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Jazz and drums at Idyllwild Arts
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Marine Gunnery Sergeant Joel Daniel, Thursday night’s emcee for the summer concert, brought the crowd to its feet during a rousing performance of an original piece traditional bagpipes.
When Idyllwild Cinema-Fest Chairman Phil Calderone added a new “Amateur” submission category, he did not expect it to yield one of this season’s major festival surprises — a probing and provocative feature with script values usually not found in amateur films.
Celtic sessions, informal gatherings of musicans playing together, are becoming a tradition at the Creek House. The next session will be Jan 25., and all musicians are welcome to sit in.
Idyllwild Arts Academy Theatre Department breaks new ground with an original musical based on Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Heather Reba, IAA theater faculty and professional musical theater actor, wrote book, music and lyrics for “Welcome to Sleepy Hollow” and orchestrated her score for the IAA pit band. Reba is the…