November 2014
ARTS / ENTERTAINMENT/ PEOPLE
Choir Director
TIM O’DONNELL
2014: A SPACE CABARET
MAGAZINE
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Choreographing our day
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lank canvas. It is how we start out, everyday, all of us. We start each day, each job, with a blank canvas, a blank page, a blank screen, even. And then because images of hopeful anticipation flood our early morning thoughts with color and light and creative description of how we wish our day to shape up, we begin an amazing process of filling in the blankness.
The development of an imagined day into an actual day is a progression of endless possibilities, with each step being only one removed from what we imagined when we woke. Goals are set. Dreams are made. We begin. We work. We unlock, unblock and stimulate our thoughts to fill in the canvas. We color our world. We choreograph our day. An ordinary mind tries to persuade that we can not accomplish filling our canvas each day with what we desire. But, we are not ordinary. All of us have wonders hidden within, only needing circumstances to evoke them. How often in life do we complete a task, or accomplish a dream that was beyond our capability when we started it? Because we can. Because we do.
So now, ready or not, we are beginning a whole new day. What will happen? No ones knows. We sometimes look at the canvas and race a hundred days ahead, conceiving ideas about things that we could and perhaps should and maybe one day will - but not today, not on this canvas at hand. All we need to work on today is directly in front of us. One brilliant color at a time.
-Melea Johnson
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Life recognizes no barriers It jumps hurdles leaps fences penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of
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“Thank you for your vote.” ~Angus Lee RE-ELECT ANGUS your County Prosecutor (R)
Paid for by Friends of Angus, PO BOX 10, Moses Lake, WA 98837
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my name is Savannah Scriven As some of you may know, Moses
Lake High School requires final year students to complete a senior project in order to graduate. For my senior project, I have chosen to hold a benefit concert featuring famous violinist, Geoffrey Castle, and his cast to help raise funds for the music program at the new middle school, Endeavor. I wanted to base my senior project on music because that is what I am very passionate about in life. Ever since I was a little girl, I loved music in every shape, size, and form. Music is everywhere, no matter how hard you try to avoid it, whether it is on the radio, in an elevator, or even the wind through the air.
Geoffrey Castle concert poster on page 12
Two years ago, Geoffrey Castle came and performed at Moses Lake High School and I was one of the very lucky students who got to watch him perform during school. Wow, was that an event to remember! I was so lucky in fact; he came right up to where I was sitting and played his violin right
in front of my face! I never will forget that stellar experience. After that performance, I was in awe, yet again, of the wonders of music. When the topic of senior projects arose, I knew I had to put on a concert that was as thrilling and exuberant as his was. He was one of the first options of performers that I wanted to feature in my concert, and after hardly having to think about it, I knew that he would be the perfect choice. After ironing out quite a bit of details, the performance has been arranged! I feel that by holding a family- friendly concert, a large amount of community members will support this project. Tickets can be purchased online and in person at The Chamber of Commerce in Moses Lake, www.brownpapertickets.com, or at the front door on the evening of the concert. For any further questions, please call or text me at (509)-750-6593. Tell your family, friends, neighbors, and even people you’ve never talked to before, after all, it is a good conversation starter, and it will help raise money for the music program at Endeavor Middle School!
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CELTIC CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Happy holiday season to you and yours By Jan Thacker
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December 7, 2014 Moses Lake High School Theatre 4:00 - 5:00 pm & 7:00 – 9:00 pm Matinee-$10-$15 Late Show-$20 At the door-$25 Tickets may be purchased in-person at the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce Online at brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006 For additional information please call or text (509)-750-6593
was thinking the other day that when two people plunge into marriage, a sort of rippling effect begins that doesn’t end until death. It’s like when you lob a rock into a still pond and the ripples start undulating and moving outward in endless rings. The newlywed couple, of course, is captured in family and ancestral rings but they’ve also started their own unique pattern. The rings are concentric ripples of time and history that contain blessings and tragedies, joy and heartache. Some live relatively mundane lives where nothing of import really happens. The ripples are gentle and even and predictable. Others endure lives that are laced with incredible upheaval where wonderful unbelievable times of good fortune are overlapped by periods of catastrophe and calamity. These people are the ones who travel around the world and soak up cultures and experiences that others only dream of. To outsiders, these people seem to live unreal exotic lives of drama and excitement. The ripples of our lives are filled with triumph and success and fringed with failure and disappointment. And through it all are the blessings. The holiday season is the time to reflect on our blessings – those wonderful happenings that give life purpose and meaning – those good things in our lives that transcend the bad and make life worth living. The big things, of course, are health, family, friends, good jobs, success, financial achievement, a healthy spiritual life, and the like. The little things, like the tiny roses on a decorated cake, are a warm summer breeze, the smell of a newborn baby, a breathtaking sunset, a playful kitten, a letter from home, the smell of autumn leaves, the first snow, a hot cup of tea on a cold winter afternoon, the whisper of a multitude of Bible pages as churchgoers turn to scripture, a good book, a full orchestra, the passing of the flag during a parade, a bumble bee sniffing a pansy, the hug of a grubby grandson, a flock of geese gossiping across the sky and a million other things. Our lives are filled with such blessings, if only we look for them. In church once our pastor asked what was keeping us from God. The answer popped into my head instantly: Time.
Time keeps us tethered and shackled to lives overburdened with undue busyness and structure. Lack of time is Author, Jan Thacker what keeps us from calling our loved ones back home; what keeps us from penning a note, inviting friends for dinner, taking time to read to our children or grandchildren, from going on walks and from enjoying all that God has given us. Once, years ago, I asked a dear friend to go to lunch “whenever she had time.” She checked her calendar and declared she wouldn’t have a free moment – day or evening—for over two months. We only have one life. We shouldn’t waste it frivolously. Believe me, it goes quickly. In not too many years I will be 70. Truthfully, I can’t fathom that and I can’t for the life of me figure out where the time went. I feel like I’m about 27. Sometimes I act like I’m 12. I read a wonderful story once about a man who figured that the average life was approximately 27,000 days. He was elderly and calculated he had around 10 years, or 3,650 days, left. He went to a toy store and bought 3,650 marbles and put them in a huge bucket. Every day he took out a marble. Doing this helped him to realize the value of each day and to try and live it to the very fullest. This time of year, with Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations ahead of us, seems to be a time of contemplation, a time to reflect on all that abounds in our lives and to be grateful for it. Most of us have so much to be thankful for. God’s blessings pour down on us like warm summer rain. I am so thankful for all he has given me. But mostly, and most importantly, I am thankful that he is in my life. I pray all of you have a joyous and heartwarming holiday season. God bless you!
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Adopt a Grandparent Christmas gifts shared with our community’s elderly
Dear friends, For the past four years, our Mary Kay unit has partnered with several local businesses and individuals to sponsor Christmas gifts for residents at local care facilities. This program has been a huge success. Through the Adopt a Grandparent Program, our partnership provides gifts for all 70 residents of Columbia Crest Center, along with other care centers such as adult family homes and programs such as Meals on Wheels. Each gift contains Mary Kay products such as hand cream, lip balm, shave cream, body lotion, etc. with slipper socks and chocolate. The gifts are packaged in holiday gift bags with tissue and delivered by representatives of our Mary Kay unit. For some residents, the gifts that we deliver and the gifts from the care center are the only presents that they receive for the holidays. Our goal this holiday season is to not only once again visit the residents of Columbia Crest Center and deliver gifts to each one, but to also deliver gifts to the residents
of Summerwood Alzheimer’s Special Care Center. We are asking that you will partner with us this year to help provide these gifts. The cost is $25 per resident. You may choose to sponsor one or several. We will be contacting businesses and families within the coming weeks to collect monies and begin ordering products. If you would prefer to contact me, please call or e-mail me. This is a great opportunity for your business or family to make a difference in the lives of others. It is a taxdeductible. We hope to partner with you in sharing some cheer in the coming holiday season.
Sincerely, Susan L Mann (509) 760-2564 SusanLMann@MaryKay.com
Nov. 19 Masquers Theater Sadie & Keith Dolge, Soap Lake
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Annual
holiday street tree friday, nov. 14th . 4-6pm Sinkiuse Square (corner of Third Ave. & Ash Street downtown)
Join MLBA at the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center at 401 S. Balsam St. downtown.
NOV. 21ST 5:30-8:30PM NOV. 29TH, DEC. 6 & DEC. 13TH 11:30AM-1:30PM Bring your kids & grandkids to enjoy this fantastic family tradition! They can light one of the trees on Third Avenue!
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COST: $5 Photos printed by J.Keele Photography All proceeds benefit the Moses Lake Business Association’s goal to improve the economic development of the Moses Lake business community through organization, promotion, design, and economic restructuring.
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37TH PREMIER SEASON 2014-2015
Columbia Basin Allied Arts
Live performances held @ Wallenstien Theater
JOIN US!
MASTERS OF HARMONY
Singing with a harmony uniquely their own, The Four Freshmen have enamored listeners world-wide for 65 years, while gaining recognition as one of the most influential vocal groups of all time. Their tight-knit sound inspired The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, The Mamas & The Papas, Frankie Valli and the Manhattan Transfer. It all started in 1948, when four college freshmen crafted a unique style of vocal harmony that soon caught the ear of the great bandleader Stan Kenton. Kenton was responsible for bringing the Freshmen to Capitol Records, where they would eventually record 23 albums, thrusting them into the national spotlight. In 65 years, The Freshmen have recorded over 75 albums, 70 top selling singles, and received 6 Grammy Nominations. The four have toured constantly since their inception, continuing to perform to sold out audiences around the globe.
The Four Freshmen Presented by: Columbia Basin Allied Ar ts
NOVEMBER 29, 2014 | 7:00PM
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In person: Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce Online: www.brownpapertickets.com Phone: 800-838-3006
Information: 509.793.2059 • columbiabasinalliedarts.org
Support provided by Moses Lake & Grant County Tourism Commissions Wallenstien Theater 6989 College Parkway, Moses Lake
As the faces changed through the years, the integrity of the sound created by the original guys has been meticulously maintained. Diehard fans and former members alike have agreed that the current lineup; Brian Eichenberger, Curtis Calderon, Stein Malvey, and Bob Ferreira, are second to none. While paying tribute to such classic Freshmen favorites as “Day By Day” and “Blue World,” the current group also continues to bring new arrangements to their live shows and recordings. Their latest record, Love Songs, features lush strings and an A-list hollywood rhythm section. The Freshmen shine on brand new arrangements of quintessential standards such as “Stardust,” “On The Street Where You Live” and many others. As four amazing musical talents, their show is one not to be missed! Whether accompanied by a big band, symphony orchestra or selfcontained; their youth, vitality, and talent adds a modern twist of elegance to a time-honored sound.
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Masquers Theatre A M A J A P E TH E M GA A FUN FILLED MUSICAL
Directed by Holli Bosnar, Assisted by Eric Van Woert
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Pajama Game at Masquers
Rehearsals are under way for Masquers’ fall musical. Throughout the theatre in the evenings you can hear the sound of show tunes like Hernando’s Hideaway, Steam Heat, and Once a Year Day For those of us who remember the fifties, it transports us back to the days of peg pants and crinoline slips. The main action takes place within the confines of the Sleep Tight Pajama Factory, with all of the drama of the factory workers trying to get a seven and a half cent raise. Of course there is romance and conflict, and a general good time. Director Holli Bosnar and assistant director Eric Van Woert are capably in charge, keeping the pace going with this high energy show,while Merie Walker plays the piano and helps the singers to stay in tune and on time. Featured are some of the most talented actors at Masquers such as Jeremy Hansen, Stephanie Moore, Cheri Barbre, Darryl Pheasant, and Justin Rowland as well as new comers, Adam Zaleski and Jessica Stredwick
New Ticket Prices Reversations & Tickets are now available online at www.masquers.com
Members if paid online .............................$15 Members if paid at the door .................. $17 Non-member if paid online ................... $20 Non-members if paid at the door ........ $20 These prices are for the musicals only. Other plays will be less. Masquers Theatre 322 E Main, Soap Lake 246-2611
Fairy Tale Christmas Stacey Bresee will be directing the annual Children’s Christmas play. She is looking for some talented kids to play the parts. “This play has a large cast,” says Stacey, “so we will need a lot of children.” The story includes a variety of fairy tale characters ranging from Snow White and the Wicked Witch to the Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf. Auditions will be at 2PM on Saturday and Sunday, Oct 4 and 5. Performances will be at 7 PM, on Friday, Dec 5 & 12, and at 2 PM on Saturdays and Sundays, Dec 6, 7 and Dec 13, 14.
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Miracle on Main Street December 13 on Main Street in Ephrata
SAVE THE DATE Miracle on Main Street is a familyfocused event where parents and children are able to celebrate the Christmas season by making crafts, playing games, taking photos with Santa, participating in a downtown fun run, a lighted parade, and new this year – watch a live performance of “A Christmas Carol” play! Below is a timeline of the Miracle on Main Street festivities:
November’s Birthstone is
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11:00 am – Jingle Bell Fun Run Participants will have a choice of two routes, a 1 mile and a 3 mile route. Registration will begin at 10am on the day of the race with the race beginning promptly at 11am. Pre-Registration for the run is also available. To have a form mailed to you or to find a location near you to pick up a registration form please contact the Ephrata Chamber of Commerce office at 509-754-4656. Participants are encouraged to “dress the part” and wear holiday attire.
3:00 to 5:00 pm – Christmas Music Downtown Enjoy Christmas music, food, and shopping opportunities in downtown Ephrata. See what your local businesses have to offer for your holiday shopping needs.
12:00 to 3:00 pm – Kids Activities at the ERC Activities will include a variety of crafts and games for children of all ages to participate in. Santa will be at the ERC and pictures will be available. Just some of the activities include: Christmas bingo, cookie decorating, Christmas card making, Christmas ornament making, and a candy cane walk.
6:00 pm – A Christmas Carol Play Make your way back to the ERC to watch a presentation of a Christmas Carol presented by local children in the community. If you are interested in participating in the play, please contact the City of Ephrata at 509-754-4601.
5:00 pm – Lighted Christmas Parade Watch the beautiful lighted parade down Basin Street or, if you choose to participate in the event, contact the Ephrata Chamber office at 509-7544656 to pick-up a participant form.
Sponsored by the Ephrata Chamber of Commerce ephratawachamber.com
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Voices of a New Day 10 years of beautiful music
by Carrie Welty, Director
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oices of a New Day celebrated 10 years in the community at their May 2014 concert at the high school. Local businesses generously donated prizes for the children and their families to celebrate the choirs success. Blue Palm, Dominoes, Car and Dog Wash, Safeway, AIM gymnastics, Texaco Gas, Lake Bowl were just a few of the donors. This community has been so kind to support our program over the last 10 years. We have sung at Parades, every year at spring fest, the Moses Lake Christmas Celebration at the Civic Center, and three concerts a year held at the Moses Lake high school. I feel so grateful to have had the opportunity to share my love of music with so many of Moses Lake’s youth. Because of the choirs success, this year we added 20 additional students! This brought the number of choir children up to 60. That is pretty exciting considering we began with a small group of 25 students in 2004. Voices of a New Day now offers an audition only choir for those students ages 10-13 who would like take the
choir experience to a more challenging level. All classes offer experience following a director, exposure to all types of music, lessons on correct posture and technique, opportunities to sing in small groups or perform solos, basic music theory, chances to learn how to harmonize, plenty of opportunities to perform, and much more! Classes are offered 3:45-4:30 pm, 4:35-5:15 pm on Thursdays as well as 4:00-4:45 pm on Fridays. Tuition is $40 per month. Voices of a New Day is a community choir that is open to all children ages 5-13 years old. New students will be accepted as space opens in December 2014 for the upcoming Jan-March 2015 season. Contact the director, Carrie Welty to register at 509-771-1524. You can see us in concert during the following dates:
Dec 16th Voices of a New Day Christmas Concert 7 pm MLHS theater-cost is $2
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“I want to restore confidence, trust and common sense to the Prosecutor’s office. I am asking for your vote.” These are the solutions Garth Dano can offer…
• 34 years of legal experience to the office of Prosecutor, having handled both criminal and civil cases ranging from contract disputes and water rights to criminal felonies. • Save Grant County taxpayers money by ending frivolous civil and criminal lawsuits. • Work with judges, law enforcement, and court administrators to streamline the court’s calendars so that civil cases are heard as quickly as possible. • Train and mentor the younger attorneys in the prosecutor’s office, in order to ensure proper and fair handling of all cases.
What others have said about Garth Dano…
“As a career trial lawyer, I enjoy watching good lawyers at work. As I approach retirement, I would like to commend a few lawyers who have done exceptional work before the Washington Supreme Court. You are one of those exceptional lawyers.” (Letter dated Dec. 10, 2012) Justice Tom Chambers = Washington State Supreme Court
Garth Dano 4 Prosecutor
100 E. Broadway • Moses Lake, WA 509-766-5746 www.garthdano4prosecutor.com garth@garthdano4prosecutor.com www.facebook.com/GarthDano4Prosecutor
“Garth exemplifies the best the legal profession has to offer. Garth Dano, as a human being, as an attorney whose actions should make all attorneys proud to be a member of the legal profession, has my endearing respect for not only taking the oa th of a ttorney, but for living that oath.” Salvador A. Mungia President WSBA (2000)
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ART SALE AND SHOW
FOR FAMILY
Sale begins Friday, November 21st, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Artwork may be taken at time of purchase www.moseslakemuseum.com
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oin the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center as we present Selfie: A Community Conversation on Identity. The gallery installation will feature self portraits in any media (including, but not limited to, acrylic, ceramic, drawing, fiber, glass, metal, mixed media, non-traditional materials, oil, photography, print, watercolor, wood and, of course, selfies). Works may be representational likenesses or non-representational conceptual ideas of the self. Get ready to reinvigorate the genre of self portraits, and accept our invitation for exploration, discovery and conversation. Get to know yourself, perfect strangers and perhaps, snap a selfie or two.
509.764.3830 / www.moseslakemuseum.com
MUSEUM GALLERY - SELFIE: A Community Conversation on Identity Dates: January 9 – March 6, 2015 / Opening Reception: Friday, January 9, 5-8pm
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Ildikó Kalapács —A Short Biography Ildikó Kalapács grew up in the socialist Hungary in the 70s under Soviet occupation. She studied visual art and folk dance over there. She came to the US in 1987 and she has lived in the Northwest since then. She continued her visual art studies at EWU (Eastern Washington University) and has worked in the folk dance/ research field in the US and Hungary. Her work is greatly influenced by both cultures, and she expands her understanding of more cultures in the era of globalization in order to understand cultural flux. Diversity is the basis of her art. That led her to exhibit not just in the US, but in Europe and Japan over the years. She also creates public art works for institutions which have a philosophy similar to hers, namely compassion and respecting cultures, individuals and nature. Being a folk dancer gave her an insight into non-mainstream cultures (“low art”) and doing village research exposed her different ways of self-expression. Thus she moves comfortably back and forth between the continents and between city and rural cultures.
The Judge for the show, SELFIE: A Community Conversation on Identity. (see page 30) 509.764.3830 / www.moseslakemuseum.com
SELF PORTRAIT
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2014 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour November 3 – 8 Monday – Friday, 1:00pm & 7:00pm Saturday 12:00noon & 3:00pm Civic Center Auditorium 401 South Balsam, Moses Lake Cost – FREE
Afronauts
Written and directed by Frances Bodomo. USA, 12 minutes. It’s July 16, 1969: America is preparing to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of kilometers away, a group of Zambian exiles are trying to beat America to the moon.
The Cut
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction Written and directed by Geneviève Dulude-Decelles. Canada, 15 minutes. The Cut tells the story of a father and a daughter, whose relationship fluctuates between proximity and detachment, at the moment of a haircut.
Dawn
Directed by Rose McGowan, Written by M.A. Fortin, Joshua John Miller. USA, 17 minutes. Dawn is a quiet young teenager who longs for something or someone to free her from her sheltered life.
I Think This Is the Closest to How the Footage Looked
Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction Directed by Yuval Hameiri, Co-Director: Michal Vaknin. Israel, 9 minutes. A man with poor means recreates a lost memory of the last day with his mom. Objects come to life in a desperate struggle to produce a single moment that is gone.
I’m a Mitzvah
Directed by Ben Berman, Written by Ben Berman, Josh Cohen. USA, 19 minutes. A young American man spends one last night with his deceased friend while stranded in rural Mexico.
Love. Love. Love.
Short Film Special Jury Award: Non-fiction Directed by Sandhya Daisy Sundaram. Russia, 12 minutes. Every year, through the endless winters, her love takes new shapes and forms.
MeTube: August Sings Carmen “Habanera”
Written and directed by Daniel Moshel. Austria, 5 minutes. George Bizet`s “Habanera” from Carmen has been reinterpreted and enhanced with electronic sounds for MeTube, a homage to thousands of ambitious YouTube users and video bloggers, and gifted and less gifted self-promoters on the Internet.
Verbatim
Directed by Brett Weiner, Screenwriter: Court Document. USA, 7 minutes. A jaded lawyer wastes an afternoon trying to figure out if a dim-witted government employee has ever used a photocopier. All the dialogue in this short comes from an actual deposition filed with the Supreme Court of Ohio. Full program = 94 minutes www.sundance.org/shortfilmtour 509.764.3830 / www.moseslakemuseum.com
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2014 WINTER FEST ART SHOW CALLING ALL ARTISTS Soap Lake City Hall All mediums welcome Intake November 22-23, 12:00noon to 6:00pm Show December 6 -7 and 14-14 For more information, please call 509 246-6259
or write Art Guild of Soap Lake, PO Box 1592, Soap Lake, WA 98851
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Fall Wine & Art Walk
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of the walk, participants will be able to purchase the wines that they found to be especially delightful to take home with them. This fall, the Wine and Art Walk will offer more beer options for those non-wine drinkers by offering tastings from different Eastern Washington breweries such as Ironhorse and Icicle Brewery. The Chamber is also offering a Maryhill Winery tour and tasting opportunity for a party of up to eight as a raffle prize. Wine Walk participants can enter to win at each business location with the drawing taking place at the end location. The Maryhill tour covers every aspect of Maryhill’s wine production operation and guests are invited to taste Maryhill’s most exclusive reserve wines. All of course enhanced by the dramatically beautiful views of the Columbia Gorge. At the end of the tour, the party is able to purchase Maryhill’s fine wines at a discounted price, offered exclusively to the group. The cost to taste is $25 per person or $40 for couples. Tickets can be purchased at the Ephrata Recreation Center the day of the walk or beforehand at The Bookery, Goin Postal, Brix and Stone, Basin Street Bistro, or online at www.ephratawachamber.com. If you would like more information about the Wine & Art Walk, you can contact the Ephrata Chamber office at 509-754-4656 or email www. ephratawachamber@gmail.com. This event is intended for persons age 21 and older. Valid ID will be required of all participants at the door.
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troll, shop, sip, and socialize as you make your way through the Ephrata Chamber’s Fall Wine and Art Walk, Saturday, November 1st, from 4-7 pm. This event highlights wineries from Eastern Washington as well as local and regional artists who will display their work at various business locations throughout the downtown corridor. Just a few of the featured wines will be Kiona, Jones, Milbrant, Beaumont Cellars, Ryan Patrick, and Kyra. This event is a wonderful opportunity for the Ephrata community to have a night out on the town where taste buds will be tantalized, music from local musicians will flow, and an immense variety of artwork ranging from horseshoe art, to paintings, to floral art will be on display. At the end
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O’Donnell The Ephrata High School Choir Director talks about
CABARET By VM Photography by Robin L. Green
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im O’Donnell radiates enthusiasm. As Choir Director for Ephrata High School he has reason to thoroughly enjoy what he does. In a small school of 600 students, about 1/3rd of them are singing. This speaks (sings) volumes for O’Donnell’s style of positive interaction with the kids as an educator, and mentor of talent. And talent there is. Ephrata’s annual production of CABARET showcases this talent with an exciting, comvplex and rewarding performance of songs and skits the community packs into the HS Performing Arts Center to experience. We asked Tim to describe a little bit about how CABARET comes together. This is what he had to say: LET’S SING. It was cool to come into this program nine years ago. I was fortunate that the previous Choir Director, Chris Youngberg had built a great infrastructure before I came. I appreciate all that was done before me. Now, I enjoy three choir groups of 50 to 60 kids, a smaller group of 40 and a select group of 16. Altogether, there are 200 kids a day in the program. SHOW UP AND BE READY. Auditions for Cabaret is a long, long three day process. There are normally 70 or 80 students who audition and I have to get it down to 20. It is always a big, funny thing. Difficult to do. I tell them the theme. Then the student selects their own song, they pick the music, karaoke or CD or whatever. They practice, perform and give it their very best. SONG IN MY POCKET. I have another song in my pocket...for somebody who picks a song that does not fit their voice. Rarely do that.....mostly it is them selecting their
own song. When the auditions are done, I post on Friday afternoon, (then I run away.) I don’t like to compare them to each other. That really bothers me. MAKING A LIST. From here it is a matter of creating a list of songs in an order to make sense for the show. There is a side stage, for the smaller bands, more intimate things, and the bigger bands on the main stage. CHECKING IT TWICE. Once the list of songs have been selected, a list is made of the players...piano, guitar, etc, whatever the song needs. I go thru every song and write it out in a form, with chords and all the instrumental requirements and pass them out. I then have instrumental auditions. I have to turn off the teacher and turn on the musician in me to get this done. This is the way I have to approach Cabaret, I can not be the educator trying to teach them to play the guitar, or the piano.....I become the producer of the show. Continued on page 47
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MC names: Top row (from Left) Tucker Merchant, Son Bui, Tim O’Donnell, Garner Sears Front Row: Gavin Barnes, Grace Beierman, Lindsey Bair, Camille Culbertson, Alice Turnbull, Sadie Merchant Photo: Robin L. Green
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Continued from page 43 GETTING STARTED EARLY. MC’s are in tune to the flow of the production. They are in charge of making sure everything is back to back and with the study of where to put things, they are responsible to keep the production moving and be watching and prepared for unforeseeable things to happen that could challenge the flow. With this important organizational and creative role of the MC’s, they are selected early on in May of the previous year. By the time they meet in July, they already have the ball rolling. They write much of their own material and have developed a theme and vision for the overall production. GETS COMPLICATED. Producing gets complicated. I have to keep track of who plays volleyball, who plays football. When rehearsal starts, I can not have my leader singer gone to cross country practice. Gets kinda crazy! But, knowing the kids and knowing what they are involved in, makes it work. GROWN UP HERE. Originally from Wenatchee, my wife and I have chosen Ephrata to raise our four children, ages 15, 14, 11 and 9. With a piano in our home, it is used a lot, along with guitar and Ukulele. With Cabaret rehearsals simply being a part of life for my kids, it is fun to have my two oldest performing this year. SEVEN YEARS. It has taken me sever years to figure out how to do it right. Two years ago, Cabaret came off without a hitch, and last year’s Circus one was excellent. I finally figured out how to put it together. It is a complex learning curve to get all the details right and recognizing all the front-loading in September to be ready for rehearsals to begin October 1. If I do all the pre-work, it runs smoothly. MENTORS ALWAYS. With 200 students a day, I think about my weaknesses more than my strengths, because I want to strengthen those weaknesses. I know I have a strong connection with the kids and my goal always is to create opportunities for them. Just as I teach my students to learn from others, I watch others I have respect for and learn from them. David Holloway, Choir Director at Moses Lake High school has a fantastic program. In our region, he is right at the top. I have known David for years, as I sang with him at the Chamber Choir in college. Dan Jackson, my high school choir director from Wenatchee High School was and will continue to be an inspirational educator in my life, as well as my predecessor, Chris Youngberg. I applaud these people who have encouraged me do be the best I can be, and I hope to pass on this same encouragement to my students. AND IT BEGINS. Rehearsal is underway. 100 talented students are participating. YOU are invited.
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The Moses Lake Round-up rodeo will continue to support Thursday night’s “Tough Enough to were Pink”. We would like to thank the Columbia Basin community for coming to our rodeo and supporting this important cause. You can learn more about the history of “Tough Enough to were Pink”, at: http//toughenoughtowearpink.com. See ya next year! Mike Harris Chairman Tough enough to wear Pink Moses Lake Roundup
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