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AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 9, 2022
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Music Makers Workshop teacher a global performer AFN NEWS STAFF
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ike other the teachers at Music Makers Workshop in Ahwatukee, Louise Baranger has had a storied career. But one might probably expect that for someone called “The Trumpet Lady.” “I was lucky to be the first woman in numerous musical situations, including live performance and recording,” said Baranger, whose credits indicate far more than luck influenced her career. She played on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and became friends with his band leader Doc Severinsen and Severinsen’s second in command, Tommy Newsom, who wrote arrangements for her first symphony orchestra pops show and her first album. She performed for a TV special with Barry Manilow called “Big Fun on wing Street” with some iconic musicians like
Stanley Clarke and Kid Creole. The list goes on and on for Baranger, who is on a faculty at Music Makers Workshop that includes many highly educated and accomplished teachers, five of whom hold doctorates and several of whom also have had successful performing careers. Baranger has been playing trumpet ever since fourth grade, picking up the moniker of “the Trumpet Lady” from women she played with later in her career. “I kind of came from a show biz family,” she said. “My grandfather wrote Broadway shows for the Shuberts. He moved to Hollywood where he wrote screenplays
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Louise Baranger is called “The Trumpet Lady” for a reason. She mastered an instrument that has opened the door to performing on stage around the world. (Special to AFN)
Ahwatukee revving up for 2 charity car shows GERI KOEPPEL AFN Contributor
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earheads, get ready: Two big car shows benefiting local charities are coming to Ahwatukee in November offering prizes, raffles, food trucks and a variety of makes, models and generations of cars and trucks to ogle. First, the 18th annual Ahwatukee Car Show hosted by the Ahwatukee Community Swim, Tennis and Event Center will be held 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at Ahwatukee Park, 4700 E. Warner Road. It’ll benefit Dogs 4 Vets. Susan Rast, the center’s director, said the show attracts a wide variety of cars and trucks, from classic cars to hot rods to more contemporary models with unique paint jobs or “daily drivers” that are in perfect shape. “It is amazing, the condition some of these vehicle are in,” Rast said. “They’re
The annual Ahwatukee Car Show at Ahwatukee Park features everything from antiques to hot rods to stock “daily drivers” of all kinds. (Courtesy Ahwatukee Swim, Tennis and Event Center) just pristine.” A second major Ahwatukee Car Show, this one to benefit Hope for the Homeless,
will be held 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 26 at Mountain Park Church, 16461 S. 48th St. It’s organized by the Goodman Taylor Team.
Both shows are free to attend, and it’s free to register a vehicle online at ahwatukeecarshow.com for the show on Nov. 26. That show will raise money by raffling a 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible. For the show Nov. 12 at Ahwatukee Park, vehicle owners can register online this year at ahwatukeecommunitycenter. com (click “events” and “car show”) or in person at the center and up until 8:45 a.m. the day of the show. Cost is $20 in advance; $25 the day of the show per vehicle. Last year’s show at Ahwatukee Park was one of the biggest ever, featuring about 75 cars, Rast said. Because it is held the day after Veterans Day, the event will have patriotic elements, and registration is free for veterans. “We’ll begin the show with ASU Air Force ROTC and raising the flag,” Rast said. “We’ll have a bagpiper again. It’s always a
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