Hitchcock Festival: March 10 & 11

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Did you know Alfred Hitchcock lived in Scotts Valley?

Yes, this world-famous director lived in Scotts Valley from 19401970. The City of Scotts Valley, CA has proclaimed Alfred Hitchcock Week from March 6th-12th to celebrate the local resident and world-famous director.

The Scotts Valley Community Theater Guild will be hosting the first annual Alfred Hitchcock Festival with the Scotts Valley Exchange Club and the Scotts Valley Historical Society.

The event will take place at the new Cultural & Performing Arts Center, located at 251B Kings Village Rd, Scotts Valley, California, on Friday, March 10th and Saturday, March 11th.

Businesses are welcome to join in to announce any special offers by becoming a Bronze level sponsor. Listings and tickets will be available at hitchcockfestival.com, in our inserts for the inaugural program and displayed on screen in front of hundreds of people. Tickets are going fast!

Friday, March 10

6:00 PM Doors open — Ribbon cutting, featuring Tere Carrubba, Alfred Hitchcock’s granddaughter, and Scotts Valley Mayor Jack Dilles; walk on by Alfred Hitchcock (impersonator)

6:30 PM Talk featuring Carrubba and Jay Topping — Memories and local Hitchcock history

7:30 PM Show film — Shadow of a Doubt

Saturday, March 11

2:00 PM Show film — Vertigo

4:30 PM Panel discussion — with Logan Walker, UC Santa Cruz Lecturer in Film & Digital Media, and Shelley Stamp, Professor of Film & Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz, discussing Hitchcock’s history as a director and the two films we have viewed. Audience participation

6:00 PM Dessert & Wine Party — Includes Costume Contest.

Complimentary desserts and wine!

Attendees at the 2023 Alfred Hitchcock Festival will enjoy wines grown on Heart O’ the Mountain, the former property of Alfred Hitchcock, and currently home to Armitage Wines.

Meet Alfred Hitchcock’s granddaughter! Stand to win prizes!

Anyone in a Hitchcock-themed costume will be welcome to enter the costume contest and be judged by Hitchcock’s granddaughter herself, Tere Carrubba. Prizes offered for the best costumes depicting Hitchcock and his films.

Audience will be invited to vote on what they would like to see and hear next year.

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Contact Dave Hodgin at pathfinder@ pacbell.net or Victor Alejandro at victor. alejandro.usa@gmail.com for questions.