Events: Bakersfield Life

Joe Huszti Reunion Weekend

If you were a Bakersfield College Choir member from 1959 to 1967, or sang with the California Chamber Chorale in the early Seventies, you were fortunate to work with our director, Joseph Huszti. In 1965, Joe took 48 singers on a European tour that resulted in a first-place win at the International Eistedfodd Festival in Wales. There were other honors on the trip, including audiences and performances for Pope Paul VI in Rome and for President Lyndon Johnson in Washington, D.C.

Joe moved on to the University of Delaware and to Boston College before settling in at the University of California, Irvine where he has continued to garner prizes and praise with his choral groups.

In the early Seventies, Joe made monthly trips to Bakersfield to direct the California Chamber Chorale that performed here and in Fresno and Visalia.

On Friday May 30 and Saturday May 31 Joe will be in Bakersfield to direct his Irvine choral group, Men in Blaque. A reunion with Joe has been planned for that weekend. If you would like to attend, please call Ramona Gia at 872-1480. It should be a wonderful weekend of music and remembrances.

Vintage Kart Racing is Back in Bakersfield

This is the re:opening of the Kart Track in Bakersfield. This track was very active in the late 50's and thru the mid 80's, all of those vintage Karts will be there this weekend. This event is sanctioned by the Vintage Karting Association, one of the few events held on the West Coast. Mr.Rusty Sanders has worked very hard to bring this Track back to her original glory and we are all looking forward to racing on this Track.. There will be many classes, Duals, Sportsmen, Juniors and even Powder Puff. If you ever raced Go Karts in your youth or wanted to, come out this Saturday or Sunday, I am sure you will enjoy it. If you have any questions or would like to participate in the first race on this vintage track, please contact me. This race will be restricted to Vintage Karts only.

Lloyd Readings BDay Party! June 1st @ 2pm - Trout's BLACKBOARD STAGE!

NIKE TENNIS CAMPS

NIKE TENNIS CAMPS

Day Camps ~ Ages 4 - 17 ~ ALL SKILL LEVELS
Directed by Jeff Hedberg, Certified USPTA Professional

CAMP DATES:
June 2-6 / June 9-13 / June 16-20 / June 23-27 / June 30 - July 3rd
July 7-11 / July 14-18 / July 21-25 / July 28 - August 1

Day Camp Fee: $225 (8:30 am - 2:30pm)
Day campers will have the option to swim and play extra tennis and stay until
5:00 pm.
[Day Camp Fee - the week of June 30th: $180.00]

Half Day Camp Fee: $200 (8:30-12:00 pm)
[Half Day Camp Fee - the week of June 30th: $160.00]

Lunch is provided for campers daily.

* Superior tennis instruction - low camper to instructor ratio
* Campers are carefully grouped on court with players of their own level
* Daily match play in a fun-spirited, team-oriented format
* Official Nike Tennis Camp t-shirt and prizes
* Campers will receive a pair of Nike Tennis Shoes

Call the shop for more details or stop by to register

Store Hours: Monday - Thursday: 9am - 7pm & Friday: 9am - 6pm
Weekends: 9am - 4pm
(661) 325-8652

Control Stress...before it controls you!

Control Stress...before it controls you!

An interactive session that will help you better understand stress, where it comes from, and how to deal with it.

Discover the power you have over stress and how to stay above it even when it swirls all around you. Stress reduction techniques will be discussed and demonstrated.

Plenty of materials to take with you to help you apply what you’ve learned in your daily life.

Learn more about:
Two main types of stress
Classification of stress
Using a stress diary
What we can and cannot do about stress
Symptom relief techniques

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ~ Founder’s Hall at Memorial Hospital
This class is open to everyone but SPACE IS LIMITED
Call 661-632-5062 to register.

This free event is brought to you by Mercy and Memorial Hospitals.

Optimal Hospice New Volunteer Registration, Thursdays 9-11am

Optimal Hospice Care is desperately searching for more caring patient support, companionship and administrative volunteers to help support the hospice families in our care. To become a volunteer for Optimal, all you need is time and compassion - we provide all the training. Sharing these precious moments with those in your community who are truly in need, can be the most rewarding single thing you will ever do. There is no minimum time donation requirement. You give as much or as little time as you are able to give.

If you have questions, please call Rhonda or Karen @ (661) 716-4000, email rfrankhouser@optimalhs.com or stop by our office any Thursday morning between 9:00am-11:00am for our open volunteer registration.

Reefer Madness: The Musical!

REEFER MADNESS: THE MUSICAL

Directed by Jeremiah Heitman

The award-winning Reefer Madness musical was inspired by the notorious -- and deliciously awful -- 1936 anti-marijuana film originally titled Tell Your Children. A smarmy lecturer arrives in a typical small town of the late '30s to warn the populace of the dangers of the "evil weed," bringing along a lurid propaganda production to dramatize his message. In broad, unsubtle, and hilarious strokes, the play-within-a-play shows how even a squeaky-clean pair of highschoolers named Mary Lane and Jimmy Harper can become hopeless dope addicts by succumbing to the lure of marijuana. Reefer Madness: The Musical is not only a savage skewering of the original black-and-white movie (some of the musical's campiest lines are taken directly from the earlier script!), but also a devastating attack on what playwrights Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney consider to be the real reason that the 1936 movie was made: to frighten the public out of their wits in order to keep them under the thumb of an oppressive government. Some memorable songs include "Romeo and Juliet,” “The Stuff,” “Down at the Ol' Five and Dime,” “Listen to Jesus Jimmy,” “Mary Jane/Mary Lane,” “The Brownie Song,” “Tell 'Em the Truth,” and the title number.

The cast includes: Alyssa Bonanno, Brian Brown, Jared Cantrell, Caroline Clark, Alex Cullen, Jessica Delcid, Diego Flores, Samantha Gonzales, Jeremiah Heitman, Jay-Ar Ignacio, Austin Jallo, Kamala Kruszka, Taylor Lozano, Paul Sosa, and Veronica Surber.

Performances are June 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, and 28 at 8PM, with 2PM Sunday matinees on June 15 and 22. Call 327-PLAY to make reservations!

Reefer Madness: The Musical!

REEFER MADNESS: THE MUSICAL

Directed by Jeremiah Heitman

Performances are June 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, and 28 at 8PM, with 2PM Sunday matinees on June 15 and 22. Call 327-PLAY to make reservations!

MONTY BYROM & the Buckaroos

MONTY BYROM

& the Buckaroos

Friday, June 6th

7:30pm

Crystal Palace

328-7560

www.montybyrom.com

First Friday in Tehachapi

YOU'RE INVITED!

FIRST FRIDAY, JUNE 6

GALLERY 'N GIFTS

100 WEST TEHACHAPI BOULEVARD

(At the compass rose)

RECEPTION 5PM TO 8PM

"Equine Art"

Meet the artists:

Pam Wildermuth, fine art oil paintings

Kay Grotophorst, bronze sculptures and acrylic paintings

Gallery ‘N’ Gifts is pleased to announce its June gallery show entitled “Equine Art.” The show’s featured artists will be Pam Willdermuth, well known equine artist, with her award winning original fine art oil paintings. Joining her, will be upcoming sculptor-painter Kay Grotophorst displaying her dynamic bronze sculptures and acrylic paintings. The show will run through June 30th and the gallery which is conveniently open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Gallery 'N' Gifts is pleased to be a part of the First Friday "Art Around Town"- a monthly celebration of fine arts showing at many locations throughout the city. For more information about this and other upcoming events call (661) 822- 6062 or check our web site at www.galleryngifts.

First Friday in Tehachapi

YOU'RE INVITED!

FIRST FRIDAY, JUNE 6

GALLERY 'N GIFTS

100 WEST TEHACHAPI BOULEVARD

(At the compass rose)

RECEPTION 5PM TO 8PM

"Equine Art"

Meet the artists:

Pam Wildermuth, fine art oil paintings

Kay Grotophorst, bronze sculptures and acrylic paintings

AUDITIONS: Babies Having Babies

Auditions for the August Production at TES
Babies Having Babies
By Kathyrn Montgomery & Jeffery Auerbach
Directed by Fred Burnett

Auditions: Saturday, June 7, 11:00-12:45am; Sunday, June 8, 12:00-4pm
Performances: August 29, 30 and September 5, 6 at 8pm;
August 31 at 4pm with a Baby Shower and Resource Fair at 2pm

CHARACTERS
LISA: The over-achieving journalist, she starts out and ends as the narrator. A quiet intensity and attention to detail. 17 years old.

MAX (MAXINE): The tough outsider, very sarcastic. Aggressive. One gets a sense that she's hiding something; protecting herself in some way. Thrift store chic, speaks her own mind. 16 years old.

MARY PAT: Catholic, Very reserved. The "Chubby" girl in school with glasses. Plain. She's going to give her baby up for adoption- abortion isn't an option. 16 years old, eight months pregnant.

KELLY: all-American cheerleader, attractive. Stand-offish. "A real model teenager." 17 years old.

BRENDA: Black girl from low income family, seven months pregnant. Her mother got pregnant at a young age as well. Is being "kicked" out of school, because her pregnancy is a disruption. 14 years old.

HENRY: Older, unshaven man. The Center's custodian, takes his job seriously. Crotchety.

MRS. CHAPMAN: middle-aged pregnancy counselor; over worked. Volunteers her time to a good cause, stretched far too thin.

DELIVERY BOY: 17-year-old pizza delivery hotshot.

For more information and ways you can help, please contact Fred at babieshavingbabies@yahoo.com