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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lake County’s own original variety show, “Lake County Live!,” will present its next show on Sunday, Jan. 26.
Featured musician will be pianist and singer Andy Rossoff of Lakeport.
The shows are held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Soper-Reese Community Theatre, 275 S. Main St., Lakeport.
Ticket cost is $5 per person.
The audience is asked to be seated by 5:45 p.m.; they’re also invited to stay after the show for additional performances by the featured musicians.
Show creator and host Doug Rhoades hosts a lineup of local musicians as well as original sketches and comedy including the “Ladies of the Lake.”
Lake County Live! airs live on Lake County Community Radio KPFZ at 88.1 FM and is also streamed live on the Internet via www.kpfz.org .
The Soper-Reese Community Theatre is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Old Time Fiddlers Association continues its monthly first Sunday’s Fiddlers Jam sessions hosted by the Ely Stage Stop and Country Museum on Sunday, Feb. 2.
Fiddlers will meet in the Ely barn to perform their wonderful Americana music.
The fun begins at the museum at 11 a.m. with the fiddlers playing from noon through 2 p.m. Note the change in time for the Fiddlers.
Donations will be happily accepted to benefit the Ely Stage Stop and The Old Time Fiddlers Association. Winter rains will cancel the event.
This is a free, family friendly event for all to enjoy, young and old alike. Enjoy the music with hot beverages and tasty treats. Bring your own wine and sip it in Ely Stage Stop wine glasses that are always available for purchase. Clap your hands, tap your toes or get up and dance!
The stage stop, operated by the Lake County Historical Society, is located at 9921 Soda Bay Road (Highway 281) in Kelseyville.
Current hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.
Visit www.elystagestop.com or www.lakecountyhistory.org , check out the stage stop on Facebook at www.facebook.com/elystagestop or call the museum at 707-533-9990.
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HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – Music Together Lake County will open its newest location for Music Together classes in Hidden Valley Lake this month, announced Music Together Lake County director Jean Goulart, M.A.
The next 10-week semester of classes starts on Friday, Jan. 24, at Muscle Matrix Gym Dance Floor, 18983 Hartmann Road.
The new Hidden Valley Lake location is the first location for Music Together Lake County classes, and will soon offer classes around Clear Lake.
To register for classes, visit www.musictogetherlakecounty.com .
“I am so proud to now offer classes in Hidden Valley Lake,” said Goulart. “My goal is to offer classes to families around our lake community. Music Together’s success in our other locations has been phenomenal, and I want to offer all family members our wonderful program in Lake County.
“All children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate with confidence in the music of our culture, provided that their early environment supports such learning. Music Together brings families together by providing a rich musical environment in the classroom and facilitating whole family participation in spontaneous musical activity at home within the context of daily life. Families get so much out of these classes,” Goulart said.
Goulart is a registered Music Together teacher who has successfully completed the Music Together Teaching Workshop, developed by the Center for Music and Young Children, Princeton, New Jersey.
Goulart's career in the early childhood development field is 25 years strong.
She earned her master’s degree, bachelors of science degree, and associates of arts degree in early childhood education and human development.
Goulart owns and is the primary caregiver and preschool teacher of the successful Bundle of Joy Preschool Childcare in Hidden Valley Lake. She has spent 14 years building this business.
She was honored by her Bundle of Joy family’s nomination with Lake County Child Planning Council’s 2013 Provider of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award.
“Music Together and I are a perfect match of philosophy and enthusiasm for early childhood music and movement and building family bonds. I am excited to bring Music Together to our families in Lake County,” Goulart added.
Celebrating its 25th Anniversary, Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music and movement program for children birth through age 7.
The Music Together curriculum was coauthored in 1987 by Kenneth K. Guilmartin (founder/director) and Rowan University Professor of Music Education Dr. Lili M. Levinowitz (director of research) and offers programs for families; schools; at-risk populations; and children with special needs, in more than 2,000 communities in 40 countries.
The company is committed to bringing children and their caregivers closer through shared music-making and helping people discover the joy – and educational value – of early music experiences.
For more information about Music Together Lake County classes and to register, call 707-494-3819 or visit www.musictogetherlakecounty.com .
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My parents didn’t live long enough to be confronted with the notion of paying for a bottle of water. They’d be horrified. Pay for water? Who ever heard of such a thing?
Well . . . Here’s a good poem by Kim Dower, who lives in Los Angeles, about what we go through to quench our thirst today.
Bottled Water
I go to the corner liquor store
for a bottle of water, middle
of a hectic day, must get out
of the office, stop making decisions,
quit obsessing does my blue skirt clash
with my hot pink flats; should I get
my mother a caregiver or just put her
in a home, and I pull open the glass
refrigerator door, am confronted
by brands—Arrowhead, Glitter Geyser,
Deer Park, spring, summer, winter water,
and clearly the bosses of bottled water:
Real Water and Smart Water—how different
will they taste? If I drink Smart Water
will I raise my IQ but be less authentic?
If I choose Real Water will I no longer
deny the truth, but will I attract confused,
needy people who’ll take advantage
of my realness by dumping their problems
on me, and will I be too stupid to help them
sort through their murky dilemmas?
I take no chances, buy them both,
sparkling smart, purified real, drain both bottles,
look around to see is anyone watching?
I’m now brilliantly hydrated.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation ( www.poetryfoundation.org ), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright 2012 by Kim Dower, whose most recent book of poems is Slice of Moon, Red Hen Press, 2013. Poem reprinted from Barrow Street, Winter 2012/13, by permission of Kim Dower and the publisher. Introduction copyright 2014 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.