Music

Two-Day Full House Party Rocks Bathtub Row Brewing

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Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op’s two day Full House Party attracted big crowds Friday and was up and rocking again Saturday at 3 p.m. with DK and the Affordables. ‘The Full House Party is the culmination and celebration of the years of hard work that this community has put in to realize having its own craft brewery,’ Brewery General Manager Jason Fitzpatrick said. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Party-goers sip some of the Brewing Co-op’s eight beers Saturday surrounded by music under a tent behind the brewery. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
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‘Let’s Play, LA!’ Musical Park Opens In White Rock

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The Leadership Los Alamos Class of 2014 and members of the Leadership Board gathered Friday to celebrate the opening of ‘Let’s Play, LA!’ musical park, which was the group’s project in conjuction with Los Alamos County. The park is adjacent to the new White Rock Branch Library and Youth Activity Center and was unveiled at Friday’s grand opening of the two facilities. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
A young musician tries out the equipment at the ‘Let’s Play LA!’musical park during Friday’s opening celebration for the Park,
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Vote Now: Los Alamos Hometown Musician James Carothers A Leader In Competition For Record Deal

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Los Alamos hometown musician James Carothers. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

Los Alamos hometown musician James Carothers is currently among the leaders in the Nash Next Contest, a talent competition sponsored by Cumulus Media designed to discover up-and-coming country music artists.

Ultimately, the winner will be signed to the new Nash Next Record Label (Big Machine Records) and the Top 10 Place-Winners will participate in a nationwide tour in 2016. First-round voting is underway and continues through Aug. 7. As of this morning, Carothers is ranked at 10. 

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LAHS Students Preview ‘Cold Mountain’

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Author Charles Frazier reads a passage from Cold Mountain prior to the performance. Courtesy photo

LAPS News:

Students of Catherine Puranananda’s AP Literature and Composition class were invited to an exclusive dress rehearsal performance Tuesday of the Santa Fe Opera’s Cold Mountain.

SFO General Director Charles Mackay and SFO Director of Education Andrea Walters went to great lengths to set up this unique experience for the students who recently studied the novel and worked in conjunction with the opera house in gaining a better understanding of the art, Puranananda said.

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Tickets Available For ‘Opera On The Rocks’ At Bandelier

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Bandelier Superintendent Jason Lott introduces the 2014 ‘Opera On The Rocks’. Courtesy/NPS Photo

BANDELIER News:

Opera on the Rocks, at Bandelier National Monument’s Juniper Campground outdoor amphitheater, is an annual event now in its fourth year. 

This year the performance will take place 5:30-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. Opera Alta will present Bastien and Bastienne and selections from Mozart’s Magic Flute. “Bastien and Bastienne” was composed by Amadeus Mozart when he was 12. It is the story of the travails of a shepherdess and her sweetheart, Read More

Rio Arriba County Fair July 29-Aug. 1

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RACF News:

The Rio Arriba County Fair is July 29-Aug. 1 and the Rio Arriba County Fair Association is welcoming all food, arts and crafts, promotional and information vendors to participate.

To obtain a $20 permit for the entire fair, visit https:////www.racfa.net/. This year’s fair will feature the most livestock and indoor projects seen. Come out and see the lambs, goats, swine, steers, breeding heifers, rabbits and poultry.

Indoors, fair goers will find baking, photography, welding, sewing, cake decorating and many youth projects.

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Santa Fe Opera Revives A Worthy Early Work By Mozart

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By ROGER SNODGRASS with CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s eighth opera, La Finta Giardiniera, written in 1775, when the German wunderkind was only 18 years old, represents another venturous effort by the Santa Fe Opera festival to introduce a lesser-known work by a big name composer.

A somewhat marginal dramatic undercarriage artificially inflated by Mozart’s rapidly developing musical gifts, “The Phony Gardener,” as the title might be translated awkwardly from Read More

¡Fiesta Los Alamos! Fundraiser Draws Sell Out Crowd

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Speaking from the heart, Los Alamos Rotary STARS members Michael Erickson and Laura Loy thank the sold out crowd at Satuday’s ¡Fiesta Los Alamos! fundraiser at Fuller Lodge. Proceeds will provide shelter for parents of children receiving medical treatment in Cd. Juarez. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Members of the El Camino Real Rotary Club of El Paso share in the festivities at Saturday’s event. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

A sold out crowd of more than 220 people gathered Saturday evening at Fuller Lodge for the ¡Fiesta Los Alamos! Read More