PebbleCreek Singers presents “Mistletoe and Holly” tickets on sale November 2
Diane Piehl
You’ll want to be sure to get your tickets for the PebbleCreek Singers concert, “Mistletoe and Holly,” in the Renaissance Theater, running from Dec. 4 through 7. at 7 p.m.
You can purchase ticket beginning on Saturday, Nov 2, by visiting pebblecreekhoa.org. Log in with your member ID and password, go to “Things to Do,” then to “Tickets,” and scroll down to “PC Singers>Buy Tickets.” You can also purchase tickets from the Renaissance Theater lobby on Tuesdays, Nov. 5, 12, and 19, and Fridays, Nov. 8, 15, and 22, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
From the opening number to the finale, you will be inspired with the spirit of the season. The chorus specialty groups will charm and enlighten you with their selections as they come home for Christmas day with little St. Nick, bringing their baby back and telling Santa all they want for Christmas is you. Groups within a chorus strengthen the overall sound, and we are delighted to have four such groups within PebbleCreek Singers.
We welcome new singers to the chorus with alto, Alice Haywood; basses, Dan Croy and George Nelson; and returning Jeff Harrison.
Hopefully, you’ve marked your calendars and are anxiously awaiting this concert to kick off the holiday season. See you in the Renaissance Theater on Dec. 4, 5, 6, or 7, for holiday delights!
Questions? Contact PebbleCreek Singers at [email protected].
The Music Man this month
Melissa Kallett
The Music Man, opens this month with performances set for Nov. 18 to 23, in the Renaissance Theater in the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse. This light-hearted Broadway musical is brought to you by your neighbors, the members of Showtime Productions (one of PebbleCreek’s four resident performing arts groups). Tickets are $16.50 and can be purchased online at the HOA website www.pebblecreekhoa.org. Just click on “Things To Do,” scroll down and click on “Ticket Sales,” then scroll down to “The Music Man.” Tickets can also be purchased in person on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon in the theater lobby. Tickets may be available at the door on performance nights unless the show sells out before then—so, don’t risk it, buy your tickets now.
One reason Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man is appealing is because of the fast-paced and witty dialogue. However, there are a few terms and expressions used in the show that could cause many audience members to run to dictionaries and encyclopedias. The following glossary will help with one of the more difficult songs, Trouble:
Billiards: Played with three balls on a pocketless table.
Pool: Developed much later than billiards. The game uses a cue stick and 15 object balls on a table with six pockets.
Balkline: A line parallel to one end of a billiard table, from behind which opening shots with a cue ball are made.
Jasper: Any male fellow or chum, usually a stranger.
Dan Patch: The most famous trotting horse ever!
Cistern: A receptacle for holding water, especially a tank for catching and storing rainwater.
Bevo: From Anheuser-Busch a non-alcoholic drink that tastes like beer.
Cubebs: The fried, unripe berry of a tropical shrub of the pepper family that is crushed and smoked in cigarettes.
Sen Sen: 19th century breath mint.
Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang: Prominent comic magazine, with a mix of racy poetry and naughty jokes aimed at small-town audiences with pretensions of “sophistication.”
Once again, The Music Man will only be in town for a very short while. Climb aboard the Wells Fargo wagon, and be a part of this night of good old-fashioned Americana.
Karen Follett joins PebbleCreek Musicians
Susan Kice
What do Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, and Peggy Lee have in common? They were all “songsters” with various bands during the big band era. Now, the PebbleCreek Musicians have their own “songster.” Karen Follett has joined the Musicians as their first regular female vocalist.
Karen began her musical instruction during junior high school where she played clarinet and saxophone in the school band. By her own admittance, she “was without a doubt, below average as a musician.” During her senior year in high school, her band director, a truly kind and caring teacher, went so far as to tell Karen that “he was sure there was something else in this world in which she could excel.” (Presumably something that did not involve a musical instrument.) And that she did! She dropped out of the school band, and at her mother’s insistence, “because you have to do something musical,” Karen joined the high school chorus. She knew immediately that this was where she belonged and should have been all along. She knew she loved to sing!
Soon after moving to PebbleCreek in 2006, she began singing at karaoke on Wednesday evenings. Perhaps this exposure is how she was “discovered,” as she was subsequently encouraged to audition for ShowTime. Since then she has appeared in about a dozen ShowTime productions including Gypsy, Spamalot, Take Me Back, Broadway Faves, This Land is Your Land, Nashville to Vegas, and more. She feels very fortunate to have performed with such a talented group of people. And now she will be performing with another group of very talented individuals, the PebbleCreek Musicians! Karen first appeared with this group last year in “Burst of Music XII” as a guest soloist. Now she will be appearing as a regular member of the band at future performances. She says, “they must have liked me as they invited me back.”
You will hear this little dynamo with the dynamite voice, along with the PebbleCreek Big Band when they present “Burst of Music XIII,” on March 26, 27, and 28, 2020.