Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival
Memorial Auditorium
Friday-Sunday, June 20-22, workshops and instruction all day
Concert: Friday, June 20 at 8:00 pm (EDT)
Concert: Saturday, June 21 at 8:00 pm
Dulcimer Players News Magazine and TAPA present the 2008 Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival at Memorial Auditorium. This progressive, three-day festival focuses on both advanced techniques and rudiments with plenty of time for fun, with instruction and jams for advanced players and beginners alike. Workshops for all skill levels will be offered in mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, bowed dulcimer, autoharp and fiddle. The Festival also offers concerts featuring multiple Winfield National Championship winners. These concerts are open to the public at 8:00 pm (EDT) both Friday, June 20 and Saturday, June 21. Tickets are general admission at $15 for each concert, or $25 for both. For information about workshop schedules, lodging and reservations, visit Dulcimer Players News online.
Concert tickets are on sale online at ChattanoogaOnStage.com and at Memorial Auditorium box office. Call (423) 642-TIXS.
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SUNNY D CHILDREN’S THEATER
Summer Camp 2008
“THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD ACT II”
June 16th -28th, 2008
Sunny D Children’s Theater is very happy to announce the dates for their 2008 Summer Theater Camp. The camp will be held the weeks of June 16th – 20th and the 23rd – 27th, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. We welcome all children between the ages of 5 and 18. The Sunny D Camp will be held at the Blue Ridge Kiwanis Club Fairgrounds in Blue Ridge with and end of camp performance on June 27 & 28 at 7:00 p.m. on the main stage at the Blue Ridge Community Theater in Hampton Square.
This year’s camp theme is “Theatre Around The World Act II”, and the Executive Director will be Kristy Lindstrom.
The Sunny D Children’s Theater Committee is now taking applications for instructors, interns, and volunteers. Limited space available for campers and the deadline for registration is June 1, 2008. Scholarships are available!
For more information about the Sunny D Theater Camp, please call: Robbie Muschamp @706-838-4783 or visit our website at www.blueridgecommunitytheater.com.
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The Chattanooga History Center will offer Riverfront Tours featuring a general history of Chattanooga, at 10:00am and 1:00pm, Thursdays through Sundays, June 19th through August 24th. Tours depart from, and return to, the Tennessee Aquarium Plaza, and last up to 1 ˝ hours. The fee is $5 for adults, $3 for children 6-12. Children under 6 are free. Tickets can be purchased in the Visitors Center.
The Riverfront is at the core of Chattanooga’s history, and it is the one place in our community from which sites related to the first settlers, the Cherokees, the Civil War, reconstruction, industrialization, and the renaissance can be visually referenced. Take a short walk, approximately 6 blocks, with our guide, and get an overview of the fascinating history of this place.
For more information, call 423-265-3247, extension 10.
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The Chattanooga Downtown Partnership continues the Friday Market and Rhythm & Noon Concerts, at Miller Plaza this Friday, June 20th. From 11 AM to 2 PM, enjoy a Friday Market in Miller Plaza’s Waterhouse Pavilion featuring a variety of items for sale including fresh produce, canned goods, flowers, handmade flower boxes, glass, homemade candles and jewelry. The Rhythm & Noon Concert Series will feature a FREE lunchtime concert by Abi Tapia on the BlueCross Stage at Miller Plaza from Noon to 1 PM. The Rhythm & Noon concert series is sponsored by Chattanooga Coca-Cola Bottling, Cornerstone Community Bank, WTCI TV45 and Sunny 92.3. Call 265-0771 or visit www.DowntownChattanooga.org for more information.
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The Chattanooga History Center will offer Riverfront Tours featuring a general history of Chattanooga, at 10:00am and 1:00pm, Thursdays through Sundays, June 19th through August 24th. Tours depart from, and return to, the Tennessee Aquarium Plaza, and last up to 1 ˝ hours. The fee is $5 for adults, $3 for children 6-12. Children under 6 are free. Tickets can be purchased in the Visitors Center.
The Riverfront is at the core of Chattanooga’s history, and it is the one place in our community from which sites related to the first settlers, the Cherokees, the Civil War, reconstruction, industrialization, and the renaissance can be visually referenced. Take a short walk, approximately 6 blocks, with our guide, and get an overview of the fascinating history of this place.
For more information, call 423-265-3247, extension 10.
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“Surface Issues,” an exhibit featuring an eclectic mix of painting, sculpture, video installation, decorative and functional art, will open to the public this Friday, June 20th at the CreateHere Studio on Main Street. An opening reception will be held from 5 PM until 7 PM. For more information visit www.CreateHere.org.
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Jericho Brass Perfomance
June 20 (Friday)
6:00 p.m.
AT&T Park Chattanooga Lookouts Ball Game
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Back Door Slam
8 p.m.
Dylan Kussman Band
7 p.m.
This young power trio from the Isle of Man has spent the last year on an extensive American tour including Austin City Limits, SXSW, Lollapalooza, the 2008 Bonnaroo Festival and support dates with musical legends The Who and Styx. Their mind-blowing brand of contemporary/traditional blues-rock and extraordinary vocal and guitaring talent have conjured comparisons to Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix.
For more information on this FREE community concert series, please visit www.DowntownChattanooga.org. You may also call 265-0771 to hear a sample of this week’s headline act.
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The UTC Master Chorale is completing its fifth summer season with free concert at 7:30 PM on Friday June 20th at First Centenary United Methodist Church. The Chorale is conducted by Dr. J. Kevin Ford, UTC Director of Choral Activities, and the organist is David Friberg, organist at Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church. Additionally, works will be conducted by UTC graduate students Kim Pringle, choral director at East Ridge High School, and Rebecca Brown, music teacher at Michigan Avenue Elementary School (Bradley County).
The concert repertoire this year features Benjamin Britten’s “Festival Te Deum” and Edward Elgar’s “Te Deum”, Op. 34, No. 1. The concert will also feature a set of sacred part songs that treat their respective texts in a more mystical fashion including Brahms “Geistliches Lied”, Op. 30, and “Lass Dich Nur Nichts Nicht Dauren,” Olivier Messiaen’s setting of “O sacrum convivium!”, “Diffusa est gratia” by Lithuanian composer Vytautas Miškinis and “O Magnum Mysterium” by American composer Ned Rorem. The concert will conclude with shorter works by Randall Stroope, Normon Luboff and pieces from South Africa and the Caribbean.
The Master Chorale was formed in 2004 to provide a summer performing ensemble for graduate and undergraduate students and community singers. Additionally the group provides a workshop chorus for graduate conducting students. The group meets each summer for a six-week rehearsal run culminating in a public concert working toward the goal of singing an advanced repertoire for concert chorus.
For further information on this event, please contact the UTC Music Department Office at 423-425-4601.
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Tennessee Valley Theatre presents
The Tempest
Tennessee Valley Theatre will present the Drifting Company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest on Thursday and Friday, June 19 & 20, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10. Call 365-PLAY for reservations. The Tempest replaces The Spitfire Grill which had to be postponed because of scheduling conflicts.
The cast includes Katie Fridsma (Ariel, Alanso), Alaska Reece Vance (Miranda, Gonzalo, Stephano), Chad Rasor (Captain, Caliban, Ferdinand, Sebastian) and Nathan Rogers (Prospero, Antonio, Trinculo).
Katie Fridsma is thrilled to be returning to the Tennessee Valley Theatre after playing Aldonza in TVT's Man of La Mancha two summers ago. She has appeared on the Walt Disney stage every Christmas and was featured in Disney's Teacherrific Awards, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Parade, and ABC's Countdown to Millennium. No stranger to Rhea County, She graduated from Bryan College in 2007 with a BS in Musical Theatre.
Alaska Reece Vance has directed 17 plays in the Tri-Cities, Tennessee area, including You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Steel Magnolias, Beauty and the Beast, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Christmas Carol, The Diary of Anne Frank and A Little Princess. She has appeared in several short films including Black Widows Anonymous, A Shoe Story, The Break-Up and The Case of the Missing Bunny, among others.
Chad Rasor graduated summa cum laude from Geneva College last May, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, and has been working in the theatre for over 10 years.
Nathan Rogers holds an Associate of Arts in Theatre from Northeast State Community College, a Bachelor of Science in Business from King College, and is currently working on his Master's in Business at King College. Theatre credits include Beauty and the Beast, The Little Princess, The Glass Menagerie, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Tempest.
For more information, go to www.tennesseevalleytheatre.com.
