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The Creek House celebrated the grand opening of its Backyard Stage on the 4th of July with jazz musicians playing to a full house in the garden along Strawberry Creek. Jazz musicians shown above (from left) are Marshall Hawkins on bass, Dave Hitchings on drums, Paul Carman on saxophone, and Bob Boss on guitar. Photo by Careena Chase


There are many ways parents come up with names for their children. Sometimes, it’s a family name that is passed down. Other times, it’s a name they found in a book, or perhaps, it’s a name they always had in mind. For this couple, however, they chose to name their first little girl after Idyllwild….
Photos of the goings on in Idyllwild last week.
The 13th annual Idyllwild Summer Concert Series begins with a musical preview in the Fourth of July Parade. Six float-borne members of Ken Dahleen’s Big Band Staff, this season’s opening act, will send out an instrumental invitation along the parade route. As the series’ pied pipers, Dahleen’s combo will use its music to entice attendees to the July 5 concert at the Idyllwild Playground and Community Center site.
‘Gods and Monsters’ a collaborative and multi-media production Three Idyllwild Arts Academy faculty members are performing a multi-disciplinary and collaborative production, “Gods and Monsters,” written by Dr. Jeannette Louise Yaryan, composer, pianist, arranger and author, that will be presented in Pasadena. Joining Yaryan are Marshall Hawkins (jazz faculty) and David Reid-Marr (visual arts chair). “It…