Bainbridge Performing Arts November 2007 Event Listing

Bainbridge Performing Arts November 2007 Event Listing
Date: October 18, 2007
Contact: Sally Jo Martine, Public Relations Director
Phone: 360.373.6010
Fax: 206.842.0195
Web: http://www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org/
Email: http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=smartine@BainbridgePerformingArts.org

All Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA) events are held at 200 Madison Avenue North , Bainbridge Island . Tickets, information, and registration, unless otherwise noted, are available at the BPA Box Office, or by phone at 206.842.8569. Box Office hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and one hour prior to each performance. Learn more about BPA on line at http://www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org/

November 1 & 2, 2007
Urvasi Dancers: Classical Odissi Dance of India
Dr. Ratna Roy and her company return to BPA this fall with an entirely new program celebrating the rhythms, characters, and stories of ancient India . Urvasi Dance Company performs both solo and group dances in the pure dance form, the Pallavi, which reveals the lyrical beauty in distinctive torso movements of Odissi, combined with virtuoso rhythmic foot patterns. Dramatic dances centered on the fiery goddess Durga, the life of divine Krishna , and colorful characters including the monkey god Hanuman from the famous Indian epic, the Ramayana, will delight audiences of all ages.
2007 - 2008 Season Media Sponsor: Bainbridge Island Review Series Presenting Sponsor: Merrill Lynch International Programming Presenting Sponsor: The Travel Exchange
Outreach Performances: Thursday @ 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. & Friday @ 10:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
Public Performance: Friday @ 7:30 p.m.
Outreach Tickets: $6 per person
Public Performance Tickets: $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors, military, and youth

November 3, 2007
The EDGE Improv
Uproarious and unplanned comedy
“Yoga for your funny bone! Calisthenics for your brain! Cross training for the psyche! Stream of consciousness hilarity for the whole family!” Nothing The EDGE does is scripted – the troupe members are literally making it up as they go along. For more than thirteen years, their zany “PG-13” styled humor has inspired laughter, cheering and rave reviews.
2007 - 2008 Season Media Sponsor: Bainbridge Island Review The EDGE Presenting Sponsor: The Harbour Public House
Performances: Saturday @ 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors, military, and youth

November 5 & 6, 2007
Grades 5 - 8: The Time Machine
A tribute to the world of Sci-Fi!
In 1941 Randal had a secret hidden in the family barn - an experiment he had been working on against his father's wishes. Could his creation actually be a real time machine? Where will Randal and his friends go first? Where would you go? Find out in this time-altering production class that goes both forward and back in time. This production is guaranteed to thrill the adventurous actor and audiences of all ages.
2007 - 2008 Season Media Sponsor: Bainbridge Island Review Theatre School Presenting Sponsor: Prudential Northwest Real Estate
Performances: Monday & Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10 per person

November 7, 2007
Grades 1 - 4: Robots, Rockets, and Aliens
This fast paced theatre production class centers on movement, exploration, and character creation. As students explore the galaxies and their imagination, they create a new alien world, becoming astronauts on a brand new planet. The final day production presents the tale of a brave group of adventurers who explore the dark regions of space and meet some friendly and not-so-friendly new life forms.
2007 - 2008 Season Media Sponsor: Bainbridge Island Review Theatre School Presenting Sponsor: Prudential Northwest Real Estate
Final Day Performance: Wednesday @ 5:00 p.m.
Tickets: Free; Donations benefit the BPA Theatre School Scholarship Fund

November 10 & 11, 2007
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra ~ Viennese Classics
An evening inspired by the great musical capital
Music Director David Upham leads the symphony's commemorative 35th Anniversary season in a program showcasing works by composers who lived in Vienna , including Franz Schubert ("Unfinished" Eighth Symphony), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Strauss, and the other Strauss’ - the “waltzing Johann’s.” Performances continue on March 8 & 9 and May 31 & June 1, plus a special performance with the Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra on April 20.
2007 - 2008 Season Media Sponsor: Bainbridge Island Review Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra Season Presenting Sponsor: Rainier Investment Management
Performances: Saturday @ 7:30 p.m. + Sunday @ 3:00 p.m. (pre-concert chat 45 minutes ahead of each performance)
Tickets: $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors, military, and youth

November 12, 2007
AUDITIONS: Anton in Show Business
By Jane Martin Directed by Kate Carruthers
Callbacks: November 14 @ 6:30 p.m.
Run Dates: February 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, 2008 + PWYC Preview February 7
Rehearsals: December 11 - February 6, three days/week
Requirements: Please prepare a one minute monologue. Please bring a headshot or a current picture of yourself.
Needed: Anton in Show Business includes 6 – 10 parts for women, ages 16 and up
Where: Auditions will be held at Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA), 200 Madison Avenue North , Bainbridge Island
This madcap comedy follows three actresses across the footlights, down the rabbit hole and into the wonderland of American theatre skewering incompetent producers, idiotic directors, surgically enhanced actors, and self-important critics en route.
2007 - 2008 Season Media Sponsor: Bainbridge Island Review Mainstage Season Presenting Sponsor: U. S. Bank
Auditions: Monday @ 6:30 p.m.
Appointments: Email or call BPA’s Stage Manager at dmccollom@BainbridgePerformingArts.org or 206.714.5766.

November 15 - 17, 2007
West Sound Academy presents Play On
What are the possibilities of everything going bad at once in a theatrical production? Actors not learning their lines, props misplaced and misused, the playwright adding dialogue up to the last day before opening. Play On, a comedy by Rick Abbot is about such things ‑ where dedicated amateur actors are confronted with a series of catastrophic events leading up to and during a performance of an original work. With characters like those we meet every day, this play is true to the magic and terror of live performance. It is hilarious in its reality and pathos. A must see.
Performances: Thursday - Saturday @ 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Adults $12; Student/Seniors $8 ‑ Call 360-598-5954 for reservations

November 30, 2007
The Atomic Bombshells
Duck and cover....you're about to be blown away!
Originally hailing from the sultry swamps of New Orleans , The Atomic Bombshells have taken the Seattle burlesque scene by storm. As original members of the illustrious Shim Sham Revue, these ladies were taught their bumps n’ grinds from the original stars of burlesque’s Golden Age, and were featured in numerous publications, such as GQ, Bust, and Tease magazine, and MTV.com. Now the girls bring a little Southern sizzle to the Pacific Northwest with their inspired combination of vintage Bourbon St. striptease, show-stopping choreography, and 1950's kitsch. The Atomic Bombshells have recently been seen opening for Dita Von Teese, performing to packed audiences at their weekly show in Seattle ’s Mirabeau Room, and headlining the Camel Speakeasy Tour all around the U.S.A.
2007 - 2008 Season Media Sponsor: Bainbridge Island Review Series Presenting Sponsor: Merrill Lynch
Performance: Friday @ 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors, military, and youth

NOVEMBER CONTACT INFO AND PHOTO CREDITS
Urvasi Dancers: Classical Odissi Dance of India
Bonnie Showers (BPA’s International Outreach Programming Coordinator, and Bainbridge Island Arts Education Community Consortium Program Manager) at 206.855.7816 or http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=bonnieshowers@msn.com
For interviews, contact Ratna Roy via her home phone at 360.754.1313.
Photos: Urvasi1.jpg & Urvasi2.jpg (courtesy photo)

The EDGE Improv
Ken Ballenger @ http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=kball@mcdonaldins.com; John Ellis @ http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=johnellis@sjnav.com; Frank Buxton @ http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=BuxHotDog@aol.com
Photo: EDGE.jpg - EDGE members John Ellis and Andrew Shields (courtesy photo)

BPA Theatre School productions
BPA Artistic Director Steven Fogell @ 206.842.1163 or http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=sfogell@BainbridgePerformingArts.org

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra
Music Director David Upham @ 425.442.6538 or http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=uphamd@gmail.com; Symphony Manager Dick Heine @ http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=gottliebh@comcast.net
Photos: DavidUpham.jpg (Photo: Yen Lui Photography); Additional BSO photos (Courtesy photos)

Auditions: Anton in Show Business
BPA Stage Manager Deirdre McCollom @ 206.714.5766 or http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=dmccollom@BainbridgePerformingArts.org
Anton.jpg (Photo: Steven Fogell)

West Sound Academy’s “Play On”
Greg MacDonald @ http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=gmacdonald@westsoundacademy.org

The Atomic Bombshells
Susanna Welborne @ 206.306.5971 or http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=bombshells77@hotmail.com
AtomicBombshells.jpg (courtesy photo)
Sally Jo Martine, Public Relations Director http://b10.mail.yahoo.com/ym/kitsapimages.com/Compose?To=smartine@BainbridgePerformingArts.org Bainbridge Performing Arts http://www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org/ Tickets: 206.842.8569 Home Office: 360.373.6010

PORT GAMBLE S’KLALLAM TRIBE HOSTS "EVENING OF NORTHWEST COASTAL ART AND DANCE"

Contact:
Laurie Mattson
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
360-297-6274
lmattson@pgst.nsn.us

PORT GAMBLE S’KLALLAM TRIBE HOSTS
"EVENING OF NORTHWEST COASTAL ART AND DANCE"

Proceeds to benefit new tribal arts center

Port Gamble S’Klallam Reservation (October 9, 2007)—On Saturday, October 20 at
6 p.m., the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe will host an "Evening of Northwest Coastal Art and Dance." This is the fifth event of its kind hosted by the Tribe. All proceeds will be set aside for a new Arts Center, which is in the early planning stages and will be built on the Port Gamble Reservation.

Many regional artists have contributed works of art to be auctioned off during the event. Available pieces include:
• A hand-carved canoe paddle with a butterfly art design crafted by Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal artist Floyd Jones.
• Four limited edition prints from Makah artist John Goodwin.
• A handmade shawl meticulously sewn by award-winning Cree First Nations artist, Chholing Taha.
• A contemporary woven tunic made in the Coastal Salish tradition, designed by Port Gamble S’Klallam tribal weaver Darlene Peters and tribal elders.
• "Don’t Jump Too Soon"—an original gouache painting of a salmon after a lure by noted artist Thomas Stream, who hails from the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak.

Event attendees will be treated to a dinner with dishes that include salmon, seafood, venison, and elk. The S’Klallam Singers and S’Klallam Youth Dancers will perform.

Tickets to the "Evening of Northwest Coastal Art and Dance" are $50 per person and are available by calling 360-297-2646. Half of the ticket price is tax deductible.

Previous "Evening of Northwest Coastal Art and Dance" events have raised over $70,000. All funds went toward the construction of the newly completed House of Knowledge project.

The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, originally known as the Nux Sklai Yem or Strong People, are descendants of the Salish people who have been well-established in the Puget Sound basin and surrounding areas since 1400 A.D. In the late 1930s, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Reservation, located on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington
State, was established. Many of the Tribe’s members, who total over one thousand, still live here today.

For more information about the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, please visit www.pgst.nsn.us.

November 16 Jami Sieber - electric cellist, vocalist and composer

What: November 16 Jami Sieber - electric cellist, vocalist and composer

When: Oct. 12, 7 to 9 pm

Where: Collective Visions Gallery, 331 Pacifice Avenue, Bremerton

How Much: $14 for advanced sales, $17 at door

For tickets: call 360 377 8327 or at the gallery 10 am to 5 pm Tues. through Sat.

Contact Jami Sieber at 360-813-1083

Press photos attached

For Press question contact Alan Newberg at 360 692 3981

Jami Sieber reaches inside the soul with lush compositions that are timeless, and powerfully evocative. A pioneer of both the acoustic and electric cello, her style of playing is recognized internationally. Employing electronics and looping techniques she creates sounds never associated with the cello. Her music goes from the deepest stillness to ecstatic pulsing rhythms and melodies. Jami has composed for film, theater, and dance, including improvising with the Thai Elephant Orchestra in Lampang, Thailand. In 1989 she received the Northwest Area Music Association (NAMA) Award for Best Rock Instrumentalist. She has four independently produced CDs, including the acclaimed 2004 recording "Hidden Sky". World percussionist Geoff Johns will be joining Jami for this show. Jami now resides in Bremerton, come and see this local treasure! www.jamisieber.com

Guest Curator/Sports Historian, Jim Portune, will open a new Exhibit presenting the history of local football.

Kitsap County Historical Society Museum
280 Fourth Street
Bremerton, WA 98337
(360) 479-6226
Contact: Jane Williams, Interim Director or
Prudence McCabe, Executive Assistant
khsinfo@kitsaphistory.org

October 18, 2007

For Immediate Release


SPORTS FANS, especially football enthusiasts, will want to be at the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum on Friday, November 2nd. Guest Curator/Sports Historian, Jim Portune, will open a new Exhibit presenting the history of local football.

The 20th Century witnessed the birth and maturity of team sports throughout the United States, and Kitsap County was an active participant. A microcosm of this can be seen in the history of Bremerton High Football, the oldest football program in the County. The Exhibit will feature Washington High School Hall of Fame Coach, Chuck Semancik, who led the Bremerton Wildcats/Knights for 34 seasons. It will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1947 undefeated cross-state championship season, led by legendary quarterback Don Heinrich. And, finally, honor the oldest football rivalry in Kitsap County - Bremerton High vs. South Kitsap High.”

Please join us at the Museum at 280 Fourth Street in Bremerton, on Friday, November 2nd. Light refreshments will be served starting at 5:00 p.m. The program begins at 6:00.

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra's 35th Anniversary Season opening concerts on November 10 & 11, 2007

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director David Upham

In opening its 35th Anniversary Season on November 10 & 11, the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra will celebrate its musical heritage in a program entitled “Viennese Classics.” When selecting this repertoire, Music Director David Upham chose to focus on the great musical capital city by programming works by composers who were either born, or who lived and worked in Vienna .

The first half of the program will feature the great Eighth Symphony of Franz Schubert, subtitled “The Unfinished.” Schubert, a native Viennese, apparently held very high standards for himself and never felt this symphony worthy of completion, much less publication. After beginning work on the third movement, Schubert abruptly halted composition and placed the only two completed movements in a desk drawer. Forty years after that, and long after the composer’s death, this masterwork was finally premiered only when Schubert’s brilliance as a composer of symphonies and large-scale works was starting to become widely-known.

Following intermission, the symphony program continues with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Divertimento in D Major for string orchestra. The youthful Mozart left his family and birthplace in Salzburg in 1781 to pursue his fortunes in Vienna . Well over 100 years later the famous German composer, Richard Strauss, would also leave his home to take a post directing the Vienna Court Opera. As a young man, Richard Strauss composed works for wind instruments that hearkened back to the suites and divertimenti of Mozart’s era. The wind section of the Bainbridge Orchestra will perform the Praeludium from the composer’s early Suite in Bb Major for Winds.

Finally, no celebration of Vienna would be complete without works from the other Strauss’s – the “waltzing Johann’s!” The program will conclude with Johann Strauss, Jr.’s set of waltzes entitled Tales from the Vienna Woods, followed by the most popular work of his father – Johann Strauss, Sr.’s Radetzky March. So break out the schnitzel and sachertorte, and join us.

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra appears Saturday, November 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 11 at 3:00 p.m. at Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA). A pre-concert chat precedes the performances at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday and at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets: $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors, military, and youth, are available at BPA, 200 Madison Avenue North , Bainbridge Island , or by phone at 206.842.8569.