Music

Los Alamos Light Opera Performs To Sell Out Crowd … One Performance Remains at 7:30 p.m. Today!

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The cast of Los Alamos Light Opera’s (LALO) Broadway on the Hill. Courtesy/LALO
 
LALO News:
 
Opening night of Los Alamos Light Opera’s (LALO) Broadway on the Hill was a huge succcess. Local talent performed their favorite Broadway songs to raise money to continue doing shows.
 
Jeff Favorite of the Hillstompers serves as the show MC, and has a joke to tell at almost every song. The show sold out Friday night, and the raffle was a raging success. There are many great items to be won, including two center orchestra seats to Wicked! Lastly, the cast was given a standing
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Hot Nut Riveters Rev Up Friday’s Concert Crowd

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Guy Forsyth and his new band, the Hot Nut Riveters from Austin, Texa rocked the crowd gathered Friday night in the parking lot at Del Norte Credit Union. Aug. 22, the concert returns at 7 p.m. to Ashley Pond with the town’s best dance band, the Los Alamos Big Band sponsored by the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Friday’s concert was sponsored by Del Norte Credit Union, the LA Co+op Market, Zia Credit Union, Los Alamos Schools Credit Union and the Espanola Community Market. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
The Del Norte Credit Union bear
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Don’t Cook Tonight … On Tap! is at Blue Window Bistro

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Don’t cook dinner tonight! Fuller Lodge Art Center has much better plans in store for Los Alamos. ‘It’s our turn to host On Tap! 5:30-7 p.m. at Blue Window Bistro with guest speaker Laurie Tomlinson with the Los Alamos Light Opera. Listen as she talks about LALO’s newest production Broadway on the Hill. Courtesy photo Read More

Guy Forsyth and the Hot Nut Riveters at Del Norte Credit Union Friday

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Courtesy/hotnutriveters.com
 
By RUSS GORDON
Summer Concert Series Producer

Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug.15, is at Del Norte Credit Union, 1000 Trinity Dr. We’re calling the evening “Co-op Night” and we thank DNCU, Zia Credit Union, LA Schools Credit Union, LA Co-op Market and the Espanola Community Market for their support of the Series and support of our town.

Friday’s concert is free of charge, thanks to our sponsors. Bring your own chairs.

The music Friday will be by the great Guy Forsyth and his new band, the Hot Nut Riveters from Austin, Texas. Guy was Read More

Los Alamos Pianist Juanita Madland Competes in Cliburn Amateur Piano Video Contest

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Juanita Madland at the piano. File photo

MUSIC News:

Local piano virtuoso Juanita Madland is competing in the Cliburn Amateur Piano Video Contest. The winner will be awarded automatic entry into the seventh International Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in 2016.

Competitors submitted a performance video of 5-10 minutes in length and the winner will be determined by public voting online.

To see and vote for Madland’s video entry or for the videos of other contestants, click here. Voting continues through Firday. Read More

Roaring Jelly Plays Contra Dance At Posse Lodge Aug. 16

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Roaring Jelly. Photo by James Theiler

COMMUNITY News:

Roaring Jelly, a local Celtic/ Americana band, will play and Donna Howell, a local dance teacher and radio personality, will be the caller at a contra dance Saturday, Aug 16 at the Posse Lodge in Los Alamos.

Before the dance, which starts at 7:30 p.m., there will be a short lesson at 7 p.m. The $8 admission fee will benefit the Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse. Partners are not necessary.

Contra is a social dance that is like square dancing in that a caller announces the sequence of figures for the dancers as they execute them. For contra, couples are arranged Read More

Los Alamos Soprano Melissa Riedel Performs In Albuquerque Aug. 16

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Los Alamos Soprano Melissa Riedel. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

Los Alamos Soprano Melissa Riedel, along with Albuquerque pianist Darby Fegan, will present a recital Saturday, Aug. 16, at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 601 Montaño Road NW in Albuquerque.

The recital will begin at 4 p.m., and includes pieces from several different composers, including Richard Strauss and John Jacob Niles.

Darby Fegan. Courtesy photo

Riedel is a native of Los Alamos and performs regularly in Northern New Mexico and surrounding areas, along with teaching privately at her studio in Los Alamos. Read More

Los Alamos Concert Association Announces 2014-15 Season!

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Red Priest. Courtesy/LACA

Salzburg Marionette Theater with pianist Orion Weiss. Courtesy/LACA

LACA news:

The Los Alamos Concert Association announces its 69th season, which will feature the added attraction of a newly refurbished venue. 

The first phase of a multi-year upgrade of the Duane Smith Auditorium on the campus of Los Alamos High School was completed in July.  New seating, carpeting, paint and improved hall lighting will greet concert-goers at the first concert in September. Plans for future hall upgrades over the next three years include lobby Read More

Performing Arts Organization Needs Community’s Help

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Broadway on the Hill cast members. Courtesy/LALO

LALO News:

The show Manhattan has been broadcast on WGN America for three weeks now. Manhattan portrays life in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

If anyone caught the second episode, there was a scene where townspeople attended a play-one of many activities used for entertainment during wartime. There were actually performing arts groups during that time, and one of them was Los Alamos Light Opera (LALO).

LALO was founded in 1943 by Los Alamos theatre aficionados. LALO welcomed anyone interested in all aspects of theatre: singing, acting, Read More

Russian Immigrant Band Everfound Performs in White Rock Sept. 6

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Courtesy poster
 
By KAELA JACOBSON
Los Alamos

Everfound will perform in concert free at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 at White Rock Baptist Church, 80 N.M. 4.

A year ago, before starting my freshman year at Los Alamos High School, my dad took me to a Christian music festival in Seattle, Wash. There we saw a band made up of four Russian immigrant brothers whose family escaped religious persecution. I’ve spent the last year helping my dad bring the band Everfound here to Los Alamos and they will be kicking off their first national headlining tour with us. 

A Russian immigrant band here in our formerly Read More