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4A Daily News – Thursday, May 9, 2013 Pastimes & Arts entertainment Bluegrass on the Mountain The Bluegrass on the Mountain concert, dinner, and auction is going to be held 3-8 p.m. June 15 at Cedar Crest Vineyards in Manton. The event is sponsored by the Manton Music & Arts Council and will feature the up and coming bluegrass band The Vandolins, Jessica Van Riper, Matthew Songmaker and the Manton music students. All proceeds from this event go to fund music and arts education for Manton children. The event will showcase the Manton music students and young talents, 14-year-old Matthew Songmaker and The Mountain Messengers from Shingletown, and 15-year-old songwriter and singer Jessica VanRiper from Red Bluff. Matthew Songmaker has been the music teacher for the Manton students this past year. The Manton Music & Arts Council is also seeking featured live auction and silent auction dona- tions from local Red Bluff area businesses. All proceeds from the auction go to fund the music education program. Businesses may also set up vendor booths to sell products for $20 per space.The event is expected to attract more than 500 attendees this year. Tables of 8 are $200 and sponsors may also purchase individual sponsor tickets for $30 per person. Sponsors receive dinner provided by C&R Catering, stage front reserved seating, and recognition in publicity coverage. General admission tickets will be $10 per adult and kids under 14 are free. E-tickets can be purchased online at http://bluegrassonthemountain.eventbrite.com. The event typically sells out of sponsor tables early, so the committee recommends reserving sponsor tables before May 8. To donate an auction item, reserve a booth or reserve a sponsor table, please call the vineyard at 530-474-4242. Donations may also be mailed to: Manton Music & Arts, PO Box 574, Manton, CA 96059. More information about the event is posted online at www.CedarCrestVineyards.com. Bluegrass on the Mountain is an annual event to fund music and arts education to children in Manton as state and federal funding no longer supports these programs. Manton Music & Arts is the non-profit fundraising committee that manages the event each year and continually supports the music program. Symphony to close with Beethoven's 9th The North State Symphony will be presenting only one work for its next concert — Saturday — but what a glorious work it is. The NSS, under the direction of music director/conductor Kyle Wiley Pickett, will perform Beethoven's epic orchestral composition — "Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Opus 25" during the season-ending "Experience Joy" concert. "This is perhaps the most iconic work in the Western classical music repertoire," said Pickett. "It is often called 'The Choral Symphony' because it was the first major symphony to use the voice as an instrument. It is such a well-known work that all you have to say is 'the Ninth' or 'Beethoven's Ninth' and people know immediately what you are referring to." Joining the NSS for the two monumental performances — the first takes place Saturday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Chico's Laxson Auditorium; the second in Redding's Cascade Theatre on Sunday May 12th beginning at 2 p.m. — will be the combined choruses of CSU, Chico's University Chorus and Shasta College's Chorale. Vocal soloists for the performances include Daun Weiss (soprano), Beth Madsen Bradford (soprano), Les Green (tenor) and Ryan Kuster (bass). "Symphony No. 9" was Beethoven's last symphonic work and was completed in 1824, three years before his death. In this symphony, Beethoven intertwined separate com- positional ideas into one work that juxtaposes styles from his earlier periods against elements from his later works. The words — sung during the glorious final movement by four vocal soloists and a chorus — were taken from "Ode to Joy," a poem written by Friedrich Schiller in 1785 and revised in 1803, with additions made by the composer. "The 'Ode to Joy' is heard everywhere — on TV, on radio and in movies," said Pickett. "But there really is no substitute for experiencing it live." Pickett will give his usual free, informative pre-concert talk one hour before each performance; the Chico talk takes place in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, a short walk from Laxson Auditorium. "We expect a large, enthusiastic audience for both the Chico and Redding performances and are encouraging people to purchase tickets well in advance to insure getting good seats." Tickets for the Chico performance are available at the University Box Office (898-6333). For Redding tickets contact the Cascade Theatre Box Office, 243-8877. Tickets are also available online through websites for each box office — www.chicostatetickets.co m and www.cascadetheatre.org. More information on this concert is available at the NSS website, www.northstatesymphony.org. Documentary screenings Focus Film Festival and Tehama County Coordinating Council present Embracable and ...that's me! at 6:30 p.m. on Friday May 24, at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center,1500 S. Jackson St. Admission is free and 1.5 Title 17 CEUs available, sign in at the door. The 2012 photo documentary is 13 minutes long. The evening starts with a short film featuring six selfadvocates from Chico who share their thoughts about working, success, achievement, self-advocacy and community inclusion. Stars Kim Leeseman and Meghean Skinner will be on hand to answer questions following the showing of the film photographed and directed by Doug Churchill. Also showing, Embracable, an intimate look into the fascinating lives of people with Williams Syndrome. The film challenges the notion of what it means to have a disability by showing the rare beauty and uncommon joy of people with Williams Syndrome. Embracable celebrates this beautiful variation of life through candid interviews, unforgettable social encounters, amazing musical performances, and dramatic portrait photography. The 2011 documentary is a 65 minute presentation by Producer and Director Jon Kent. The artists of Artistic Endeavors will display and sell new artwork. For more information on artistic endeavors visit artistendeavors.com/OUR_ARTWORK.html. The event co-sponsors include Tehama County Administration, Knights of Columbus, State Council on Developmental Disabilities/Area Board 2 and the Red Bluff Community Center Auxiliary. For more information call (530) 221-9530 or send an e-mail to maweston@farnorthernrc.org. Classic romantic comedy The second film in the State Theatre's Classic Film Series is Breakfast at Tiffany's, a 1961 American romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam and Mickey Rooney. The film will be screened at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 12 — Mother's Day. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Champagne and Tehama County wine will be available. Tickets at the door are $5 per person. Auditions for Leader of the Pack musical at Shasta College REDDING – Roles for singers and dancers are open for Shasta College's 2013 Summer Musical, The Leader of the Pack—The Ellie Greenwich Musical, which will run July 11-27. Auditions will be held 2-4 p.m. on Friday, May 10, in the Shasta College Theatre, or call 242-2369 for an appointment on another date. This action packed show has 24 do-wop hits from the era of beehives and 45s sung by the top rock and roll groups of the juke box age. Leader of the Pack will be directed by Dean Munroe with musical direction by Elizabeth Waterbury and set designs by David Fraser. Auditions are open to the community, cast ages range from the teens to seniors, and cast members earn transferable college credits. For more information visit www.shastacollege.edu/theatre or call 242-2369. How to submit items Entertainment news may be submitted to the Daily News at clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. Include a name and phone number. Digital pictures should be attached as .jpg files. Photos from a film camera can be brought in to the Daily News as original prints or negatives. No photos from a home printer are acceptable.