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Jazz and drums at Idyllwild Arts
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The Idyllwild Master Chorale embarks on its 36th season preparing for it’s annual Holiday Concert on Dec. 22 and 23. Rehearsals begin Oct. 2 in the music room at Idyllwild School and on each successive Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. until the concert. Singers interested in joining the Master Chorale are most welcome….
Editor’s note: This feature ran in the Town Crier on Nov. 4, 1976. Gladys Humphreys died in January 1979 at age 83. “We used to have a view of Lily Rock and Marion Mountain, but the trees grew faster than this house,” laughed Gladys Humphreys, cozy in the modest home that she and her late…
Charles Phelan Contributor Famed nature enthusiast John Muir exclaimed, “The view from San Jacinto is the most sublime spectacle to be found anywhere on this earth!” According to historians, the Muir quote is probably apocryphal, but anyone who has hiked to San Jacinto Peak would surely agree that it affords some truly amazing, sublime and…
The third bald eagle count of 2017-18 was very popular. More than 200 volunteers, twice the number of participants for the December count, helped the count on Saturday. Locally, 14 participants observed the Lake Hemet nesting pair. For the six Southern California sites, a total of 11 bald eagles — seven adults and four juveniles…
With so much negativity going on right now, there is some positive news in our community. Volunteers have dusted off their sewing machines and started making masks and facial coverings, donating them to those who need them the most. “I originally started thinking about making them for a friend who works in a NICU,” said…
Idyllwild Arts Academy junior Ben Champion is in his second year as a fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Nancy and Barry Sanders Composer Fellowship Program. Two weeks ago, Ben had the thrill of hearing his three-minute composition, “Migration,” played at the Walt Disney Concert Hall by the full Philharmonic under the direction of Christopher…