September 5, 2018
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OVER STORY
Backstage at Musikfest
Twenty students of Liberty HS’s arts program participated in PNC Backstage Experience featuring a Q&A with closing night’s headliner Jason Mraz’s tour manager and a view of of the performers for the evening’s concert sound check. The program is a coordination of ArtsQuest and sponsor PNC Bank in its fourth year. This tour is in addition to ArtsQuest’s year-round arts program with the school district. The tour gives students an opportunity to see what jobs are available in the life of a touring band as they learn about live event production through the lens of Musikfest. Photo: Touring manager with Jason Mraz, Matt Swanson, discusses his personal journey to his position. Swanson said it was a good idea to take any job to get in the door, learn all you can and be available to work your way to where you want to be in a career in the music industry.
By Lori Patrick
Coping with Alzheimer’s, dementia
“Gentle on My Mind,” written by John Hartford, elevated Glen Campbell, a young Arkansas-born sessions musician, to stardom in 1967. Fifty-one years later, his widow, Kimberly (Woolen) Campbell, described how Alzheimer’s disease ravaged the Grammy Hall of Fame singer’s mind. The presentation, at the first annual Lehigh Valley Caregiver Retreat at DeSales University recently for caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s or other dementias, featured Kim Campbell, co-founder of Careliving.org and Lori La Bey, founder of “Alzheimer’s Speaks.” Photo: Kim Campbell co-founded Careliving.org after her husband, Glen, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
By Jim Marsh
Today the sun is shining
The area I am living in is full of legends and history. I have heard that early explorers found an abandoned village, and I wondered how they knew it was once a village. What kept the tipis from blowing away in the wind? Well, now I know. Photo: When a village is first created, the natives gather large rocks from the area and they would be placed in a circle around the base of the lodge. The rocks would be placed on the covering, like tent stakes. When the tribe moved on, the rocks would remain.
By Carina Stoves
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LASSROOM
Dance Quilt
A patchwork of ballet, modern dance, and tap styles came together at the Lehigh Valley Charter HS for the Arts to end of last school year. According to artistic director of dance Kimberly Maniscalco, “The Charter Arts Dance Department’s ‘Quilt’ was the final product of a year-long repertory course that all dance students enroll in each year.” With the 2018-19 school year already underway, the instructors and students will soon begin many hours of work to craft a new quilt to be admired in the spring. In the meantime, “Dance Soup,” a showcase of student-choreographed work is scheduled for Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Photo: Morgan O’Donnell, Michayla Pannullo, Chloe Conahan, and Christiana Lenzer, make creative use of a couch for “Detach Upon Arrival,” choreographed by Rebecca Moyer.
By Ed Courrier
Freedom tops Becahi
Saturday night saw Bethlehem city rivals Freedom and Bethlehem Central Catholic face off in a key, early season meeting. The Patriots beat East Stroudsburg North (68-14) in their opener, and the Hawks beat Dieruff (54-6) in theirs, and both teams hoped to keep their perfect record through two games. This was a potential tone-setter for the rest of the season.
By Nicholas Seagreaves
‘Zaarathustra’ has a lot to say
With the start of September comes the start of another Allentown Symphony Orchestra season. The professional orchestra performs pops and classical concerts from September through May at Miller Symphony Hall, Allentown. Whatever we are performing, it is always a lot of fun for myself, musicians, and audience. This year, we begin the season in a very dramatic way. Many people remember director Stanley Kubrick’s film, “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the 1968 film that utilizes the opening minute or so of Richard Strauss’s epic work, “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” translated as “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.”
By Diane Wittry
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