The Silver Creek Performing Arts Association recently held its annual guild luncheon, presenting the 2014-2015 season, which began Sept. 11 with recording artist and concert violinist Jenny Oaks Baker.
The next performance will be the internationally known BYU Ballroom Dancers, who will bring their world champion showcase, Capture the Magic, to town on Saturday, Oct. 18.
Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 20-22, the Canyon Creek Performing Arts will present the Broadway musical Annie. Come and enjoy the musical drama of New York City with your local children’s theater as they perform this lovable production. There will be an additional matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22.
The Bar D Wranglers return to Snowflake on Saturday, Feb. 7, for some cowboy fun. They come from Durango, Colo., and perform songs of cowboys and the Old West, comedy, and lively instrumentals that are sure to please the whole family.
Navajo County’s Got Talent is back on Friday, April 10, with local talent competing for prize money while entertaining the audience.
All performance are at 7 p.m. at the Snowflake High School Auditorium.
Purchasing a season ticket will entitle you to attend St. Johns Fine Arts Performances for the season, so with your purchase of a season ticket, you can attend 12 performances.
Tickets are on sale for this SCPAA season at the Snowflake-Taylor Chamber of Commerce. You can also purchase tickets at the performance or online at www.silvercreekperformingarts.com.
SCPAA has promoted the arts in Snowflake and Taylor since 1979, and is dedicated to providing good, quality, wholesome entertainment.
The concert series began when the Silver Creek Symphony Guild was organized to help finance the Silver Creek Symphony, which performed two concerts a year, by bringing four other performances to the community. Since that time the Silver Creek Symphony has gone regional and performs as the White Mountain Symphony Orchestra.
In 1982 or 1983 while Judy Caldwell was serving as guild president, guild members felt that they needed a board of directors, so the Silver Creek Performing Arts Association was organized. Jake Flake served as the first board president. Other presidents have included Norris Baldwin, Ray Caldwell, Woody Peterson, Eddie Hancock and Randy Whittle, who is currently serving as president.
The late Jo An Washburn, Patricia Malan, Kanani Tenney and Judy Caldwell were the main organizers of the guild, with each of them serving as the first presidents. Blair Clawson was the first symphony conductor.
In 1988, Judy Caldwell, Nerita Flake, Brian Shepherd and Jeannie Larson felt it was time for a Little Theater and met at Caldwell’s home, where she was elected the first president. The first performance was Cheaper by the Dozen. The Little Theater performs one or two plays each year, with a musical being performed every other year.
Washburn and Caldwell attended a grant-writing workshop. Caldwell said that they applied for a grant for the Little Theater on an old form that had the information whited out and they handwrote the grant over the white out.
“We received the grant despite our application,” said Caldwell. Each year they applied to the Arizona Commission on the Arts for a grant, which they received to help subsidize high quality performances by the Brigham Young University groups, Michael Balan and pianist Wladimir Kochanski, among others.
