Local entertainment briefs
"Betrayed" Music General dancers in senior elite jazz who recently competed in the Masquerade Dance Competition at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis: Abby Hradsky, Brynn Samp, Marlee Landsburg, Courtney DeChaine, Karyn Pfeifer, Kourtney Holloway, Lauren Makey Kristin Goddard, Kelsey Terhaar, Alexie Larson, Jordan Peterson, Giselle Tamasy and Kalli Crawford.
18th annual Garrison Art Show and Sale
GARRISON - The 18th annual Garrison Art Show and Sale is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Garrison VFW Grounds and Pavilion.
The show will feature 40 local and regional artists displaying a variety of mediums including watercolor, oil painting, fiber art, pottery, sculpture, woodworking, jewelry and photography.
Live music will be presented from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. by Jim Olsen and Cleo Kuelbs and from 1-4 p.m. by Robert Hale.
BHS Choirs' spring concert date changed
The Brainerd High School Choirs will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Tornstrom Auditorium, a change from the previously scheduled date, said Brian Stubbs, BHS choir director.
"We set dates over a year in advance, and as this date got closer, we were made aware of a number of conference sporting events that were placed on the same evening of our concert," Stubbs said in an e-mail. "It would be terrible to ask students to choose between the end of their sporting season or the end of their concert season. It made sense for us to back up just one evening so these kids could do both."
Featured choirs at the concert include the Bards, Chorale, A Cappella and Windfall. Music performed will span the ages from a 15th century madrigal to contemporary music by Minneapolis composer Carol Barnett. Bards will perform barbershop, do-wop and English "patter" song styles, Chorale will sing madrigal, Mexican folk dance and ballad styles and A Cappella and Windfall will cover vocal jazz, contemporary concert literature and a Bach fugue.
The senior class will be honored with a song entitled "Omnia Sol" - which translates to "Let Your Heart Be Staid" - by Z. Randall Stroope. The A Cappella Choir also will sing "Set Me As A Seal," by Rene Clausen, in memory of former BHS sign language teacher Melissa Wooden, who was killed in a car crash last fall.
Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students and are available at the door. A free reception will follow the concert in the Washington Educational Services Building gymnasium.
Music General dancers end competitive season on a high note
The Music General Dancers recently completed their 2010 competitive season by participating in the Masquerade Dance Competition at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis.
"Betrayed" Music General dancers in senior elite jazz who recently competed in the Masquerade Dance Competition at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis: Abby Hradsky, Brynn Samp, Marlee Landsburg, Courtney DeChaine, Karyn Pfeifer, Kourtney Holloway, Lauren Makey, Kristin Goddard, Kelsey Terhaar, Alexie Larson, Jordan Peterson, Giselle Tamasy and Kalli Crawford.
Masquerade Dance Contest of New Orleans hosted the four-day event, which ran April 29-May 2. Dancers competed at intermediate/elite level in tap, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical and contemporary categories and were among 35 other studios and dance teams from Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota.
Music General earned 22 Platinum awards, seven High Gold awards and two Gold awards. Platinum awards are given to entries receiving 285 points or more out of a possible 300. In addition to the placement awards, Music General received the Judges' Choice award for Best Tap routine of the weekend for "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," which was performed in the juniors category (dancers ages 9-11), "Rhythm Is Our Business" in the teen category (ages 12-15) and "Don't Stop Believing" in the senior category (16-18).
The petite jazz small group "Itsy-Bitsy Spider" received first place overall for petite small groups and the teen small tap group, "Hoe Down," was first overall for teen elite small groups. "Itsy Bitsy Spider," "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," "Rhythm Is Our Business" and "Betrayed" - by the senior elite jazz large group - were chosen to participate in the Encore Performance Challenge, a judges' choice showcase of the weekend's best routines.
Music General was frequently among the top five overall high point awards, having one petite group, two junior groups, three teen groups and three senior groups earning the distinction. Overall high point awards include all entries, including production lines and small and large groups and all genres of tap, jazz, musical theater and contemporary in each of the four age categories.
Individual awards were given to Maddi Adams, Sylvia Borash, Libby Borash, Courtney DeChaine and Brynn Samp, who were selected by the judges to the Parade of Stars 2010 and are featured on the contest's website at www.masqueradedance.com.
DeChaine received a Platinum award and placed third overall for senior soloists. Samp was awarded a Platinum award and eighth place overall for senior soloists. Both were among 120 entries in the senior soloist division. Additionally, DeChaine received the Fabulous Feet award for her tap solo "Here For Now."
Megan Rodgers received a Platinum award and eighth place in the teen soloist division, competing against 81 entries.
Borash received a Platinum award, a $100 cash award, the Fabulous Feet award and first place overall for junior elite soloists, scoring 292 points out of 300 for her tap routine "Too Darn Hot." She also was crowned Junior Elite Miss Masquerade 2010, Minneapolis, for her solo performances in tap and lyrical, scoring a combined 581 points out of 600. Borash was among 55 entries vying for the title.
Crosslake Chautauqua 'Hamlet' five-week event to begin June 8
CROSSLAKE - The Chautauqua Literary Huddle will begin its season by devoting five consecutive weeks to the reading, discussion and study of "Hamlet" that will begin from 9-11 a.m. June 8 at the Crosslake Community Center.
The event will run Tuesday mornings through July 6. Participants will read the play aloud, react and discuss the play as they read along.
The only cost of the event is purchasing the play. People may sign up at the community center or by calling the center at (218) 692-4271. People are encouraged to register so the center knows how many books to order.
For additional information, call Joe Albrecht at (218) 562-5073.
4-H offers performing Arts Day Camp
The Crow Wing County 4-H Performing Arts Project Development Committee is offering a performing arts day camp from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 8-10 at the Land Services Building in Brainerd.
The camp is open to 4-H and non-4-H youths in grades K-12. Participants will have opportunities in singing, dancing, theater, puppetry, prop making and different aspects of performing. The camp will conclude with a performance open to the public for camp participants to showcase their talents.
Registration is $50 per participant and space is limited. For more information on the camp or to receive a registration form, call Susan Mathison-Young at (218) 568-7370.