Gearing Up

Season auditions have been announced for the Mid-Columbia Mastersingers and Mid-Columbia Symphony (see above), so spread the word to all your musical friends - both organizations have great seasons planned!

Also, you have three more chances to catch White Christmas, starting tonight! And rehearsals have started for Yakima Valley Light Opera's production of The Magic Flute, which involves quite a few Tri-Cities singers. Watch for more on that coming up...

In Like a Lion

Man, March is busy! It started off with a great Mastersingers concert weekend, then this past weekend we had both the Mid-Columbia Symphony concert AND the anniversary celebration of Joel and Debra Rogo and their Mid-Columbia Ballet. All three of these groups will collaborate on "Carmina Burana" on May 12 - wow!

And there are so many middle school and high school productions going on, I can't even keep track.

Tomorrow night is your last chance to audition for Richland Players' next production, "Trip to Bountiful," and the next two weekends you can see their current show, "Dearly Beloved," - stop by the box office and your chances of seeing me are pretty high.

This weekend Community Concerts of the Tri-Cities will present "Il Voce," which I will miss since I'm house managing for "DB" - let me know how they are!

Then next weekend Mid-Columbia Musical Theatre (formerly Richland Light Opera Company) opens Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" and the Academy of Children's Theatre opens "West Side Story." I hear great things about both, and I am especially looking forward to hearing Mastersinger Ty Wilde as Tony.

At the end of the month Reg Unterseher will present a forum on ePublishing, and the Count Basie Orchestra is coming to Kennewick High School. I guess everyone gave up sleeping for Lent.

It's not easy being queen

Tonight Richland Players open "Mary Stuart," Schiller's classical drama - let's support real theatre here in the Tri-Cities! It will run the next three weekends - don't miss it!

Also playing this weekend, Camerata Musica presents the Berlin-based Vogler Quartet with Beethoven and Dvorak pieces and Shostakovich's piano quintet. And of course the Mid-Columbia Symphony will perform Saturday night, with Copland's Outdoor Overture and performances by the winners of the Young Artist competition.