December Newsletter

CONCERTS/SHOWS/EVENTS
EVERY EVENING IN DECEMBER- Temple Lights Concerts- South side of Visitors Center- Mesa Temple
DECEMBER 14TH – Christmas Concert- Gilbert Greenfield Stake- Gilbert
DECEMBER 14TH – Sing Along Messiah – Citrus Heights Stake- Mesa
DECEMBER 21ST - Sing Along Messiah – Gilbert/Boulder/Val Vista Stakes- Gilbert
DECEMBER 22-23RD – Forgotten Carols – Orpheum Theater- Phoenix

AUDITIONS & PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES
MONTH OF DECEMBER- Musicians needed -provide Christmas music at Downtown Mesa Post Office
NOW THROUGH DEC 15TH – Signups for Ireland Choir Tour

OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
ONGOING- Christmas Performing Group- Angels of Paradise – Paradise Valley
ONGOING – Book, CD and DVD Release- “Reflections of Christ”
ONGOING –DVD’s on Stage Presence - Alex Boye
ONGOING– Wholesome, High School &up-Dance Company RezoN8 Dance- Mesa
ONGOING- Interfaith Choir- 8pm- Kimball Stake Center- Mesa
ONGOING- Organ Courses and books online for church organists

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER MUSIC AND ARTS EVENTS IN THE VALLEY-detailed below

CONCERTS/SHOWS/EVENTS

Christmas concerts- Don’t forget every evening in December at 7pm on the south side of the Visitor Center at the LDS Temple there is a wonderful ½ hour program. Dress warm as it can get chilly sitting there. You will enjoy the spirit and the light display too. On Main St. just East of Mesa Dr.

Christmas Concert- Sunday, December 14th at 6 & 8 pm the Gilbert Greenfield Stake will have their Annual Christmas Concert featuring Choir, Soloists, Orchestra and the Sonoran Brass Quintet. Come early for seats and bring a neighbor to 2740 S. Lindsay Rd. in Gilbert.

Sing Along Messiah- Sunday, December 14th at 7pm, the Citrus Heights Stake will host a sing along Messiah with Choir and Orchestra. Messiah Music will be available but bring your own score if you have one. Questions call Linda Petersen, (480) 827-8088. The address is 2549 North 32nd Street in Mesa.

Sing Along Messiah- Sunday, December 21st at 7:30 pm, the Gilbert, Boulder Creek and Val Vista Stakes will host a sing along Messiah with Choir and Orchestra. Messiah Music will be available but bring your own score if you have one. Location is the building at 1005 N Voyager Dr, Gilbert.

Forgotten Carols The Forgotten Carols starring Michael McLean and Jordan Bluth is coming back to Phoenix at the gorgeous Orpheum Theatre Monday, December 22 and Tuesday, December 23.You can click here for tickets or go to the link below for tickets and information. This year’s cast is amazing! http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/1260970/?search_redirect=the%20forgotten%20carols&tm_link=tm_header_search


AUDITIONS

Christmas music at the Post Office- Vocalists, dancers, ensembles, duets. trios, quartets, pianists, piano/flute, a cappella groups, school or children's groups, violin/piano, harpists, guitar/singer(s) and jazz ensembles;You are all invited to perform during the Christmas season to bring a little cheer to the folks waiting in long lines at the downtown Mesa Post office on Center St. between 1st St and University. You can perform for 30 minutes or up to 2 hours. Just contact Linda Hartmann at 480-844-9328 or lindahartmann at mac dot com .This is a great opportunity for community service.

Choir Tour Noteable ? Travel, LLC, is proud to announce our upcoming tour for July 2009: IRELAND, under the direction of Dr. Cory Evans. Dr. Evans is a wonderful addition to our program, and we know this tour will be immensely successful.The tour will start on July 9, 2009, and will last 10 days, traveling through Dublin, Waterford, Blarney, Killarney, Dingle and Limerick. Members of the group will have the option to extend their tour an additional three days to Galway, under our direction. group will be capped at approximately 48 travelers, including non-singers.30 of the participants must be vocalists, this allows for a maximum of 18 non-singers to register. Registrants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is now open and will close December 15. Questions: call Kameron Bybee at Noteable ? Travel 480.648.7607 kameron at noteabletravel dot com She can send you an email with details.


OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

Women’s Trio Christmas show Angels of Paradise, a women's trio, have a tremondous Christmas show of original and arranged songs for anyone interested. They are in their 2nd season in Paradise Valley and now booking for large or small events for this Christmas Season. Interested persons may contact Linda at wwwlhansen6 at cox dot net and put Christmas show in subject, or call 602-269-4561.

New Book, CD and DVD Release- The “Reflections of Christ” exhibit. with Photography by Mark Mabry, started here at the Mesa Visitor's Center and is now traveling across the country (Washington DC Visitors Center, Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake, Idaho, Canada, Utah, California, and more.) On October 25, Deseret Book released three new products from Reflections of Christ: 1) A book containing all of the photography from the exhibit, 2) A 12 track CD of the music produced by Jason Barney for the exhibit (featuring Clyde Bawden, Freddie Ashby, Alex Boye, Catherine Papworth, Melynda Brimhall, the Alston Sisters, Brandon Brown, Hope Shepherd, and a great local choir), and 3) A DVD containing a slide show of the images to "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" and a documentary of the making of Reflections of Christ. Now available at www.DeseretBook.com

Musical Stage Presence DVD- Alex Boye has a set of DVD's on stage presence now available at
http://www.stagepresencelive.com or you can go to his website http://www.alexboye.com

WHOLESOME DANCE COMPANY RezoN8 Dance: Interested in a Rezon8 Dance JR? I've had several requests to start a younger kids group/class (ages 7-14). Please email me if interested and if interest is big enough to start one, we will start it ASAP (See website below to see what we do). RezoN8 Dance is a fun and clean youth group (ages 15-30) of beginner to intermediate dancers. We learn choreographed formation routines of Latin, tango, waltz, swing, comedy, lifts, hip hop, theatrical, etc and perform them at community, business, charity, and church (ward and stake) events. We can also teach group dance instruction at events. We have summer, fall and winter sessions. New members are welcome to come and try us out at the beginning of those sessions. Currently the team meets every thurs 7:30-9:30 pm at Jazzercise of Mesa (Brown and Greenfield on McClellan) and every Sat 9am-noon at The Dance Barn at Mckellips and Lindsay. With questions about joining team, or if you'd like to have us at your next event contact Alisha at rezon8dance at gmail dot com or check us out at http://rez-o-n8dance.blogspot.com. Next session starts after New Yrs Break (we still have 4 spots available for this session).

Interdenominational Choir- If you would like to join the ‘Voices of Peace’ choir directed by Holly Ashby, they meet Every Sunday 8pm at the Kimball Stake Center , 32nd Street and Southern in Mesa. Maybe bring a friend of another faith with you.

Organ Course and info- Website with tons of helps is www.organ.byu.edu Don Cook from BYU has a 12-lesson course if you go to the links. Chamberlin Music Enterprises has great books at www.chamberlinmusic.com DeeAnn Stone of Provo has a website: www.geocities.com/ddstone48/contents.htm with much information. Learn or improve your organ skills for current or future church service.