameters, but said, ‘You’re allowed to break the rules a little bit; let’s see what you

“The objective was to have the landscape flow through

come up with,’” he says. “They really let us be creative.”

the house,” explains Kessler. “I started out with the idea of having two structures and a garden in the center,

In the end, four students and four faculty members

and over time the project evolved into a series of

contributed to the venture.

gardens with a center entry and bedrooms off of the central area. The resident would enter through a garden

The Design Process

node with a main living space.”

To begin the design process, the students went to the site multiple times to get a better understanding of

Second year student Soham Shah, who is originally

what was at hand.

from India, had a different approach for his house.

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“The main idea for my design was to split the house

Once students came up with an initial concept, they

into two parts: a living space and a guest area,” says

would receive feedback from the client and faculty

Shah. “The site is very open and natural and unexplored,

members.

with many opportunities to enjoy the outside. My goal was to not just have a luxurious house, but to have the

“I think there is a real benefit for the students to work

user be able to experience all sides of it throughout the

so closely with the faculty,” says Michael DesBarres,

year, in all seasons.”

professor of architecture and a past graduate of the program. “There was a lot of discussion and input that

Coming from India, Shah notes some design elements,

happened around the table. A lot of the project was

like four-car garages and mudrooms, were challenging

worked on collaboratively, and there is a lot of learning

for him. But he was still able to utilize Wright’s principles

that happens in that process.”

in his plan.

DesBarres also contributed a home design to the project “One key element of my design is having a procession

that features a tea house on the lot that, in essence,

into spaces, so you don’t just enter the house; there’s

acts like a front porch where people can congregate.

more interest and excitement,” he says. “It’s very Frank Lloyd Wright; he makes you go through the spaces as

“It’s the first thing people see when approaching the

he’s planned it.”

house,” he says. “It’s separate from the house, like a retreat.”

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His plan also aims to make the resident feel at peace in the desert.

“There are numerous places where the house is either pushed in or out in order to blend the boundary between the desert and the architecture,” he explains. “There are areas specifically where walls don’t reach or hit the ground so you can see the desert floor go underneath and between it, and areas with lower windows that are capturing what is up close and intimate, instead of a broad, huge expansive view.”

From Design to Reality Groundwork for the Cahava Springs project originally began in 2007, but the project was halted in 2008 due to poor market conditions and other unforeseen obstacles. According to Stapp, the project is now “fully entitled,” meaning all of the plans and regulatory approvals are in place, and marketing for the homes is projected to begin in the fall.

The homes are expected to sell for $750,000 to $1.5 million.

DesBarres and Sidy hope buyers will appreciate how their designs aim to honor the principles of Wright, but attempt to take them in a new direction.

“We are trying to be inspired by the principles of Wright, not necessarily the forms that you might associate with him,” says DesBarres. “All of these designs are good examples of that. They are different and unique, but there is a common thread that moves through them that helps pull it all together.” cahavasprings.com MAR CH 2015

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Writer Tom Scanlon

He’s not quite a guitar-smashing rock star, yet miles

also seriously talented. As The New York Times raved

from your stereotypical classical music performer. No

after witnessing his contribution to a multi-disciplinary

wonder Time Out New York called him “a bona fide

Museum of Modern Art piece, “Evan Shinners attacked

Bach star.”

the score with a bravura that might have pleased Liszt.”

Though catchy, that’s a bit simplistic. Evan Shinners is

Shinners, a native of Denver who attended the Juilliard

one complex artist, bringing everything from Rimbaud

School, will play at the Musical Instrument Museum on

energy to a “Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” casual genius to

March 15. He lives in Brooklyn, where his life is pretty

the symphony hall. He has been known to play two

much eat, drink, practice, repeat. He recently took a

pianos at once, mixing his own compositions in with

break from his grueling regimen to talk to ImagesAZ

Beethoven and Bach and drawing in younger audiences

about his upcoming “Goldberg Sutra” (a variation on

with his mad performance style.

the variations) performance, answering any and all questions — though showing something of a disdain for

Yet there is a method to his madness, as this 28-year-

comparison, stereotypes and other attempts to confine

old — somewhere between a wunderkind and seasoned

his effervescent spirit and boundless vision.

professional — is not only wildly entertaining, but

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If you’ve ever popped open Champagne, you know it’s pretty hard, if not impossible, to put the cork back into the bottle. So it goes with Evan Shinners, uncorked and bubbling with ideas. Some look to him as the youth-hooking savior of classical music. If so, he is a reluctant one, more interested in playing Handel’s “Messiah” than in being one.

Q: The first time you went to the symphony — how old were you, and how did you feel?

A: I don’t remember the first time I went to a symphony. It was probably when I played with one when I was 12. My folks are not musicians. I don’t know if there would have been a reason to go.

Q: And the most recent time you went to the symphony as an audience member, how many people your age were there?

A: I never count such things, but you would find the youth quite strong among the public.

Q: Why did you start playing classical music?

A: I guess it was something that was thrown my way. I just started tinkering away at the piano. We found someone who knew piano and she put a book of Beethoven in front of me. I started with Beethoven and went farther and farther down the rabbit hole. We got a piano when I was 9.

Q: Ever been in a rock band or hip-hop group?

A: Both. I had a hip-hop group when I was 16. I rapped about classical composers. I made the beats all the way through college. After I graduated from Juilliard, I quit classical piano for about a year and went on the road.

Q: What was your rock band called?

A: The SUITS! Q: Still doing it?

A: The SUITS! are not active. But that style of performance has evolved into my show today.

Q: Do you rap during your concerts?

A: I don’t rap. But I sing.

Q: How did your hip-hop thing go over?

A: I don’t think [audiences] took it seriously, a 16-year-old kid rapping about classical composers. Audiences at bars react differently than classical audiences. But at the same bar, every night for three nights a week, you have to keep it interesting. And people are drinking and talking around you — it requires a different kind of focus than a MAR CH 2015

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classical music concert, where everyone is looking at you

Facebook and popular culture for so long before you find

like a fish in an aquarium.

something more meaningful in your life.

Q: What about the stereotype: Are most classical

Q: Do you think you reach younger audiences by

musicians nerdy as teens?

doing what you talked about earlier, not treating the

A: I didn’t know any classical musicians in high school.

music like museum pieces?

But stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason; they’re

A: I don’t consciously think of a philosophy before I

usually somewhat based in truth. But that has nothing

act. I’m just acting. I think if I were thinking about a

to do with the music. It’s the traditions with which the

philosophy before performing, I’d be a phony. Like a

music gets taught. They’re treated like museum pieces …

politician. Do what you want to do and let the public

[classical music teachers] think of themselves as guardians

come to you. I think audiences find it most interesting

to this sacred culture. Jazz is starting to suffer from some

when they encounter someone just being himself.

of the same problems.

I get a lot of young people from my concerts and I get a Q: This gets back to something I asked you about

lot of good reaction from young people who say, “I really

how many people your age were at the symphony.

enjoyed it.” But it’s never once been mentioned, “I never

Let’s say for the sake of discussion it’s up to you,

thought I would enjoy it” or “I never thought I would be

and you alone, to save American classical music from

interested in such older music.” They don’t see the music

extinction. How do you accomplish this mission?

of Bach or Beethoven as old.

A: I would start by going into solitude for about a decade. Then I would have all the answers when I came

Q: What will your MIM performance be like?

back down. But I don’t think that’s going to happen. If you

A: A large percentage of Bach, smaller percentage of my

look at the numbers and statistics at symphony things,

music.

you find an increase in young people going. It’s mostly the media who pushes this stuff about classical music

Q: Have you spent much time in North Scottsdale?

going extinct. I think the reality is it’s not going extinct.

A: I know Arizona quite well. Once or twice a year I go

There are people getting interested in it. People find

camping and backpacking in Sedona or Flagstaff.

classical music later in life. You can only be interested in

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Q: Whom do you most like to be compared to (and least like)?

A: I dislike comparisons all around. I really think the worst thing someone would say is, “It’s a blend of this artist and that artist.”

Q: What if someone came up to you after a concert and said, “This might be strange, but you remind me of Frank Sinatra”?

A: That would be awesome.

Q: Would you rather play a Bach piece with absolute perfection in a technical way or make a mistake or two as you get lost in a creative rush?

A: What do you think I’m going to say to that? Music is not like typing. There’s a reason why Miles Davis writes about classical musicians as robots.

Q: If he came back from the dead and heard you play, do you think you would change Miles’ thinking?

A: I think Miles had an unpredictable mind. I certainly think classical musicians everywhere should be aware of what he wrote and should seek to change his mind. If you spend 10, 20, 30,000 hours behind a piano, you should be able to sit in with people playing folk music. Otherwise, you’re missing something. Music is about having fun. It’s not a church where you go around and convince people to join the religion of Mozart.

After the interview, something must have been gnawing at Shinners. He got it off his chest via email: Thanks for your time, Tom. Above all, I would like to stress that I am not attempting to preserve classical music, especially since I play Bach and my own music. It’s as I say, when you tell people something is dying, no one wants to go see it. I’m an entertainer using Bach’s music as a launching pad for my own song and dance, and I can tell you how Bach is a genius. I would guess the most traditional concertgoers wouldn’t even see my show as anything resembling a classical concert.

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Sarah Vander Meulen, the amazing 5-year-old girl whose plight we first wrote about a year ago (“Meet the Vander Meulen Family,” March 2014), finally achieved the goal that she and her family set their sights on last year. With the help of many community organizations, as well as private donations, the Vander Meulens were able to purchase a 2012 Sprinter van that, once outfitted for a wheelchair lift and tie downs, will aid the family in transporting Sarah and the rest of the family to and from medical appointments and anywhere else the family needs to go.

Sarah, a little girl with a sparkle in her eyes and a winning smile, has been through more in her short lifetime than many will go through in their entire lives. She was born with a rare genetic condition called chromosome 18 deletion syndrome, which causes Pitt-Hopkins syndrome. Due to this condition, she has faced many medical challenges. She was hospitalized for close to 14 months of her first 27 months of life. During that time, she had 13 surgeries, including open heart and four brain surgeries.

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The van has seating configuration that allows the Vander Meulens to take one seat out and put Sarah’s wheelchair in that spot. It also has plug outlets for Sarah’s medical equipment and is large enough for a caregiver to sit next to Sarah and for her two brothers to travel with her.

Fundraising continues for a wheelchair lift for the van; the cost for this lift will be approximately $18,000 installed. Donations may be made directly to We Care. Please consider helping Sarah and her family, and remember to put a note that the donation is intended “for Sarah.” wecareanthem.com MAR CH 2015

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Writer Ed Winbourne

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Photographers Ed Winbourne and Nancy Gallagher, the rockhounds in the Daisy Mountain Rock and Mineral Club, have been on field trips to the desert and mountains for the past five years, collecting everything from geodes and Apache tears to amethyst and travertine.

Some of the rocks, such as petrified wood from Northern Arizona, can be displayed in a member’s yard or on a living room shelf. But gems such as peridot from the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, almandine garnets from Lion Springs — south of Wikieup — or other materials that members have tumble-polished present a different problem. Placing them on a shelf in a display case is one way to exhibit them, but their beauty calls for more than that; they need to be out in the world for more people to see and enjoy.

What to do with stones that have such special beauty? That was the question members of the Daisy Mountain Rock and Mineral Club asked themselves as they accumulated more and more of them. Last summer, they came up with an answer: the club started wire-wrapping classes to learn how to turn their hard-earned treasures into pendants, earrings and brooches.

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The Romans made wire-wrapped jewelry more than 2,000 years ago. Cleopatra’s fabulous emerald jewels — which in reality were probably peridot, as no emeralds have ever been discovered in Egypt — were constructed using wire. Wire wrapping predates the advent of casting and soldering technologies. It provided a way for individuals in those cultures to flaunt their success the same way jewels do today. Over time, wire wrapping has become popular among artisans, with the advent of precision casting and cutting tools allowing jewelry to be mass-produced.

Luckily for the club, two of its members, Vanessa McDonald and Robin Shannon, took up the challenge to learn how to create jewelry using wire and stones with a few simple tools. Last year, Robin took free classes offered by the Mineralogical Society of Arizona’s Joanne Hesterman, while Vanessa took classes online. They brought some of their work to club meetings to show what they had learned, and the beauty of their creations sparked the interest of a number of other club members, whetting their appetites to test their skills.

Vanessa volunteered to be the lead instructor, while Robin took on the job of working with the Anthem Civic Building for use of the hobby room and advertising the classes. Through their efforts, the Daisy Mountain Rock and Mineral Club has taken the first step in the direction of developing a lapidary wing of the club.

The classes are open to the public and take place at the Anthem Civic Building on the first Tuesday of the month from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The cost of each session is $5 for club members and $10 for non-members. Please contact Ed Winbourne at 978 460 1528 or ewinbourne@gmail.com to reserve your spot.

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Eventually, the club plans to offer complete lapidary classes for members and non-members in the North Valley community.

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Everything in life starts small and grows into something

Friends began to take notice of their handiwork and

bigger. We crawl before we walk. We ride a bike before

asked the brothers to build furniture for their own

we drive a car. The Pereida-Rice siblings built furniture

homes. Tristan and Kalen turned their garage into

before they built a business. Amras, Tristan, Kalen

a workshop just as their father and grandfather had

and Ashton Pereida-Rice run a first-generation family

before them. They began building and selling furniture

woodworking business on Camelback and 54th Avenue

to a growing number of interested friends. Meanwhile,

in Glendale. The four siblings create and build custom

Amras and Ashton were building and selling out of their

furniture in their workshop using quality wood and finely

workshop in Arizona.

honed skills. Pereida-Rice Woodworking offers a fresh and innovative perspective on the art of woodworking.

Kalen graduated college with a degree in business and finance. Working as a bartender, Kalen had a dream to

Growing up, the siblings were constantly exposed to the

leave the restaurant industry and open his own business.

talents of their father, who had a knack for crafting

Looking at the small woodworking sales made among

and building many things while his children were young.

friends, Kalen saw great potential in owning a successful

Considered a handyman around the house, the children

family business. He believed that he and his siblings

recall him always fixing whatever he found broken. Over

could realistically make their woodworking hobby a

the years, the children would watch their father work and

profitable business.

they were taught to do the same.

All four siblings agreed that their talents and skills could The siblings all took an early interest in building and

produce quality products. However, being separated

crafting. Their father and grandfather both had small

by state lines, Tristan and Kalen decided to join their

garage workshops and the children loved spending time

other siblings in Arizona. A move from Santa Monica to

with them, watching and learning. Starting small, they

Glendale cut down on many of their living costs and

built many of their own things throughout their youth.

also brought them closer to their family. While successful

Kalen remembers a small birdhouse being the first thing

in Santa Monica, working together in Glendale brought

he ever made. Of course, not everything was always a

their business to an even greater level. Pereida-Rice

success. One time they built a small house out of wood

Woodworking officially took its name in 2013 and has

and set it in the yard. The idea was grand and their

grown into a profitable business since.

efforts were commendable for such young ages; however, the execution fell short of their plans. One thunderstorm

The siblings work around the clock to produce furniture,

brought the small house’s demise. The children were

often times averaging around 80 hours a week in the

never discouraged. They learned from their mistakes

workshop. When the youngest sibling, Ashton, builds new

and continued building more advanced work throughout

products, he remembers his father always asking him as

the years. Each piece played a major role in their

a child, “What do you want to build, my boy?”

development, as their skills improved with every success along the way.

Today, their father’s advice is invaluable. A major contributor to the siblings’ success, their father is still

As young adults, Tristan and Kalen lived together in

involved in the family business. He is an active partner

a Santa Monica apartment. Upon moving in, they saw

and constantly lends his support and advice.

their empty apartment as a blank canvas to create new pieces of art. Mostly out of necessity, they built their

The Pereida-Rice style is best described as rustic with

own furniture to live and save money. Working with

an industrial, modern blend. Using natural wood, their

hand-me-down tools from their grandfather, the brothers

mission is to create a simple and affordable product

started with a bed frame. After that, the apartment

that consumers can use. Their sales have mostly been

began to lose its emptiness, as the small space grew full

successful through online sites. At the start of their

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and now see a growing success rate selling their products on Etsy. Roughly 80 percent of sales are attributed to online purchases and by word of mouth.

Satisfied clients share their shopping experience with friends and family, resulting in new clientele for the Pereida-Rice siblings.

While online sales and personal recommendations have brought much success to the company, the Pereida-Rices are looking to expand their clientele to Arizona residents. They have become very popular in California and also on the East Coast, where they ship most of their products. However, they are lesser known in their home state and would love to share their woodworking skills locally. It is one of their aspirations to reach locals who are interested in finely crafted, artisan-made products.

Pereida-Rice Woodworking has brought the four siblings much joy over the years. They are proud to work together and most importantly, work for themselves. Being able to take a childhood hobby and turn it into a profitable lifestyle is rare and very admirable. The Pereida-Rice siblings share a passion for woodworking. They simply love to create and that passion is translated into the fine quality of their

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“There’s something so primitive about working with wood,” Tristan says. “Just taking that pile of wood and turning it into something real.”

Their business is young and fresh and their products are first-rate quality. These entrepreneurs love to build things with their hands and are driven by determination and the desire to create art for others.

“When I think back to where we started and now how far we’ve come,” Tristan recalls, “running this business is easily the most rewarding thing we’ve ever done.”

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Writer Margie Boutté

From April’s tulips to December’s Christmas markets, hundreds of riverboats glide along Europe’s historic rivers and canals, which span thousands of miles of Continental waterways connecting North Sea to Black Sea. The major rivers of the world are increasingly popular vacation destinations thanks to the growing trend of riverboat cruising, one of the best ways to explore inland Europe, visiting cities, towns and villages that big ships usually can’t access.

Riverboat cruises offer an alternative to both ocean cruising and land-based bus tours, combining some of the best qualities of each.

Like their counterparts on ocean cruises, riverboat cruise passengers have the luxury of unpacking just once.

However, rather than unbroken expanses of ocean water, river cruisers enjoy constantly changing scenery at a more leisurely pace from their cabin windows and balconies or from the top deck lying comfortably on a lounge chair with a glass of wine or coffee in hand as the countryside floats by. Also, river cruise ships are usually smaller than most ocean-going ships and serve more as floating hotels, offering a more intimate cruise experience.

Like tour bus passengers, river cruisers get to see everything from large cities to quaint inland villages where ocean liners can’t go. Every day a new port is featured, guided tours are included with personal headsets and no one opts to spend a day enjoying the boat when they could be out exploring. Many riverboats carry a fleet of bicycles that can be taken out (at no charge) in port if you’re eager for a more active option than the typical city tour. River cruise ships often dock overnight in a city or town, allowing passengers to disembark and enjoy the cuisine, shopping and nightlife on shore while taking in the spectacular views of ancient cathedrals and panoramic river scenes. Your ship is almost always docked a few historic blocks away from the heart of a city. While sailing between ports, river cruise passengers also enjoy the luxuries of on-board dining with local wines included, comfortable cabins with hotel-style beds and modest entertainment.

If you would like to try a river cruise, you have your choice of rivers and even of continents. In North America, river cruises travel along some of the great rivers, including the Columbia, Snake and Mississippi. In Europe, river cruises explore cities and villages along the Danube, including Budapest, Prague, Vienna and Nuremberg; travel the Seine through the Normandy, Burgundy and Provence regions of France; cruise the Rhine from Amsterdam to

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Switzerland through Germany and France; journey through

on India’s Ganges River, including India’s “Golden Triangle”

Portugal and Spain on the dramatic Douro River; and

— New Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.

follow the waterways that link the Russian capitals of St. Petersburg and Moscow.

The variety of river cruises is constantly expanding and dozens of new ships are being introduced every year.

In Asia, cruises of the Yangtze River reveal high

These new builds feature amenities like spacious two-room

mountains, deep gorges, bamboo groves and ancient

suites, cabins with full balconies, free Wi-Fi, alternative

temples, with shore excursions that visit some of China’s

eateries, gyms, spas, swimming pools and museum-worthy

most treasured cultural sites. A cruise along the Mekong

art collections.

River provides a unique opportunity to experience one of the most exotic regions of the world. From tranquil fishing

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things to be seen along this fabled river. Explore the

Margie Boutté, owner/luxury travel

newest destination, the alluring Irrawaddy River, cruising

consultant of Elite Travel of Scottsdale

through Myanmar (formerly Burma) visiting sacred sites,

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Her motto is, “If you can imagine the

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The Chobe River supports an array of African game, plant and bird life, including one of the greatest concentrations of elephants on the continent.

dream, I can create the reality.” Margie, a Virtuoso Member, holds numerous specialist certifications with hotels/resorts, cruise lines, destinations, Virtuoso & Virtuoso Cruise Host accreditation, and keeps current through continuing education and travels. She has traveled to 153 cities in 33

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A rare opportunity awaits art enthusiasts on March

and Hank Keneally. Each artist pushes the boundaries

14, as seven fine art printmakers will be on hand at

of printmaking, creatively breaking the rules while using

the FCF Holland Community Center to talk about the

varying techniques to create innovative and exciting

processes they use to create original and limited edition

work. The exhibit is a testament to the expressive

prints. The reception is the highlight of the exhibition

range of modern printmaking’s technical and creative

titled, “Printmaking Today,” which runs from March 2–27.

challenges.

The fine artists are Katalin Ehling, Pamela Fingerhut,

One of the originators of the idea for the exhibition,

Christine Sandifur, Marty Gibson, Judy Bruce, Ann Otis,

Marty Gibson, explained that part of the purpose is to

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educate the public about the difference between a fine art print and a reproduction.

“Artists are said to have made an original print when they embrace the print process as a medium of originality rather than mass reproduction,” she said.

“A fine art print may incorporate many forms and archival mediums.”

On display will be some prints that have a tactile quality of ink or wax on paper. The printing methods will be an inseparable part of the work, something that cannot be achieved with reproductions. Some artists have embellished the print with drawing, collage and additional print processes. These artists control every aspect of the work, from inspiration to creative solution. All exhibited prints are created as either unique or very limited editions, where the plate or computer files are destroyed.

In addition to time honored methods like etching and stone lithography, the art world is waking up to include digital, experimental and mixed media works that address the diversity and open-ended nature of the creative process of printmaking. The two digital printmakers use their own original photographic or digitally produced imagery as multiple layers, creating a vigorous artistic language. Their work is created in small editions with archival materials before erasing the computer files.

All seven artists have enthusiastically expanded their techniques far beyond the basics in pursuit of creative possibilities.

Katalin Ehling has been working with encaustics (hot wax) for nearly 45 years, specifically batik in the Indonesian tradition. Venturing into more improvisational work and using her drawing ability and graphic skills in more playful and abstract ways, she also embraced a new method of working with

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wax: encaustic monotype. The contemporary medium

further textured with acrylic gesso and gels. She then

combines the ancient art of encaustic painting with

brushes inks onto the plate before running it through

the general concept of monotypes. Ehling paints with

her etching press.

wax paint sticks on a hot metal plate surface. The wax remains fluid until the paper is laid over the image and

Judy Bruce uses monotypes as a basis for her

lifted off. This process combines the artistic freedom

evocative artwork, painting inks to the Plexiglas plate

and innovation of monotype with the richness and

with rollers, brushes, sticks and fingers. Soft pastel,

luminosity of encaustic painting.

India ink, pencil and sometimes collage are added to the monotype. The embellished monotypes are unique

“The end results are always a surprise, and the

works of fine art.

monotypes have an immediacy that the batiks do not,” she said.

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Recipe

Bacon and Chive Boxty Writer and photographer Monica Longenbaker

“Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan; if you can’t make boxty, you’ll never get a man.” While this traditional Irish folk rhyme may not ring true today, the boxty, Ireland’s version of potato pancakes, lives on. Though each Irish household maintains its own version of this classic dish, it is most often composed of both grated and mashed potatoes. The pancakes are then fried in a pan until golden and crisp on the outside while maintaining a uniquely smooth texture on the inside.

This St. Patrick’s Day, try a new approach to the traditional Irish boxty by adding some non-traditional ingredients. The bacon and garlic provide a savory depth of flavor, while the chives lend some festive green flair.

Bacon and Chive Boxty Yield: 12 boxties

Directions: In a mixing bowl, combine grated potatoes, mashed potatoes, milk, flour, baking powder, egg, salt and pepper. If desired, add

2 cups Yukon gold or russet potatoes, grated and drained of excess water 1 cup mashed potatoes (leftovers or recipe below) 1 cup whole milk or buttermilk ½ cup all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking powder 1 egg salt and pepper to taste 1 tablespoon cooking oil 1 tablespoon unsalted butter Optional: 2 tablespoons bacon, chopped 2 tablespoons chives, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced To make mashed potatoes: 1 pound Yukon gold or russet potatoes, diced large salted water for boiling ¼ cup whole milk or buttermilk 2 tablespoons unsalted butter salt and pepper to taste

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bacon, chives and minced garlic. Whisk until well combined.

Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Once the pan is hot, add the cooking oil and butter.

Spoon about ¼ cup of the boxty batter into the pan to form a disc and repeat until the pan is full. Cook until the pancakes are golden brown, about 5–7 minutes, then flip and repeat on the other side. Once the boxty is crispy on both sides and the grated potato is completely cooked, remove to a paper towellined plate to drain. Repeat with the remaining batter.

Serve warm with crème fraîche or sour cream.

Directions: Place the diced potatoes into a pot and cover with cold water.

Add a generous pinch of salt. Bring the potatoes to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer until tender, about 10–15 minutes.

Once tender, drain the potatoes. Place back into the pot and mash until smooth. Add the milk, butter, salt and pepper. Allow the mashed potatoes to cool to room temperature and set aside.

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